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... who argued that particularity (and hence individual existence) enters neither into the essence nor the account/definition of a thing. This is the perspective I had in mind when I distinguished the what from the whether of analytic philosophy. From this perspective, we can simply answer Hardcastle’s ...
... who argued that particularity (and hence individual existence) enters neither into the essence nor the account/definition of a thing. This is the perspective I had in mind when I distinguished the what from the whether of analytic philosophy. From this perspective, we can simply answer Hardcastle’s ...
rethinkingdemandingness
... would not be apt toward merely suboptimal acts. So, maximizing consequentialism, which includes the category of wrongness, licenses blame and guilt for certain actions, whereas scalar consequentialism does not. That could be a basis for maintaining that maximizing consequentialism is more demanding ...
... would not be apt toward merely suboptimal acts. So, maximizing consequentialism, which includes the category of wrongness, licenses blame and guilt for certain actions, whereas scalar consequentialism does not. That could be a basis for maintaining that maximizing consequentialism is more demanding ...
Good and Evil: An Absolute Conception, Second Edition
... A stance has to be taken unless it goes by default, towards the difference between judgements that are of the highest significance for ethics and judgements that are not. In the former case I would say that it is more a matter of registering an experience or marking an encounter, than passing a judge ...
... A stance has to be taken unless it goes by default, towards the difference between judgements that are of the highest significance for ethics and judgements that are not. In the former case I would say that it is more a matter of registering an experience or marking an encounter, than passing a judge ...
Kim`s Pairing Problem and the Viability of Substance Dualism
... slaying Adam instead of Bob exactly because we can reference the specific spatial relations of the events involved as explaining to us why the objects in those events were disposed to undergo the processes they did. That is to say, we can choose the correct pairing relation between the events involv ...
... slaying Adam instead of Bob exactly because we can reference the specific spatial relations of the events involved as explaining to us why the objects in those events were disposed to undergo the processes they did. That is to say, we can choose the correct pairing relation between the events involv ...
Hume`s Aesthetic Theism
... nature” (NHR 309). My hypothesis is that the truth of true theism has to do with its source in human nature, not its justification in reason. Strictly speaking, true religion is no more justified than false religion. But only true religion is grounded in the passions in such a way that it can actual ...
... nature” (NHR 309). My hypothesis is that the truth of true theism has to do with its source in human nature, not its justification in reason. Strictly speaking, true religion is no more justified than false religion. But only true religion is grounded in the passions in such a way that it can actual ...
Kafka and Brentano - Buffalo Ontology Site
... series of deliberations followed, as if what were taking place were something like a student’s court of honour. ... And I had no one who came to my defence, though all the participants had by then [October 1905] known me for two years. Suddenly one of them took my side – Kafka. Normally he was so qu ...
... series of deliberations followed, as if what were taking place were something like a student’s court of honour. ... And I had no one who came to my defence, though all the participants had by then [October 1905] known me for two years. Suddenly one of them took my side – Kafka. Normally he was so qu ...
On Worldviews and Philosophy
... science, made suspect by the self-complacency of post-industrial society, or simply undermined by the cynicism and despair of our time. People may suffer either because their inherited worldview is inadequate or because it is disintegrating. In other words, Olthuis‟ paper confronts us with a bitter ...
... science, made suspect by the self-complacency of post-industrial society, or simply undermined by the cynicism and despair of our time. People may suffer either because their inherited worldview is inadequate or because it is disintegrating. In other words, Olthuis‟ paper confronts us with a bitter ...
Ambiguity, generality, and
... definitions of ambiguity are critically examined and contrasted with definitions of generality and indeterminacy, concepts with which ambiguity is sometimes confused. One definition of ambiguity is defended as being more theoretically adequate than others which have been suggested by both philosophe ...
... definitions of ambiguity are critically examined and contrasted with definitions of generality and indeterminacy, concepts with which ambiguity is sometimes confused. One definition of ambiguity is defended as being more theoretically adequate than others which have been suggested by both philosophe ...
Machiavellian Philosophy of Wealth Acquisition in
... means” is the philosophical basis of wealth acquisition for some Nigerians. The paper strongly argues that the philosophy of wealth acquisition currently in vogue for some Nigerians today is the philosophy of “steal and grow rich but don’t be caught” and maintains that this is a direct offshoot of t ...
... means” is the philosophical basis of wealth acquisition for some Nigerians. The paper strongly argues that the philosophy of wealth acquisition currently in vogue for some Nigerians today is the philosophy of “steal and grow rich but don’t be caught” and maintains that this is a direct offshoot of t ...
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... the goal of minimizing loss and it is clear that the relationship between logic and decisionmaking is rather subtle. as well as those in other disciplines such as computing. concerned with asking when statements are consistent and when they are inconsistent. Important goals of logic include characte ...
... the goal of minimizing loss and it is clear that the relationship between logic and decisionmaking is rather subtle. as well as those in other disciplines such as computing. concerned with asking when statements are consistent and when they are inconsistent. Important goals of logic include characte ...
Varieties of Supervenience
... To save supervenience-I, we can assume that all refraction patterns are unique. Then a different object will create a different refraction pattern, which will result in a different image. However this solution suggests that we can’t have multiple realizability, because all patterns are unique, and t ...
... To save supervenience-I, we can assume that all refraction patterns are unique. Then a different object will create a different refraction pattern, which will result in a different image. However this solution suggests that we can’t have multiple realizability, because all patterns are unique, and t ...
DOC - Princeton University
... some deep distinction between two kinds of rationality here: asking-a-question rationality and avoiding-the-flu rationality. On the other hand, some have thought that there is a deep and fundamental distinction between epistemic rationality and other types of rationality. If the instrumentalist conc ...
... some deep distinction between two kinds of rationality here: asking-a-question rationality and avoiding-the-flu rationality. On the other hand, some have thought that there is a deep and fundamental distinction between epistemic rationality and other types of rationality. If the instrumentalist conc ...
Mitrovic - Unitec Research Bank
... been read as ‘standing for’.” But historians will certainly know that this is the official theology of the Catholic Church; for instance, John Paul II in his Dominicae Cenae (“On the Mystery and Worship of the Eucharist”), February 24,1980, spoke about the “public worship rendered to Christ present ...
... been read as ‘standing for’.” But historians will certainly know that this is the official theology of the Catholic Church; for instance, John Paul II in his Dominicae Cenae (“On the Mystery and Worship of the Eucharist”), February 24,1980, spoke about the “public worship rendered to Christ present ...
THE MANY GODS OBJECTION TO PASCAL`S WAGER
... draws his account of maximal implausibility from the difference in epistemic merit between those hypotheses that “enjoy the backing of a living tradition” and those that do not.11 These claims, he believes, allow for a defense of an “ecumenical” version of the Wager, a defense that establishes the p ...
... draws his account of maximal implausibility from the difference in epistemic merit between those hypotheses that “enjoy the backing of a living tradition” and those that do not.11 These claims, he believes, allow for a defense of an “ecumenical” version of the Wager, a defense that establishes the p ...
MADER Whence Intensity? PREPRINT
... altered; similarly, too, with other such cases. Hence the changes are distinct from one another.”xx That is, although alteration is a kind of change rightly described in terms of “the more and the less,” it is not a species of increase or decrease, terms that apply only to quantities. Alteration of ...
... altered; similarly, too, with other such cases. Hence the changes are distinct from one another.”xx That is, although alteration is a kind of change rightly described in terms of “the more and the less,” it is not a species of increase or decrease, terms that apply only to quantities. Alteration of ...
1 FROM FIRST EFFICIENT CAUSE TO GOD: SCOTUS ON THE
... In this paper, I examine some main threads of the identification stage of Scotus's project in the fourth chapter of De Primo, where he tries to show that a first efficient cause must have the attributes of simplicity, intellect, will, and infinity. Many philosophers are favorably disposed towards on ...
... In this paper, I examine some main threads of the identification stage of Scotus's project in the fourth chapter of De Primo, where he tries to show that a first efficient cause must have the attributes of simplicity, intellect, will, and infinity. Many philosophers are favorably disposed towards on ...
Full Text
... spirit is always finding reasons for being contented and even grateful” (Twilight of the Idols, 1990, p. 86).(1) Although we cannot be sure which essays influenced Nietzsche with their “cheerfulness,” let us begin by looking at Emerson’s “Self-Reliance” which not only argues for non-conformity and s ...
... spirit is always finding reasons for being contented and even grateful” (Twilight of the Idols, 1990, p. 86).(1) Although we cannot be sure which essays influenced Nietzsche with their “cheerfulness,” let us begin by looking at Emerson’s “Self-Reliance” which not only argues for non-conformity and s ...
Diachronic Coherence and Radical Probabilism
... possible price tomorrow. On the other hand, if today’s price vector is in the convex cone spanned by tomorrow’s possible price vectors, then (by Farkas’s lemma) no arbitrage portfolio is possible. Suppose, for example, that the market deals in only two goods, apples and oranges. One possible price v ...
... possible price tomorrow. On the other hand, if today’s price vector is in the convex cone spanned by tomorrow’s possible price vectors, then (by Farkas’s lemma) no arbitrage portfolio is possible. Suppose, for example, that the market deals in only two goods, apples and oranges. One possible price v ...
Capitalism and Morality
... of a king; Locke realizes the stability of a single executive but does not like how the executive can issue laws favoring himself. There must also be an objective judicial system to try the cases of violation of these rights and laws. This system is almost second nature to Americans since it is the ...
... of a king; Locke realizes the stability of a single executive but does not like how the executive can issue laws favoring himself. There must also be an objective judicial system to try the cases of violation of these rights and laws. This system is almost second nature to Americans since it is the ...
Motive Utilitarianism DRAFT - Gwen Bradford
... possible, or as those motives that are possible for the agent in question. Once the relevant motives have been established, the conditions in which utility is evaluated need to be set: utility could be calculated supposing that all agents, universally, have these motives, or it could be calculated s ...
... possible, or as those motives that are possible for the agent in question. Once the relevant motives have been established, the conditions in which utility is evaluated need to be set: utility could be calculated supposing that all agents, universally, have these motives, or it could be calculated s ...
1967DKarticle
... See, also, Karl Mannheim, “Structural Analysis of Epistemology,” in Essays on Sociology and Social Psychology, ed. Paul Kecskemati (New York, [1953), 40, note, and idem, “The Ideological and the Sociological Interpretation of Intellectual Phenomena,” Studies on the Left, III (1963), 54-66 (a revised ...
... See, also, Karl Mannheim, “Structural Analysis of Epistemology,” in Essays on Sociology and Social Psychology, ed. Paul Kecskemati (New York, [1953), 40, note, and idem, “The Ideological and the Sociological Interpretation of Intellectual Phenomena,” Studies on the Left, III (1963), 54-66 (a revised ...
Naturalism in Philosophy www.AssignmentPoint.com Naturalism in
... With the exception of pantheists—who believe that Nature and God are one and the same thing—theists challenge the idea that nature contains all of reality. According to some theists, natural laws may be viewed as so-called secondary causes of god(s). ...
... With the exception of pantheists—who believe that Nature and God are one and the same thing—theists challenge the idea that nature contains all of reality. According to some theists, natural laws may be viewed as so-called secondary causes of god(s). ...
EINSTEIN: PHILOSOPHICAL IDEAS
... our thinking, and of the vast mysteries lying, not just out there in the universe, but in the deeper workings of our own minds. As we discuss below, this led him, as it had Hume and Kant before him, to a discussion of the limitations, to human thought, that were inherent in our very nature. But Eins ...
... our thinking, and of the vast mysteries lying, not just out there in the universe, but in the deeper workings of our own minds. As we discuss below, this led him, as it had Hume and Kant before him, to a discussion of the limitations, to human thought, that were inherent in our very nature. But Eins ...
Nishitani Keiji and the Overcoming of Modernity (1940–1945)
... tions. The extremes became less and less convincing in the latter half of the twentieth century, but public and scholarly opinion on the question still command a considerable audience. During the war years, the situation was different. The debate was deeply stained by attempts to subject national id ...
... tions. The extremes became less and less convincing in the latter half of the twentieth century, but public and scholarly opinion on the question still command a considerable audience. During the war years, the situation was different. The debate was deeply stained by attempts to subject national id ...
The One Fallacy Theory
... Equivocation can also mediate inductively invalid arguments. If my account of allowable arguments in philosophy sees these (the allowable arguments) as deductive, it is because I conceive philosophy as deductive, not because of any requirement of my One Fallacy theory as such. But my definition of a ...
... Equivocation can also mediate inductively invalid arguments. If my account of allowable arguments in philosophy sees these (the allowable arguments) as deductive, it is because I conceive philosophy as deductive, not because of any requirement of my One Fallacy theory as such. But my definition of a ...