Lesson Plan: Empiricism
... true knowledge); Descartes’ Rationalism (Questioning of everything in order to find a sure source of knowledge; ultimately this is that to think one must exist). Introduce the new topic: Empiricism: knowledge claims are based on sense experience. Aristotle disagreed with Plato’s speculative unobserv ...
... true knowledge); Descartes’ Rationalism (Questioning of everything in order to find a sure source of knowledge; ultimately this is that to think one must exist). Introduce the new topic: Empiricism: knowledge claims are based on sense experience. Aristotle disagreed with Plato’s speculative unobserv ...
Sometimes I despair of my philosophical colleagues
... are in the business of developing comprehensive theories that accurately describe the universe we live in. The ultimate test of philosophical theories is that they should tally with the independent information we get about that universe through our senses, just as it is with scientific theories. And ...
... are in the business of developing comprehensive theories that accurately describe the universe we live in. The ultimate test of philosophical theories is that they should tally with the independent information we get about that universe through our senses, just as it is with scientific theories. And ...
Becky Clay Dr. Doug Deaver 4-14
... With so many variables to consider concerning axiology, in order to explore the meaning of value completely, as well as answer any questions about its existence, would require a thorough exploration of the philosophy of love, law, religion, and ethics, the social and political philosophy of things, ...
... With so many variables to consider concerning axiology, in order to explore the meaning of value completely, as well as answer any questions about its existence, would require a thorough exploration of the philosophy of love, law, religion, and ethics, the social and political philosophy of things, ...
- UTK-EECS
... draw down celestial influences and unite the divine part of the human mind with the divine powers of the cosmos (Yates 1966, pp. 149–62). However, these symbolically rich images did not lend themselves so well to the newborn mechanical philosophy, with its emphasis on quantifiable size, shape, and m ...
... draw down celestial influences and unite the divine part of the human mind with the divine powers of the cosmos (Yates 1966, pp. 149–62). However, these symbolically rich images did not lend themselves so well to the newborn mechanical philosophy, with its emphasis on quantifiable size, shape, and m ...
Week III Philosophy Excerpts- Mr F`s Philosophy Class Hindu
... comprehensive philosophical doctrine shared by all Hindus that distinguishes their view from contrary philosophical views associated with other Indian religious movements such as Buddhism or Jainism on issues of epistemology, metaphysics, logic, ethics or cosmology. Hence, historians of Indian philo ...
... comprehensive philosophical doctrine shared by all Hindus that distinguishes their view from contrary philosophical views associated with other Indian religious movements such as Buddhism or Jainism on issues of epistemology, metaphysics, logic, ethics or cosmology. Hence, historians of Indian philo ...
Philosophy without Intuitions, by Herman Cappelen. Oxford: Oxford
... examples of cases where it is either possible to just drop ‘intuitively’ without loss, and other cases where it is just used as a hedge, viz. those uses where it indicates a judgment or understanding reachable on little effort and reasoning, and those cases where it qualifies a judgment or understan ...
... examples of cases where it is either possible to just drop ‘intuitively’ without loss, and other cases where it is just used as a hedge, viz. those uses where it indicates a judgment or understanding reachable on little effort and reasoning, and those cases where it qualifies a judgment or understan ...
Aristotle
... “It is from playing the lyre that both good and bad lyre players are produced.” (1103b7) By playing over time in some way or other we acquire habits. If these are good, then we will be good lyre players. If they are bad, then we will be bad, and able to become good by unlearning bad habits and learn ...
... “It is from playing the lyre that both good and bad lyre players are produced.” (1103b7) By playing over time in some way or other we acquire habits. If these are good, then we will be good lyre players. If they are bad, then we will be bad, and able to become good by unlearning bad habits and learn ...
PHIL 219
... ◦ If she kept trying to convince people to accept what she knows to be true, they’d likely end up killing her (like Socrates). ...
... ◦ If she kept trying to convince people to accept what she knows to be true, they’d likely end up killing her (like Socrates). ...
Class #3 - 12/18/13
... for example, you believe that all of reality is matter, or that God is the only reality, then you are a monist. Early debates among the Pre-Socratics centered on identifying a single underlying principle or source of material reality. Thales claimed it was water. Anaximenes proposed that it was air ...
... for example, you believe that all of reality is matter, or that God is the only reality, then you are a monist. Early debates among the Pre-Socratics centered on identifying a single underlying principle or source of material reality. Thales claimed it was water. Anaximenes proposed that it was air ...
"Creationism Explains Life on Earth
... describing relatively small-scale evolution, often called microevolution. So where has it failed? In those precise places where it would need to have succeeded in order to make good on the great daring inference. We will look at two: (1) the need for a gradual appearance of the highest biological ta ...
... describing relatively small-scale evolution, often called microevolution. So where has it failed? In those precise places where it would need to have succeeded in order to make good on the great daring inference. We will look at two: (1) the need for a gradual appearance of the highest biological ta ...
This dissertation is a critique of three strands of recent
... problem of induction can be addressed by appeal to a material rather than a formal theory of induction, which recognizes the variety of methods of confirmation practiced by scientists. Second, I show how regress problems about inductive justification can be resolved in light of evidence from psychol ...
... problem of induction can be addressed by appeal to a material rather than a formal theory of induction, which recognizes the variety of methods of confirmation practiced by scientists. Second, I show how regress problems about inductive justification can be resolved in light of evidence from psychol ...
Notes on Hume`s And Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding
... proposition which expresses a relation between these figures.” These kinds of propositions are discoverable by the mere operation of thought, without dependence on what is anywhere existent in the universe.” Hume is not concerned with relations of ideas, for they are merely tautologies, that is, st ...
... proposition which expresses a relation between these figures.” These kinds of propositions are discoverable by the mere operation of thought, without dependence on what is anywhere existent in the universe.” Hume is not concerned with relations of ideas, for they are merely tautologies, that is, st ...
Intro to Philosophy
... If someone were to claim that there is an elephant in your living room, we could prove or disprove the claim by going into your living room, looking around, and, on the basis of our perceptions, discovering whether there is an elephant there or not. And the result of our investigation -- i.e., our ...
... If someone were to claim that there is an elephant in your living room, we could prove or disprove the claim by going into your living room, looking around, and, on the basis of our perceptions, discovering whether there is an elephant there or not. And the result of our investigation -- i.e., our ...
International Seminar on "Science, Vedanta and
... Akāsha is motionless, unmanifested. Then Prāna begins to act, more and more, creating grosser and grosser forms out of Akāsha--plants, animals, men, stars, and so on. After an incalculable time this evolution ceases and involution begins, everything being resolved back through finer and finer forms ...
... Akāsha is motionless, unmanifested. Then Prāna begins to act, more and more, creating grosser and grosser forms out of Akāsha--plants, animals, men, stars, and so on. After an incalculable time this evolution ceases and involution begins, everything being resolved back through finer and finer forms ...
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. ...
Ch. VI. Sociology of Science 1. We mentioned previously that an
... purposes in contrast to technological purposes of scientific theories. It is obvious that all factors of social power will not only favor the rise of scientific theories that bring about desirable advances in technology, but they will also favor scientific theories that satisfy moral purposes or, in ...
... purposes in contrast to technological purposes of scientific theories. It is obvious that all factors of social power will not only favor the rise of scientific theories that bring about desirable advances in technology, but they will also favor scientific theories that satisfy moral purposes or, in ...
Life as a Natural Kind
... matter how contingent: properties that are shared by members of each biological phylogenetic-based taxa are of this kind. Notice that the difference with the first instance is a matter of degree: the next object on my desk could well weigh ten kilos (even though not ten tons), whereas the next mamma ...
... matter how contingent: properties that are shared by members of each biological phylogenetic-based taxa are of this kind. Notice that the difference with the first instance is a matter of degree: the next object on my desk could well weigh ten kilos (even though not ten tons), whereas the next mamma ...
History of Christianity 1 Context
... needs of a society with virtually no moral foundation and no personal God. The bankruptcy of philosophy was evident in the fact that they asked questions for which they had no answers, but they prepared the way for the Lord Jesus Christ to answer these needs. ...
... needs of a society with virtually no moral foundation and no personal God. The bankruptcy of philosophy was evident in the fact that they asked questions for which they had no answers, but they prepared the way for the Lord Jesus Christ to answer these needs. ...
RTF File
... Not from the top to the bottom, by imposing a seeming unity and order on human society, as the state attempts, without regards to the differences of interest arising from differences of occupation. On the contrary, the International organizes the masses from the bottom up wards, taking the social li ...
... Not from the top to the bottom, by imposing a seeming unity and order on human society, as the state attempts, without regards to the differences of interest arising from differences of occupation. On the contrary, the International organizes the masses from the bottom up wards, taking the social li ...
Philosophers_Search_for_Wisdom_Article
... Aristotle returned to Athens to set up a school there. Aristotle was interested in many fields: astronomy, physics, math, anatomy, politics, art, speech, and philosophy. He collected information on over five hundred kinds of living organisms because he believed it is important to have scientific kno ...
... Aristotle returned to Athens to set up a school there. Aristotle was interested in many fields: astronomy, physics, math, anatomy, politics, art, speech, and philosophy. He collected information on over five hundred kinds of living organisms because he believed it is important to have scientific kno ...
9/5/2006 - University of Pittsburgh
... claim to hegemony over other domains of discourse and inquiry. In particular, the human, hermeneutic sciences properly employ different methods, and use different concepts, in pursuit of what is and must be recognizable as true descriptions, genuine knowledge, correct explanations, and adequate unde ...
... claim to hegemony over other domains of discourse and inquiry. In particular, the human, hermeneutic sciences properly employ different methods, and use different concepts, in pursuit of what is and must be recognizable as true descriptions, genuine knowledge, correct explanations, and adequate unde ...
The present as an empirically testable hypothesis: a case study in
... making use of specified forces. I spend some time making the case for this, and then argue for the superiority of the dynamical approach as a principle of ontological unity in the context of Newton’s physics. Next, I argue that if, in Newton’s physics, we ground ontological unity in the dynamical l ...
... making use of specified forces. I spend some time making the case for this, and then argue for the superiority of the dynamical approach as a principle of ontological unity in the context of Newton’s physics. Next, I argue that if, in Newton’s physics, we ground ontological unity in the dynamical l ...
Document
... from the Greek word for dog, originally because Antisthenes taught at the Cynosarges (Dogfish) gymnasium, which had been set up for the poor of Athens. • involves living the simple life in order that the soul can be set free. • “back to nature” type of philosophy • eliminating one’s needs and posses ...
... from the Greek word for dog, originally because Antisthenes taught at the Cynosarges (Dogfish) gymnasium, which had been set up for the poor of Athens. • involves living the simple life in order that the soul can be set free. • “back to nature” type of philosophy • eliminating one’s needs and posses ...
My first university was in my home town, Durban, in the mid
... mathematics degree but most of my friends were doing arts subjects. Sartre and Marx were the thinkers of the moment and my friends would press their (mostly illegal) writings on me. Ideologically I was entirely sympathetic, but intellectually they didn’t do much for me—too obscure, too difficult, to ...
... mathematics degree but most of my friends were doing arts subjects. Sartre and Marx were the thinkers of the moment and my friends would press their (mostly illegal) writings on me. Ideologically I was entirely sympathetic, but intellectually they didn’t do much for me—too obscure, too difficult, to ...
mixing metaphors: science and religion or
... creationists and evolutionists being among the most frequently cited examples. Other historians have focused instead on the mutual influence between science and religion.17 In addition to conflict and harmony, some historians use what might be called a “segregation” metaphor. 18 According to the seg ...
... creationists and evolutionists being among the most frequently cited examples. Other historians have focused instead on the mutual influence between science and religion.17 In addition to conflict and harmony, some historians use what might be called a “segregation” metaphor. 18 According to the seg ...
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.