Was Wittgenstein Right?
... The singular achievement of the controversial early 20th century philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein was to have discerned the true nature of Western philosophy — what is special about its problems, where they come from, how they should and should not be addressed, and what can and cannot be accomplishe ...
... The singular achievement of the controversial early 20th century philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein was to have discerned the true nature of Western philosophy — what is special about its problems, where they come from, how they should and should not be addressed, and what can and cannot be accomplishe ...
GUIDE AND REVIEW FOR FINAL EXAM IN PHILOSOPHY: As you
... forgetfulness. Plato’s concept of virtue is a well-ordered soul; the aggregation (harmony) of the three parts of the soul (appetites, emotions/spirit, and reason) whereby virtues like justice, temperance, courage, and wisdom emerge. In contrast, disordered soul is one whereby the emotional or appeti ...
... forgetfulness. Plato’s concept of virtue is a well-ordered soul; the aggregation (harmony) of the three parts of the soul (appetites, emotions/spirit, and reason) whereby virtues like justice, temperance, courage, and wisdom emerge. In contrast, disordered soul is one whereby the emotional or appeti ...
Aristotle
... “It is from playing the lyre that both good and bad lyre players are produced.” (1103b7) By playing over time in some way or other we acquire habits. If these are good, then we will be good lyre players. If they are bad, then we will be bad, and able to become good by unlearning bad habits and learn ...
... “It is from playing the lyre that both good and bad lyre players are produced.” (1103b7) By playing over time in some way or other we acquire habits. If these are good, then we will be good lyre players. If they are bad, then we will be bad, and able to become good by unlearning bad habits and learn ...
Why does Camus suggest at the end of his essay that “one must
... How does Camus believe that happiness and the absurd are related? Do you agree with him? ...
... How does Camus believe that happiness and the absurd are related? Do you agree with him? ...
law extension committee - The University of Sydney
... Wolff considers Rousseau plainly wrong in assuming that the majority view manifests the general will. In fact some 20 years after Rousseau's argument was set out in “The Social Contract” the Marquis de Condorcet discovered his famous jury theorem which applies probability theory to demonstrate that ...
... Wolff considers Rousseau plainly wrong in assuming that the majority view manifests the general will. In fact some 20 years after Rousseau's argument was set out in “The Social Contract” the Marquis de Condorcet discovered his famous jury theorem which applies probability theory to demonstrate that ...
John Francis Nieto - Thomas Aquinas College
... Three arguments have been proposed. But objections have been raised, including the claim that the soul is nothing more than a harmony-we might say composition3 -of our bodily parts. Phaedo, reporting the conversation, says, Hearing them as they spoke we all took it badly (as we later said to each ot ...
... Three arguments have been proposed. But objections have been raised, including the claim that the soul is nothing more than a harmony-we might say composition3 -of our bodily parts. Phaedo, reporting the conversation, says, Hearing them as they spoke we all took it badly (as we later said to each ot ...
06 - The Creativity Process
... Likes to see things happen; Enjoys giving structure to ideas so that they can become a reality; Enjoys seeing ideas come to fruition; Likes to focus on ideas and solutions that he or she feels are workable; Likes the ‘Nike’ approach to problem solving (i.e., ‘Just do it’); and May leap t ...
... Likes to see things happen; Enjoys giving structure to ideas so that they can become a reality; Enjoys seeing ideas come to fruition; Likes to focus on ideas and solutions that he or she feels are workable; Likes the ‘Nike’ approach to problem solving (i.e., ‘Just do it’); and May leap t ...
Cognitivism (psychology)
... of all significance. They argue that by representing experiences and mental functions as measurements, cognitivism is ignoring the context (cf contextualism) and, therefore, the meaning of these measurements. They believe that it is this personal meaning of experience gained from the phenomenon as i ...
... of all significance. They argue that by representing experiences and mental functions as measurements, cognitivism is ignoring the context (cf contextualism) and, therefore, the meaning of these measurements. They believe that it is this personal meaning of experience gained from the phenomenon as i ...
THE PRESOCRATIC PHILOSOPHERS AND SOCRATES
... ordinary, everyday worldview is not accurate and needs to be revised. Some wanted to add items to the common sense worldview, while others wanted to subtract them, and still others wanted to change it completely. By examining even the little of what we know about the Presocratic philosophers we will ...
... ordinary, everyday worldview is not accurate and needs to be revised. Some wanted to add items to the common sense worldview, while others wanted to subtract them, and still others wanted to change it completely. By examining even the little of what we know about the Presocratic philosophers we will ...
UNIVERSITY OF CALICUT Indian Philosophy -Non Vedic schools II (Complementary)
... According to Jain thought, the basic constituents of reality are souls (jiva), matter (pudgala), motion (dharma), rest (adharma), space (akasa), and time (kala). Space is understood to be infinite in all directions, but not all of space is inhabitable. A finite region of space, usually described as ...
... According to Jain thought, the basic constituents of reality are souls (jiva), matter (pudgala), motion (dharma), rest (adharma), space (akasa), and time (kala). Space is understood to be infinite in all directions, but not all of space is inhabitable. A finite region of space, usually described as ...
Structure and function in Plato`s "Republic"
... the disposition of its material is valid, and answers to the troubling questions about Books 1 and 10 may be found in this structure. We cannot be certain that a knowledge of what is said in the Republic will accurately convey Plato's thought to us without the corresponding knowledge of where and ho ...
... the disposition of its material is valid, and answers to the troubling questions about Books 1 and 10 may be found in this structure. We cannot be certain that a knowledge of what is said in the Republic will accurately convey Plato's thought to us without the corresponding knowledge of where and ho ...
Moral Dilemmas - Angelo State University
... Socrates quickly refutes this account by suggesting that it would be wrong to repay certain debts (weapon) ...
... Socrates quickly refutes this account by suggesting that it would be wrong to repay certain debts (weapon) ...
Intro to Philosophy
... Why is there something rather than nothing? (W) Is it possible that, prior to now, there was absolutely nothing in existence? (W) What is ultimately (really) real (as opposed to what is only apparently real)? (W, I, C) Is reality fundamentally one or many? (W, I, C) What is the relationship between ...
... Why is there something rather than nothing? (W) Is it possible that, prior to now, there was absolutely nothing in existence? (W) What is ultimately (really) real (as opposed to what is only apparently real)? (W, I, C) Is reality fundamentally one or many? (W, I, C) What is the relationship between ...
The origin of concepts and the nature of knowledge revision boo
... experience them, and not before (Locke). It explains why people who lack certain kinds of sensation also lack the corresponding ideas – e.g. why blind people have no ideas of colours, and deaf people no idea of sounds (Hume). It gives us a way of resolving philosophical problems – clarify the id ...
... experience them, and not before (Locke). It explains why people who lack certain kinds of sensation also lack the corresponding ideas – e.g. why blind people have no ideas of colours, and deaf people no idea of sounds (Hume). It gives us a way of resolving philosophical problems – clarify the id ...
Bold hypothesis by Popper
... Inversely, if a hypothesis lacks the quality of boldness, then it would make very little difference to what scientists already know. It is not "a big deal", i.e. it is not very significant for the theory which exists already. It can contribute rather little to advancing scientific progress, because ...
... Inversely, if a hypothesis lacks the quality of boldness, then it would make very little difference to what scientists already know. It is not "a big deal", i.e. it is not very significant for the theory which exists already. It can contribute rather little to advancing scientific progress, because ...
What is Problem Solving?
... situations where the solution is not immediately obvious, and where the literacy domains or curricular areas that might be applicable are not within a single domain of mathematics, science, or ... nces.ed.gov/programs/coe/glossary/p.asp Reflective thinking using the scientific approach www.ag.ohio ...
... situations where the solution is not immediately obvious, and where the literacy domains or curricular areas that might be applicable are not within a single domain of mathematics, science, or ... nces.ed.gov/programs/coe/glossary/p.asp Reflective thinking using the scientific approach www.ag.ohio ...
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... the moment of death you are living). It makes a considerable difference, of course, which description fits your disposition (as in ―half empty/half full‖). Confronted with a diagnosis of ‗terminal illness‘ one may choose the description and comportment ‗I am dying‘; but it is equally a fact and ...
... the moment of death you are living). It makes a considerable difference, of course, which description fits your disposition (as in ―half empty/half full‖). Confronted with a diagnosis of ‗terminal illness‘ one may choose the description and comportment ‗I am dying‘; but it is equally a fact and ...
Plato, Thucydides, and Alcibiades
... Of all the characters we encounter in the Socratic dialogues of Plato, no one, apart from Socrates himself, meant so much to – and evoked such mixed feelings among – Plato’s Athenian readership as the illustrious Alcibiades. A well-known character from our time, with whom one could make a comparison ...
... Of all the characters we encounter in the Socratic dialogues of Plato, no one, apart from Socrates himself, meant so much to – and evoked such mixed feelings among – Plato’s Athenian readership as the illustrious Alcibiades. A well-known character from our time, with whom one could make a comparison ...
Notes on Hume`s And Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding
... proposition which expresses a relation between these figures.” These kinds of propositions are discoverable by the mere operation of thought, without dependence on what is anywhere existent in the universe.” Hume is not concerned with relations of ideas, for they are merely tautologies, that is, st ...
... proposition which expresses a relation between these figures.” These kinds of propositions are discoverable by the mere operation of thought, without dependence on what is anywhere existent in the universe.” Hume is not concerned with relations of ideas, for they are merely tautologies, that is, st ...
Perception
... interpreting sensory information, which enables us to recognize meaningful objects and events. ...
... interpreting sensory information, which enables us to recognize meaningful objects and events. ...
The Journey PPT Notes
... • Are Mind and Spirit limited to ‘grey matter’, i.e. the brain? • How persuasive is Kreeft’s analogy of a materialist philosophy as leaves on a tree, where neither are right or wrong, true or false, each simply is? • Can a material ‘Self’ be morally responsible? If so, does it refute materialism, si ...
... • Are Mind and Spirit limited to ‘grey matter’, i.e. the brain? • How persuasive is Kreeft’s analogy of a materialist philosophy as leaves on a tree, where neither are right or wrong, true or false, each simply is? • Can a material ‘Self’ be morally responsible? If so, does it refute materialism, si ...
Suffering and Posttraumatic Growth
... Gr. “relying on experience” 2. Luke 1: 1-4 “Inasmuch as many have undertaken to compile an account of the things accomplished among us, just as they were handed down to us by those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and servants of the word, it seemed fitting for me as well, having investigate ...
... Gr. “relying on experience” 2. Luke 1: 1-4 “Inasmuch as many have undertaken to compile an account of the things accomplished among us, just as they were handed down to us by those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and servants of the word, it seemed fitting for me as well, having investigate ...
1. Bibliographic Entry James and Stuart Rachels. The Case Against
... conditioning and how we are conditioned to do things when we are rewarded or when the outcome is good following the action. After that they talked about whether or not we became who we were because of luck. If any one of us were put into a bad environment, we would have probably turned out bad. We ...
... conditioning and how we are conditioned to do things when we are rewarded or when the outcome is good following the action. After that they talked about whether or not we became who we were because of luck. If any one of us were put into a bad environment, we would have probably turned out bad. We ...
What is immediate perception? The Buddhist answer
... not clear about this question. According to Dharmakirti, a svalakshana, or particular, possessing its causal function (arthakriya), can produce its own image or aspect (akara) in our mind. Does it mean that we really apprehend svalakshana at the moment of perception? Taking into account that all of ...
... not clear about this question. According to Dharmakirti, a svalakshana, or particular, possessing its causal function (arthakriya), can produce its own image or aspect (akara) in our mind. Does it mean that we really apprehend svalakshana at the moment of perception? Taking into account that all of ...
Stove`s Discovery of the Worst Argument in the World
... abstract reasons. People, they think, can be acted on by their interests, or patronage, or the social milieu, but abstract facts like 2 + 2 = 4 do not act. So explanations of how people, including scientists, think ought to be sociological. This argument appears in various forms, mostly not very exp ...
... abstract reasons. People, they think, can be acted on by their interests, or patronage, or the social milieu, but abstract facts like 2 + 2 = 4 do not act. So explanations of how people, including scientists, think ought to be sociological. This argument appears in various forms, mostly not very exp ...
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.