MEDIAEVAL THOUGHT-EXPERIMENTS: The Metamethodology of
... scholar who treated motions was worlds away from that of Galileo and his confrères. . . medieval discussions of motion should not be viewed solely as providing some kind of background from, or against which, early modern thinking about motion developed” (John Murdoch and Edith Sylla, “The Science o ...
... scholar who treated motions was worlds away from that of Galileo and his confrères. . . medieval discussions of motion should not be viewed solely as providing some kind of background from, or against which, early modern thinking about motion developed” (John Murdoch and Edith Sylla, “The Science o ...
The Value of Philosophy in Nonideal Circumstances
... The view with which luck egalitarianism stands in apparent tension asserts that it is important that political philosophy should engage with and provide guidance for the unjust situations we actually confront. Defending luck egalitarianism by denying that it has alleged implications is coherent and, ...
... The view with which luck egalitarianism stands in apparent tension asserts that it is important that political philosophy should engage with and provide guidance for the unjust situations we actually confront. Defending luck egalitarianism by denying that it has alleged implications is coherent and, ...
Philosophy as an Art of Living
... methods aimed at improving our use of our bodies, such as yoga, meditation, dance, the erotic arts, massage, body building, as well as the Alexander Technique and the Feldenkrais Method. (The latter two are aimed at correcting faulty movement habits via increased bodily self-focus; Shusterman himsel ...
... methods aimed at improving our use of our bodies, such as yoga, meditation, dance, the erotic arts, massage, body building, as well as the Alexander Technique and the Feldenkrais Method. (The latter two are aimed at correcting faulty movement habits via increased bodily self-focus; Shusterman himsel ...
Schopenhauer and Buddhism - What-Buddha
... strongly influenced by the typically European, Aristotelian and Scholastic tradition, and that he was unable to renounce the idea of a “first cause” in the “chain of causes and effects,” but still felt tempted to consider this idea in connexion with the ideas of God, of the immortality of the soul a ...
... strongly influenced by the typically European, Aristotelian and Scholastic tradition, and that he was unable to renounce the idea of a “first cause” in the “chain of causes and effects,” but still felt tempted to consider this idea in connexion with the ideas of God, of the immortality of the soul a ...
On the Logic of the Ontological Argument
... complex formulas of the form ¬ϕ, ϕ → ψ, and ∀xϕ.5 We shall suppose that where ϕ is any formula, then ıxϕ constitutes a complex, though primitive, term of the language. We read ıxϕ as ‘the (unique) x such 3 D. ...
... complex formulas of the form ¬ϕ, ϕ → ψ, and ∀xϕ.5 We shall suppose that where ϕ is any formula, then ıxϕ constitutes a complex, though primitive, term of the language. We read ıxϕ as ‘the (unique) x such 3 D. ...
Bacon - American University of Beirut
... The human understanding is unquiet; it cannot stop or rest, and still presses onward, but in vain. Therefore it is that we cannot conceive of any end or limit to the world, but always as of necessity it occurs to us that there is something beyond. Neither, again, can it be conceived how eternity has ...
... The human understanding is unquiet; it cannot stop or rest, and still presses onward, but in vain. Therefore it is that we cannot conceive of any end or limit to the world, but always as of necessity it occurs to us that there is something beyond. Neither, again, can it be conceived how eternity has ...
Kant`s Critique of the Ontological Argument: FAIL
... Kant asserts in the case of the triangle is perfectly sound, but that is because a triangle is a contingent being, one that either might or might not exist and which is thus by nature indifferent to existence. As such, there is no difficulty in refusing to posit it as real, and thus denying it along ...
... Kant asserts in the case of the triangle is perfectly sound, but that is because a triangle is a contingent being, one that either might or might not exist and which is thus by nature indifferent to existence. As such, there is no difficulty in refusing to posit it as real, and thus denying it along ...
Induction Synonyms epagōgē, inductio Abstract How induction was
... Protestant examples and use of some of Agricola’s language, what Wilson said about induction in that edition was not particularly unusual. This changed, however, with the second edition, “newly corrected,” printed only one year later, in 1552. In its treatment of induction, Wilson added a second sec ...
... Protestant examples and use of some of Agricola’s language, what Wilson said about induction in that edition was not particularly unusual. This changed, however, with the second edition, “newly corrected,” printed only one year later, in 1552. In its treatment of induction, Wilson added a second sec ...
Review of The Meaning of `Ought` by Matthew Chrisman Billy
... fallen on financial misfortune owing to no fault of his own.2 Of course the nature of a (nonrigged) lottery makes it such that Larry has no means to exercise his own agency in a substantial sense to bring it about that he wins, once the ticket has been bought and before the winning numbers drawn. He ...
... fallen on financial misfortune owing to no fault of his own.2 Of course the nature of a (nonrigged) lottery makes it such that Larry has no means to exercise his own agency in a substantial sense to bring it about that he wins, once the ticket has been bought and before the winning numbers drawn. He ...
Reasons and Moral Principles
... nihilism is false: some things are morally right and some are wrong. Now take a right action and an exhaustive description of the world in which it occurs (including the action itself). Under these assumptions, supervenience entails that, necessarily, any action that is just like this one non-morall ...
... nihilism is false: some things are morally right and some are wrong. Now take a right action and an exhaustive description of the world in which it occurs (including the action itself). Under these assumptions, supervenience entails that, necessarily, any action that is just like this one non-morall ...
outside us. After all, I didn`t choose my desire for esp
... or to avoid bad publicity should his error be discovered, then his truthtelling would lack moral worth. But if he told the truth because he: knew it was the right thing to do, his act has moral worth regardless ol' the pleasure or satisfaction that might attend it. As long as he did the: right thing ...
... or to avoid bad publicity should his error be discovered, then his truthtelling would lack moral worth. But if he told the truth because he: knew it was the right thing to do, his act has moral worth regardless ol' the pleasure or satisfaction that might attend it. As long as he did the: right thing ...
Pope Gregory, the Calendar, and Continued Fractions
... ahead by one day or behind by one day depending on whether p/q is smaller or larger than 0.2422. Finding a convenient and sufficiently accurate leap-year rule is related to approximating a real number α ∈ R≥0 by a rational number p/q in a good way. In the following we always assume that p is a natur ...
... ahead by one day or behind by one day depending on whether p/q is smaller or larger than 0.2422. Finding a convenient and sufficiently accurate leap-year rule is related to approximating a real number α ∈ R≥0 by a rational number p/q in a good way. In the following we always assume that p is a natur ...
Aesthetics as Philosophy of Experience
... in a previous epoch what art is. Even in this case, someone has made the decision and has evaluated what is and what is not art. It no longer deals with an imaginary world of art, but of judges and critics of the past. However, in this case, the motive that guided them or the criteria that was follo ...
... in a previous epoch what art is. Even in this case, someone has made the decision and has evaluated what is and what is not art. It no longer deals with an imaginary world of art, but of judges and critics of the past. However, in this case, the motive that guided them or the criteria that was follo ...
Performance Philosophy: Figures of Doing
... in the performance-philosophy relationship. But at the same time, the launch of Performance Philosophy was also a kind of performative act in itself, insofar as it simultaneously sought to bring a new field into existence – to make a field out of all these dispersed and somewhat isolated activities ...
... in the performance-philosophy relationship. But at the same time, the launch of Performance Philosophy was also a kind of performative act in itself, insofar as it simultaneously sought to bring a new field into existence – to make a field out of all these dispersed and somewhat isolated activities ...
handout/homework 2 - A Fregean functional semantics, part 1
... In mathematics, when we talk about some things being determined by other things, we usually are talking about functions. So Thesis 2 could have said something like, “The semantic value of a complex expression is a function of the semantic value of its parts.” Unfortunately, at the time Frege was wr ...
... In mathematics, when we talk about some things being determined by other things, we usually are talking about functions. So Thesis 2 could have said something like, “The semantic value of a complex expression is a function of the semantic value of its parts.” Unfortunately, at the time Frege was wr ...
Fall 2015 - The American Philosophical Association
... between Kantian idealism and Humean realism with the neo-Hegelian distinction between holism and atomism. Things . . . do not exist at first in separation from each other so that all connections between them would be mere fortuitous generalizations; on the contrary, their existence has no intelligib ...
... between Kantian idealism and Humean realism with the neo-Hegelian distinction between holism and atomism. Things . . . do not exist at first in separation from each other so that all connections between them would be mere fortuitous generalizations; on the contrary, their existence has no intelligib ...
Nietzsche Against the Philosophical Canon
... personally. He eschews almost entirely the typical discursive form of philosophicial writing: he almost never tries to persuade through the power of rational argumentation and dialectics (even though there are arguments aplenty in his work, but the rhetorical form in which they are presented always ...
... personally. He eschews almost entirely the typical discursive form of philosophicial writing: he almost never tries to persuade through the power of rational argumentation and dialectics (even though there are arguments aplenty in his work, but the rhetorical form in which they are presented always ...
The Historical Significance and Contemporary Relevance of the
... Debate. We want to know not only what they were arguing about but why they undertook such a sustained and careful debate, and we want to answer the “why” question not only propositionally but existentially as well. Now I will not argue—and think it would be wrong to identify—any single issue that mo ...
... Debate. We want to know not only what they were arguing about but why they undertook such a sustained and careful debate, and we want to answer the “why” question not only propositionally but existentially as well. Now I will not argue—and think it would be wrong to identify—any single issue that mo ...
Rethinking Theology: The Shadow of the
... kingdom. In light of what Jacob tells us, that theology must go beyond mere learning to allow the things of God to be opened or revealed to us. Our theology must be a figure of the Apocalypse, a theology that reveals God himself, even if only as a figure, rather than revealing only our current parti ...
... kingdom. In light of what Jacob tells us, that theology must go beyond mere learning to allow the things of God to be opened or revealed to us. Our theology must be a figure of the Apocalypse, a theology that reveals God himself, even if only as a figure, rather than revealing only our current parti ...
The Environment and Its Ontological Status
... given that we also conceive of them as corresponding to reality. Thus, truth has an adaptive role (cf. Wuketitis 1999). We consider our truths to be the most reliable instrument for orienting ourselves (practically and theoretically) in a world that we cannot completely keep under control and that s ...
... given that we also conceive of them as corresponding to reality. Thus, truth has an adaptive role (cf. Wuketitis 1999). We consider our truths to be the most reliable instrument for orienting ourselves (practically and theoretically) in a world that we cannot completely keep under control and that s ...
Contemporary Existentialism and the Concept of Naturalness in
... He seeks not to dominate but to live in accord with the movement of Tao (naturalness) and keeps intimate touch with it. Chinese people have been very much conscious of, and concerned with, myriad natural forces and sceneries; they have developed both a fear and respect for Nature, which is best mani ...
... He seeks not to dominate but to live in accord with the movement of Tao (naturalness) and keeps intimate touch with it. Chinese people have been very much conscious of, and concerned with, myriad natural forces and sceneries; they have developed both a fear and respect for Nature, which is best mani ...
Book Reviews: Alien Phenomenology, or What It`s Like to Be a Thing
... Asking about “what it’s like to be a thing,” Bogost articulates other ways of doing philosophy while at the same time explicating his own unique strain of speculative realism. Bogost places his work in media studies and computer science in a line with objectoriented philosophers Graham Harman and Le ...
... Asking about “what it’s like to be a thing,” Bogost articulates other ways of doing philosophy while at the same time explicating his own unique strain of speculative realism. Bogost places his work in media studies and computer science in a line with objectoriented philosophers Graham Harman and Le ...
A Renaissance of Realism?
... regard to its recent use as a label for a new trend within political theory: It comprises a rather complex and manifold, partly even contradictory variety of arguments, topoi, texts and authors. Consequently, the meaning in which this label itself has been recently used by the various interpreters o ...
... regard to its recent use as a label for a new trend within political theory: It comprises a rather complex and manifold, partly even contradictory variety of arguments, topoi, texts and authors. Consequently, the meaning in which this label itself has been recently used by the various interpreters o ...
in defence of moral error theory
... norms. To say that a norm is a moral norm is to say that there are reasons for any agent to comply with that norm, irrespective of her desires, ends, or roles. To say that some norm is a norm of etiquette or grammar, by contrast, is not to say that there are categorical reasons to comply with it, bu ...
... norms. To say that a norm is a moral norm is to say that there are reasons for any agent to comply with that norm, irrespective of her desires, ends, or roles. To say that some norm is a norm of etiquette or grammar, by contrast, is not to say that there are categorical reasons to comply with it, bu ...