5. Conformism and analytic philosophy[11]
... Even with the help of poetization, so much mental energy would have been given to memorization and recall that other sorts of mental activity would have been severely curtailed. Thus the oral mind would have thought mainly if not wholly in terms of the concrete, temporal, culture-specific scenarios ...
... Even with the help of poetization, so much mental energy would have been given to memorization and recall that other sorts of mental activity would have been severely curtailed. Thus the oral mind would have thought mainly if not wholly in terms of the concrete, temporal, culture-specific scenarios ...
B.A. PHILOSOPHY PR OGRAMME UNIVERSITY OF CALICUT (CUCBCSS -2014 admn.) (I SEMESTER)
... wisdom’. The term science comes from the Latin word ‘scire’ which means ‘to know’. The distinction between philosophy and science is not absolute. However, there are some differences between them in terms of methods and concerns. i) Philosophy is the basic discipline that enters into all areas of hu ...
... wisdom’. The term science comes from the Latin word ‘scire’ which means ‘to know’. The distinction between philosophy and science is not absolute. However, there are some differences between them in terms of methods and concerns. i) Philosophy is the basic discipline that enters into all areas of hu ...
1 - Valpo Blogs
... Hardcastle has several concerns related to my view that philosophical schools should be defined in terms of their philosophical commitments, or doctrines. Two of these are not directly about that requirement itself, but about my argument for it—or, rather, his reconstruction of my argument for it. H ...
... Hardcastle has several concerns related to my view that philosophical schools should be defined in terms of their philosophical commitments, or doctrines. Two of these are not directly about that requirement itself, but about my argument for it—or, rather, his reconstruction of my argument for it. H ...
The Problem of Substance in Metaphysics
... A cursory glance at the different concepts of substance during the different historical Epochs in philosophy, reveals that the problem of substance has been a thing of concern through the ages to the present time. The first group of philosophers to trace the substratum of all reality were the Pre-So ...
... A cursory glance at the different concepts of substance during the different historical Epochs in philosophy, reveals that the problem of substance has been a thing of concern through the ages to the present time. The first group of philosophers to trace the substratum of all reality were the Pre-So ...
Tiffany Price Intro to Philosophy Mr. Izrailevsky http://tiffanyprice
... and silence. These inactions are harder to achieve but are far more rewarding to you as a person. Also the value of nothingness includes frugality and simplicity. These values are excellent to live by because most of the world is consumed with things and money which can always be taken away from you ...
... and silence. These inactions are harder to achieve but are far more rewarding to you as a person. Also the value of nothingness includes frugality and simplicity. These values are excellent to live by because most of the world is consumed with things and money which can always be taken away from you ...
My Slides - Thatmarcusfamily.org
... P An all-powerful God could have no use for an intermediate instrument. P “Though we do the utmost we can to secure the belief of matter, though, when reason forsakes us, we endeavor to support our opinion on the bare possibility of the thing, and though we indulge ourselves in the full scope of an ...
... P An all-powerful God could have no use for an intermediate instrument. P “Though we do the utmost we can to secure the belief of matter, though, when reason forsakes us, we endeavor to support our opinion on the bare possibility of the thing, and though we indulge ourselves in the full scope of an ...
1 - David Papineau
... I say that philosophy aims to construct synthetic theories that are consistent with the empirical evidence, just like the empirical sciences. The obvious objection is that philosophy doesn’t look like empirical science. For one thing, philosophers do not generate empirical data in the way that scien ...
... I say that philosophy aims to construct synthetic theories that are consistent with the empirical evidence, just like the empirical sciences. The obvious objection is that philosophy doesn’t look like empirical science. For one thing, philosophers do not generate empirical data in the way that scien ...
reply to Tracy Llanera - Keele Research Repository
... provide inspiration to the arts – sometimes good, sometimes not so. Perhaps some of the philosophical remedies, such as relying upon our heritage, did transpire in a way; but overwhelmingly through muddling along, not because the philosophers thought of it. For philosophy, along with religion, was a ...
... provide inspiration to the arts – sometimes good, sometimes not so. Perhaps some of the philosophical remedies, such as relying upon our heritage, did transpire in a way; but overwhelmingly through muddling along, not because the philosophers thought of it. For philosophy, along with religion, was a ...
Thesis Abstract
... the mind) world, paradoxically becomes a discussion focusing on inner experience and states of consciousness. Special attention in this research is given to methodological discussions in Empiricism pertaining to the roles and status of the inner sense, and to actual arguments which rely on inner exp ...
... the mind) world, paradoxically becomes a discussion focusing on inner experience and states of consciousness. Special attention in this research is given to methodological discussions in Empiricism pertaining to the roles and status of the inner sense, and to actual arguments which rely on inner exp ...
CONCEPTUAL ANALYSIS
... when no one asks them, but no longer know it when they are supposed to give an account of it. “Augustine says in the Confessions "quid est ergo tempus? si nemo ex me quaerat scio; si quaerenti explicare velim, nescio".—This could not be said about a question of natural science ("What is the specif ...
... when no one asks them, but no longer know it when they are supposed to give an account of it. “Augustine says in the Confessions "quid est ergo tempus? si nemo ex me quaerat scio; si quaerenti explicare velim, nescio".—This could not be said about a question of natural science ("What is the specif ...
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... potentially eschatological. When it exhibits its monistic side — which some philosophers might argue is intrinsic to it — it abolishes history, transposing every lived ontology into conformity with its own eternally returning terms (compare Eliade 1974 [1954]). The ethnographic analyses it informs c ...
... potentially eschatological. When it exhibits its monistic side — which some philosophers might argue is intrinsic to it — it abolishes history, transposing every lived ontology into conformity with its own eternally returning terms (compare Eliade 1974 [1954]). The ethnographic analyses it informs c ...
Aztec Philosophy - University Press of Colorado
... and answers count, and why? Whose standards govern the discussion? Who is included and who is excluded from the discussion, and on what grounds? Equally crucially, who poses and entertains as worthwhile questions such as, Are non-Western people philosophical? And why do they pose them? In short, it ...
... and answers count, and why? Whose standards govern the discussion? Who is included and who is excluded from the discussion, and on what grounds? Equally crucially, who poses and entertains as worthwhile questions such as, Are non-Western people philosophical? And why do they pose them? In short, it ...
philosophical skepticism at the end of the 20th century
... am not, as you see, a true skeptic. A skeptic man is a cold man, who submits all things to a deep analysis. Skepticism has played a great part for me, inasmuch as it has calmed me, from time to time. Universal doubt can be a means to calm. If you are convinced that there is no certitude, doubt is un ...
... am not, as you see, a true skeptic. A skeptic man is a cold man, who submits all things to a deep analysis. Skepticism has played a great part for me, inasmuch as it has calmed me, from time to time. Universal doubt can be a means to calm. If you are convinced that there is no certitude, doubt is un ...
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 ...
Wittgenstein World History Name: E. Napp Date: Biographical
... mystical.’ Of course, this meant that Wittgenstein’s central philosophical message, the insight that he was most concerned to convey in his work, was itself inexpressible. His hope was that precisely in not saying it, nor even in trying to say it, he could somehow make it manifest. ‘If only you do ...
... mystical.’ Of course, this meant that Wittgenstein’s central philosophical message, the insight that he was most concerned to convey in his work, was itself inexpressible. His hope was that precisely in not saying it, nor even in trying to say it, he could somehow make it manifest. ‘If only you do ...
FORMAL METHODS AND SCIENCE IN PHILOSOPHY
... of God. In the first section different attempts in the history of philosophy will be discussed. These attempts will be divided into two classes: (A) Those descriptions which mention properties of God in relation to the world as being its creator. (B) Those descriptions which mention properties of Go ...
... of God. In the first section different attempts in the history of philosophy will be discussed. These attempts will be divided into two classes: (A) Those descriptions which mention properties of God in relation to the world as being its creator. (B) Those descriptions which mention properties of Go ...
deductive reasoning
... Throughout its history, science has undergone numerous changes These changes have often had big influences on society, philosophy etc. ...
... Throughout its history, science has undergone numerous changes These changes have often had big influences on society, philosophy etc. ...
Fourteen pieces on eastern and western philosophy
... philosophy was used only to highlight or support one’s own ideas (Voltaire, Hegel, and again Nietzsche). In some cases, however, the effect was fundamental (Leibnitz, Hume, Schopenhauer, Jung). On a number of points my philosophy, as expounded in this blog, is more congenial with Eastern than with W ...
... philosophy was used only to highlight or support one’s own ideas (Voltaire, Hegel, and again Nietzsche). In some cases, however, the effect was fundamental (Leibnitz, Hume, Schopenhauer, Jung). On a number of points my philosophy, as expounded in this blog, is more congenial with Eastern than with W ...
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 ...
Philosophy Plays
... Edward Spence in 1997 for the primary aim of taking philosophy out of the intellectually-constraining spaces of university classrooms and professional conferences and into the liberating spaces of the public agora, as Socrates did 2,500 years ago. It was a way of, once again, rendering philosophy re ...
... Edward Spence in 1997 for the primary aim of taking philosophy out of the intellectually-constraining spaces of university classrooms and professional conferences and into the liberating spaces of the public agora, as Socrates did 2,500 years ago. It was a way of, once again, rendering philosophy re ...
this PDF file
... cal concepts of philosophy. A sceptical reader might ask whether such a project is viable, or even makes sense, since it would surely be difficult to find two “media” as disparate, seemingly, as philosophy and cinema. Cavell’s response to this question is perhaps what still puts his work, despite en ...
... cal concepts of philosophy. A sceptical reader might ask whether such a project is viable, or even makes sense, since it would surely be difficult to find two “media” as disparate, seemingly, as philosophy and cinema. Cavell’s response to this question is perhaps what still puts his work, despite en ...
Preface to Lying, Misleading and What is Said
... what is consciously represented during the processing of utterances, while another might be well suited to an interest in what gets reported by indirect speech reports. There is no reason at all to expect that these should coincide, nor is there any reason to judge one of these interests more legiti ...
... what is consciously represented during the processing of utterances, while another might be well suited to an interest in what gets reported by indirect speech reports. There is no reason at all to expect that these should coincide, nor is there any reason to judge one of these interests more legiti ...
Redefining Philosophy through Assimilation
... Recently James Heisig and others presented a collection of essays examining the state of the study of Japanese philosophy abroad, calling for a redefinition philosophy itself.1 Since the introduction of Western philosophy in the late nineteenth century, the definition of philosophy has been reexamin ...
... Recently James Heisig and others presented a collection of essays examining the state of the study of Japanese philosophy abroad, calling for a redefinition philosophy itself.1 Since the introduction of Western philosophy in the late nineteenth century, the definition of philosophy has been reexamin ...
Transcendentalism
... weaponed, he knew not how, and yet it was done by his own hands. ... Shall we say, then, that transcendentalism is the Saturnalia or excess of Faith; the presentiment of a faith proper to man in his integrity, excessive only when his imperfect obedience hinders the satisfaction of his wish. ...
... weaponed, he knew not how, and yet it was done by his own hands. ... Shall we say, then, that transcendentalism is the Saturnalia or excess of Faith; the presentiment of a faith proper to man in his integrity, excessive only when his imperfect obedience hinders the satisfaction of his wish. ...