Proclus on Hesiod
... young and which aim at virtue (ἀρετή) and allegorical myths that are perhaps suited to an audience of more mature people. This concept of a type of educational myth that promotes virtue will come to play an important role in Proclus. Whereas Plato is dismissive of the myths of the Theogony and littl ...
... young and which aim at virtue (ἀρετή) and allegorical myths that are perhaps suited to an audience of more mature people. This concept of a type of educational myth that promotes virtue will come to play an important role in Proclus. Whereas Plato is dismissive of the myths of the Theogony and littl ...
THE PROBLEMS OF PHILOSOPHY (London: Oxford University
... believe nothing which he did not see quite clearly and distinctly to be true. Whatever he could bring himself to doubt, he would doubt, until he saw reason for not doubting it. By applying this method he gradually became convinced that the only existence of which he could be quite certain was his ow ...
... believe nothing which he did not see quite clearly and distinctly to be true. Whatever he could bring himself to doubt, he would doubt, until he saw reason for not doubting it. By applying this method he gradually became convinced that the only existence of which he could be quite certain was his ow ...
Substantive Syllogisms - Scholarship at UWindsor
... the so-called cases of "contrasted instances" (Ross 1949, 300 ff.) – such terms as "man" "horse" and "animal"; "horse" "swan" and "white"; and "stones" "animals" and "lines" illustrate how factual relationships of inclusion or exclusion between the groups designated by these terms render invalid cer ...
... the so-called cases of "contrasted instances" (Ross 1949, 300 ff.) – such terms as "man" "horse" and "animal"; "horse" "swan" and "white"; and "stones" "animals" and "lines" illustrate how factual relationships of inclusion or exclusion between the groups designated by these terms render invalid cer ...
What Can We Know A Priori?1 C.S.I. Jenkins Draft only. Please
... Of course, sometimes we believe p only because it seems to us that things couldn’t be any other way, and when it transpires that they can our motivation for p disappears. But Devitt has not argued that anything of that kind is going on in this case. Moreover, there are various other motivations for ...
... Of course, sometimes we believe p only because it seems to us that things couldn’t be any other way, and when it transpires that they can our motivation for p disappears. But Devitt has not argued that anything of that kind is going on in this case. Moreover, there are various other motivations for ...
Glosses on Porphyry
... philosophers have judged rightly of these things. There are however three accustomed meanings of the word necessary? Since it is sometimes used to mean inevitable as, it is necessary that substance is not quality, sometimes to mean useful, as, to go to the forum, sometimes to mean determined, as, th ...
... philosophers have judged rightly of these things. There are however three accustomed meanings of the word necessary? Since it is sometimes used to mean inevitable as, it is necessary that substance is not quality, sometimes to mean useful, as, to go to the forum, sometimes to mean determined, as, th ...
Week 2
... When it is defined as internal, it is an expression of an individual’s being or consciousness; when external, it is the material on which consciousness then acts. […] It operates within an ideological construction that not only makes individuals the starting point of knowledge, but that also natural ...
... When it is defined as internal, it is an expression of an individual’s being or consciousness; when external, it is the material on which consciousness then acts. […] It operates within an ideological construction that not only makes individuals the starting point of knowledge, but that also natural ...
Ted Honderich
... Currently chairman of the Royal Institute of Philosophy. Main work on five things: determinism’s truth, nature of consciousness and relation to brain, right and wrong in contemporary world, justifications of state punishment and political tradition of conservatism. His thoughts on determinism ...
... Currently chairman of the Royal Institute of Philosophy. Main work on five things: determinism’s truth, nature of consciousness and relation to brain, right and wrong in contemporary world, justifications of state punishment and political tradition of conservatism. His thoughts on determinism ...
Trying to keep philosophy honest
... that the same words, in a different situation, might express a claim that is unwarranted or false. What gets scepticism going is the demand that we should find some knowledge-claim that could not be doubted regardless of context. Since we have no idea what that could be, we feel we have to concede t ...
... that the same words, in a different situation, might express a claim that is unwarranted or false. What gets scepticism going is the demand that we should find some knowledge-claim that could not be doubted regardless of context. Since we have no idea what that could be, we feel we have to concede t ...
The Objectivity of the Past
... sets of tools for different purposes, obviously makes it hard to be an essentialist. For it becomes hard to take seriously the idea that one description of A can be more ‘objective’ or ‘closer to the intrinsic nature of A’ than another. The relation of tools to what they manipulate is simply a manne ...
... sets of tools for different purposes, obviously makes it hard to be an essentialist. For it becomes hard to take seriously the idea that one description of A can be more ‘objective’ or ‘closer to the intrinsic nature of A’ than another. The relation of tools to what they manipulate is simply a manne ...
Le Paradoxe de Newcomb
... constraints on a practical decision problem and the way in which the specific constraints on Newcomb’s problem function to delimit the range of possible solutions to the puzzle. Locke D. (1978) How to Make a Newcomb Choice (in Analysis, vol.38, p17-23) Abstract: Newcomb’s choice problem is presented ...
... constraints on a practical decision problem and the way in which the specific constraints on Newcomb’s problem function to delimit the range of possible solutions to the puzzle. Locke D. (1978) How to Make a Newcomb Choice (in Analysis, vol.38, p17-23) Abstract: Newcomb’s choice problem is presented ...
On the Ancient Idea that Music Shapes Character
... the case that these ancient claims are worth exploring by showing that the arguments against them are weaker than they appear; and, second, to outline how a plausible argument for these two claims might go. To do both of these things, we will need to draw on ideas and arguments from ancient Greek an ...
... the case that these ancient claims are worth exploring by showing that the arguments against them are weaker than they appear; and, second, to outline how a plausible argument for these two claims might go. To do both of these things, we will need to draw on ideas and arguments from ancient Greek an ...
Introduction: Varieties of Disjunctivism
... Inspired by the writings of J. M. Hinton (1967a, 1967b, 1973), but ushered into the mainstream by Paul Snowdon (1980–1, 1990–1), John McDowell (1982, 1986), and M. G. F. Martin (2002, 2004, 2006), disjunctivism is currently discussed, advocated, and opposed in the philosophy of perception, the theor ...
... Inspired by the writings of J. M. Hinton (1967a, 1967b, 1973), but ushered into the mainstream by Paul Snowdon (1980–1, 1990–1), John McDowell (1982, 1986), and M. G. F. Martin (2002, 2004, 2006), disjunctivism is currently discussed, advocated, and opposed in the philosophy of perception, the theor ...
6 Endogenous Knowledge: Implications for Sustainable Development
... lent conflict between humans is caused by competing interests over natural resources. They want to also know why the phenomenon in question hap pened to those affected at that specific moment. To know why something happens is important since this provides the basis for determining how to confront t ...
... lent conflict between humans is caused by competing interests over natural resources. They want to also know why the phenomenon in question hap pened to those affected at that specific moment. To know why something happens is important since this provides the basis for determining how to confront t ...
Syllogism - University of Windsor
... the so-called cases of "contrasted instances" (Ross 1949, 300 ff.) – such terms as "man" "horse" and "animal"; "horse" "swan" and "white"; and "stones" "animals" and "lines" illustrate how factual relationships of inclusion or exclusion between the groups designated by these terms render invalid cer ...
... the so-called cases of "contrasted instances" (Ross 1949, 300 ff.) – such terms as "man" "horse" and "animal"; "horse" "swan" and "white"; and "stones" "animals" and "lines" illustrate how factual relationships of inclusion or exclusion between the groups designated by these terms render invalid cer ...
modern western philosophy BA PHILOSOPHY VI SEMESTER
... and distinctly. Such knowledge, according to him, is self-evident, standing in no need of proof. Intuition is undoubted, immediate apprehension of a self-evident truth by reason. God imprints certain innate ideas on the mind at the time of birth. The ideas of causality, infinity, eternity, perfect B ...
... and distinctly. Such knowledge, according to him, is self-evident, standing in no need of proof. Intuition is undoubted, immediate apprehension of a self-evident truth by reason. God imprints certain innate ideas on the mind at the time of birth. The ideas of causality, infinity, eternity, perfect B ...
Russell, Bertrand - The Problems of Philosophy
... believe nothing which he did not see quite clearly and distinctly to be true. Whatever he could bring himself to doubt, he would doubt, until he saw reason for not doubting it. By ...
... believe nothing which he did not see quite clearly and distinctly to be true. Whatever he could bring himself to doubt, he would doubt, until he saw reason for not doubting it. By ...
Specious Present - Philsci
... because Reid, and others like Stewart who follow him in this regard, are committed to views about consciousness that are incompatible with experience genuinely encompassing a nonzero duration. Where precisely a given philosopher draws the line between perception and memory is a function of the th ...
... because Reid, and others like Stewart who follow him in this regard, are committed to views about consciousness that are incompatible with experience genuinely encompassing a nonzero duration. Where precisely a given philosopher draws the line between perception and memory is a function of the th ...
A Comparative Study of the Epistemology of Immanuel Kant and that
... historical parallel between Europe and India in their philosophical evolutions: When we consider the history of thought in Greece, we find that metaphysics first develops out of mythology and it is only when metaphysical speculation attains a certain maturity and results in the formulation of a vari ...
... historical parallel between Europe and India in their philosophical evolutions: When we consider the history of thought in Greece, we find that metaphysics first develops out of mythology and it is only when metaphysical speculation attains a certain maturity and results in the formulation of a vari ...
Phenomenal Concepts and the Private Language
... arguments designed to show that conscious mental properties cannot possibly be identical to (or even metaphysically determined by) material properties. It is these arguments that have led to the postulation of ‘phenomenal concepts’. Consider first Frank Jackson’s ‘knowledge argument’ (Jackson 1986). ...
... arguments designed to show that conscious mental properties cannot possibly be identical to (or even metaphysically determined by) material properties. It is these arguments that have led to the postulation of ‘phenomenal concepts’. Consider first Frank Jackson’s ‘knowledge argument’ (Jackson 1986). ...
Lean Hog -- February - Iowa State University
... unless we are so absolutely certain that it is true that we can’t doubt it. But if we accepted this, we would be forced to conclude that we know nothing at all, or almost nothing. It’s just wrong to say that we don’t know something just because we can doubt that it’s true, or just because it’s possi ...
... unless we are so absolutely certain that it is true that we can’t doubt it. But if we accepted this, we would be forced to conclude that we know nothing at all, or almost nothing. It’s just wrong to say that we don’t know something just because we can doubt that it’s true, or just because it’s possi ...
Being and Time Introduction Chapter One
... • It is said to be self-evident, because we use it every day in predication: “The sky is blue.” ...
... • It is said to be self-evident, because we use it every day in predication: “The sky is blue.” ...
Beyond the axioms: The question of objectivity in mathematics
... an external criterion of mathematical existence and truth and that numbers, functions, sets, etc., satisfy it, is often called ‘Platonism’; but Plato deserves a better fate. Wittgenstein, at least in analogous cases, called it ‘realism’; but I want to save this term for the view that we can truthful ...
... an external criterion of mathematical existence and truth and that numbers, functions, sets, etc., satisfy it, is often called ‘Platonism’; but Plato deserves a better fate. Wittgenstein, at least in analogous cases, called it ‘realism’; but I want to save this term for the view that we can truthful ...
Ph 205 Historical Introduction to Philosophy
... Is beauty in the eye of the beholder or is there an objective standard? Aquinas & Existence of God: Should nonCatholic sources of knowledge be used in theology? ...
... Is beauty in the eye of the beholder or is there an objective standard? Aquinas & Existence of God: Should nonCatholic sources of knowledge be used in theology? ...
Kant`s Distinction Between Theoretical and Practical Knowledge
... natures and the relations of fitness and propriety derivable from them, just as reason's theoretical knowledge lies in an apprehension of the independently subsisting essences and natures of the things that are. For the rational intuitionist, then, in both the practical and the theoretical case, kno ...
... natures and the relations of fitness and propriety derivable from them, just as reason's theoretical knowledge lies in an apprehension of the independently subsisting essences and natures of the things that are. For the rational intuitionist, then, in both the practical and the theoretical case, kno ...
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.