Grendel by John Gardner
... Gardner wrote this revisionist novel in order to criticize writers like Heller and Vonnegut, whom he considered to be “bad” artists. As you can see from his quotes above, Gardner believed that an artist had a mission to create a vision of life that is noble: he must offer the world imaginative redem ...
... Gardner wrote this revisionist novel in order to criticize writers like Heller and Vonnegut, whom he considered to be “bad” artists. As you can see from his quotes above, Gardner believed that an artist had a mission to create a vision of life that is noble: he must offer the world imaginative redem ...
Philosophy of Religion Induction Day
... If it’s premises are true, then its conclusion could still be false. The premises provide some but not absolute support for the conclusion. How would you use inductive reasoning to demonstrate all geese are white If you see one goose, you might think, geese are white, but you don't have a large enou ...
... If it’s premises are true, then its conclusion could still be false. The premises provide some but not absolute support for the conclusion. How would you use inductive reasoning to demonstrate all geese are white If you see one goose, you might think, geese are white, but you don't have a large enou ...
Change for the Better: Conceptual Engineering and the Task of
... the conviction that those structures “need dismantling and starting afresh” then the job of the philosopher is not restricted to the investigative phase. If—as Marx has it—the point is to change the world (for the better) then philosophers should be emboldened to take on that responsibility. As an i ...
... the conviction that those structures “need dismantling and starting afresh” then the job of the philosopher is not restricted to the investigative phase. If—as Marx has it—the point is to change the world (for the better) then philosophers should be emboldened to take on that responsibility. As an i ...
CH.2 - Home Page of Dr. H Lee Cheek
... in man and of his capacity to know reality. Philosophic dialogue seeks existence-in-truth. This can be known to man because reality is rational. Plato accordingly gives a different name (eristic) to discussions which use names without fully realizing that words are symbols, not substitutes for reali ...
... in man and of his capacity to know reality. Philosophic dialogue seeks existence-in-truth. This can be known to man because reality is rational. Plato accordingly gives a different name (eristic) to discussions which use names without fully realizing that words are symbols, not substitutes for reali ...
HERE - A Universal Basic Income, Economic security for all
... of the man. Note that the words, ‘mean,’ ‘spirit,’ ‘self,’ and ‘jerk’ are primary words that largely defy definition. But even though the speaker couldn’t adequately define his terms, it doesn’t follow that he doesn’t know what they mean, or shouldn’t use them with confidence. ...
... of the man. Note that the words, ‘mean,’ ‘spirit,’ ‘self,’ and ‘jerk’ are primary words that largely defy definition. But even though the speaker couldn’t adequately define his terms, it doesn’t follow that he doesn’t know what they mean, or shouldn’t use them with confidence. ...
Philosophy of Science
... facts on earth that we prove in various ways to be certain in our own sight. And facts that are not true in places where we are, we know through other wise men that have experience them…. And this experience is human and philosophical just as far as a man is able to make use of the beneficent grace ...
... facts on earth that we prove in various ways to be certain in our own sight. And facts that are not true in places where we are, we know through other wise men that have experience them…. And this experience is human and philosophical just as far as a man is able to make use of the beneficent grace ...
existentialist philosophies and political decline
... agree with Kierkegaard, and have led in a movement toward neo-orthodox Christianity. Barth, who has influenced profoundly Reinhold Niebuhr, is credited by lelmut Kuhn with having resuscitated Protestant theology in our time. The crisis situation, according to Barth, leads to the enthronement of fait ...
... agree with Kierkegaard, and have led in a movement toward neo-orthodox Christianity. Barth, who has influenced profoundly Reinhold Niebuhr, is credited by lelmut Kuhn with having resuscitated Protestant theology in our time. The crisis situation, according to Barth, leads to the enthronement of fait ...
Notes
... relative. This would mean that no system of truth is more valid than another one, and that there is no objective standard of truth. It would, naturally, deny that there is a God of absolute truth. moral/ethical relativism - All morals are relative to the social group within which they are constructe ...
... relative. This would mean that no system of truth is more valid than another one, and that there is no objective standard of truth. It would, naturally, deny that there is a God of absolute truth. moral/ethical relativism - All morals are relative to the social group within which they are constructe ...
SELECTIONS FROM THE LAOZI (DAODEJING)
... The Way gives birth to the One; The One gives birth to two; Two give birth to three; And three give birth to all things. All beings support the yin and embrace the yang; ...
... The Way gives birth to the One; The One gives birth to two; Two give birth to three; And three give birth to all things. All beings support the yin and embrace the yang; ...
Ludwig Andreas von Feuerbach (July 28, 1804 – September 13
... our knowledge of objective phenomena. In these first works he tries to combine mathematics, psychology and philosophy with a main goal to provide a sound foundation for mathematics. He analyzes the psychological process needed to obtain the concept of number and then tries to build up a systematical ...
... our knowledge of objective phenomena. In these first works he tries to combine mathematics, psychology and philosophy with a main goal to provide a sound foundation for mathematics. He analyzes the psychological process needed to obtain the concept of number and then tries to build up a systematical ...
Who Is a Hindu - Himalayan Academy
... the acceptance of academic abstractions or the celebration of ceremonies, but a kind of life or experience of reality.” By emphasizing conduct, Radhakrishnan did not deny belief. In fact, he provided one of the best extensive lists. His emphasis is on the absolute freedom of belief allowed within Hi ...
... the acceptance of academic abstractions or the celebration of ceremonies, but a kind of life or experience of reality.” By emphasizing conduct, Radhakrishnan did not deny belief. In fact, he provided one of the best extensive lists. His emphasis is on the absolute freedom of belief allowed within Hi ...
Good
... “In front of these sinister facts, the first lesson of history is the good of evil. Good is a good doctor, but Bad is sometimes a better. ‘Tis the oppressions of William the Norman, savage forest-laws, and crushing despotism, that made possible the inspirations of Magna Charta under John. Edward I. ...
... “In front of these sinister facts, the first lesson of history is the good of evil. Good is a good doctor, but Bad is sometimes a better. ‘Tis the oppressions of William the Norman, savage forest-laws, and crushing despotism, that made possible the inspirations of Magna Charta under John. Edward I. ...
An Emerson Mood
... to obey the heart; and he, who has already succeeded, are to meet at a common origin…“Follow in yourself what I follow in mine and you will be saved,” you merely have to be sure you are following yourself. This frightens and cheers me.” ...
... to obey the heart; and he, who has already succeeded, are to meet at a common origin…“Follow in yourself what I follow in mine and you will be saved,” you merely have to be sure you are following yourself. This frightens and cheers me.” ...
File - Oliver Pooley
... current experience supervenes on a particular temporally extended section of one’s worldtube, one might adopt the view that one is, ultimately, simply that very segment, and further adopt (by analogy with a counterpart-theoretic notion of trans-world ‘identity’ in the context of modality) a counterp ...
... current experience supervenes on a particular temporally extended section of one’s worldtube, one might adopt the view that one is, ultimately, simply that very segment, and further adopt (by analogy with a counterpart-theoretic notion of trans-world ‘identity’ in the context of modality) a counterp ...
DO NOW - philoteacher
... indeed there, but it’s hidden behind trees. There is also a large sheet of black and white paper caught in a tree, and it is obvious that the farmer mistook it for his cow. The question, then: even though the cow was in the field, was the farmer correct when he said he knew it was there? ...
... indeed there, but it’s hidden behind trees. There is also a large sheet of black and white paper caught in a tree, and it is obvious that the farmer mistook it for his cow. The question, then: even though the cow was in the field, was the farmer correct when he said he knew it was there? ...
22. Stoics
... once to consider what was the point of view, good or bad, that led him wrong. As soon as you perceive it you will be sorry for him, not surprised or angry. For your own view of good is either the same as his or something like in kind, and you will make allowance.” “It is man’s special gift to love e ...
... once to consider what was the point of view, good or bad, that led him wrong. As soon as you perceive it you will be sorry for him, not surprised or angry. For your own view of good is either the same as his or something like in kind, and you will make allowance.” “It is man’s special gift to love e ...
Advances in Environmental Biology Mohammad Rezaei Afkham
... advantage and disadvantages of external things and found that the knowledge which is obtained through sense is not compatible with reality and so, in science one can rely on wisdom and he stated that apart from the imaginations which comes from out to mind, other concepts in human mind are natural a ...
... advantage and disadvantages of external things and found that the knowledge which is obtained through sense is not compatible with reality and so, in science one can rely on wisdom and he stated that apart from the imaginations which comes from out to mind, other concepts in human mind are natural a ...
From Classical to Contemporary
... we see his effect on the young men he was said to have corrupted. Socrates, in leading them to a justice which is not Athenian, or even Greek, but is rather human, precisely because it is rational, shows the way to the truth about political things and develops the extremely complex relationship of t ...
... we see his effect on the young men he was said to have corrupted. Socrates, in leading them to a justice which is not Athenian, or even Greek, but is rather human, precisely because it is rational, shows the way to the truth about political things and develops the extremely complex relationship of t ...
Sophie`s World
... Being interested in why we are here is not a “casual” interest like collecting stamps. People who ask such questions are taking part in a debate that has gone on as long as man has lived on this planet. How the universe, the earth, and life came into being is a bigger and more important question tha ...
... Being interested in why we are here is not a “casual” interest like collecting stamps. People who ask such questions are taking part in a debate that has gone on as long as man has lived on this planet. How the universe, the earth, and life came into being is a bigger and more important question tha ...
HERE - BasicIncome.com
... The theist, like the moralist, may believe that his experiences are cognitive experiences, but, unless he can formulate his “knowledge” in propositions that are empirically verifiable, we may be sure that he is deceiving himself. It follows that those philosophers who fill their books with assertion ...
... The theist, like the moralist, may believe that his experiences are cognitive experiences, but, unless he can formulate his “knowledge” in propositions that are empirically verifiable, we may be sure that he is deceiving himself. It follows that those philosophers who fill their books with assertion ...
this PDF file
... is associated with weaving, which is a powerful act associated with creation; the cosmos itself is a weaving in progress (p. 363, 403). Chapter 7 discusses teotl’s role as time-place. Time and place are not distinctive concepts, but concrete realities that exist as a single entity anchored together ...
... is associated with weaving, which is a powerful act associated with creation; the cosmos itself is a weaving in progress (p. 363, 403). Chapter 7 discusses teotl’s role as time-place. Time and place are not distinctive concepts, but concrete realities that exist as a single entity anchored together ...
Arrangement
... moods of recklessness and sensual excitement. Surely it doesn’t take much judgment to know which forms are most appropriate for religious functions.” pg. 87 ...
... moods of recklessness and sensual excitement. Surely it doesn’t take much judgment to know which forms are most appropriate for religious functions.” pg. 87 ...
Who Is a Hindu?
... of ceremonies, but a kind of life or experience of reality.” By emphasizing conduct, Radhakrishnan did not deny belief. In fact, he provided one of the best extensive lists. His emphasis is on the absolute freedom of belief allowed within Hinduism—where the questioning mind is known as the seeking m ...
... of ceremonies, but a kind of life or experience of reality.” By emphasizing conduct, Radhakrishnan did not deny belief. In fact, he provided one of the best extensive lists. His emphasis is on the absolute freedom of belief allowed within Hinduism—where the questioning mind is known as the seeking m ...
Correspondence, Coherence, and Pragmatic Theories of Truth
... Theory of truth must contain an account of falsehood as well as truth. There must be beliefs in the world. Matter can’t be the only thing that exists. Truth or falsehood of a belief depends on something outside the belief itself First Feature: “(1) Our theory of truth must be such as to admit of ...
... Theory of truth must contain an account of falsehood as well as truth. There must be beliefs in the world. Matter can’t be the only thing that exists. Truth or falsehood of a belief depends on something outside the belief itself First Feature: “(1) Our theory of truth must be such as to admit of ...