Powerpoint - John Provost, PhD
... everyone disobeyed this we would have chaos and it would be very dangerous. But there are times, such as when rushing to a hospital in an emergency, when we expect people to be able to evaluate the good of obeying a law and the good of saving a life and see that saving a life is more important. When ...
... everyone disobeyed this we would have chaos and it would be very dangerous. But there are times, such as when rushing to a hospital in an emergency, when we expect people to be able to evaluate the good of obeying a law and the good of saving a life and see that saving a life is more important. When ...
a_new_problem_for_th.. - University of St Andrews
... there are arguments in favour of the A-theory which do not appeal to features of experience, and which are thus immune to the above criticisms. However if the above considerations are accepted any such a priori arguments would face a formidable difficulty. The problem would be to make clear just wha ...
... there are arguments in favour of the A-theory which do not appeal to features of experience, and which are thus immune to the above criticisms. However if the above considerations are accepted any such a priori arguments would face a formidable difficulty. The problem would be to make clear just wha ...
Who Can Have Rights? - Animals and Society Institute
... meaningful way. It would be nonsense to say that it was not in the interests of a stone to be kicked along the road by a schoolboy. A stone does not have interests because it cannot suffer. Nothing that we can do to it could possibly make any difference to its welfare. A mouse, on the other hand, do ...
... meaningful way. It would be nonsense to say that it was not in the interests of a stone to be kicked along the road by a schoolboy. A stone does not have interests because it cannot suffer. Nothing that we can do to it could possibly make any difference to its welfare. A mouse, on the other hand, do ...
Mike Maxim
... justification in pure reason, yet deal with objects outside of the mind. As an example of a proposition like this, we observe 7+5=12. Here the proposition is always true and is necessarily true so it is a priori, although there is no way to derive 12 from pure analysis of 7 and 5, so the proposition ...
... justification in pure reason, yet deal with objects outside of the mind. As an example of a proposition like this, we observe 7+5=12. Here the proposition is always true and is necessarily true so it is a priori, although there is no way to derive 12 from pure analysis of 7 and 5, so the proposition ...
Chapter 1 - The Philosophical Enterprise
... Section 1.1 - Explaining the Possibility of the Impossible: Philosophical Problems and Theories 1. Philosophical beliefs can be divided into three broad categories: metaphysics, epistemology, and ethics. 2. Our thoughts and action are influenced by our philosophical beliefs, as witnessed by people i ...
... Section 1.1 - Explaining the Possibility of the Impossible: Philosophical Problems and Theories 1. Philosophical beliefs can be divided into three broad categories: metaphysics, epistemology, and ethics. 2. Our thoughts and action are influenced by our philosophical beliefs, as witnessed by people i ...
Intrinsic Morality Versus God`s Morality
... intellectual center of the world to study. From here, he studied under Plato. After Plato’s death, he moved to Macedonia to become a tutor for Alexander the Great. When he returned to the Platonic school, he felt that he did not have a place there any longer. He eventually constructed his own school ...
... intellectual center of the world to study. From here, he studied under Plato. After Plato’s death, he moved to Macedonia to become a tutor for Alexander the Great. When he returned to the Platonic school, he felt that he did not have a place there any longer. He eventually constructed his own school ...
Some Notes on the Philosophy of Science
... First, he claims that judgments (i.e., claims of the form A is B) can either be a priori (prior to experience or universal and necessary) or a posteriori (dependent upon experience and contingent). Second, he claims that judgments are either analytic or synthetic. An analytic judgment is one in whic ...
... First, he claims that judgments (i.e., claims of the form A is B) can either be a priori (prior to experience or universal and necessary) or a posteriori (dependent upon experience and contingent). Second, he claims that judgments are either analytic or synthetic. An analytic judgment is one in whic ...
Kantianism, Pragmatism, and Autonomy Phillip McReynolds Although
... moral philosophy that gave birth to and insisted upon a level of autonomy not seen in prior philosophical systems. The essence of moral action insofar as it is moral for Kant is found in its autonomy. A moral agent must act purely out of respect for the moral law and only out of such respect in orde ...
... moral philosophy that gave birth to and insisted upon a level of autonomy not seen in prior philosophical systems. The essence of moral action insofar as it is moral for Kant is found in its autonomy. A moral agent must act purely out of respect for the moral law and only out of such respect in orde ...
What is Transcendentalism?
... Boston, were attempting to create a uniquely American body of literature. It was already decades since the Americans had won independence from England. Now, these people believed, it was time for literary independence. And so they deliberately went about creating literature, essays, novels, philosop ...
... Boston, were attempting to create a uniquely American body of literature. It was already decades since the Americans had won independence from England. Now, these people believed, it was time for literary independence. And so they deliberately went about creating literature, essays, novels, philosop ...
Synthesis
... conditioning experiences that have molded us and determined our actions. The fundamental principal of what determinism seems to lead me to conclude that it is a get out of jail free card. deterministic views leads one to conclude that we are not to be held accountable for our actions the idea that h ...
... conditioning experiences that have molded us and determined our actions. The fundamental principal of what determinism seems to lead me to conclude that it is a get out of jail free card. deterministic views leads one to conclude that we are not to be held accountable for our actions the idea that h ...
Thomas Hippler
... (p. 6). He then goes on by comparison with other source material and historical studies about the social history of suicide, murder and accidental death in Paris at that time, thus giving background information of what we can presumingly know beyond the limits of the Dossier. In the second part of t ...
... (p. 6). He then goes on by comparison with other source material and historical studies about the social history of suicide, murder and accidental death in Paris at that time, thus giving background information of what we can presumingly know beyond the limits of the Dossier. In the second part of t ...
ume and the Modern View of Human Nature
... This account of human nature has clear implications for Hume’s moral theory. We can begin to see this when we consider Hume’s account of virtue. In a discussion of a paired set of virtue and vice (humility and pride), Hume makes clear that regardless of the source of the disposition (in “natural ...
... This account of human nature has clear implications for Hume’s moral theory. We can begin to see this when we consider Hume’s account of virtue. In a discussion of a paired set of virtue and vice (humility and pride), Hume makes clear that regardless of the source of the disposition (in “natural ...
Extremes meet each other: Artificial General Intelligence
... the psychological theory of cognition presented in Allen Newell’s book (Unified Theories of Cognition). The theory was based on ideas that have now become fairly standard: logic-style knowledge representation, mental activity as problem-solving carried out by an assemblage of heuristics, etc. Soar i ...
... the psychological theory of cognition presented in Allen Newell’s book (Unified Theories of Cognition). The theory was based on ideas that have now become fairly standard: logic-style knowledge representation, mental activity as problem-solving carried out by an assemblage of heuristics, etc. Soar i ...
NR 4 - Hartvig Nissen Camilla Tran
... hard to form a coherent opinion about all of this. Tolstoy wrote: there is no explanation. It may be so. There are no truths in philosophy, but I want to postulate three, which are subject to scepticism. Truth 1: Human beings are vulnerable and temporal. That is not something bad. It is unfair that ...
... hard to form a coherent opinion about all of this. Tolstoy wrote: there is no explanation. It may be so. There are no truths in philosophy, but I want to postulate three, which are subject to scepticism. Truth 1: Human beings are vulnerable and temporal. That is not something bad. It is unfair that ...
Topic 2b: What is conceptualization? Jerry Fodor (2008): LOT2 The
... “bringing of logic and logical syntax together with a theory of mental process is the foundation of [...] cognitive science.” (Mentalese: only something language-like may have a logical form) Mental processes: computations on mental representations (not associations) The mind’s goal is thinking abou ...
... “bringing of logic and logical syntax together with a theory of mental process is the foundation of [...] cognitive science.” (Mentalese: only something language-like may have a logical form) Mental processes: computations on mental representations (not associations) The mind’s goal is thinking abou ...
Dewey Experience and Philosophic Method
... myth, politics, painting and prisons. If we are going to have a metaphysical theory that discusses the discrete and continuous then social and political life are as important as chemistry. Also, ignorance should be studied as much as wisdom. In general, whatever is actual is possible and the occurre ...
... myth, politics, painting and prisons. If we are going to have a metaphysical theory that discusses the discrete and continuous then social and political life are as important as chemistry. Also, ignorance should be studied as much as wisdom. In general, whatever is actual is possible and the occurre ...
Date: 12 November 2015
... its user. No matter how Hollywood frames the “distant future” that idea is actually much closer than it previously appears. This probable future inches ever closer from each technological advancement and beyond. The future of this society relies on the acceptance of the new beings the cooperation be ...
... its user. No matter how Hollywood frames the “distant future” that idea is actually much closer than it previously appears. This probable future inches ever closer from each technological advancement and beyond. The future of this society relies on the acceptance of the new beings the cooperation be ...
Confucianism and Neo-Confucianism
... that the hierarchical ordering of familial relations is the principal foundation upon which complex, interlocking human relations in the Chinese society are constructed. Before a person is able to do great things in society, that person must first be a proper spouse, parent, child, sibling or friend ...
... that the hierarchical ordering of familial relations is the principal foundation upon which complex, interlocking human relations in the Chinese society are constructed. Before a person is able to do great things in society, that person must first be a proper spouse, parent, child, sibling or friend ...
philosophy as a second order discipline
... problem of value which considers weather knowledge is worth having, why and what for? Ethics: Humans are social beings and most of their action or inaction has implication for other creatures that they share the biosphere with. Ethics, also referred to as moral philosophy, is the branch of philosoph ...
... problem of value which considers weather knowledge is worth having, why and what for? Ethics: Humans are social beings and most of their action or inaction has implication for other creatures that they share the biosphere with. Ethics, also referred to as moral philosophy, is the branch of philosoph ...
Notes on Hume`s And Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding
... witnessed (experienced) events or things being caused by previous events or things, and we have simply developed a habit of believing cause-effect relationships. Now, this habit is created and supported by an attendant feeling when we witness that cause or matter of fact. That feeling when we witnes ...
... witnessed (experienced) events or things being caused by previous events or things, and we have simply developed a habit of believing cause-effect relationships. Now, this habit is created and supported by an attendant feeling when we witness that cause or matter of fact. That feeling when we witnes ...
Identity Theory 1
... If the identity of a human is based upon the strictly physical mind body connection (BC’s = MS’s) and therefore sensations (brain processes) of environmental stimuli, is human existence concrete? ...
... If the identity of a human is based upon the strictly physical mind body connection (BC’s = MS’s) and therefore sensations (brain processes) of environmental stimuli, is human existence concrete? ...
The Future of Human Nature by Jurgen Habermas
... process of working with dead matter (non-human, such as plants). Builders work with non-human or dead material, and are able to create life out of what they are working with. However, intervention, as done with human genetic engineering, is an intrusive processit uses the insertion of active materia ...
... process of working with dead matter (non-human, such as plants). Builders work with non-human or dead material, and are able to create life out of what they are working with. However, intervention, as done with human genetic engineering, is an intrusive processit uses the insertion of active materia ...
claSSIcal eDucatIoN aND HuMaN HaPPINeSS
... 8. Because it is beyond the scope of this essay to offer a robust definition of “progressive education” I will assume the broadest definition of the term. Roughly speaking the “progressive” view of education is identified with the works of John Dewey, the educational reforms he instituted, and thos ...
... 8. Because it is beyond the scope of this essay to offer a robust definition of “progressive education” I will assume the broadest definition of the term. Roughly speaking the “progressive” view of education is identified with the works of John Dewey, the educational reforms he instituted, and thos ...
Notes on Jamieson, chapter 5
... “…[T]he principle reason that convinces us that animals lack thought is, in my view, that some animals are more perfect than others of the same species, as we find among human beings. This can be seen in horses and dogs, some of which learn what they are taught much better than others. And although ...
... “…[T]he principle reason that convinces us that animals lack thought is, in my view, that some animals are more perfect than others of the same species, as we find among human beings. This can be seen in horses and dogs, some of which learn what they are taught much better than others. And although ...
Existentialism - Midlands State University
... Most philosophers since Plato have held that the highest ethical good is the same for everyone; insofar as one approaches moral perfection, one resembles other morally perfect individuals. The 19th-century Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard, the first writer to call himself or herself existential, ...
... Most philosophers since Plato have held that the highest ethical good is the same for everyone; insofar as one approaches moral perfection, one resembles other morally perfect individuals. The 19th-century Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard, the first writer to call himself or herself existential, ...
Zaid Orudzhev
Zaid Melikovich Orudzhev (Russian: Заи́д Ме́ликович Ору́джев; born on April 4, 1932) is an Azerbaijani-born Russian academic specialising in the history of philosophy, dialectical logic and sociological methodology. He is a doctor of philosophy and currently a professor at the Moscow State Academy for Business Administration.