Thomas Hobbes: Apologist for Absolutism
... Thomas Hobbes: Apologist for Absolutism Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679), the most original political philosopher of the 17th century, turned to reason and empirical observation to find an explanation for social institutions. Hobbes was an urbane and much-traveled man who enthusiastically supported the new ...
... Thomas Hobbes: Apologist for Absolutism Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679), the most original political philosopher of the 17th century, turned to reason and empirical observation to find an explanation for social institutions. Hobbes was an urbane and much-traveled man who enthusiastically supported the new ...
Religion and Environmental Ethics
... civil war. 110 years later Rachel Carson wrote Silent Spring in 1962, which once again questioned American assumptions. It argued that all life forms, even insects, were not commodities but deserved ethical consideration. Thus we see that there has been a historical extension of ethical concern as d ...
... civil war. 110 years later Rachel Carson wrote Silent Spring in 1962, which once again questioned American assumptions. It argued that all life forms, even insects, were not commodities but deserved ethical consideration. Thus we see that there has been a historical extension of ethical concern as d ...
Is It Ethical to Eat Plants?
... ‘Is it ethical to eat?’ justifiably resonates in our ears in the form of a more profound question, ‘Is it ethical to be?’ (It is not by chance that the Russian verb ‘to be’ is identical, in the variant yest’, to the verb ‘to eat’). Regardless of this resonance, it would be wrong to imbue both querie ...
... ‘Is it ethical to eat?’ justifiably resonates in our ears in the form of a more profound question, ‘Is it ethical to be?’ (It is not by chance that the Russian verb ‘to be’ is identical, in the variant yest’, to the verb ‘to eat’). Regardless of this resonance, it would be wrong to imbue both querie ...
“Forever Wild” and Wild Philosophy
... people would think that an exceedingly narrow perspective, believing that there is something wrong with such destruction. Ecocentric theories capture that moral intuition through their recognition of the moral importance of ecosystems. There are critical questions about ecocentrism, especially about ...
... people would think that an exceedingly narrow perspective, believing that there is something wrong with such destruction. Ecocentric theories capture that moral intuition through their recognition of the moral importance of ecosystems. There are critical questions about ecocentrism, especially about ...
What is Existential-Phenomenology
... reflectively sophisticated exemplification in science." --Maurice Natanson, "Phenomenology and the Social Sciences," In M. Natanson (Ed.), Phenomenology and the Social Sciences, Volume 1, pp. 4-5 "Phenomenology is a science of 'beginnings.' The genuine beginner is an adept, not a novice. To begin, ...
... reflectively sophisticated exemplification in science." --Maurice Natanson, "Phenomenology and the Social Sciences," In M. Natanson (Ed.), Phenomenology and the Social Sciences, Volume 1, pp. 4-5 "Phenomenology is a science of 'beginnings.' The genuine beginner is an adept, not a novice. To begin, ...
Landscape and Dwelling Lars Botin PhD, MA Ass. Professor
... orchestra, or the practices of the scientist in the laboratory. We create meaning in retracing our actions and reflections on the path, and understanding comes through familiarity, practice and process. The building is according to Heidegger a specific and primary way and mean of being-in-the-world. ...
... orchestra, or the practices of the scientist in the laboratory. We create meaning in retracing our actions and reflections on the path, and understanding comes through familiarity, practice and process. The building is according to Heidegger a specific and primary way and mean of being-in-the-world. ...
- Philsci
... "conceptual" efforts, while others, Patricia Kitcher for example, read the book as a psychological theory, a theory of how the mind works and, in view of that constitution, of what the mind can and cannot know. The psychological reading seems the more charitable to Kant, since a psychological theory ...
... "conceptual" efforts, while others, Patricia Kitcher for example, read the book as a psychological theory, a theory of how the mind works and, in view of that constitution, of what the mind can and cannot know. The psychological reading seems the more charitable to Kant, since a psychological theory ...
Class #5 - 1/15/14
... Genevieve Lloyd suggests that the issue is even more fundamental and may be near impossible to resolve. Read your text on page 73 carefully!! We will discuss this passage in class next week. ...
... Genevieve Lloyd suggests that the issue is even more fundamental and may be near impossible to resolve. Read your text on page 73 carefully!! We will discuss this passage in class next week. ...
The Confucian Self and our Duties to Animals
... make use of other animals at their expense is rarely challenged. The question I will address is whether this preference can be defended in Confucian terms: can the tradition provide plausible reasons for its relative slighting of non-human animals? It seems to me the tradition can offer such reasons ...
... make use of other animals at their expense is rarely challenged. The question I will address is whether this preference can be defended in Confucian terms: can the tradition provide plausible reasons for its relative slighting of non-human animals? It seems to me the tradition can offer such reasons ...
Kripke, A Priori Knowledge, Necessity and Contingency
... Since Kripke thinks that the two are totally different concepts, he wants to argue that the biconditional is false. Since this is a biconditional, it has two parts: 1. If X is necessary, then X is a priori This conditional seems intuitive; it seems to be the case that if something necessary is the c ...
... Since Kripke thinks that the two are totally different concepts, he wants to argue that the biconditional is false. Since this is a biconditional, it has two parts: 1. If X is necessary, then X is a priori This conditional seems intuitive; it seems to be the case that if something necessary is the c ...
PHI 110 Lecture 6 1 Today we`re gonna start a number of lectures
... diversity of uses which makes the articulation of very simple black and white kinds of problems impossible. And I’m going to quote now — it’s a very short quote — from J. L. Austin who, as I said, was one of the founders of the ordinary language school from his book, Sense and Sensibilia, which was ...
... diversity of uses which makes the articulation of very simple black and white kinds of problems impossible. And I’m going to quote now — it’s a very short quote — from J. L. Austin who, as I said, was one of the founders of the ordinary language school from his book, Sense and Sensibilia, which was ...
Intro to Philosophy
... To say that a claim is rationally defensible does not necessarily mean that it is true or has been proved true. A claim that is rationally defensible in the strong sense is one that has good reasons supporting it. The support may be so strong as to remove all doubt (& thus prove with certainty) that ...
... To say that a claim is rationally defensible does not necessarily mean that it is true or has been proved true. A claim that is rationally defensible in the strong sense is one that has good reasons supporting it. The support may be so strong as to remove all doubt (& thus prove with certainty) that ...
SGI-USA Men`s Division Monthly Suggested Study Material for
... way that Tsunesaburo Makiguchi and Josei Toda lived their lives. In fact, Buddhism itself only really exists in the way a Buddhist lives his or her life. That is why Nichiren Daishonin declares ’the purpose of the appearance in this world of Shakyamuni Buddha, the lord of teachings, lies in his beha ...
... way that Tsunesaburo Makiguchi and Josei Toda lived their lives. In fact, Buddhism itself only really exists in the way a Buddhist lives his or her life. That is why Nichiren Daishonin declares ’the purpose of the appearance in this world of Shakyamuni Buddha, the lord of teachings, lies in his beha ...
Why Does the Failure to Differentiate Reason from
... the foundation of rational thinking. Logic is only a small part of reason because most rational inferences are not, strictly speaking, logical inferences. Let us take an illustration. You look out of the window, and observe that you can see three houses. You turn back into the room and say “three ho ...
... the foundation of rational thinking. Logic is only a small part of reason because most rational inferences are not, strictly speaking, logical inferences. Let us take an illustration. You look out of the window, and observe that you can see three houses. You turn back into the room and say “three ho ...
Sartre and the Existentialist Vision of the Human
... As defined by nothingness, our existence is meaningless. According to most accounts, the meaning of our lives is given to us. Sartre denies this. To the extent that our life comes to have meaning, it has only the meaning we choose to give to it. We are thus absolutely free. We find ourselves in th ...
... As defined by nothingness, our existence is meaningless. According to most accounts, the meaning of our lives is given to us. Sartre denies this. To the extent that our life comes to have meaning, it has only the meaning we choose to give to it. We are thus absolutely free. We find ourselves in th ...
Virtuism: Philosophy and the Aesthetics of Virtue
... way of coming back to us. One can see the present result of living a loving life compared to one which is filled with slander, cheating, lying, or breaking other laws of the land. These types of people often become caught in their lies and destroy relationships. People get tired of overly negative ...
... way of coming back to us. One can see the present result of living a loving life compared to one which is filled with slander, cheating, lying, or breaking other laws of the land. These types of people often become caught in their lies and destroy relationships. People get tired of overly negative ...
Symposium III and Lysis
... • Why the weird framing—why Diotima tells all this stuff, not Socrates? • Suggestion: One of Socrates’ most famous claims is that he knows nothing. Thus, he has not achieved the knowledge of the Form of Beauty, and can only rely on what others tell him. • The point is to encourage us to pursue Plato ...
... • Why the weird framing—why Diotima tells all this stuff, not Socrates? • Suggestion: One of Socrates’ most famous claims is that he knows nothing. Thus, he has not achieved the knowledge of the Form of Beauty, and can only rely on what others tell him. • The point is to encourage us to pursue Plato ...
1 Philosophy of New Times. Rationalism and empiricism
... influential view wherein the only knowledge humans can have is a posteriori, i.e., based upon experience. Locke is famously attributed with holding the proposition that the human mind is a tabula rasa, a "blank tablet," in Locke's words "white paper," on which is written the experiences derived from ...
... influential view wherein the only knowledge humans can have is a posteriori, i.e., based upon experience. Locke is famously attributed with holding the proposition that the human mind is a tabula rasa, a "blank tablet," in Locke's words "white paper," on which is written the experiences derived from ...
Ethics of Aspiration - webteach.mc.uky.edu
... individual’s personality (psyche) which motivates them to control their behavior by abiding by rules of morality are virtues. With the rules of morality being those rules/behaviors necessary for successful social living. ...
... individual’s personality (psyche) which motivates them to control their behavior by abiding by rules of morality are virtues. With the rules of morality being those rules/behaviors necessary for successful social living. ...
Ashley Williamson B4 12/15/13 You see, I do believe that humans
... You see, I do believe that humans have the freedom to choose whatever they feel fits their needs, but I also think that humans can have outside influences to their decisions. Free will is “a philosophical term of art for a particular sort of capacity of rational agents to choose a course of action f ...
... You see, I do believe that humans have the freedom to choose whatever they feel fits their needs, but I also think that humans can have outside influences to their decisions. Free will is “a philosophical term of art for a particular sort of capacity of rational agents to choose a course of action f ...
Myths are often stories of origins, how the world and everything in it
... something else?” • The contemplation of the reason for each individual’s existence is believed by many to be the foundation of mythology. Even as we need motivation as a society to follow the rules, we desperately need something as an individuals to motivate us to keep living. ...
... something else?” • The contemplation of the reason for each individual’s existence is believed by many to be the foundation of mythology. Even as we need motivation as a society to follow the rules, we desperately need something as an individuals to motivate us to keep living. ...
Marxism and Behaviorism: Ideological Parallels
... attempting to account for reality in a wholly abstract fashion, imputing content and meaning to a purely ideational realm while failing to recognize the substance and effect of material reality.2 Marx and Engels applied Hegel's method to social-economic history. They were convinced that the real con ...
... attempting to account for reality in a wholly abstract fashion, imputing content and meaning to a purely ideational realm while failing to recognize the substance and effect of material reality.2 Marx and Engels applied Hegel's method to social-economic history. They were convinced that the real con ...
Person and Community in African - Southeastern Louisiana University
... clearness of. .our conception of what it means to be a person . Th e practical consequences are also something for us to worry about . For if there is legitimacy in ascribing rights to animals the n human beings could come to be compelled to share resources wit h them . In such a situation, for inst ...
... clearness of. .our conception of what it means to be a person . Th e practical consequences are also something for us to worry about . For if there is legitimacy in ascribing rights to animals the n human beings could come to be compelled to share resources wit h them . In such a situation, for inst ...
PHILOSOPHY RESEARCH SEMINAR, PHILOSOPHY TEA AND
... Eleonore Stump), and its implications for our view of unconditional forgiveness. 4.00 Philosophy Tea followed by 4.30 Phil Soc: ‘Can Philosophy provide us with a secular concept of evil?’ In this talk I hope to demonstrate two things: first, that philosophy has something of importance to say to the ...
... Eleonore Stump), and its implications for our view of unconditional forgiveness. 4.00 Philosophy Tea followed by 4.30 Phil Soc: ‘Can Philosophy provide us with a secular concept of evil?’ In this talk I hope to demonstrate two things: first, that philosophy has something of importance to say to the ...
L13-421-15-11-16-15
... throughout the study of logic. It can hardly be said to involve reasoning; for reasoning reaches a conclusion, and asserts it to be true however matters may seem; while in Phenomenology there is no assertion except that there are certain seemings; and even these are not, and cannot be asserted, beca ...
... throughout the study of logic. It can hardly be said to involve reasoning; for reasoning reaches a conclusion, and asserts it to be true however matters may seem; while in Phenomenology there is no assertion except that there are certain seemings; and even these are not, and cannot be asserted, beca ...
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.