Philosophy as Therapy for Recovering (Unrestrained) Omnivores
... what they learn from philosophical arguments. We then propose that other modes of philosophical inquiry can serve as therapy for these malaises. In part II, we argue that philosophical hermeneutics (exemplified by Hans-Georg Gadamer) can treat the malaise of imagination by helping us to excavate an ...
... what they learn from philosophical arguments. We then propose that other modes of philosophical inquiry can serve as therapy for these malaises. In part II, we argue that philosophical hermeneutics (exemplified by Hans-Georg Gadamer) can treat the malaise of imagination by helping us to excavate an ...
confucianism and virtue ethics
... according to which the explanatory primacy of virtue (or closely related notions) is its definitive feature. But there are other ways of giving virtue primacy over right action and the maximization of goods, some of which might have been embraced more readily by the great Confucian philosophers. One ...
... according to which the explanatory primacy of virtue (or closely related notions) is its definitive feature. But there are other ways of giving virtue primacy over right action and the maximization of goods, some of which might have been embraced more readily by the great Confucian philosophers. One ...
African Philosophy
... 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 a people or culture has a philosophy in the folk sense, which is a necessary f ...
... 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 a people or culture has a philosophy in the folk sense, which is a necessary f ...
Moral Cultivation and Confucian Character
... specific theory about human nature, it is clear that his philosophy relies upon a general and distinctive concept of human nature and its flourishing. One critical feature of Confucius’s view of human nature is that at birth, one’s nature is underdeveloped and incomplete; we can and must cultivate o ...
... specific theory about human nature, it is clear that his philosophy relies upon a general and distinctive concept of human nature and its flourishing. One critical feature of Confucius’s view of human nature is that at birth, one’s nature is underdeveloped and incomplete; we can and must cultivate o ...
Character, Virtue and Self-Interest in the Ethics
... power which, properly used, can sustain the moral integrity of the practitioner and the professions. Moreover, if they use their moral power well, the professions can become paradigms of disinterested service that can raise the level of conventional morality. This is an ambitious set of assertions. ...
... power which, properly used, can sustain the moral integrity of the practitioner and the professions. Moreover, if they use their moral power well, the professions can become paradigms of disinterested service that can raise the level of conventional morality. This is an ambitious set of assertions. ...
Kant`s History of Ethics
... 4:441-443, KpV 5:41, VE 27:108-110, 252-255, 29:621-628). Kant therefore presents us in a sense with a kind of developmental hierarchy, not unlike the transcendental progression used to systematize philosophical materials in Fichte’s Wissenschaftslehre, Schelling’s systems of idealism and natural ph ...
... 4:441-443, KpV 5:41, VE 27:108-110, 252-255, 29:621-628). Kant therefore presents us in a sense with a kind of developmental hierarchy, not unlike the transcendental progression used to systematize philosophical materials in Fichte’s Wissenschaftslehre, Schelling’s systems of idealism and natural ph ...
1 - Open Science Framework
... to theology. In other words, these works not only had a primary role in the study of the basic logic of the Middle Ages, but they also had significant role in theological debates. Therefore, it is no wonder why according to sources many theologians of the Middle Ages knew more about Boethius, than t ...
... to theology. In other words, these works not only had a primary role in the study of the basic logic of the Middle Ages, but they also had significant role in theological debates. Therefore, it is no wonder why according to sources many theologians of the Middle Ages knew more about Boethius, than t ...
Semantic Paradoxes and Abductive Methodology The Relevance of the Liar University Press)
... substitution may substitute variables for non-logical constants and constants for logical or nonlogical constants, within the same type; thus in L+ a uniform substitution may map α to αv or vice versa. As usual, sΓ = {sα: α Γ}. Then: Uniform Substitution ...
... substitution may substitute variables for non-logical constants and constants for logical or nonlogical constants, within the same type; thus in L+ a uniform substitution may map α to αv or vice versa. As usual, sΓ = {sα: α Γ}. Then: Uniform Substitution ...
Morality and the `Naturalness` of Transgenic Animals
... A judgement can only be free when it is not forcefully imposed upon oneself. To morally legitimate one’s actions by appealing to nature or natural laws (‘it is good because it is in agreement with natural laws, or because it is natural’) is problematic because it overlooks the freedom of human being ...
... A judgement can only be free when it is not forcefully imposed upon oneself. To morally legitimate one’s actions by appealing to nature or natural laws (‘it is good because it is in agreement with natural laws, or because it is natural’) is problematic because it overlooks the freedom of human being ...
a paradox of virtue
... significance because the very desirability of a theory being action-guiding can be called into question. For example, with regard to utilitarianism, it is questionable whether a moral agent should always act according to the principle of the greatest happiness for the greatest number. Similarly, the ...
... significance because the very desirability of a theory being action-guiding can be called into question. For example, with regard to utilitarianism, it is questionable whether a moral agent should always act according to the principle of the greatest happiness for the greatest number. Similarly, the ...
Details - Indian Council of Philosophical Research
... Brahman. In the construction of the grand-narrative of Brahman, even discursive thought (as reflection too) is avoided The knowledge (or Jnāna) acquired at the stage of realizing the Brahman is not equivalent to the discursive or logical thought- It is beyond it. The rituals (or karmas) that were ce ...
... Brahman. In the construction of the grand-narrative of Brahman, even discursive thought (as reflection too) is avoided The knowledge (or Jnāna) acquired at the stage of realizing the Brahman is not equivalent to the discursive or logical thought- It is beyond it. The rituals (or karmas) that were ce ...
A History of the Connectives
... go. The strength of the analogy, moreover, undercuts a common and otherwise appealing picture of the history of logic, according to which sentential and quantificational threads developed largely independently and, sometimes, in opposition to each other, until Frege wove them together in what we now ...
... go. The strength of the analogy, moreover, undercuts a common and otherwise appealing picture of the history of logic, according to which sentential and quantificational threads developed largely independently and, sometimes, in opposition to each other, until Frege wove them together in what we now ...
IOSR Journal Of Humanities And Social Science (IOSR-JHSS)
... From the account of intellect and will provided thus far, it may appear that the intellect necessitates the will’s acts by its own evaluative portrayals of goodness. Yet Aquinas insists that no single account of the good can necessitate the will’s movement. Most goods do not have a necessary connect ...
... From the account of intellect and will provided thus far, it may appear that the intellect necessitates the will’s acts by its own evaluative portrayals of goodness. Yet Aquinas insists that no single account of the good can necessitate the will’s movement. Most goods do not have a necessary connect ...
Filosofia Theoretica: Journal of African Philosophy, Culture
... segregation. This kind of spirit of superiority complex, inculcated into some Africans, by their colonial masters, has come to stand the test of time. It is functional in many societies in Africa. According to Asouzu, most Western debates within the framework of what is called Western philosophy are ...
... segregation. This kind of spirit of superiority complex, inculcated into some Africans, by their colonial masters, has come to stand the test of time. It is functional in many societies in Africa. According to Asouzu, most Western debates within the framework of what is called Western philosophy are ...
hellenic philosophy
... freedom and the concomitant religious tolerance, as experienced in the Hellenic, pre-Christian era in the Mediterranean world, be revived. Such freedom should be fostered in the post-modern world, if our fragile, global, and diverse cultural community is to be preserved and flourish in the dawning n ...
... freedom and the concomitant religious tolerance, as experienced in the Hellenic, pre-Christian era in the Mediterranean world, be revived. Such freedom should be fostered in the post-modern world, if our fragile, global, and diverse cultural community is to be preserved and flourish in the dawning n ...
History of Philosophy2
... connection and what there takes place is rational.” The term “rational” is much misunderstood, in Hegel. It does not mean that history (in general) runs on some kind of occult, pre-determining, dialectical program, designed by a transcendent “software” designer. “Rational” describes a relation where ...
... connection and what there takes place is rational.” The term “rational” is much misunderstood, in Hegel. It does not mean that history (in general) runs on some kind of occult, pre-determining, dialectical program, designed by a transcendent “software” designer. “Rational” describes a relation where ...
Why Should We Believe Moral Claims?
... Admittedly, critics of intuitionism have not been without excuse in the above misunderstandings. H. A. Prichard, one of the major figures in 20th century intuitionism, at least invited them, and perhaps in his case they were not even misunderstandings: This realization of their [our obligations’] se ...
... Admittedly, critics of intuitionism have not been without excuse in the above misunderstandings. H. A. Prichard, one of the major figures in 20th century intuitionism, at least invited them, and perhaps in his case they were not even misunderstandings: This realization of their [our obligations’] se ...
Ethics without Ontology
... and cut his throat, whereupon my father bound him hand and foot and threw him into a ditch. Then he sent a man to Athens to find out from the seer what ought to be done-meanwhile paying no attention to the man who had been bound, neglecting him because he was a murderer and it would be no great matt ...
... and cut his throat, whereupon my father bound him hand and foot and threw him into a ditch. Then he sent a man to Athens to find out from the seer what ought to be done-meanwhile paying no attention to the man who had been bound, neglecting him because he was a murderer and it would be no great matt ...
PHLA10F
... The argument about truth illustrates a powerful mode of argument. Assume the opposite of what you want to prove, and show that this assumption leads to a clear ‘absurdity’ (something impossible or obviously false). Example: Prove: the government has a right to limit our freedom. Assume: the governme ...
... The argument about truth illustrates a powerful mode of argument. Assume the opposite of what you want to prove, and show that this assumption leads to a clear ‘absurdity’ (something impossible or obviously false). Example: Prove: the government has a right to limit our freedom. Assume: the governme ...
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 ...
Contradiction In Madhyamaka Buddhist Argumentation
... Since q can be any proposition whatever, one is thereby committed to affirming every proposition. But relevance logics block the derivation of p→q from ~p alone. The same relevance constraints that prevent the derivation of q→p for arbitary q from p alone, likewise block the derivation of p→q for ar ...
... Since q can be any proposition whatever, one is thereby committed to affirming every proposition. But relevance logics block the derivation of p→q from ~p alone. The same relevance constraints that prevent the derivation of q→p for arbitary q from p alone, likewise block the derivation of p→q for ar ...
Preface to Lying, Misleading and What is Said
... philosophy of language literature. If the notion involved in the lying/misleading distinction is one of those from the philosophy of language literature, then we know that this notion, at least, is one that ordinary speakers do think and care about. If it is not, then we know that there is a problem ...
... philosophy of language literature. If the notion involved in the lying/misleading distinction is one of those from the philosophy of language literature, then we know that this notion, at least, is one that ordinary speakers do think and care about. If it is not, then we know that there is a problem ...
Error theory
... reasons and values, if they exist, aren’t going to be like physical properties. Are psychological states ‘part of the fabric of the world’? They certainly exist – whether one is happy or in pain is a psychological fact. But, of course, it isn’t a mind-independent fact. So not all objective facts are ...
... reasons and values, if they exist, aren’t going to be like physical properties. Are psychological states ‘part of the fabric of the world’? They certainly exist – whether one is happy or in pain is a psychological fact. But, of course, it isn’t a mind-independent fact. So not all objective facts are ...
THE PRESOCRATIC PHILOSOPHERS AND SOCRATES
... AND SOCRATES Here we examine the beginnings of Western philosophy. We do this especially with an eye to exploring how what went before Plato might have influenced him, especially his theory of human nature. We shall focus on the views about knowledge and reality of some of the philosophers who wrote ...
... AND SOCRATES Here we examine the beginnings of Western philosophy. We do this especially with an eye to exploring how what went before Plato might have influenced him, especially his theory of human nature. We shall focus on the views about knowledge and reality of some of the philosophers who wrote ...
Stoicism
Stoicism is a school of Hellenistic philosophy founded in Athens by Zeno of Citium in the early 3rd century BC. The Stoics taught that destructive emotions resulted from errors in judgment, and the active relationship between cosmic determinism and human freedom, and the belief that it is virtuous to maintain a will (called prohairesis) that is in accord with nature. Because of this, the Stoics presented their philosophy as a way of life, and they thought that the best indication of an individual's philosophy was not what a person said but how that person behaved.Later Stoics—such as Seneca and Epictetus—emphasized that, because ""virtue is sufficient for happiness"", a sage was immune to misfortune. This belief is similar to the meaning of the phrase ""stoic calm"", though the phrase does not include the ""radical ethical"" Stoic views that only a sage can be considered truly free, and that all moral corruptions are equally vicious.From its founding, Stoic doctrine was popular with a following in Roman Greece and throughout the Roman Empire — including the Emperor Marcus Aurelius — until the closing of all pagan philosophy schools in 529 AD by order of the Emperor Justinian I, who perceived them as being at odds with Christian faith. Neostoicism was a syncretic philosophical movement, joining Stoicism and Christianity, influenced by Justus Lipsius.