Cosmological Certainty - Philsci
... down on will abruptly collapse so that we tumble to our death. We do, on occasions, get it wrong. Bridges do collapse; people die in all sorts of unforeseen accidents. Certainty about our immediate environment is not absolute. But on the whole we are confident that we have got it right, and our con ...
... down on will abruptly collapse so that we tumble to our death. We do, on occasions, get it wrong. Bridges do collapse; people die in all sorts of unforeseen accidents. Certainty about our immediate environment is not absolute. But on the whole we are confident that we have got it right, and our con ...
Cosmological Certainty
... possibility that what we eat or drink will poison us, what we walk, climb on or sit or lie down on will abruptly collapse so that we tumble to our death. We do, on occasions, get it wrong. Bridges do collapse; people die in all sorts of unforeseen accidents. Certainty about our immediate environment ...
... possibility that what we eat or drink will poison us, what we walk, climb on or sit or lie down on will abruptly collapse so that we tumble to our death. We do, on occasions, get it wrong. Bridges do collapse; people die in all sorts of unforeseen accidents. Certainty about our immediate environment ...
Eleven Reasons Why Philosophy is Important
... 3. It offers us knowledge. Philosophy has offered us the knowledge necessary to understand formal logic, develop natural science, discover highly plausible beliefs concerning being reasonable, highly plausible beliefs concerning morality, and more. Even the highly speculative areas of philosophy inv ...
... 3. It offers us knowledge. Philosophy has offered us the knowledge necessary to understand formal logic, develop natural science, discover highly plausible beliefs concerning being reasonable, highly plausible beliefs concerning morality, and more. Even the highly speculative areas of philosophy inv ...
Criticism 1st lecture
... At that time there was quarrel between philosophy and poetry {this is for your own information so when we speak about poetry and philosophy we know why Plato is telling us all this ideas}. Philosophy and poetry were two different genders and there was a big debate between them "who was better than t ...
... At that time there was quarrel between philosophy and poetry {this is for your own information so when we speak about poetry and philosophy we know why Plato is telling us all this ideas}. Philosophy and poetry were two different genders and there was a big debate between them "who was better than t ...
Action research, stories and practical philosophy
... The paper goes on to explore the use of stories as a way into the diversity of significant particularities. Finally the links are made between practical philosophy, stories and the notion of action research. The theme of social justice permeates. It is an example of a theory-practice connection, and ...
... The paper goes on to explore the use of stories as a way into the diversity of significant particularities. Finally the links are made between practical philosophy, stories and the notion of action research. The theme of social justice permeates. It is an example of a theory-practice connection, and ...
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 ...
The Dominant Islamic Philosophy of Knowledge
... The best way to understand a certain culture is to compare it with a different culture. From this perspective, it is useful to compare the Arab-Islamic culture with the Western culture in order to clarify certain important aspects of the former, especially with regard to the status of beliefs and th ...
... The best way to understand a certain culture is to compare it with a different culture. From this perspective, it is useful to compare the Arab-Islamic culture with the Western culture in order to clarify certain important aspects of the former, especially with regard to the status of beliefs and th ...
Ancient Skepticism, for
... by reason, this is what he argues needs to be attempted. That is, Socrates aims for a good life; for now, he must settle for a second-best life, namely one of on-going investigation instead of one that is based on knowledge of good and bad; he methodically arrives at ...
... by reason, this is what he argues needs to be attempted. That is, Socrates aims for a good life; for now, he must settle for a second-best life, namely one of on-going investigation instead of one that is based on knowledge of good and bad; he methodically arrives at ...
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... the second item is “bluntedge scissors.” 3. The child’s experience may not include items that are depicted or may include different identifying words for these images. ...
... the second item is “bluntedge scissors.” 3. The child’s experience may not include items that are depicted or may include different identifying words for these images. ...
Luc Bovens, `Interview.` In: Epistemology: 5 Questions. Edited by
... is an increasing function of the coherence of the information provided. (Mind, 2000) This same methodology also made it possible to take on the Klein and Warfield puzzle. If we receive a new item of information that makes previously disparate information look coherent, then it is quite plausible tha ...
... is an increasing function of the coherence of the information provided. (Mind, 2000) This same methodology also made it possible to take on the Klein and Warfield puzzle. If we receive a new item of information that makes previously disparate information look coherent, then it is quite plausible tha ...
Globalization of Knowledge (Forschungsperspektiven 2010+)
... because they falsely assumed that writing is a context-free, universal external representation of language. They failed to recognize that this modern characteristic of writing was only the result of an interaction between internal and external representations of knowledge, in this case of a reflect ...
... because they falsely assumed that writing is a context-free, universal external representation of language. They failed to recognize that this modern characteristic of writing was only the result of an interaction between internal and external representations of knowledge, in this case of a reflect ...
Intuition, Entitlement and the Epistemology of Logical Laws
... this result might get us what we want: a vindication of the claim that, as I expressed it in my opening paragraph, "[w]e know......that modus ponens, for instance, is a valid rule, and that this knowledge is as rock-solid as any we have". The notable point is that the claim that has to be vindicated ...
... this result might get us what we want: a vindication of the claim that, as I expressed it in my opening paragraph, "[w]e know......that modus ponens, for instance, is a valid rule, and that this knowledge is as rock-solid as any we have". The notable point is that the claim that has to be vindicated ...
Aristotelian Background I
... As non-beings, they can change, but forms - beings never change Material objects are not, they merely appear They are seemings, “phainomena” ...
... As non-beings, they can change, but forms - beings never change Material objects are not, they merely appear They are seemings, “phainomena” ...
Abduction or inertia handout
... ampliative, what we’ve argued is actually that if L1 acquisition works in this way it is not a case of ampliative inference, inference to the best explanation or abduction, but rather a deductive process. It becomes redundant and meaningless to refer to the acquisition process as ‘abductive’. Altern ...
... ampliative, what we’ve argued is actually that if L1 acquisition works in this way it is not a case of ampliative inference, inference to the best explanation or abduction, but rather a deductive process. It becomes redundant and meaningless to refer to the acquisition process as ‘abductive’. Altern ...
A catalog of conscious experiences
... attention on the mystery of consciousness. In my environment now, there is a particularly rich shade of deep purple from a book on my shelf; an almost surreal shade of green in a photograph of ferns on my wall; and a sparkling array of bright red, green, orange, and blue lights on a Christmas tree t ...
... attention on the mystery of consciousness. In my environment now, there is a particularly rich shade of deep purple from a book on my shelf; an almost surreal shade of green in a photograph of ferns on my wall; and a sparkling array of bright red, green, orange, and blue lights on a Christmas tree t ...
Film, Philosophy and the Imagination
... To conclude our example of the hammer: The Cartesian/Rational Approach would deny the possibility of having certain knowledge; under the method of radical scepticism. The Empirical Approach would affirm the scientific existence of the hammer but would give us no information about the hammer as we ex ...
... To conclude our example of the hammer: The Cartesian/Rational Approach would deny the possibility of having certain knowledge; under the method of radical scepticism. The Empirical Approach would affirm the scientific existence of the hammer but would give us no information about the hammer as we ex ...
Aristotle and the Problem of Human Knowledge
... such that our desire to know is not satisfied when merely practical matters of survival are settled. These are what we first address; but philosophy in the proper sense begins only after the necessities of life are obtained (982b22-24).10 Then our thoughts turn to the highest questions, from useful to ...
... such that our desire to know is not satisfied when merely practical matters of survival are settled. These are what we first address; but philosophy in the proper sense begins only after the necessities of life are obtained (982b22-24).10 Then our thoughts turn to the highest questions, from useful to ...
Class #5 - 1/15/14
... Genevieve Lloyd suggests that the issue is even more fundamental and may be near impossible to resolve. Read your text on page 73 carefully!! We will discuss this passage in class next week. ...
... Genevieve Lloyd suggests that the issue is even more fundamental and may be near impossible to resolve. Read your text on page 73 carefully!! We will discuss this passage in class next week. ...
Knowledge structuring in scholarly discourse
... gains a better understanding of the arguments contained within this field making them more convincing. Later on, as the learning processes moves forward, the student will learn that there are also counterpositions to these arguments. However, this realisation is not always evident at the beginning b ...
... gains a better understanding of the arguments contained within this field making them more convincing. Later on, as the learning processes moves forward, the student will learn that there are also counterpositions to these arguments. However, this realisation is not always evident at the beginning b ...
12 Purva Mimamsa and Vedanta
... sequence of logical implications beginning with axioms that have been assumed without question. Explanation only means this. We relate it to what has been known before or what has been deduced before. We associate it with past impressions. When it comes to existential questions raised by philosophy ...
... sequence of logical implications beginning with axioms that have been assumed without question. Explanation only means this. We relate it to what has been known before or what has been deduced before. We associate it with past impressions. When it comes to existential questions raised by philosophy ...
Virtuism: Philosophy and the Aesthetics of Virtue
... philosophy, science, technology, and art must look at what is inherently virtuous towards society, while they are discovering their theories. It is the idea that philosophical truth is only complete if it incorporates into its structure not only epistemological truth (the virtue of its arguments) bu ...
... philosophy, science, technology, and art must look at what is inherently virtuous towards society, while they are discovering their theories. It is the idea that philosophical truth is only complete if it incorporates into its structure not only epistemological truth (the virtue of its arguments) bu ...
Essence and Modality
... implication (x=A) _ xP is a necessary truth (p.302). Moore is also remarkably sympathetic to discussions of internality and provides various interesting examples of internal and external properties throughout his writings. However, it is only in the last twenty years or so that the modal approach to ...
... implication (x=A) _ xP is a necessary truth (p.302). Moore is also remarkably sympathetic to discussions of internality and provides various interesting examples of internal and external properties throughout his writings. However, it is only in the last twenty years or so that the modal approach to ...
Two Senses of Common Sense
... Who, then, is this “plain man” that Austin puts so much confidence in? From his writings it seems that an ordinary or plain man is a competent English speaker who is not a philosopher. Now, Austin goes to him with questions regarding very small and detailed distinctions of ordinary language: would w ...
... Who, then, is this “plain man” that Austin puts so much confidence in? From his writings it seems that an ordinary or plain man is a competent English speaker who is not a philosopher. Now, Austin goes to him with questions regarding very small and detailed distinctions of ordinary language: would w ...
1st Prize: Cherry Dicko
... In relation to Brexit, O’Neill says campaigners ‘did not provide the basic means for voters to judge…’5. Judging is an ability, so here O’Neill implies that the public needed a sort of informed ability knowledge in order to give informed consent – a sort of propositional knowledge from which to exer ...
... In relation to Brexit, O’Neill says campaigners ‘did not provide the basic means for voters to judge…’5. Judging is an ability, so here O’Neill implies that the public needed a sort of informed ability knowledge in order to give informed consent – a sort of propositional knowledge from which to exer ...
Socrates Misinterpreted and Misapplied
... Plato’s dialogues portray Socrates, the philosopher, through his conversations with others. The Apology, one of the first dialogues written by Plato, presents Socrates’ argument to the court as to why he is not guilty of breaking Athenian law under the accusation of corrupting the youth and worshipi ...
... Plato’s dialogues portray Socrates, the philosopher, through his conversations with others. The Apology, one of the first dialogues written by Plato, presents Socrates’ argument to the court as to why he is not guilty of breaking Athenian law under the accusation of corrupting the youth and worshipi ...
Plato's Problem
Plato's Problem is the term given by Noam Chomsky to the gap between knowledge and experience. It presents the question of how we account for our knowledge when environmental conditions seem to be an insufficient source of information. It is used in linguistics to refer to the ""argument from poverty of the stimulus"" (APS). In a more general sense, Plato's Problem refers to the problem of explaining a ""lack of input"". Solving Plato's Problem involves explaining the gap between what one knows and the apparent lack of substantive input from experience (the environment). Plato's Problem is most clearly illustrated in the Meno dialogue, in which Socrates demonstrates that an uneducated boy nevertheless understands geometric principles.