Excerpt from Deborah L
... number and variety of the premises listed in each, generally they present a single and consistent theory. Demonstrative syllogisms are composed of premises which necessitate assent and include self-evident first principles as well as sensible, empirically evident propositions. Dialectical syllogisms ...
... number and variety of the premises listed in each, generally they present a single and consistent theory. Demonstrative syllogisms are composed of premises which necessitate assent and include self-evident first principles as well as sensible, empirically evident propositions. Dialectical syllogisms ...
Virtuism: Philosophy and the Aesthetics of Virtue
... One: What is Virtuism? What is Virtuism? Virtuism first started in the mid-1980’s as an aesthetic philosophy that also reflected on ethics and metaphysics. It states that acts of virtue produce the aesthetic experience, and this fact was one proof of the objective value of living a virtuous life. T ...
... One: What is Virtuism? What is Virtuism? Virtuism first started in the mid-1980’s as an aesthetic philosophy that also reflected on ethics and metaphysics. It states that acts of virtue produce the aesthetic experience, and this fact was one proof of the objective value of living a virtuous life. T ...
Aristotle
... Human Beings, by nature, are neither good nor bad; but they are educable. Habit and training could be used for the development of natural predispositions and capacities. Habit cannot change the ‘nature’ of a thing. Human beings, by nature, are social beings. Virtues are character traits. Once fully ...
... Human Beings, by nature, are neither good nor bad; but they are educable. Habit and training could be used for the development of natural predispositions and capacities. Habit cannot change the ‘nature’ of a thing. Human beings, by nature, are social beings. Virtues are character traits. Once fully ...
-METHOD - dywagacje - LesbijskieStopy
... Â Â Â It is clear then that for this thinker, as for the Biblical tradition, love plays a crowning or omni-determinative role, without which the whole edifice of faith falls. This will be our key for an investigation of what should be finally meant by method, whether in philosophy, in theology or, ...
... Â Â Â It is clear then that for this thinker, as for the Biblical tradition, love plays a crowning or omni-determinative role, without which the whole edifice of faith falls. This will be our key for an investigation of what should be finally meant by method, whether in philosophy, in theology or, ...
from Nature, by Ralph Waldo Emerson
... how great they are! If the stars should appear one night in a thousand years, how would men believe and adore; and preserve for many generations the remembrance of the city of God which had been shown! But every night come out these envoys of beauty, and light the universe with their admonishing smi ...
... how great they are! If the stars should appear one night in a thousand years, how would men believe and adore; and preserve for many generations the remembrance of the city of God which had been shown! But every night come out these envoys of beauty, and light the universe with their admonishing smi ...
philosophy as a second order discipline
... problem of value which considers weather knowledge is worth having, why and what for? Ethics: Humans are social beings and most of their action or inaction has implication for other creatures that they share the biosphere with. Ethics, also referred to as moral philosophy, is the branch of philosoph ...
... problem of value which considers weather knowledge is worth having, why and what for? Ethics: Humans are social beings and most of their action or inaction has implication for other creatures that they share the biosphere with. Ethics, also referred to as moral philosophy, is the branch of philosoph ...
What is Philosophy?
... I think it’s thinking fundamentally clearly and well about the nature of reality and our place in it, so as to understand better what goes on around us, and what our contribution is to that reality, and its effect on us.” ~ Barry Smith [Philosophy is] a process of reflection on the deepest concepts, ...
... I think it’s thinking fundamentally clearly and well about the nature of reality and our place in it, so as to understand better what goes on around us, and what our contribution is to that reality, and its effect on us.” ~ Barry Smith [Philosophy is] a process of reflection on the deepest concepts, ...
Epicurus and Lucretius
... Now: just because it is what things do aim at, that doesn’t logically decree that it is what things ought to aim at: ‘ is’, Hume notoriously claimed, does not logically imply ‘ought.’ But Epicurus is also an ethical hedonist: that is, he will argue that we ought to aim at pleasure; and how he spells ...
... Now: just because it is what things do aim at, that doesn’t logically decree that it is what things ought to aim at: ‘ is’, Hume notoriously claimed, does not logically imply ‘ought.’ But Epicurus is also an ethical hedonist: that is, he will argue that we ought to aim at pleasure; and how he spells ...
Human-nature-as-it
... going to be such as could be deduced from true statements about human nature or justified in some other way by appealing to its characteristics. The injunctions of morality, thus understood, are likely to be ones that human nature, thus understood, has strong tendencies to disobey. Hence the eightee ...
... going to be such as could be deduced from true statements about human nature or justified in some other way by appealing to its characteristics. The injunctions of morality, thus understood, are likely to be ones that human nature, thus understood, has strong tendencies to disobey. Hence the eightee ...
Can Philosophy Serve a High Purpose
... If science may be said to be blind without philosophy, it is true also that philosophy is virtually empty without science... What confronts the philosopher...is the task of clarifying the concepts of contemporary science. But for him to be able to achieve this, it is essential that he should unders ...
... If science may be said to be blind without philosophy, it is true also that philosophy is virtually empty without science... What confronts the philosopher...is the task of clarifying the concepts of contemporary science. But for him to be able to achieve this, it is essential that he should unders ...
The Presocratic Sophos - Philosophy 1510 All Sections
... Anaxagoras (c. 500-428 B.C.) claimed that there is an all-pervading Mind which “sets all things in order”. Nous (Greek for “mind”) imposes an intelligible pattern to the world, affecting them without itself being affected by them. Anaxagoras also believed that “in everything there is a portion of ev ...
... Anaxagoras (c. 500-428 B.C.) claimed that there is an all-pervading Mind which “sets all things in order”. Nous (Greek for “mind”) imposes an intelligible pattern to the world, affecting them without itself being affected by them. Anaxagoras also believed that “in everything there is a portion of ev ...
Josef Früchtl Professor in Philosophy University of Amsterdam
... I started my academic studies at the University of Frankfurt/M. in 1975/76. At that time this University was, not only in my opinion, the best place in Germany for studying classical philosophy in the closest contact with social sciences. The main interests of my studies were the Philosophy of Germa ...
... I started my academic studies at the University of Frankfurt/M. in 1975/76. At that time this University was, not only in my opinion, the best place in Germany for studying classical philosophy in the closest contact with social sciences. The main interests of my studies were the Philosophy of Germa ...
101 Basic Issues in Philosophy [OC-H] This course is an introduction
... (Satisfies Global Studies Graduation Requirement) In this course we will examine the origins and development of Buddhist thought. The Buddha made three substantial claims about the nature of the world: that all human existence involves suffering, that there is no such thing as a self, and that every ...
... (Satisfies Global Studies Graduation Requirement) In this course we will examine the origins and development of Buddhist thought. The Buddha made three substantial claims about the nature of the world: that all human existence involves suffering, that there is no such thing as a self, and that every ...
Words to Life The semiotic quest of Bogdan Bogdanov (1940
... That‘s why Bogdan Bogdanov usually began his texts and seminars with the question “How does exist the topic we are going to talk about?”. Ostensibly like chair, or unostensibly like justice? And where are the principles that make us believe that chair is a piece of furniture, and justice is a basic ...
... That‘s why Bogdan Bogdanov usually began his texts and seminars with the question “How does exist the topic we are going to talk about?”. Ostensibly like chair, or unostensibly like justice? And where are the principles that make us believe that chair is a piece of furniture, and justice is a basic ...
What is Human Nature?
... • For Plato, humans have a nonphysical or material soul or self in agreeing with all these assumptions. • Plato contends that since reason often conflicts with our desires (or appetites) and that either of these can conflict with our aggression, each of these comprise one of the three main elements ...
... • For Plato, humans have a nonphysical or material soul or self in agreeing with all these assumptions. • Plato contends that since reason often conflicts with our desires (or appetites) and that either of these can conflict with our aggression, each of these comprise one of the three main elements ...
What is Philosophy, Anyway?
... The best place to start in our attempt to define philosophy is with the etymology of the word itself. Most people are aware that the term is derived from two Greek words: philo (love) and sophia (wisdom). Philosophy, then, literally means “the love of wisdom.” We each have a sense of what love means ...
... The best place to start in our attempt to define philosophy is with the etymology of the word itself. Most people are aware that the term is derived from two Greek words: philo (love) and sophia (wisdom). Philosophy, then, literally means “the love of wisdom.” We each have a sense of what love means ...
Traditional Western View
... Yet different philosophers throughout history have questioned and rejected every one of the four tenets with various arguments. ...
... Yet different philosophers throughout history have questioned and rejected every one of the four tenets with various arguments. ...
Philosophy in Lincoln-‐Douglas Debate
... • Importance in LD-‐ while these terms are clearly epistemic, it is important for a debater to understand what it takes to qualify as truth for their given philosopher, as well as their opponents ...
... • Importance in LD-‐ while these terms are clearly epistemic, it is important for a debater to understand what it takes to qualify as truth for their given philosopher, as well as their opponents ...
plato n aristotle
... them really is good for them – makes the case of Athens thinking it is right to condemn Socrates right for Athens. Plato knows condemning Socrates is wrong; so he knows that there must be standards that are more conventional. The Forms, the dialectic about Justice, and the subordination of everythi ...
... them really is good for them – makes the case of Athens thinking it is right to condemn Socrates right for Athens. Plato knows condemning Socrates is wrong; so he knows that there must be standards that are more conventional. The Forms, the dialectic about Justice, and the subordination of everythi ...
013 Prima facie argument against formalism
... I am certainly not alone in making this assertion. For example, in Mayberry [1994], we have a critique of the “curious doctrine” that “mathematical logic is to be identified with first-order logic”. Mayberry claims that the theories of topological spaces, Hilbert spaces, Banach spaces, Noetherian ri ...
... I am certainly not alone in making this assertion. For example, in Mayberry [1994], we have a critique of the “curious doctrine” that “mathematical logic is to be identified with first-order logic”. Mayberry claims that the theories of topological spaces, Hilbert spaces, Banach spaces, Noetherian ri ...
Averroes - The Incoherence of the Incoherence
... nominalism, their materialism. Some details of this epistemology are given by Ghazali in his autobiography: the clearness of representations is the criterion for their truth; the soul at birth is a blank on which the sensations are imprinted; at the seventh year of a man’s life he acquires the ratio ...
... nominalism, their materialism. Some details of this epistemology are given by Ghazali in his autobiography: the clearness of representations is the criterion for their truth; the soul at birth is a blank on which the sensations are imprinted; at the seventh year of a man’s life he acquires the ratio ...
Rationalism
... began to systematically doubt everything The only truth left was that he exists Descartes: All genuine knowledge is derived solely from reason without the aid of the senses Descartes used reason alone to explain the existence of God, the outer world, his own body and other individuals ...
... began to systematically doubt everything The only truth left was that he exists Descartes: All genuine knowledge is derived solely from reason without the aid of the senses Descartes used reason alone to explain the existence of God, the outer world, his own body and other individuals ...
The Brotherhood of Doctrines - The Institute of General Semantics
... used traditional, insufficient, and often fallacious subject-predicate, Aristotelian logic which must result, as it did, in a philosophical impasse. The confusion became so acute that hardly any two thinkers were able to understand each other except through ...
... used traditional, insufficient, and often fallacious subject-predicate, Aristotelian logic which must result, as it did, in a philosophical impasse. The confusion became so acute that hardly any two thinkers were able to understand each other except through ...
Cosmopolitanism, Stoicism, and Liberalism
... seriously the value not just of human life but of particular human lives, which means taking interest in the practices and beliefs that lend them significance. People are different, the cosmopolitan knows, and there is much to learn from those differences. Because there are so many human possibiliti ...
... seriously the value not just of human life but of particular human lives, which means taking interest in the practices and beliefs that lend them significance. People are different, the cosmopolitan knows, and there is much to learn from those differences. Because there are so many human possibiliti ...
Stoicism
Stoicism is a school of Hellenistic philosophy founded in Athens by Zeno of Citium in the early 3rd century BC. The Stoics taught that destructive emotions resulted from errors in judgment, and the active relationship between cosmic determinism and human freedom, and the belief that it is virtuous to maintain a will (called prohairesis) that is in accord with nature. Because of this, the Stoics presented their philosophy as a way of life, and they thought that the best indication of an individual's philosophy was not what a person said but how that person behaved.Later Stoics—such as Seneca and Epictetus—emphasized that, because ""virtue is sufficient for happiness"", a sage was immune to misfortune. This belief is similar to the meaning of the phrase ""stoic calm"", though the phrase does not include the ""radical ethical"" Stoic views that only a sage can be considered truly free, and that all moral corruptions are equally vicious.From its founding, Stoic doctrine was popular with a following in Roman Greece and throughout the Roman Empire — including the Emperor Marcus Aurelius — until the closing of all pagan philosophy schools in 529 AD by order of the Emperor Justinian I, who perceived them as being at odds with Christian faith. Neostoicism was a syncretic philosophical movement, joining Stoicism and Christianity, influenced by Justus Lipsius.