What is Philosophy, Anyway?
... The best place to start in our attempt to define philosophy is with the etymology of the word itself. Most people are aware that the term is derived from two Greek words: philo (love) and sophia (wisdom). Philosophy, then, literally means “the love of wisdom.” We each have a sense of what love means ...
... The best place to start in our attempt to define philosophy is with the etymology of the word itself. Most people are aware that the term is derived from two Greek words: philo (love) and sophia (wisdom). Philosophy, then, literally means “the love of wisdom.” We each have a sense of what love means ...
What is Philosophy?
... philosophy: Philosophy is thinking hard about the most difficult problems that there are. And you might think scientists do that too, but there’s a certain kind of question whose difficulty can’t be resolved by getting more empirical evidence. It requires an untangling of presuppositions: figuring o ...
... philosophy: Philosophy is thinking hard about the most difficult problems that there are. And you might think scientists do that too, but there’s a certain kind of question whose difficulty can’t be resolved by getting more empirical evidence. It requires an untangling of presuppositions: figuring o ...
What is Philosophy?
... Applicable in its scope (wide-ranging) Learn how to listen carefully Learn how to analyze carefully Learn how to respond thoughtfully Makes connections into why we do what we do Engages in the offense and defense of powerful ideas and its consequences Projects into the future as it reflects upon the ...
... Applicable in its scope (wide-ranging) Learn how to listen carefully Learn how to analyze carefully Learn how to respond thoughtfully Makes connections into why we do what we do Engages in the offense and defense of powerful ideas and its consequences Projects into the future as it reflects upon the ...
TRANSCENDENTALISM “Transcend” to a higher spiritual
... Concealed reality / mystery beyond science or human comprehension Studied the spirituality rather than “science” of nature “I ...
... Concealed reality / mystery beyond science or human comprehension Studied the spirituality rather than “science” of nature “I ...
Josef Früchtl Professor in Philosophy University of Amsterdam
... philosophy in the closest contact with social sciences. The main interests of my studies were the Philosophy of German idealism, especially Kant and Hegel, History of Aesthetics and Critical Theory. Besides philosophy I also studied sociology and German literature. After having passed my Master of A ...
... philosophy in the closest contact with social sciences. The main interests of my studies were the Philosophy of German idealism, especially Kant and Hegel, History of Aesthetics and Critical Theory. Besides philosophy I also studied sociology and German literature. After having passed my Master of A ...
The Philosophy of Physics - Trin
... This is an excellent book, by a very distinguished historian and philosopher of physics. Roberto Torretti is principally known to historians and philosophers of physics through his previous books, Philosophy of Geometry from Riemann to Poincare (1978), Relativity and Geometry (1983), and Creative U ...
... This is an excellent book, by a very distinguished historian and philosopher of physics. Roberto Torretti is principally known to historians and philosophers of physics through his previous books, Philosophy of Geometry from Riemann to Poincare (1978), Relativity and Geometry (1983), and Creative U ...
Pleonastic Possible Worlds References
... The standard semantics for the modal fragment of natural languages can only be correct if there is more than one possible world. The nature and existence of possible worlds is thus of fundamental importance for such a semantics. The paper develops an account of possible worlds in the spirit of the p ...
... The standard semantics for the modal fragment of natural languages can only be correct if there is more than one possible world. The nature and existence of possible worlds is thus of fundamental importance for such a semantics. The paper develops an account of possible worlds in the spirit of the p ...
Language sometimes is deceptive
... sentences communicate something different to the listener or reader than what the speaker or author intends to communicate. This also is obvious and commonplace. The effect of this “deceptive” character is twofold. First, the words or expressions that we use carry with them multiple levels of meanin ...
... sentences communicate something different to the listener or reader than what the speaker or author intends to communicate. This also is obvious and commonplace. The effect of this “deceptive” character is twofold. First, the words or expressions that we use carry with them multiple levels of meanin ...
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... The nature of philosophy Thales, Anaximader, and Anaximenes .Prior to the first set of philosophers there were no doubt, some set of explanations but these explanations were mythical mysterious, or religious in nature. The milesian philosophers departed radically from the kind of explanations that p ...
... The nature of philosophy Thales, Anaximader, and Anaximenes .Prior to the first set of philosophers there were no doubt, some set of explanations but these explanations were mythical mysterious, or religious in nature. The milesian philosophers departed radically from the kind of explanations that p ...
Lecture Notes 6: The Idea of a Scientific Method
... Science can never appeal to the authority of any text, no matter how great the philosopher who wrote it. Aristotle himself did not accept the authority of anyone, but judged for himself the opinions of his predecessors. In matters of natural science, Aristotle himself never appealed to authority, bu ...
... Science can never appeal to the authority of any text, no matter how great the philosopher who wrote it. Aristotle himself did not accept the authority of anyone, but judged for himself the opinions of his predecessors. In matters of natural science, Aristotle himself never appealed to authority, bu ...
Early Greek Philosophy
... early Ionians, Parmenides' thought possessed a peculiar combination of traditional religious and novel secular elements. From what he described as a divine revelation emerged his achievement of an unprecedentedly rigorous deductive logic. In their search for simplicity in explaining nature, the Ioni ...
... early Ionians, Parmenides' thought possessed a peculiar combination of traditional religious and novel secular elements. From what he described as a divine revelation emerged his achievement of an unprecedentedly rigorous deductive logic. In their search for simplicity in explaining nature, the Ioni ...
Albert the Great On the Causes of the Properties of the Elements
... obvious element but that also contain important traces of the other elements. The four elements are thus the basic chemistry of natural things in our world, but the heavenly bodies are also influential on natural events and substances, and the composition and causal influence of the moon, sun, plane ...
... obvious element but that also contain important traces of the other elements. The four elements are thus the basic chemistry of natural things in our world, but the heavenly bodies are also influential on natural events and substances, and the composition and causal influence of the moon, sun, plane ...
Pursuing Wisdom
... he posits an underlying principle (Logos) according to which all things are unified as one. Opposites exist and are necessary for life, but they are unified in a system of balances. Logos is a kind of continual flux or change symbolized best by fire. Thus the world is not to be identified with any p ...
... he posits an underlying principle (Logos) according to which all things are unified as one. Opposites exist and are necessary for life, but they are unified in a system of balances. Logos is a kind of continual flux or change symbolized best by fire. Thus the world is not to be identified with any p ...
Aristotle on the Organization of the Sciences
... for that which is done and that which is chosen are the same. Therefore, if all thought is either practical or productive or theoretical, natural science must be theoretical, but it will theorize about such being as admits of being moved, and only about that kind of substance which in respect of its ...
... for that which is done and that which is chosen are the same. Therefore, if all thought is either practical or productive or theoretical, natural science must be theoretical, but it will theorize about such being as admits of being moved, and only about that kind of substance which in respect of its ...
Philosophical axioms of
... an adequate “truth tool” [logical reasoning is an intrinsically discursive] “Knowledge” a function of real structures – People are, in a sense, incidental to philosophy – Philosophy is a-historical ...
... an adequate “truth tool” [logical reasoning is an intrinsically discursive] “Knowledge” a function of real structures – People are, in a sense, incidental to philosophy – Philosophy is a-historical ...
Marco Trivellato - Professor Dugan - PHI 101 ISL - Due date 05
... argued that reason can be used to prove the existence of God. However, only through faith can people know such mysteries as the incarnation and the trinity. Aquinas’s ideas about the existence of God, made me think about that. There are still things that are not understandable to humans. So there mu ...
... argued that reason can be used to prove the existence of God. However, only through faith can people know such mysteries as the incarnation and the trinity. Aquinas’s ideas about the existence of God, made me think about that. There are still things that are not understandable to humans. So there mu ...
Jacob Bunce PHIL 2200 Final 1) What is hermeneutics? How does it
... 15) Identify three specific characteristics of Aristotle’s works. Also explain how these make his works different from Plato’s. Aristotle seems much more direct in his teachings. Plato writes dialogues which teach vicariously through the words of the characters while Aristotle is more, “this is how ...
... 15) Identify three specific characteristics of Aristotle’s works. Also explain how these make his works different from Plato’s. Aristotle seems much more direct in his teachings. Plato writes dialogues which teach vicariously through the words of the characters while Aristotle is more, “this is how ...
2016 Virtual Dialogue on Harmony with Nature – Theme Earth
... This notion stands in stark contrast to that held by most peoples of indigenous heritage who interact with the Earth on the premise that we are intimately and inextricably entwined with nature. For indigenous peoples, every philosophical and ethical concept takes into account plants, animals, water ...
... This notion stands in stark contrast to that held by most peoples of indigenous heritage who interact with the Earth on the premise that we are intimately and inextricably entwined with nature. For indigenous peoples, every philosophical and ethical concept takes into account plants, animals, water ...
rev first summer 06 5/30/06
... remarks. “But you can’t understand medieval Christian thought without Aristotle. In fact, my thesis is that the differences between the two branches of Christendom go back to the different ways they appropriated the metaphysics of Plato and Aristotle— that is, their basic thought about what’s real.” ...
... remarks. “But you can’t understand medieval Christian thought without Aristotle. In fact, my thesis is that the differences between the two branches of Christendom go back to the different ways they appropriated the metaphysics of Plato and Aristotle— that is, their basic thought about what’s real.” ...
MUSONIUS RUFUS ON WOMEN AND THE STUDY OF
... MUSONIUS RUFUS ON WOMEN AND THE STUDY OF PHILOSOPHY ...
... MUSONIUS RUFUS ON WOMEN AND THE STUDY OF PHILOSOPHY ...
A puzzle on the Greek philosophers
... I lived in Athens (BCE 470 – 399). I was a promoter of the art of dialogical reasoning and taught it to a famous student. I left no written record of my philosophy and people are dependent on the early dialogues of a student of mine to give them a sense of my philosophy. My death from hemlock poison ...
... I lived in Athens (BCE 470 – 399). I was a promoter of the art of dialogical reasoning and taught it to a famous student. I left no written record of my philosophy and people are dependent on the early dialogues of a student of mine to give them a sense of my philosophy. My death from hemlock poison ...
Studying Latin American Philosophy
... Further, many North American and European philosophers lack the linguistic, historical and sociological body of knowledge to fully understand this literature as it was written and much may be lost in or completely elude translation. ...
... Further, many North American and European philosophers lack the linguistic, historical and sociological body of knowledge to fully understand this literature as it was written and much may be lost in or completely elude translation. ...
René Descartes - cloudfront.net
... allowing algebraic equations to be expressed as geometric shapes in a two-dimensional coordinate system, it was named after him. • He is also credited as the father of analytical geometry. • In the opening section of the Passions of the Soul, a volume on the early modern version of what are now comm ...
... allowing algebraic equations to be expressed as geometric shapes in a two-dimensional coordinate system, it was named after him. • He is also credited as the father of analytical geometry. • In the opening section of the Passions of the Soul, a volume on the early modern version of what are now comm ...
History of Philosophy
... “Subjectivity of will, as a complete phase, is in its turn a whole which, by its very nature, must also have objectivity. Freedom can at first realize itself only in the subject, as it is the true material for this realization. But this concrete manifestation of will, which we have called subjectiv ...
... “Subjectivity of will, as a complete phase, is in its turn a whole which, by its very nature, must also have objectivity. Freedom can at first realize itself only in the subject, as it is the true material for this realization. But this concrete manifestation of will, which we have called subjectiv ...
Why Philosophy of Physics is Awesome!
... Schrödinger (Magdalen College Alumnus): This cannot be true. If it would be true, it should also apply to large objects (since they are made up out of small objects), and it would be absurd to have a large object - like a table - being here and somewhere else at the same time! We never see tables in ...
... Schrödinger (Magdalen College Alumnus): This cannot be true. If it would be true, it should also apply to large objects (since they are made up out of small objects), and it would be absurd to have a large object - like a table - being here and somewhere else at the same time! We never see tables in ...
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.