Piety: Lending a Hand to Euthyphro
... with the resultant conception of deity remaining virtually featureless, as much a cipher as Piety has sometimes been made to become. Plato had a conception of the gods of Mt. Olympus that was rich in content, whateverhe may have thoughtaboutthe veridicalityof thatcontent. Differentmonotheistic relig ...
... with the resultant conception of deity remaining virtually featureless, as much a cipher as Piety has sometimes been made to become. Plato had a conception of the gods of Mt. Olympus that was rich in content, whateverhe may have thoughtaboutthe veridicalityof thatcontent. Differentmonotheistic relig ...
Skepticism and Perceptual Faith: Henry David Thoreau and Stanley
... discontent, [and] superstition.”9 Combining the two lists, we have a total of eighteen afflictions, one of which—remarkably enough—is superstition. Unwarranted belief, in other words, is not only one of the miseries of human existence, but it also counts as another piece of evidence in favor of skep ...
... discontent, [and] superstition.”9 Combining the two lists, we have a total of eighteen afflictions, one of which—remarkably enough—is superstition. Unwarranted belief, in other words, is not only one of the miseries of human existence, but it also counts as another piece of evidence in favor of skep ...
Why Hume and Kant were mistaken in rejecting natural theology
... catalogue). But despite his crude theory of thinking, Hume may have been correct in the general point he was trying to make, that – as a contingent fact7- we think only by means of concepts derived (in some sense) from our experience of their application to (the internal or external) world . As the ...
... catalogue). But despite his crude theory of thinking, Hume may have been correct in the general point he was trying to make, that – as a contingent fact7- we think only by means of concepts derived (in some sense) from our experience of their application to (the internal or external) world . As the ...
Extract from Chapter 1: What is Ethics?
... pyramid surmounted with twin shrines dedicated to the supreme god, Huitzilopochtli, where priests would then rip their hearts out with a stone knife. Spanish observers, even those most sympathetic to Aztec rituals, found this practice revolting. Today we also deplore such excesses. But this, so rela ...
... pyramid surmounted with twin shrines dedicated to the supreme god, Huitzilopochtli, where priests would then rip their hearts out with a stone knife. Spanish observers, even those most sympathetic to Aztec rituals, found this practice revolting. Today we also deplore such excesses. But this, so rela ...
Divisibility
... knowing it as part of its being, with the thing perceived forming the actual content of the perception, without that thing being dependent upon being perceived (by anyone) for its existence (although it could be claimed that the thing perceived depends upon being perceived by someone in order to exi ...
... knowing it as part of its being, with the thing perceived forming the actual content of the perception, without that thing being dependent upon being perceived (by anyone) for its existence (although it could be claimed that the thing perceived depends upon being perceived by someone in order to exi ...
1 - David Papineau
... Here is what I am going to do in this paper. In the next two sections I shall flesh out the idea that philosophy consists of synthetic theories. In section 4 I shall qualify this thesis to accommodate the normative and mathematical elements in philosophy. Section 5 will explain how a priori knowled ...
... Here is what I am going to do in this paper. In the next two sections I shall flesh out the idea that philosophy consists of synthetic theories. In section 4 I shall qualify this thesis to accommodate the normative and mathematical elements in philosophy. Section 5 will explain how a priori knowled ...
Dealing with Ethical Dilemmas in Public Administration
... has or acquires knowledge s/he cannot be virtuous. Even more, it is only by these means, namely, reasoning about morality, that real and lasting happiness can be brought about. Evidently, the predominance of virtue in the Socratic discourse is predicated on the concept that only conscious and purpo ...
... has or acquires knowledge s/he cannot be virtuous. Even more, it is only by these means, namely, reasoning about morality, that real and lasting happiness can be brought about. Evidently, the predominance of virtue in the Socratic discourse is predicated on the concept that only conscious and purpo ...
Conscious Intentions and Mental Causes
... (Patrick Haggard, ‘Conscious Intention and Motor Cognition’, Trends in Cognitive Sciences, vol. 9: 290-295 (2005), p. 291; cited on 72). Can it really be that, when we come out with these commonplaces – something which most of us do, in one form or another, every day of our lives – what we are sayin ...
... (Patrick Haggard, ‘Conscious Intention and Motor Cognition’, Trends in Cognitive Sciences, vol. 9: 290-295 (2005), p. 291; cited on 72). Can it really be that, when we come out with these commonplaces – something which most of us do, in one form or another, every day of our lives – what we are sayin ...
National education policy constructions of the `knowledge economy
... role in the move to become the ‘learning society’. To him, part of the answer for an effective education system is to train (s i c) all education leaders in knowledge management. In essence, it seems that knowledge management will help us to transfer knowledge within and between institutions. It may ...
... role in the move to become the ‘learning society’. To him, part of the answer for an effective education system is to train (s i c) all education leaders in knowledge management. In essence, it seems that knowledge management will help us to transfer knowledge within and between institutions. It may ...
locke
... In Book II Locke claims that ideas are the materials of knowledge and all ideas come from experience. The term ‘idea,’ Locke tells us "...stands for whatsoever is the Object of the Understanding, when a man thinks." (Essay I, 1, 8, p. 47) Experience is of two kinds, sensation and reflection. O ...
... In Book II Locke claims that ideas are the materials of knowledge and all ideas come from experience. The term ‘idea,’ Locke tells us "...stands for whatsoever is the Object of the Understanding, when a man thinks." (Essay I, 1, 8, p. 47) Experience is of two kinds, sensation and reflection. O ...
View/Open - Cadair - Aberystwyth University
... I use the term “meta-epistemic Foundationalism” to refer to what is usually called “Foundationalism” in most philosophy of social science literature. The reason for doing so is twofold. Firstly, in a general sense Foundationalism is a response to epistemic Scepticism – that knowledge is not possible ...
... I use the term “meta-epistemic Foundationalism” to refer to what is usually called “Foundationalism” in most philosophy of social science literature. The reason for doing so is twofold. Firstly, in a general sense Foundationalism is a response to epistemic Scepticism – that knowledge is not possible ...
A Gentle Introduction to Soar, an Architecture for Human
... in ways that are unrelated to our desires and intentions. If we want to cook dinner, we go to an appropriate location, gather ingredients and implements, then chop, stir and season until we’ve produced the desired result. We may have to learn new actions (braising rather than frying) or the correct ...
... in ways that are unrelated to our desires and intentions. If we want to cook dinner, we go to an appropriate location, gather ingredients and implements, then chop, stir and season until we’ve produced the desired result. We may have to learn new actions (braising rather than frying) or the correct ...
Handout
... BD. For Aristotle, anything can potentially be present to our souls. That is, our souls have the potential of becoming aware of anything, in particular, any particular thing, which Aristotle calls an ousia. Natural things become present to us through our sense-perception. Perception occurs as the fo ...
... BD. For Aristotle, anything can potentially be present to our souls. That is, our souls have the potential of becoming aware of anything, in particular, any particular thing, which Aristotle calls an ousia. Natural things become present to us through our sense-perception. Perception occurs as the fo ...
Nietzsche`s critique of past philosophers
... Throughout his philosophy, Nietzsche is concerned with origins, both psychological and historical. Much of philosophy is usually thought of as an a priori investigation. But if Nietzsche can show, as he thinks he can, that philosophical theories and arguments have a specific historical basis, then t ...
... Throughout his philosophy, Nietzsche is concerned with origins, both psychological and historical. Much of philosophy is usually thought of as an a priori investigation. But if Nietzsche can show, as he thinks he can, that philosophical theories and arguments have a specific historical basis, then t ...
Nietzsche`s Cow: On Memory and Forgetting
... How one can actively forget—Nietzsche called that ability “a positive faculty of repression”—is a mystery. Emerson called it “selfreliance” in his essay by that name. But it would seem that only those who are deeply steeped in the past create anything worthwhile in the very attempt to forget it. Tha ...
... How one can actively forget—Nietzsche called that ability “a positive faculty of repression”—is a mystery. Emerson called it “selfreliance” in his essay by that name. But it would seem that only those who are deeply steeped in the past create anything worthwhile in the very attempt to forget it. Tha ...
Samavaya Inseparable Health May 24 docx
... and guna ushers in action (karma). For example generally all sour substances are acidic and increase heat yet amalaki fruit is a sour cooling anti-acidic. This cooling anti-acidic action can’t be explained in terms of taste nor chemically therefore it is called prabhava, unexplainable. Amalaki also ...
... and guna ushers in action (karma). For example generally all sour substances are acidic and increase heat yet amalaki fruit is a sour cooling anti-acidic. This cooling anti-acidic action can’t be explained in terms of taste nor chemically therefore it is called prabhava, unexplainable. Amalaki also ...
b. Jr.Sem.Offerings`95
... Many if not all of us have at least some strong moral convictions. Some of these convictions concern controversial topics that are the subject of public debate (such as the moral permissibility of abortion); others are relatively uncontroversial (consider, for example, the view that it is morally wr ...
... Many if not all of us have at least some strong moral convictions. Some of these convictions concern controversial topics that are the subject of public debate (such as the moral permissibility of abortion); others are relatively uncontroversial (consider, for example, the view that it is morally wr ...
Thoreau`s Experiment: “I came here to live”
... civilization; the minister, and the school-committee, and every one of you will take care of that… Our sympathies in Massachusetts are not confined to New England; though we may be estranged from the South, we sympathize with the West…The West of which I speak is but another name for the Wild; and w ...
... civilization; the minister, and the school-committee, and every one of you will take care of that… Our sympathies in Massachusetts are not confined to New England; though we may be estranged from the South, we sympathize with the West…The West of which I speak is but another name for the Wild; and w ...
fiBeauty is truth, truth beauty, - that is all
... images that he makes real. At this juncture you would be correct in thinking of the philosophy of Plato, which has been influencing the philosophical thinking of the Occident for centuries. Plato’s central idea was that we only perceive a shadowy reality with our physical eyes. We can only see the t ...
... images that he makes real. At this juncture you would be correct in thinking of the philosophy of Plato, which has been influencing the philosophical thinking of the Occident for centuries. Plato’s central idea was that we only perceive a shadowy reality with our physical eyes. We can only see the t ...
Mimesis, Eros, and Mania
... because something offers itself for thought that is in excess of the concept, even Hegel’s. What Hegel would take as their conceptual deficit may well be a surplus of significance through which the philosopher is endowed with winged thought. Today for many, the name “Plato” is synonymous with “metap ...
... because something offers itself for thought that is in excess of the concept, even Hegel’s. What Hegel would take as their conceptual deficit may well be a surplus of significance through which the philosopher is endowed with winged thought. Today for many, the name “Plato” is synonymous with “metap ...
Religion-Jaina philosophy
... itself with the basic epistemological issues, namely, with those concerning the nature of knowledge, how knowledge is derived, and in what way knowledge can be said to be reliable. These issues feature in the Indian context in the form of the consistent attention paid to what exactly constitutes cog ...
... itself with the basic epistemological issues, namely, with those concerning the nature of knowledge, how knowledge is derived, and in what way knowledge can be said to be reliable. These issues feature in the Indian context in the form of the consistent attention paid to what exactly constitutes cog ...
M METHO ODOL LOGY
... History studies the past. The past includes anything and everything that has happened before, but such a study involves a certain approach. That is, a historian needs to study not everything that happened in the past, but what could be said about the past. There is a basic dilemma between whether hi ...
... History studies the past. The past includes anything and everything that has happened before, but such a study involves a certain approach. That is, a historian needs to study not everything that happened in the past, but what could be said about the past. There is a basic dilemma between whether hi ...
Glendinning , Simon. 'Varieties of Neoliberalism' LEQS Paper No. 89, March 2015
... he thought, “turned away from the questions which are decisive for humanity” (Husserl 1970, p. 6). These are “questions concerning the meaning or meaninglessness of the whole of human existence” (Husserl 1970, p. 6). Blinded by the astonishing success of the n ...
... he thought, “turned away from the questions which are decisive for humanity” (Husserl 1970, p. 6). These are “questions concerning the meaning or meaninglessness of the whole of human existence” (Husserl 1970, p. 6). Blinded by the astonishing success of the n ...
An Evaluation of Paul Churchland`s Responses to The Knowledge
... lead (as he must, if his reductio is to be successful), then r is about the former rather than the latter. As we saw earlier, though, if r is about what it is like to see light and not about light qua light, then (4)’’ cannot be validly entailed, even given (1)’’-(3)’’. Knowledge By Acquaintance? Ma ...
... lead (as he must, if his reductio is to be successful), then r is about the former rather than the latter. As we saw earlier, though, if r is about what it is like to see light and not about light qua light, then (4)’’ cannot be validly entailed, even given (1)’’-(3)’’. Knowledge By Acquaintance? Ma ...
Aristotle: The first encyclopedist
... cosmology. He is the founder of Logics, where he developed the syllogism as a basic argument of the theory of deduction. The syllogism starts from two different premises that lead to a unique conclusion. Aristotle revised many of Plato’s ideas insisting on methods based on observation and experiment ...
... cosmology. He is the founder of Logics, where he developed the syllogism as a basic argument of the theory of deduction. The syllogism starts from two different premises that lead to a unique conclusion. Aristotle revised many of Plato’s ideas insisting on methods based on observation and experiment ...
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.