Hume`s Source of the “Impression
... The mind, according to Hume, readily and naturally distinguishes the variations of degree between impressions and ideas, as it clearly perceives the differences when one is feeling, remembering, imagining, and thinking, even if in particular circumstances impressions and ideas may very nearly approa ...
... The mind, according to Hume, readily and naturally distinguishes the variations of degree between impressions and ideas, as it clearly perceives the differences when one is feeling, remembering, imagining, and thinking, even if in particular circumstances impressions and ideas may very nearly approa ...
MSWord
... It is at any rate important to keep in mind that the claim that there are some vocabularies, some discursive practices-or-abilities, that are by their very nature not amenable to analytic algebraic reconstruction does not follow just from the observation made above (in denying methodologically monis ...
... It is at any rate important to keep in mind that the claim that there are some vocabularies, some discursive practices-or-abilities, that are by their very nature not amenable to analytic algebraic reconstruction does not follow just from the observation made above (in denying methodologically monis ...
Quotation Apposition
... perpetrated by them is worth pondering. Not uncommonly, dubious philosophical theses get presented in the guise of an allegedly philosophically neutral notational necessity. A well known example is Quine's asseveration of nominalist/extensionalist predilections that ...
... perpetrated by them is worth pondering. Not uncommonly, dubious philosophical theses get presented in the guise of an allegedly philosophically neutral notational necessity. A well known example is Quine's asseveration of nominalist/extensionalist predilections that ...
KANT`S RESPONSE TO SKEPTICISM
... handling transcendental arguments is called for, which, rather than trying to respond to Stroud’s concerns by using transcendental idealism, does not attempt to cross his ‘‘bridge of necessity’’ at all; instead, it allows that the only necessary conditions we can establish concern how we must think ...
... handling transcendental arguments is called for, which, rather than trying to respond to Stroud’s concerns by using transcendental idealism, does not attempt to cross his ‘‘bridge of necessity’’ at all; instead, it allows that the only necessary conditions we can establish concern how we must think ...
PLATO: THE SEVENTH LETTER_4
... am discussing would be clearer if I were to do so. There is a true doctrine, which I have often stated before, that stands in the way of the man who would dare to write even the least thing on such matters, and which it seems I am now called upon to repeat. For everything that exists there are three ...
... am discussing would be clearer if I were to do so. There is a true doctrine, which I have often stated before, that stands in the way of the man who would dare to write even the least thing on such matters, and which it seems I am now called upon to repeat. For everything that exists there are three ...
The Principle of Four-Cornered Negation in Indian Philosophy P.T.
... Up to this point philosopher found that it was possible to doubt the truth of every statement, and even said that they could doubt whether they doubted. Do the "doubting and denial" and "the doubting and denial of doubting and denial" imply that there is no reality with a fixed nature? A thoroughgo ...
... Up to this point philosopher found that it was possible to doubt the truth of every statement, and even said that they could doubt whether they doubted. Do the "doubting and denial" and "the doubting and denial of doubting and denial" imply that there is no reality with a fixed nature? A thoroughgo ...
Causality in the Nyāya
... it is possible to find a reasonable explanation of each case of such appearances of a donkey. If such reasonable explanation is found, the donkey's appearance will no longer be an 'unconditional' antecedent. 6 If the Navyanyaya analysis of the causal relation seems to be somewhat embarrassing to a H ...
... it is possible to find a reasonable explanation of each case of such appearances of a donkey. If such reasonable explanation is found, the donkey's appearance will no longer be an 'unconditional' antecedent. 6 If the Navyanyaya analysis of the causal relation seems to be somewhat embarrassing to a H ...
ABSOLUTE TRUTH AS CONTRASTED WITH
... casualty of our time that defies comprehension is the death of truth. By denying absolutes and eradicating all points of reference by which we test veracity, our civilization has entered terra incognita on matters of the greatest importance even for survival.”3 How is it, then, that we understand wh ...
... casualty of our time that defies comprehension is the death of truth. By denying absolutes and eradicating all points of reference by which we test veracity, our civilization has entered terra incognita on matters of the greatest importance even for survival.”3 How is it, then, that we understand wh ...
Towart 1 - Personal.psu.edu
... casualty of our time that defies comprehension is the death of truth. By denying absolutes and eradicating all points of reference by which we test veracity, our civilization has entered terra incognita on matters of the greatest importance even for survival.”3 How is it, then, that we understand wh ...
... casualty of our time that defies comprehension is the death of truth. By denying absolutes and eradicating all points of reference by which we test veracity, our civilization has entered terra incognita on matters of the greatest importance even for survival.”3 How is it, then, that we understand wh ...
Appearance properties
... tomatoes. Then the intentionalist might want to find some content p which is such that what it is to have a a visual experience with theR-quale is to have a visual experience with content p. On the present view content p would be (say) the property of producing an experience with the R-quale. So we ...
... tomatoes. Then the intentionalist might want to find some content p which is such that what it is to have a a visual experience with theR-quale is to have a visual experience with content p. On the present view content p would be (say) the property of producing an experience with the R-quale. So we ...
Three Meanings of Epistemic Rhetoric
... The proposition that “rhetoric is epistemic” asserts a relationship between knowledge and discourse, between how people know and how they communicate. The proposition also asserts a relationship between reality, or what there is to know, and discourse. That statement implies what the world is like s ...
... The proposition that “rhetoric is epistemic” asserts a relationship between knowledge and discourse, between how people know and how they communicate. The proposition also asserts a relationship between reality, or what there is to know, and discourse. That statement implies what the world is like s ...
Strongly Semantic Information as Information About the Truth
... On the other hand, AN appears more acceptable as far as other common uses of this term are concerned, for instance when we speak of the “information” processed by a computer [24]. Thus, linguistic intuitions are insufficient to clarify the question whether information and truth are or not independen ...
... On the other hand, AN appears more acceptable as far as other common uses of this term are concerned, for instance when we speak of the “information” processed by a computer [24]. Thus, linguistic intuitions are insufficient to clarify the question whether information and truth are or not independen ...
On the Theory and Practice of Intercultural Philosophy
... the country of the Nechrei, are mine to a man: they live according to my laws, and are respected by all their neighbours; and the manner of their death is truly wonderful.”12 In a later visit to the Greeks, Philosophy is “received [...] without enthusiasm”13 except among seven ...
... the country of the Nechrei, are mine to a man: they live according to my laws, and are respected by all their neighbours; and the manner of their death is truly wonderful.”12 In a later visit to the Greeks, Philosophy is “received [...] without enthusiasm”13 except among seven ...
minimalism and truth
... “Bachelors are unmarried men”, but grasping the concept man does not consist inter alia in grasping that platitude. At least normally, that platitude may help introduce us to the concept bachelor, but not to the concept man: there is simply no question that one can know what a man is without knowing ...
... “Bachelors are unmarried men”, but grasping the concept man does not consist inter alia in grasping that platitude. At least normally, that platitude may help introduce us to the concept bachelor, but not to the concept man: there is simply no question that one can know what a man is without knowing ...
Is Science Neurotic?
... heated in a platinum flask to a temperature of 500oC, in which case gravitation will instantly become a repulsive force everywhere. There is no limit to the number of rivals to NT that can be concocted in this way, each of which has all the predictive success of NT as far as observed phenomena are c ...
... heated in a platinum flask to a temperature of 500oC, in which case gravitation will instantly become a repulsive force everywhere. There is no limit to the number of rivals to NT that can be concocted in this way, each of which has all the predictive success of NT as far as observed phenomena are c ...
- Philsci
... Why is it legitimate in this case to regard the field as one unified entity, the electromagnetic field, and not two distinct entities, the electric field and the magnetic field? In part unity arises from the symmetrical way in which changes in the electric field produce a magnetic field, and changes ...
... Why is it legitimate in this case to regard the field as one unified entity, the electromagnetic field, and not two distinct entities, the electric field and the magnetic field? In part unity arises from the symmetrical way in which changes in the electric field produce a magnetic field, and changes ...
Searle`s Ontology of the Mind and the Universe
... simplified way, solidity occurs when micro-particles stick to each other rigidly, liquidity when they do not, photosynthesis consists of a complicated interaction among light and various particles, etc.). In contrast, the mental with its property of subjectivity and consciousness can never be a feat ...
... simplified way, solidity occurs when micro-particles stick to each other rigidly, liquidity when they do not, photosynthesis consists of a complicated interaction among light and various particles, etc.). In contrast, the mental with its property of subjectivity and consciousness can never be a feat ...
The Relevance of Kant's Objection to Anselm's Ontological Argument
... well – the object simply fails to exist there. So the object would have no greatness there either. Then (2) could be true without it being possible that an object has some properties (such as omniscience and omnipotence) while lacking existence. I want instead to focus on (1), the assumption that Go ...
... well – the object simply fails to exist there. So the object would have no greatness there either. Then (2) could be true without it being possible that an object has some properties (such as omniscience and omnipotence) while lacking existence. I want instead to focus on (1), the assumption that Go ...
confucianism and virtue ethics
... like flourishing) is more basic than rules of action and the maximization of good states of affairs. Whereas a consequentialist might say that keeping a promise to a friend is right because it gives rise to the greatest possible amount of happiness or well-being, a virtue ethicist might say it is ri ...
... like flourishing) is more basic than rules of action and the maximization of good states of affairs. Whereas a consequentialist might say that keeping a promise to a friend is right because it gives rise to the greatest possible amount of happiness or well-being, a virtue ethicist might say it is ri ...
Phaedo
... philosopher desires such a separation. He would like to be freed from the dominion of bodily pleasures and of the senses, which are always perturbing his mental vision. He wants to get rid of eyes and ears, and with the light of the mind only to behold the light of truth. All the evils and impuritie ...
... philosopher desires such a separation. He would like to be freed from the dominion of bodily pleasures and of the senses, which are always perturbing his mental vision. He wants to get rid of eyes and ears, and with the light of the mind only to behold the light of truth. All the evils and impuritie ...
Free Spirits: Idealism and Perfectionism
... spirit is characterized by his or her ability to think for him – or herself – an autonomy which also constitutes a moral deed. There is thus an ethical demand for thoughts we are personally convinced of, rather than for thinking something because everybody does so. Considering that expressing one’s ...
... spirit is characterized by his or her ability to think for him – or herself – an autonomy which also constitutes a moral deed. There is thus an ethical demand for thoughts we are personally convinced of, rather than for thinking something because everybody does so. Considering that expressing one’s ...
Introduction - Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy
... draw the negative conclusion that Dewey does not reduce everything to experience.11 One of the first things that should be evident about Dewey’s view is that it results in a denial of the spectator view of knowledge. Dewey has returned experience and knowing to its rightful place—square in the middl ...
... draw the negative conclusion that Dewey does not reduce everything to experience.11 One of the first things that should be evident about Dewey’s view is that it results in a denial of the spectator view of knowledge. Dewey has returned experience and knowing to its rightful place—square in the middl ...
Précis of Propositions - SHANTI Pages
... that essentially represents things as being a certain way. That is it. This simple account is supported by arguments earlier in this book for the conclusion that propositions really do exist necessarily and really do essentially represent things as being a certain way. And this account is supported ...
... that essentially represents things as being a certain way. That is it. This simple account is supported by arguments earlier in this book for the conclusion that propositions really do exist necessarily and really do essentially represent things as being a certain way. And this account is supported ...
Nietzsche and God (Part II) - The Richmond Philosophy Pages
... might see its short edge and only two legs due to sitting on one side of the table. Now we are not able to claim that one way of seeing the table is correct – they are all different ways of properly seeing the table (epistemic relativism). Nevertheless, we would no doubt agree that there is a real t ...
... might see its short edge and only two legs due to sitting on one side of the table. Now we are not able to claim that one way of seeing the table is correct – they are all different ways of properly seeing the table (epistemic relativism). Nevertheless, we would no doubt agree that there is a real t ...
Insincerity - Andreas Stokke
... what is meant by an utterance, that is, roughly the distinction between truth-conditional content, or the proposition expressed, and what is conveyed over and above what is said. The second concerns the mental attitude underlying insincerity. Two points of caution should be made clear from the outse ...
... what is meant by an utterance, that is, roughly the distinction between truth-conditional content, or the proposition expressed, and what is conveyed over and above what is said. The second concerns the mental attitude underlying insincerity. Two points of caution should be made clear from the outse ...