ArtAndRepresentation
... “there is an ancient quarrel between philosophy and poetry; of which there are many proofs, such as the saying of 'the yelping hound howling at her lord,' or of one 'mighty in the vain talk of fools,' and 'the mob of sages circumventing Zeus,' and the 'subtle thinkers who are beggars after all'; and ...
... “there is an ancient quarrel between philosophy and poetry; of which there are many proofs, such as the saying of 'the yelping hound howling at her lord,' or of one 'mighty in the vain talk of fools,' and 'the mob of sages circumventing Zeus,' and the 'subtle thinkers who are beggars after all'; and ...
Protagoras
... “because cities could not exist if, as in the case of other arts, few men only were partakers of them.” • So how are we to reconcile these conflicting views about the nature of ethics, law and the State? Which represents Protagoras’ authentic views? The Law in general is founded on certain ethical ...
... “because cities could not exist if, as in the case of other arts, few men only were partakers of them.” • So how are we to reconcile these conflicting views about the nature of ethics, law and the State? Which represents Protagoras’ authentic views? The Law in general is founded on certain ethical ...
- Philsci
... Another feature that might, if pursued, have led to fruitful philosophy of science has to do with logical features of reliable inquiry. Kant's discussions in the first Critique often invite appealing word pictures, pictures that seem more persasive than his arguments. No matter his tedious and unor ...
... Another feature that might, if pursued, have led to fruitful philosophy of science has to do with logical features of reliable inquiry. Kant's discussions in the first Critique often invite appealing word pictures, pictures that seem more persasive than his arguments. No matter his tedious and unor ...
Word
... Fichte’s critical analysis of Kant’s view of the relation of the phenomenal and noumenal realms. Our experience of ‘choosing’ involves a feeling of freedom; whereas ordinary perception involves the feeling of necessity. Ordinary perception forces itself upon us. We can choose not to pay attention to ...
... Fichte’s critical analysis of Kant’s view of the relation of the phenomenal and noumenal realms. Our experience of ‘choosing’ involves a feeling of freedom; whereas ordinary perception involves the feeling of necessity. Ordinary perception forces itself upon us. We can choose not to pay attention to ...
Thesis Abstract
... account of the inner (the status of imagination, the objects of inquiry, their account of the inner sense, etc.), to which commentators generally failed to give appropriate attention. B. Two philosophical “pairs” (Locke & Reid vs. Berkeley & Hume) Although these philosophers exemplify notable diver ...
... account of the inner (the status of imagination, the objects of inquiry, their account of the inner sense, etc.), to which commentators generally failed to give appropriate attention. B. Two philosophical “pairs” (Locke & Reid vs. Berkeley & Hume) Although these philosophers exemplify notable diver ...
How to Think Universalism from Colonial and Post Colonial
... universalism, as opposed to the purely Indian, we really mean a relationship between India and the West. Universalism, in this understanding, becomes a transaction between two particularities. In the immediate aftermath of Independence, in the fifties, Jawaharlal Nehru did enlarge post colonial poli ...
... universalism, as opposed to the purely Indian, we really mean a relationship between India and the West. Universalism, in this understanding, becomes a transaction between two particularities. In the immediate aftermath of Independence, in the fifties, Jawaharlal Nehru did enlarge post colonial poli ...
Death On The Grand Scale
... work. In the Phenomenology of Spirit, the famous pages on "Self-consciousness" had argued that mutual recognition would never have arisen if there had not been, at a more primordial stage of history, and at a more primordial level of spiritual self-consciousness, a battle to the death betweeen two s ...
... work. In the Phenomenology of Spirit, the famous pages on "Self-consciousness" had argued that mutual recognition would never have arisen if there had not been, at a more primordial stage of history, and at a more primordial level of spiritual self-consciousness, a battle to the death betweeen two s ...
Kripke, A Priori Knowledge, Necessity and Contingency
... C2. Argument Two: Some a Priori Truths are Contingent Kripke uses the example of the standard meter stick in Paris (the one in the museum). 1. The King said (at some point), “Stick S at t (that one over there, right now) is one meter long”. 2. “Stick S is one meter long” is true. Claim One: the trut ...
... C2. Argument Two: Some a Priori Truths are Contingent Kripke uses the example of the standard meter stick in Paris (the one in the museum). 1. The King said (at some point), “Stick S at t (that one over there, right now) is one meter long”. 2. “Stick S is one meter long” is true. Claim One: the trut ...
Project on `Kai Nielsen and Wittgensteinian Fideism`
... idea of an ‘unbearably heavy conscience’ from which arises the Judeo-Christian concept of God and of a ‘forgiveness that is beyond all measure’. If, as Malcolm maintains, one does not have a grasp of that form of life from ‘the inside not just from the outside’ and, if as an insider, one does not h ...
... idea of an ‘unbearably heavy conscience’ from which arises the Judeo-Christian concept of God and of a ‘forgiveness that is beyond all measure’. If, as Malcolm maintains, one does not have a grasp of that form of life from ‘the inside not just from the outside’ and, if as an insider, one does not h ...
Divine Injunction
... realm of pure concepts (the ‘relations of ideas,’ as Hume called it) to the realm of actual existence (‘matters of fact’). And that, it is said, simply cannot be done; otherwise, one could infer the existences of all sorts of spurious things from the mere fact that one can conceive them. But this re ...
... realm of pure concepts (the ‘relations of ideas,’ as Hume called it) to the realm of actual existence (‘matters of fact’). And that, it is said, simply cannot be done; otherwise, one could infer the existences of all sorts of spurious things from the mere fact that one can conceive them. But this re ...
OBJECTIONS TO REALISM Introduction: There are a bewildering
... example of a fact that exists independently of someone's thinking of it. You won't be able to, of course, but that just goes to show you can't even point to the sort of thing to which your theory commits you. The argument is, of course, directly analogous to an argument for human omniscience. There ...
... example of a fact that exists independently of someone's thinking of it. You won't be able to, of course, but that just goes to show you can't even point to the sort of thing to which your theory commits you. The argument is, of course, directly analogous to an argument for human omniscience. There ...
Socratic Knowledge, Christian Love, Confucian Virtue
... of religions that have arisen from charismatic individuals such as Krishna, Buddha, Moses, Jesus and Muhammad. The founders of great philosophies have also had major influence on the thinking, values and cultures of many civilizations. Such people as Lao-tzu, Confucius, Mencius, Socrates, Plato, Ar ...
... of religions that have arisen from charismatic individuals such as Krishna, Buddha, Moses, Jesus and Muhammad. The founders of great philosophies have also had major influence on the thinking, values and cultures of many civilizations. Such people as Lao-tzu, Confucius, Mencius, Socrates, Plato, Ar ...
FORMAL METHODS AND SCIENCE IN PHILOSOPHY
... the world). Only then the ax. true.” Therefore it seems to be obvious that – when quantifying over properties – he had not in mind to consider all extensionally definable properties and especially to admit unrestricted λ-abstraction (even when he used special cases of the comprehension axiom). We ta ...
... the world). Only then the ax. true.” Therefore it seems to be obvious that – when quantifying over properties – he had not in mind to consider all extensionally definable properties and especially to admit unrestricted λ-abstraction (even when he used special cases of the comprehension axiom). We ta ...
RealistsvsNominalists
... 1. In all our perceiving and thinking we find a twofold content. We find throughout our experience singular and general elements in intimate union. a. We perceive this book, that person; but the book is also a book, the person a person. b. Every item to which we direct our attention is an instance o ...
... 1. In all our perceiving and thinking we find a twofold content. We find throughout our experience singular and general elements in intimate union. a. We perceive this book, that person; but the book is also a book, the person a person. b. Every item to which we direct our attention is an instance o ...
this PDF file
... philosophical thought. This is the moral perfectionist aspect, one could say, of an ethics of philosophical writing: striving to attain an unattainable philosophical self, one that seeks to overcome the alienation between image and concept, between film and philosophy, uncovering in the process thei ...
... philosophical thought. This is the moral perfectionist aspect, one could say, of an ethics of philosophical writing: striving to attain an unattainable philosophical self, one that seeks to overcome the alienation between image and concept, between film and philosophy, uncovering in the process thei ...
L. Notes - School of Computing
... Idealism, Naturalism (realism), Pragmatism and Existentialism. ...
... Idealism, Naturalism (realism), Pragmatism and Existentialism. ...
Redefining Philosophy through Assimilation
... Since originality cannot mean creative-ness ex nihilo, formative influences are sought, and then the original and the merely influential are defined in difference from one another.17 ...
... Since originality cannot mean creative-ness ex nihilo, formative influences are sought, and then the original and the merely influential are defined in difference from one another.17 ...
Knowing justice and acting justly What is the source of virtue in
... philosopher-rulers who have both qualities, the motivation from their training as guardians and knowledge from their training as philosophers. So he can still argue that it is only philosopher-rulers who should rule the republic. Doing two things at once Plato argues that justice consists in each pe ...
... philosopher-rulers who have both qualities, the motivation from their training as guardians and knowledge from their training as philosophers. So he can still argue that it is only philosopher-rulers who should rule the republic. Doing two things at once Plato argues that justice consists in each pe ...
Maimonides on Free Will - The Metaphysical Society of America
... interpreters, notably al Farabi, Avicenna and Averroes. In all of his writings, philosophical as well as halakhic, Maimonides took science and philosophy, which he often refers to simply as “wisdom” as the medium for attaining the heights of religious experience , namely, the love and awe of God. Be ...
... interpreters, notably al Farabi, Avicenna and Averroes. In all of his writings, philosophical as well as halakhic, Maimonides took science and philosophy, which he often refers to simply as “wisdom” as the medium for attaining the heights of religious experience , namely, the love and awe of God. Be ...
LANGUAGE AND TRUTH: A STUDY OF NIETZSCHE`S THEORY OF
... be truthful means to employ the usual metaphors. Thus, to express it morally, this is the duty to lie according to a fixed convention, to lie with the herd and in a manner binding upon everyone. ...he lies in the manner indicated, unconsciously and in accordance with habits which are centuries' old; ...
... be truthful means to employ the usual metaphors. Thus, to express it morally, this is the duty to lie according to a fixed convention, to lie with the herd and in a manner binding upon everyone. ...he lies in the manner indicated, unconsciously and in accordance with habits which are centuries' old; ...
Anzai Masahiro
... .We should reflect the shadow of“logos-centrism”and create the way to co-exist and reconcile beyond any difference,any discrimination and opposition to avoid tragic catastrophes in our future.We must create“new uniting symbol beyond oppositions”to save ourselves. What are the oppositions that cause ...
... .We should reflect the shadow of“logos-centrism”and create the way to co-exist and reconcile beyond any difference,any discrimination and opposition to avoid tragic catastrophes in our future.We must create“new uniting symbol beyond oppositions”to save ourselves. What are the oppositions that cause ...
Preface to Lying, Misleading and What is Said
... Another way in which this book differs from most in philosophy of language is that it is concerned with a distinction of at least apparent normative moral significance. Indeed, although Chapter 4 draws on material in philosophy of language, it is not itself philosophy of language, but ethics; and C ...
... Another way in which this book differs from most in philosophy of language is that it is concerned with a distinction of at least apparent normative moral significance. Indeed, although Chapter 4 draws on material in philosophy of language, it is not itself philosophy of language, but ethics; and C ...
Confucianism: Philosophy or Religion?
... to define Confucianism as a philosophy or as a religion. In examining the history of Confucianism, one is able to observe its adaptation as a philosophical ideal or as a religious practice across different centuries. By analysing the critical views of the aforesaid issue, questions relating to the r ...
... to define Confucianism as a philosophy or as a religion. In examining the history of Confucianism, one is able to observe its adaptation as a philosophical ideal or as a religious practice across different centuries. By analysing the critical views of the aforesaid issue, questions relating to the r ...
LANGUAGE AND TRUTH: A STUDY OF NIETZSCHE`S THEORY OF
... be truthful means to employ the usual metaphors. Thus, to express it morally, this is the duty to lie according to a fixed convention, to lie with the herd and in a manner binding upon everyone. ...he lies in the manner indicated, unconsciously and in accordance with habits which are centuries' old; ...
... be truthful means to employ the usual metaphors. Thus, to express it morally, this is the duty to lie according to a fixed convention, to lie with the herd and in a manner binding upon everyone. ...he lies in the manner indicated, unconsciously and in accordance with habits which are centuries' old; ...
CONCEPTUAL ANALYSIS
... The spirit of the age in which he grew up as a philosopher was very much influenced by: 1. Neo-Kantianism (Rickert, Hartmann). 2. Phenomenology (Husserl). 3. Hermeneutics (Dilthey). 4. Philosophy of the will (Nietzsche). 5. Philosophy of life (Bergson). ...
... The spirit of the age in which he grew up as a philosopher was very much influenced by: 1. Neo-Kantianism (Rickert, Hartmann). 2. Phenomenology (Husserl). 3. Hermeneutics (Dilthey). 4. Philosophy of the will (Nietzsche). 5. Philosophy of life (Bergson). ...