Kitcher Should We Accept the Traditional Contrast Between Science
... But, he thinks we should not include scientific reasoning as an example of absolute proof ...
... But, he thinks we should not include scientific reasoning as an example of absolute proof ...
Kitcher Should We Accept the Traditional Contrast Between Science
... relativity, Bohr’s quantum mechanics) ...
... relativity, Bohr’s quantum mechanics) ...
God and Physics: From Hawking to Avicenna
... shared by many cosmologists -- has led to all sorts of speculations about the initial state of the universe. For many scientists, philosophers, and theologians such speculations in cosmology speak directly to long-established beliefs about creation.5 Most physicists refer to the Big Bang as a “singu ...
... shared by many cosmologists -- has led to all sorts of speculations about the initial state of the universe. For many scientists, philosophers, and theologians such speculations in cosmology speak directly to long-established beliefs about creation.5 Most physicists refer to the Big Bang as a “singu ...
Ethical problems in natural sciences — challenges of the 21st century
... world’s view and our moral intuitions on evaluative attitude. This tendency grows in scientists’ society — their objective knowledge regarding medicine, biology, and other related specializations meets moral sensivity natural for human being which could be intensified by personal as well as well gro ...
... world’s view and our moral intuitions on evaluative attitude. This tendency grows in scientists’ society — their objective knowledge regarding medicine, biology, and other related specializations meets moral sensivity natural for human being which could be intensified by personal as well as well gro ...
The Plight of Aesthetics in Iran
... and revealed theology, or, in other words, between the quintessence of Falsafa, on the one hand, and the speculation of Kalām, on the other. The study of the ways in which this confrontation took place in the Islamic culture of the Middle Ages may shed light on the contemporary debate on the relati ...
... and revealed theology, or, in other words, between the quintessence of Falsafa, on the one hand, and the speculation of Kalām, on the other. The study of the ways in which this confrontation took place in the Islamic culture of the Middle Ages may shed light on the contemporary debate on the relati ...
Editorial
... On the other hand, in his book Philosophy of Zen Buddhism, Byung-Chul Han has characterized the emptiness from that that is open, opposite to the substance that is closed. In this sense, to the Western World, the substance has not only been what identifies what is proper of one thing, but also that ...
... On the other hand, in his book Philosophy of Zen Buddhism, Byung-Chul Han has characterized the emptiness from that that is open, opposite to the substance that is closed. In this sense, to the Western World, the substance has not only been what identifies what is proper of one thing, but also that ...
existentialist philosophies and political decline
... certain time and place, and may not do so always. Problems of philosophy are outside of me, but they must be studied in relationship to me, for their very existence as problems depends upon me and my existence. The problem of defining the term existence occupies a major place in existentialist liter ...
... certain time and place, and may not do so always. Problems of philosophy are outside of me, but they must be studied in relationship to me, for their very existence as problems depends upon me and my existence. The problem of defining the term existence occupies a major place in existentialist liter ...
African Philosophy
... critical analysis. It is argued therefore that because the subject matter and method of philosophy involve a rigorous process of critical analysis of concepts, issues, and problems, these dogmatic cultural beliefs and worldviews cannot be considered philosophical in the technical sense. To say that ...
... critical analysis. It is argued therefore that because the subject matter and method of philosophy involve a rigorous process of critical analysis of concepts, issues, and problems, these dogmatic cultural beliefs and worldviews cannot be considered philosophical in the technical sense. To say that ...
Stuart Low Trust Philosophy Forum: Philosophy and Happiness
... what makes a good knife? First ask what it’s for – and of course it’s for cutting. What do you need to cut things well? You need to be sharp. So a good knife is a sharp knife. Aristotle thought the same approach would work for people. So if you wanted to find out what a good person was you had to be ...
... what makes a good knife? First ask what it’s for – and of course it’s for cutting. What do you need to cut things well? You need to be sharp. So a good knife is a sharp knife. Aristotle thought the same approach would work for people. So if you wanted to find out what a good person was you had to be ...
FORMAL METHODS AND SCIENCE IN PHILOSOPHY
... philosophical attempts at rational explanation of the world. Despite its long history (or, possibly, because of this rich tradition) an answer to the seemingly simple question “what is matter?” remains far from being clear. It would appear that after centuries of inconclusive philosophical disputes, ...
... philosophical attempts at rational explanation of the world. Despite its long history (or, possibly, because of this rich tradition) an answer to the seemingly simple question “what is matter?” remains far from being clear. It would appear that after centuries of inconclusive philosophical disputes, ...
Virtuism: Philosophy and the Aesthetics of Virtue
... One: What is Virtuism? What is Virtuism? Virtuism first started in the mid-1980’s as an aesthetic philosophy that also reflected on ethics and metaphysics. It states that acts of virtue produce the aesthetic experience, and this fact was one proof of the objective value of living a virtuous life. T ...
... One: What is Virtuism? What is Virtuism? Virtuism first started in the mid-1980’s as an aesthetic philosophy that also reflected on ethics and metaphysics. It states that acts of virtue produce the aesthetic experience, and this fact was one proof of the objective value of living a virtuous life. T ...
KANT - ARISTOTLE lecture
... that the mind has the power of thinking and of moving the body. In this brief lecture I won’t go into the details of Aristotle’s explanation of just how the mind thinks, how it moves the body, how Aristotle explains the nature of consciousness, how he avoids the mindbody dualism that has plagued mod ...
... that the mind has the power of thinking and of moving the body. In this brief lecture I won’t go into the details of Aristotle’s explanation of just how the mind thinks, how it moves the body, how Aristotle explains the nature of consciousness, how he avoids the mindbody dualism that has plagued mod ...
Philosophy
... Athens asking people he met these questions. Sometimes the people just said they were busy, but sometimes they would try to answer him. Then Socrates would try to teach them to think better by asking them more questions which showed them the problems in their logic. Often this made people angry. Som ...
... Athens asking people he met these questions. Sometimes the people just said they were busy, but sometimes they would try to answer him. Then Socrates would try to teach them to think better by asking them more questions which showed them the problems in their logic. Often this made people angry. Som ...
Session 4: Doing philosophy: fallacies
... Introduction to Philosophy Doing Philosophy: Fallacies Subtypes of the ad hominem fallacy Poisoning the well – presenting adverse information about a target person with the intention of discrediting everything that the target person says. Appeal to motive – dismissing an idea by questioning the mot ...
... Introduction to Philosophy Doing Philosophy: Fallacies Subtypes of the ad hominem fallacy Poisoning the well – presenting adverse information about a target person with the intention of discrediting everything that the target person says. Appeal to motive – dismissing an idea by questioning the mot ...
Filosofia Theoretica: Journal of African Philosophy, Culture
... discipline, should be the same in both the Western and African senses (1984, 56), but argues that there should be a nexus between both the Western and African senses and advices that both should exist to complement each other. As a matter of fact, It only sees a mutual relationship between both thou ...
... discipline, should be the same in both the Western and African senses (1984, 56), but argues that there should be a nexus between both the Western and African senses and advices that both should exist to complement each other. As a matter of fact, It only sees a mutual relationship between both thou ...
Skepticism
... major premise, “All men are mortal”—can be proved only by a complete induction. But the complete induction involves a knowledge of the conclusion—“Socrates is a mortal.” For we cannot say, that all men are mortal unless we already know that Socrates is mortal. The Syllogism is, therefore, an instanc ...
... major premise, “All men are mortal”—can be proved only by a complete induction. But the complete induction involves a knowledge of the conclusion—“Socrates is a mortal.” For we cannot say, that all men are mortal unless we already know that Socrates is mortal. The Syllogism is, therefore, an instanc ...
18 Classical Indian Metaphysics
... about – Universals – Inherence – Particularizers – Absences? ...
... about – Universals – Inherence – Particularizers – Absences? ...
Bonus Extract
... manner; not implanting the faculty of sight, for that exists already, but has been turned in the wrong direction, and is looking away from the truth? Yes, he said, such an art may be presumed. And whereas the other so-called virtues of the soul seem to be akin to bodily qualities, for even when they ...
... manner; not implanting the faculty of sight, for that exists already, but has been turned in the wrong direction, and is looking away from the truth? Yes, he said, such an art may be presumed. And whereas the other so-called virtues of the soul seem to be akin to bodily qualities, for even when they ...
Redrawing the Dividing Lines Between Natural
... understand the concepts and the internal view of legal practitioners, rather than situating and reforming law from the external stance of social science and normative philosophy. As noted, I applaud Priel’s bid to widen the gauge of jurisprudential inquiry.9 That said, the article raises questions, ...
... understand the concepts and the internal view of legal practitioners, rather than situating and reforming law from the external stance of social science and normative philosophy. As noted, I applaud Priel’s bid to widen the gauge of jurisprudential inquiry.9 That said, the article raises questions, ...
Review of Citizens and Statesmen: A Study of Aristotle`s Politics, by
... Arendtian and communitarian readings; but her own theoretical framework is not evident (to this reader, at least), though it seems to be in the direction of Oakeshott and possibly Voegelin, rather than Strauss. But this is never altogether clear, so it is difficult to ascertain what overall politica ...
... Arendtian and communitarian readings; but her own theoretical framework is not evident (to this reader, at least), though it seems to be in the direction of Oakeshott and possibly Voegelin, rather than Strauss. But this is never altogether clear, so it is difficult to ascertain what overall politica ...
The Emergence of Conventionalism - Philsci
... and the philosophy of mathematics. Not only proponents of conventionalism, such as the logical positivists, were influenced by Poincaré, but also outspoken critics of conventionalism, such as Quine and Putnam, were inspired by his daring position. Indeed, during the twentieth century, most philosoph ...
... and the philosophy of mathematics. Not only proponents of conventionalism, such as the logical positivists, were influenced by Poincaré, but also outspoken critics of conventionalism, such as Quine and Putnam, were inspired by his daring position. Indeed, during the twentieth century, most philosoph ...
New Pragmatism
... James: “‘The true’ [. . .] is only the expedient in the way of our thinking, just as ‘the right’ is only the expedient in the way of our behaving. [. . .] [T]he true is the name of whatever proves itself to be good in the way of belief and good, too, for definite, assignable reasons” (James, Pragmat ...
... James: “‘The true’ [. . .] is only the expedient in the way of our thinking, just as ‘the right’ is only the expedient in the way of our behaving. [. . .] [T]he true is the name of whatever proves itself to be good in the way of belief and good, too, for definite, assignable reasons” (James, Pragmat ...
What is Logical Form?
... Dualism is the view that all of reality is divided into two kinds of things. Thus, if you believe that all of reality is divided between the realm of God and the physical universe, or that there is a "higher world" and a "lower world", or that reality is composed of spirit and matter, you are a dual ...
... Dualism is the view that all of reality is divided into two kinds of things. Thus, if you believe that all of reality is divided between the realm of God and the physical universe, or that there is a "higher world" and a "lower world", or that reality is composed of spirit and matter, you are a dual ...
LECTURE 2: APOLOGETICS AND PHILOSOPHY
... The thrust of philosophy and its subdivisions, and its usefulness for students, have been well explained in this excerpt from a local college catalog: Philosophy, often called the mother of the sciences, is the oldest academic discipline. Such fields as physics and politics have their origins in it, ...
... The thrust of philosophy and its subdivisions, and its usefulness for students, have been well explained in this excerpt from a local college catalog: Philosophy, often called the mother of the sciences, is the oldest academic discipline. Such fields as physics and politics have their origins in it, ...
What is Pragmatism - Valdosta State University
... pragmatists all held that the purpose of any theory/hypothesis should be to direct or redirect activity o theorizing is preparation for (a rehearsal, if you will, of) activity given this, there was a strong move to rid philosophy of the theory-practice dichotomy o thinking and doing, theory and ...
... pragmatists all held that the purpose of any theory/hypothesis should be to direct or redirect activity o theorizing is preparation for (a rehearsal, if you will, of) activity given this, there was a strong move to rid philosophy of the theory-practice dichotomy o thinking and doing, theory and ...
Natural philosophy
Natural philosophy or the philosophy of nature (from Latin philosophia naturalis) was the philosophical study of nature and the physical universe that was dominant before the development of modern science. It is considered to be the precursor of natural sciences.From the ancient world, starting with Aristotle, to the 19th century, the term ""natural philosophy"" was the common term used to describe the practice of studying nature. It was in the 19th century that the concept of ""science"" received its modern shape with new titles emerging such as ""biology"" and ""biologist"", ""physics"" and ""physicist"" among other technical fields and titles; institutions and communities were founded, and unprecedented applications to and interactions with other aspects of society and culture occurred. Isaac Newton's book Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica (1687), whose title translates to ""Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy"", reflects the then-current use of the words ""natural philosophy"", akin to ""systematic study of nature"". Even in the 19th century, a treatise by Lord Kelvin and Peter Guthrie Tait's, which helped define much of modern physics, was titled Treatise on Natural Philosophy (1867).In the German tradition, naturphilosophie or nature philosophy persisted into the 18th and 19th century as an attempt to achieve a speculative unity of nature and spirit. Some of the greatest names in German philosophy are associated with this movement, including Spinoza, Goethe, Hegel and Schelling.