philosophical anthropology: ernst cassirer, max
... The only valid view of human nature approved and adopted by Cassirer is a functional one. For Cassirer: Man’s outstanding characteristic, his distinguishing mark, is not his metaphysical or physical nature—but his work. It is this work, it is the system of human activities, which defines and determi ...
... The only valid view of human nature approved and adopted by Cassirer is a functional one. For Cassirer: Man’s outstanding characteristic, his distinguishing mark, is not his metaphysical or physical nature—but his work. It is this work, it is the system of human activities, which defines and determi ...
Translation and greening!
... in different domains from culture to politics of the day. A real in actu way of experimenting philosophy. But the act of translating by itself can be a resistance that gives rise to new forms of living without trying to do what Paul de Man calls “thematization”. This way translating evades all teleo ...
... in different domains from culture to politics of the day. A real in actu way of experimenting philosophy. But the act of translating by itself can be a resistance that gives rise to new forms of living without trying to do what Paul de Man calls “thematization”. This way translating evades all teleo ...
Performance Philosophy: Figures of Doing
... and irreconcilably different. It is the and that makes all the difference; it is the gap between theatre and philosophy that makes the study of their relation interesting, and even possible, in the first place. The study of theatre and philosophy should take its point of departure from this gap, a ...
... and irreconcilably different. It is the and that makes all the difference; it is the gap between theatre and philosophy that makes the study of their relation interesting, and even possible, in the first place. The study of theatre and philosophy should take its point of departure from this gap, a ...
Race in Hegel: Text and Context
... that embellish or mar them, are the mere product of students’ and editors’ imagination. These judgments, or a subset of them, may well mirror Hegel’s opinions. Yet scholarly criteria would seem to require caution, first, in attributing the merely recorded views to the philosopher himself; second, an ...
... that embellish or mar them, are the mere product of students’ and editors’ imagination. These judgments, or a subset of them, may well mirror Hegel’s opinions. Yet scholarly criteria would seem to require caution, first, in attributing the merely recorded views to the philosopher himself; second, an ...
The Double-Edged Sword of Reason The Scholar`s Predicament
... be: ‘For a Ruthless Historicization of Everything Existing’.10 Historicization of the systems of social positions that make up the various semi-autonomous microcosms (fields) composing differentiated societies, starting with the fields of cultural production within which are waged the merciless symb ...
... be: ‘For a Ruthless Historicization of Everything Existing’.10 Historicization of the systems of social positions that make up the various semi-autonomous microcosms (fields) composing differentiated societies, starting with the fields of cultural production within which are waged the merciless symb ...
The Issue of Correspondence between Scientific Law and Ultimate
... stages. It is important to note that the process of the understanding, like the process of sensibility, occurs instantaneously, and so the following stages are dependent on each other not temporally but logically. Sensibility first provides the understanding with the matter and forms7 of given pheno ...
... stages. It is important to note that the process of the understanding, like the process of sensibility, occurs instantaneously, and so the following stages are dependent on each other not temporally but logically. Sensibility first provides the understanding with the matter and forms7 of given pheno ...
History of Philosophy2
... “events”? Who are the protagonists of this history? Hegel calls them “heroes of thought”. By the power of their reason, they have “penetrated into the being of things, of nature, of spirit, of God, providing treasures of thought”, for us, students of that history, who will come to recognize ourselve ...
... “events”? Who are the protagonists of this history? Hegel calls them “heroes of thought”. By the power of their reason, they have “penetrated into the being of things, of nature, of spirit, of God, providing treasures of thought”, for us, students of that history, who will come to recognize ourselve ...
Walden: Philosophy and Knowledge of Humankind
... refers is a poverty not only of knowledge, but of experience. In his essay "Walking" he underscores this. "It is remarkable...how little exercised we have been in our minds; how few experiences we have had." If I was right before in maintaining that claims to knowledge of humankind cannot be proven ...
... refers is a poverty not only of knowledge, but of experience. In his essay "Walking" he underscores this. "It is remarkable...how little exercised we have been in our minds; how few experiences we have had." If I was right before in maintaining that claims to knowledge of humankind cannot be proven ...
Philosophy as Wisdom of Love
... East, this philosophical impulse was inseparable from the evolutionary spiritual impulse for selfrealization, which defined the office of philosophy in the East as the Way of Realization. Therefore, such eminent esoteric schools of Eastern thought as Yogacara, Madhyamika, rDzogs-chen, Vedanta, Samkh ...
... East, this philosophical impulse was inseparable from the evolutionary spiritual impulse for selfrealization, which defined the office of philosophy in the East as the Way of Realization. Therefore, such eminent esoteric schools of Eastern thought as Yogacara, Madhyamika, rDzogs-chen, Vedanta, Samkh ...
Hegel and Schopenhauer
... as a groundbreaking thinker to a new generation. Both arguments have their legitimacy, yet we should be wary of giving Schopenhauer the last word in his dispute with Hegel. In order to arrive at an appropriate philosophical understanding of this relationship, one must be able to appreciate Hegel as ...
... as a groundbreaking thinker to a new generation. Both arguments have their legitimacy, yet we should be wary of giving Schopenhauer the last word in his dispute with Hegel. In order to arrive at an appropriate philosophical understanding of this relationship, one must be able to appreciate Hegel as ...
Creating the Human Past - Paleoanthropology Society
... Creating the Human Past allocates a great deal of space and effort into what are termed archaeology’s “mistakes.” There is space for the usual suspects (Piltdown Man and Glozel) but the discussion moves beyond fraud to mistakes of preservation of sites and rock art locales, to what Bednarik terms “A ...
... Creating the Human Past allocates a great deal of space and effort into what are termed archaeology’s “mistakes.” There is space for the usual suspects (Piltdown Man and Glozel) but the discussion moves beyond fraud to mistakes of preservation of sites and rock art locales, to what Bednarik terms “A ...
A Conceptual Framework for Postmodernism
... If postmodernity is focused on the social and political reflections of postmodernism in a society, postmodernism is a cultural and intellectual phenomenon. Along with a postmodernist condition, which is the expression of economic, political, and social measurements, there is a postmodernism that is ...
... If postmodernity is focused on the social and political reflections of postmodernism in a society, postmodernism is a cultural and intellectual phenomenon. Along with a postmodernist condition, which is the expression of economic, political, and social measurements, there is a postmodernism that is ...
The tension between self governance and absolute inner worth in
... he concepts of autonomy and dignity play a central role in contemporary discussions on bioethics. According to one popular view, personal autonomy, understood as the freedom of individuals to do, choose, and be whatever they want is the paramount ethical consideration in medicine, health care, and t ...
... he concepts of autonomy and dignity play a central role in contemporary discussions on bioethics. According to one popular view, personal autonomy, understood as the freedom of individuals to do, choose, and be whatever they want is the paramount ethical consideration in medicine, health care, and t ...
`Spaces` in Mathematics, Physics, Subjectivity, and Historiography
... In his writings on the philosophy of mathematics and physics Weyl often develops rather intriguing positions. It is especially the work of Fichte and Husserl which influenced and shaped his position. From a present day perspective these philosophers seem to be rather strange allies for a mathematici ...
... In his writings on the philosophy of mathematics and physics Weyl often develops rather intriguing positions. It is especially the work of Fichte and Husserl which influenced and shaped his position. From a present day perspective these philosophers seem to be rather strange allies for a mathematici ...
Lesson 6
... If Plato is right we must have answers to these questions latent within us independently and prior to our experience of the world in which we are ...
... If Plato is right we must have answers to these questions latent within us independently and prior to our experience of the world in which we are ...
Ernest Gellner: A Philosopher as Anthropologist
... Gellner was a regular visitor at his seminars but not a member of the inner circle of believers, and while he revered Popper as a philosopher he did not much like him as a man, and detested the fact that he imposed a rigid orthodoxy on his followers, creating a closed society in defiance of his own ...
... Gellner was a regular visitor at his seminars but not a member of the inner circle of believers, and while he revered Popper as a philosopher he did not much like him as a man, and detested the fact that he imposed a rigid orthodoxy on his followers, creating a closed society in defiance of his own ...
hellenic philosophy
... freedom and the concomitant religious tolerance, as experienced in the Hellenic, pre-Christian era in the Mediterranean world, be revived. Such freedom should be fostered in the post-modern world, if our fragile, global, and diverse cultural community is to be preserved and flourish in the dawning n ...
... freedom and the concomitant religious tolerance, as experienced in the Hellenic, pre-Christian era in the Mediterranean world, be revived. Such freedom should be fostered in the post-modern world, if our fragile, global, and diverse cultural community is to be preserved and flourish in the dawning n ...
Greater Reality Achieved Through Consciousness
... clause, “in the other,” to signal that freedom or unity had better not be understood as pertaining to something that excludes others, because something that’s understood as excluding can’t be fully self-defined, and therefore can’t be fully free. With this added point, Hegel intends to resolve an is ...
... clause, “in the other,” to signal that freedom or unity had better not be understood as pertaining to something that excludes others, because something that’s understood as excluding can’t be fully self-defined, and therefore can’t be fully free. With this added point, Hegel intends to resolve an is ...
9/5/2006 - University of Pittsburgh
... sciences of the late nineteenth century, from which the pragmatists took their cue, were very different from those that animated the first enlightenment. The philosophical picture that emerged of the rational creatures who pursue and develop that sort of understanding of their surroundings was accor ...
... sciences of the late nineteenth century, from which the pragmatists took their cue, were very different from those that animated the first enlightenment. The philosophical picture that emerged of the rational creatures who pursue and develop that sort of understanding of their surroundings was accor ...
Categorical imperatives - Philosophy 1510 All Sections
... Kant believed that as conscious, rational creatures, we each possess intrinsic worth, a special moral dignity that always deserves respect. In other words, we are more than mere objects to be used to further this or that end. Kant formulates the categorical imperative around the concept of dignity – ...
... Kant believed that as conscious, rational creatures, we each possess intrinsic worth, a special moral dignity that always deserves respect. In other words, we are more than mere objects to be used to further this or that end. Kant formulates the categorical imperative around the concept of dignity – ...
Philosophy as Quest - Oregon State University
... (e.g. temples, churches, mosques, holy cities, sacred mountains, etc.) Religious beliefs are often revealed by divine agency (e.g. scripture, vision, calling) and the adherence to the beliefs is a matter of faith. Devotion matters in religious orders and deviation from the accepted beliefs is discou ...
... (e.g. temples, churches, mosques, holy cities, sacred mountains, etc.) Religious beliefs are often revealed by divine agency (e.g. scripture, vision, calling) and the adherence to the beliefs is a matter of faith. Devotion matters in religious orders and deviation from the accepted beliefs is discou ...
Contemplation of the Variety of the World
... philosophical, and Phillips is wrong, “to conclude that one’s life should not be allowed to shape how one philosophises” (Amesbury 2007, 215). As Kierkegaard noted, philosophers are human beings too. (See also Mulhall 2007.) However, it is somewhat unclear what Amesbury means by the conditions or li ...
... philosophical, and Phillips is wrong, “to conclude that one’s life should not be allowed to shape how one philosophises” (Amesbury 2007, 215). As Kierkegaard noted, philosophers are human beings too. (See also Mulhall 2007.) However, it is somewhat unclear what Amesbury means by the conditions or li ...
Knowledge
... Questioning Is it possible that we have any knowledge at the level of certitude? one of the most difficult subject in epistemology ...
... Questioning Is it possible that we have any knowledge at the level of certitude? one of the most difficult subject in epistemology ...
Reading Euthyphro
... What do we learn about philosophy from reading the Euthyphro? 1. The nature of philosophy The fact that philosophy requires us to go deeper than the common sense leads us to the essential characteristic of philosophy. Going deeper means philosophy cannot avoid challenging conventional wisdom. In th ...
... What do we learn about philosophy from reading the Euthyphro? 1. The nature of philosophy The fact that philosophy requires us to go deeper than the common sense leads us to the essential characteristic of philosophy. Going deeper means philosophy cannot avoid challenging conventional wisdom. In th ...
8th FY Khoo Memorial Lecture 2012—Why Radiologists Need
... in straight lines, can be scattered or absorbed, and have properties of both an electromagnetic wave and a subatomic particle. Without these beliefs, it would be difficult to fully exploit the X-ray to be the workhorse of medical imaging, to understand its risks and benefits, and to create effective ...
... in straight lines, can be scattered or absorbed, and have properties of both an electromagnetic wave and a subatomic particle. Without these beliefs, it would be difficult to fully exploit the X-ray to be the workhorse of medical imaging, to understand its risks and benefits, and to create effective ...
Obscurantism
Obscurantism (/ɵbˈskjʊərəntɪsm/) is the practice of deliberately preventing the facts or the full details of some matter from becoming known. There are two common historical and intellectual denotations to Obscurantism: (1) deliberately restricting knowledge—opposition to the spread of knowledge, a policy of withholding knowledge from the public; and, (2) deliberate obscurity—an abstruse style (as in literature and art) characterized by deliberate vagueness. The name comes from French: obscurantisme, from the Latin obscurans, ""darkening"".The term obscurantism derives from the title of the 16th-century satire Epistolæ Obscurorum Virorum (Letters of Obscure Men), based upon the intellectual dispute between the German humanist Johann Reuchlin and Dominican monks, such as Johannes Pfefferkorn, about whether or not all Jewish books should be burned as un-Christian. Earlier, in 1509, the monk Pfefferkorn had obtained permission from Maximilian I (1486–1519), the Holy Roman Emperor, to incinerate all copies of the Talmud (Jewish law and Jewish ethics) known to be in the Holy Roman Empire (AD 926–1806); the Letters of Obscure Men satirized the Dominican monks' arguments at burning ""un-Christian"" works.In the 18th century, Enlightenment philosophers used the term ""obscurantism"" to denote the enemies of the Enlightenment and its concept of the liberal diffusion of knowledge. Moreover, in the 19th century, in distinguishing the varieties of obscurantism found in metaphysics and theology from the ""more subtle"" obscurantism of the critical philosophy of Immanuel Kant, and of modern philosophical skepticism, Friedrich Nietzsche said: ""The essential element in the black art of obscurantism is not that it wants to darken individual understanding, but that it wants to blacken our picture of the world, and darken our idea of existence.""