The Sounds of Music: First Movement
... this sequence is a telling which, even lacking further detail or content, encourages an idea about the kind of interest we might take in the description: "What happened? Who did what to whom? Was the neighboring apartment broken into or not? Should I notify the police? Should I stay out of it? What ...
... this sequence is a telling which, even lacking further detail or content, encourages an idea about the kind of interest we might take in the description: "What happened? Who did what to whom? Was the neighboring apartment broken into or not? Should I notify the police? Should I stay out of it? What ...
A Concise Introduction to Logic, chapter 7
... This argument is one of the most important arguments in philosophy. Most philosophers consider some version of this argument both valid and sound. Some who disagree with it bite the bullet and claim that if tomorrow God (most theistic philosophers alive today are monotheists) loved puppy torture, ad ...
... This argument is one of the most important arguments in philosophy. Most philosophers consider some version of this argument both valid and sound. Some who disagree with it bite the bullet and claim that if tomorrow God (most theistic philosophers alive today are monotheists) loved puppy torture, ad ...
alphabet of human thought
... - There is innate knowledge: we know things that we could not have learned, things are learned NOT just from experience, so the soul must have understood them for all time - “learning is remembering” (the play example, where the boy discusses the square and its length/area) - Plato’s problem: how ca ...
... - There is innate knowledge: we know things that we could not have learned, things are learned NOT just from experience, so the soul must have understood them for all time - “learning is remembering” (the play example, where the boy discusses the square and its length/area) - Plato’s problem: how ca ...
Preface to Lying, Misleading and What is Said
... concerned with a distinction of at least apparent normative moral significance. Indeed, although Chapter 4 draws on material in philosophy of language, it is not itself philosophy of language, but ethics; and Chapter 1 is in no way philosophy of language. There is nothing at all new about drawing co ...
... concerned with a distinction of at least apparent normative moral significance. Indeed, although Chapter 4 draws on material in philosophy of language, it is not itself philosophy of language, but ethics; and Chapter 1 is in no way philosophy of language. There is nothing at all new about drawing co ...
doc - Virgilio
... in relation to our experience, they can be subjected to a critical discussion and they do not result therefore, in principle, to be incorrigible. Moral judgments have the purpose of allowing us to separate those cases of actions which seem or appear to be correct and are indeed so, from the other ca ...
... in relation to our experience, they can be subjected to a critical discussion and they do not result therefore, in principle, to be incorrigible. Moral judgments have the purpose of allowing us to separate those cases of actions which seem or appear to be correct and are indeed so, from the other ca ...
meta-ethics and analysis of language
... and are indeed so, from the other cases where our feelings are a bad guideline and make things appear correct when in reality they are not. «In ethics, as in science, incorrigible but conflicting reports of personal experience (sensible or emotional) are replaced by judgments aiming at universality ...
... and are indeed so, from the other cases where our feelings are a bad guideline and make things appear correct when in reality they are not. «In ethics, as in science, incorrigible but conflicting reports of personal experience (sensible or emotional) are replaced by judgments aiming at universality ...
1 Throwing out the Tacit Rule Book: Learning and Practices Stephen
... net that produce the “same” competency may be different in structure. The implication of this that bears on the theory of social practices or the idea of shared practices is that two individuals with an ability to perform the general kind of task may go about it in ways that are quite different on t ...
... net that produce the “same” competency may be different in structure. The implication of this that bears on the theory of social practices or the idea of shared practices is that two individuals with an ability to perform the general kind of task may go about it in ways that are quite different on t ...
Argument - University of Warwick
... with a proof of God’s existence. Hence, we can conclude that God doesn’t exist. (argument) (c)If we deal with the nation’s debt quickly and decisively then we will provide the basis for a more secure economic future. (unsupported) (d)Backwards time-travel is impossible. If it were at all possible th ...
... with a proof of God’s existence. Hence, we can conclude that God doesn’t exist. (argument) (c)If we deal with the nation’s debt quickly and decisively then we will provide the basis for a more secure economic future. (unsupported) (d)Backwards time-travel is impossible. If it were at all possible th ...
On validity and soundness
... Uncertain: To determine the soundness of this argument, we'd need to hear further arguments in favor of the individual premises. That's why arguments end up being so important in philosophy! ...
... Uncertain: To determine the soundness of this argument, we'd need to hear further arguments in favor of the individual premises. That's why arguments end up being so important in philosophy! ...
Polar Concepts Essay Research Paper Sam Vaknin
... will have no experience whatsoever and will have received no ethical or moral guidelines from his adult environment. If such a newborn were to be offered food, a smile, a caressing hand, attention ? would he not have identified them as ?good?, even if these constituted his whole universe of experien ...
... will have no experience whatsoever and will have received no ethical or moral guidelines from his adult environment. If such a newborn were to be offered food, a smile, a caressing hand, attention ? would he not have identified them as ?good?, even if these constituted his whole universe of experien ...
Music and meaning, ambiguity and evolution
... abstraction of evident meaning in a piece of music by a listener or performer will depend on the continual making of inferences - 'generation of expectations' in Meyer's terms - which may or may not be fulfilled as the music unfolds. The types of information that underlie and that may constitute mus ...
... abstraction of evident meaning in a piece of music by a listener or performer will depend on the continual making of inferences - 'generation of expectations' in Meyer's terms - which may or may not be fulfilled as the music unfolds. The types of information that underlie and that may constitute mus ...
this PDF file
... morally irrelevant, this is not a widely shared view nor, as we will see, a tenable one in some morally significant contexts. Garfield locates a fundamental difficulty for rights theory in the problem that there is no logical reason for anyone to adhere to it; rights are not self-justifying and atte ...
... morally irrelevant, this is not a widely shared view nor, as we will see, a tenable one in some morally significant contexts. Garfield locates a fundamental difficulty for rights theory in the problem that there is no logical reason for anyone to adhere to it; rights are not self-justifying and atte ...
Essential properties of language, or why language is not a
... medium of which this society itself is a part. To say that the function of linguistic signs is to denote things and phenomena in the real world is equal to saying that the function of a beard or a moustache is to denote a male human, or that the function of tears is to express sorrow. 2. Words as ty ...
... medium of which this society itself is a part. To say that the function of linguistic signs is to denote things and phenomena in the real world is equal to saying that the function of a beard or a moustache is to denote a male human, or that the function of tears is to express sorrow. 2. Words as ty ...
Radical Enactivism, Wittgenstein and the cognitive gap
... Roberts (2013) objects that the REC claim entails that, “the distinction between veridical and illusory experience is hard for the radical enactivist to draw…[On the REC proposal, not] only are creatures with basic minds, who are without fully-formed conceptual abilities, thus unable to undergo perc ...
... Roberts (2013) objects that the REC claim entails that, “the distinction between veridical and illusory experience is hard for the radical enactivist to draw…[On the REC proposal, not] only are creatures with basic minds, who are without fully-formed conceptual abilities, thus unable to undergo perc ...
What is Philosophy
... most distinctive feature of philosophy, namely that it leaves nothing unquestioned. This explains why philosophers do not accept any authority but their own reason. Philosophers have even questioned whether it is possible to question everything. Indeed, this last question, whether some things are un ...
... most distinctive feature of philosophy, namely that it leaves nothing unquestioned. This explains why philosophers do not accept any authority but their own reason. Philosophers have even questioned whether it is possible to question everything. Indeed, this last question, whether some things are un ...
Quine. “Two Dogmas of Empiricism” - University of San Diego Home
... • Ayer reconstructs phenomenalism as the claim that talk about physical objects can be “reduced” to talk about experiences ...
... • Ayer reconstructs phenomenalism as the claim that talk about physical objects can be “reduced” to talk about experiences ...
Chapter 10 - Non-verbal Information and Artistic Expression in the
... are their audience have a mind similar to their own and hence will comprehend their communication whether that is verbal or artistic. Those who study the origin of language consider the human capability of a theory of mind was a cognitive capability unique to humans that made verbal language possibl ...
... are their audience have a mind similar to their own and hence will comprehend their communication whether that is verbal or artistic. Those who study the origin of language consider the human capability of a theory of mind was a cognitive capability unique to humans that made verbal language possibl ...
PHI 110 Lecture 6 1 Today we`re gonna start a number of lectures
... Today we’re gonna start a number of lectures on two thinkers who reject the idea of personhood and of personal identity. We’re gonna spend two lectures on each thinker. What I want to do today is I just sort of want to set things up. I want to talk a little bit about the direction from which this li ...
... Today we’re gonna start a number of lectures on two thinkers who reject the idea of personhood and of personal identity. We’re gonna spend two lectures on each thinker. What I want to do today is I just sort of want to set things up. I want to talk a little bit about the direction from which this li ...
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... the war is gone/ in the ranks of death you‘ll find him…‘ or again in the now familiar death-row declaration that accompanies the short walk to execution: ‗Dead Man Walking!‘ Objective reference in each case is to the dead still living. One might respond that they are not literally dead; but surely t ...
... the war is gone/ in the ranks of death you‘ll find him…‘ or again in the now familiar death-row declaration that accompanies the short walk to execution: ‗Dead Man Walking!‘ Objective reference in each case is to the dead still living. One might respond that they are not literally dead; but surely t ...
Chapter IX The Illative Sense
... Newman spends some time on this last question, which he presents as an assertion (and assumption) made by Protestant that the Rule of Faith is derived solely from scripture. Here, Newman lays “the ways in which truth is struck out in the course of life:” “Common sense, chance, moral perception, geni ...
... Newman spends some time on this last question, which he presents as an assertion (and assumption) made by Protestant that the Rule of Faith is derived solely from scripture. Here, Newman lays “the ways in which truth is struck out in the course of life:” “Common sense, chance, moral perception, geni ...
Chapter 12: Observational Learning Lecture Outline
... 2. Consequences of performance for observer – E.g., more likely to perform modelled behavior when we are reinforced for that behavior ...
... 2. Consequences of performance for observer – E.g., more likely to perform modelled behavior when we are reinforced for that behavior ...
Thinking about language: Chomsky – Geoff Poole
... 1. Species-specificity. Only human beings possess language. This suggests that there is some genetically encoded property of the species that is essential to the acquisition of language. 2. The speed and ease of first language acquisition. 3. Uniformity across populations in the rate and stages and ...
... 1. Species-specificity. Only human beings possess language. This suggests that there is some genetically encoded property of the species that is essential to the acquisition of language. 2. The speed and ease of first language acquisition. 3. Uniformity across populations in the rate and stages and ...
- Birkbeck, University of London
... modularity in peripheral versus central processes, distracts and detracts from his work. In particular, mental processes can employ a language of thought without that language being in any way similar to standard functional or procedural programming languages. In addition, communication between (per ...
... modularity in peripheral versus central processes, distracts and detracts from his work. In particular, mental processes can employ a language of thought without that language being in any way similar to standard functional or procedural programming languages. In addition, communication between (per ...
Introduction to Philosophy Study Guide: Logic and Critical Thinking
... What logic deals with. [It deals with the relation between the premises and the conclusion. Generally, logic cannot tell you whether the premises are in fact true or not–that is known either by common knowledge or consulting someone who has expert knowledge.] The difference between a real and an app ...
... What logic deals with. [It deals with the relation between the premises and the conclusion. Generally, logic cannot tell you whether the premises are in fact true or not–that is known either by common knowledge or consulting someone who has expert knowledge.] The difference between a real and an app ...