The History of the Free Will Problem
... about gods controlling the human will into arguments about preexisting causal laws controlling it. The cosmological problem became a psychological problem. Some saw a causal chain of events leading back to a first cause (later taken by many religious thinkers to be God). Other physiologoi held that ...
... about gods controlling the human will into arguments about preexisting causal laws controlling it. The cosmological problem became a psychological problem. Some saw a causal chain of events leading back to a first cause (later taken by many religious thinkers to be God). Other physiologoi held that ...
What Can We Know A Priori?1 C.S.I. Jenkins Draft only. Please
... Of course, sometimes we believe p only because it seems to us that things couldn’t be any other way, and when it transpires that they can our motivation for p disappears. But Devitt has not argued that anything of that kind is going on in this case. Moreover, there are various other motivations for ...
... Of course, sometimes we believe p only because it seems to us that things couldn’t be any other way, and when it transpires that they can our motivation for p disappears. But Devitt has not argued that anything of that kind is going on in this case. Moreover, there are various other motivations for ...
when supererogation is supererogatory. a case of medical ethics
... regard, the moral agent usually decides to sacrifice his/her own good for the sake of allowing other subjects to enjoy other goods. To use a contemporary language more appropriate to the context of meta-ethics, we are dealing with actions that are neither mandatory nor prohibited, and hence fall wit ...
... regard, the moral agent usually decides to sacrifice his/her own good for the sake of allowing other subjects to enjoy other goods. To use a contemporary language more appropriate to the context of meta-ethics, we are dealing with actions that are neither mandatory nor prohibited, and hence fall wit ...
An Introduction to Pythagoras and the Pythagorean Theorem
... Definition: We will call a triple of numbers (a, b, c) a Pythagorean triple if a 2 + b 2 = c 2 . Example: The smallest Pythagorean triple is (3,4,5) because 32 + 4 2 = 9 + 16 = 25 = 52 . This is also the only Pythagorean triple which is made up of three consecutive integers. Question: Is (7, 11, 13) ...
... Definition: We will call a triple of numbers (a, b, c) a Pythagorean triple if a 2 + b 2 = c 2 . Example: The smallest Pythagorean triple is (3,4,5) because 32 + 4 2 = 9 + 16 = 25 = 52 . This is also the only Pythagorean triple which is made up of three consecutive integers. Question: Is (7, 11, 13) ...
MARX`S ETHICS AND ETHICAL THEORY
... a progressive moral outlook and the conviction of continuing moral progress, is seemingly warranted in calling itself Marxist, at least with reference to Marx's Address. Marx, however, explained his use of ethical language in a letter to Engels, dated London, November 4, 1864. The Address was not wh ...
... a progressive moral outlook and the conviction of continuing moral progress, is seemingly warranted in calling itself Marxist, at least with reference to Marx's Address. Marx, however, explained his use of ethical language in a letter to Engels, dated London, November 4, 1864. The Address was not wh ...
Locke`s Effect on Laurence Sterne`s Novel Tristram
... temporal dimensions" (Karl, 1972:23). The significance of an experience established the reality of time by the perception of mind and the sensation of the body. Like Bergson, John Locke attacked the traditional view of the human mind's independence, he insisted on the integrity of the body and mind ...
... temporal dimensions" (Karl, 1972:23). The significance of an experience established the reality of time by the perception of mind and the sensation of the body. Like Bergson, John Locke attacked the traditional view of the human mind's independence, he insisted on the integrity of the body and mind ...
Michael Rosen: Jerry Cohen – an Appreciation
... Party member who taught at the École Normale Supérieure, presented a novel account of Marxist social theory. For Althusser, Marxism‟s claims to be scientific lay in the fact that it had emancipated itself from philosophy. So the question whether the philosophical framework for Marxism should be some ...
... Party member who taught at the École Normale Supérieure, presented a novel account of Marxist social theory. For Althusser, Marxism‟s claims to be scientific lay in the fact that it had emancipated itself from philosophy. So the question whether the philosophical framework for Marxism should be some ...
Leibniz and the Spell of the Continuous
... For no thinker of that age was the seeming regularity of the mathematical universe more significant than for Leibniz. This pioneer contributor to the infinitesimal calculus was also (of course) a great philosopher, whose metaphysical views were profoundly shaped by his mathematical knowledge and exp ...
... For no thinker of that age was the seeming regularity of the mathematical universe more significant than for Leibniz. This pioneer contributor to the infinitesimal calculus was also (of course) a great philosopher, whose metaphysical views were profoundly shaped by his mathematical knowledge and exp ...
Socratic and Platonic Ethics
... • But as stated above, the consequences of his escape should not be the basis of his decision. • The question is whether to escape is to act unjustly. • Socrates argues that to escape would be to violate a just agreement, which is always unjust. • The agreement in his case is to follow the laws of t ...
... • But as stated above, the consequences of his escape should not be the basis of his decision. • The question is whether to escape is to act unjustly. • Socrates argues that to escape would be to violate a just agreement, which is always unjust. • The agreement in his case is to follow the laws of t ...
Do Belief Reports Report Beliefs?
... pragmatically conveyed by an utterance of (1), whereby the Joker does think that Batman is a wimp. Similarly, to vary the verb, they would say that if (1d) is true, (1d) The Joker doubts that Bruce Wayne is a threat. then so is (2d) The Joker doubts that Batman is a threat. and that if (1f) is true, ...
... pragmatically conveyed by an utterance of (1), whereby the Joker does think that Batman is a wimp. Similarly, to vary the verb, they would say that if (1d) is true, (1d) The Joker doubts that Bruce Wayne is a threat. then so is (2d) The Joker doubts that Batman is a threat. and that if (1f) is true, ...
JJC Smart - Westmont homepage server
... the consequences of an action, the effect that would result if everyone else acted in a similar way. For example, what would happen if everyone routinely broke promises? If such a development created more good than harm in our society, then an act Utilitarian would consider all acts of breaking prom ...
... the consequences of an action, the effect that would result if everyone else acted in a similar way. For example, what would happen if everyone routinely broke promises? If such a development created more good than harm in our society, then an act Utilitarian would consider all acts of breaking prom ...
Naming the colours
... wanted to succeed at his task. We need not worry about demarcation, so long as we agree to include all that will be needed for what follows. The folk psychophysics of colour is common knowledge among us. In the same tacit way in which we believe the theory itself, we likewise believe that others aro ...
... wanted to succeed at his task. We need not worry about demarcation, so long as we agree to include all that will be needed for what follows. The folk psychophysics of colour is common knowledge among us. In the same tacit way in which we believe the theory itself, we likewise believe that others aro ...
Ethical theories Lecture 2, MS008A 1
... reinen Vernunft"; the second, the critical period, extends from 1781 to 1794. Good Will and the Categorical Imperative Peoples actions should be governed by moral laws that are universal Principles of morality must be based on reason Kantianism explains why an action is right or - Siri Fagernes - Hi ...
... reinen Vernunft"; the second, the critical period, extends from 1781 to 1794. Good Will and the Categorical Imperative Peoples actions should be governed by moral laws that are universal Principles of morality must be based on reason Kantianism explains why an action is right or - Siri Fagernes - Hi ...
ORGANISMS, BRAINS AND THEIR PARTS UB PHILOSOPHY OF
... our brain just as we see in virtue of our eyes. Unlike our touching the floor in virtue of our feet literally touching the floor, it is not the case that eyes literally see. You and your eyes don’t make three seeing things. However, this alleged analogy of seeing in virtue of the eyes won’t rid us o ...
... our brain just as we see in virtue of our eyes. Unlike our touching the floor in virtue of our feet literally touching the floor, it is not the case that eyes literally see. You and your eyes don’t make three seeing things. However, this alleged analogy of seeing in virtue of the eyes won’t rid us o ...
Draft of “Organisms, Brains and their Parts”
... our brain just as we see in virtue of our eyes. Unlike our touching the floor in virtue of our feet literally touching the floor, it is not the case that eyes literally see. You and your eyes don’t make three seeing things. However, this alleged analogy of seeing in virtue of the eyes won’t rid us o ...
... our brain just as we see in virtue of our eyes. Unlike our touching the floor in virtue of our feet literally touching the floor, it is not the case that eyes literally see. You and your eyes don’t make three seeing things. However, this alleged analogy of seeing in virtue of the eyes won’t rid us o ...
The relevance of Kom ethics to African development
... of the World. In the quest for development in Africa, it may be unwise to unthinkingly copy Western values with all its limitations; there is need to reclaim African traditional values some of which were displaced as a result of the colonial encounter. Furthermore, as M.F. Murove contends: In a worl ...
... of the World. In the quest for development in Africa, it may be unwise to unthinkingly copy Western values with all its limitations; there is need to reclaim African traditional values some of which were displaced as a result of the colonial encounter. Furthermore, as M.F. Murove contends: In a worl ...
Buddhist and Tantric Perspectives On Causality and Society Journal of Buddhist Ethics
... From the Buddha’s perspective, there is no unchanging final reality that stands apart from, within, or together with, all that can be experienced by mind or consciousness. Even consciousness itself is in the final analysis dependently-arisen and therefore empty of inherent self. This principle of de ...
... From the Buddha’s perspective, there is no unchanging final reality that stands apart from, within, or together with, all that can be experienced by mind or consciousness. Even consciousness itself is in the final analysis dependently-arisen and therefore empty of inherent self. This principle of de ...
the fragility of consciousness: lonergan and the postmodern concern
... it. He wishes to use the perception model much more strictly and consistently than his predecessors. According to Kant, in order for anything to be an object of knowledge at all, it must first be an object of sense perception. Since there can be no sense perception of consciousness and its acts, the ...
... it. He wishes to use the perception model much more strictly and consistently than his predecessors. According to Kant, in order for anything to be an object of knowledge at all, it must first be an object of sense perception. Since there can be no sense perception of consciousness and its acts, the ...
Frankfurt and Rationalism
... wills. While a belief is a judgment about what is the case, a willing is a kind of activity, a striving towards or an approval of a certain future state of affairs and a mode of achieving it. As such it involves emotions, or at least pro-attitudes, in a way that beliefs need not. The claim that all ...
... wills. While a belief is a judgment about what is the case, a willing is a kind of activity, a striving towards or an approval of a certain future state of affairs and a mode of achieving it. As such it involves emotions, or at least pro-attitudes, in a way that beliefs need not. The claim that all ...
How Proper Names Refer
... Evans sets up his own account of reference-fixing for proper names against the background of an intuitive, and now widespread, view of how a system of beliefs about particular things is structured, and the role names play in such a system. This is the view that a system of beliefs is structured like ...
... Evans sets up his own account of reference-fixing for proper names against the background of an intuitive, and now widespread, view of how a system of beliefs about particular things is structured, and the role names play in such a system. This is the view that a system of beliefs is structured like ...
A Vedantic Study Of "Cosmic Consciousness"
... Sanailutna Dharma or Hinduism has often been confused to be polytheistic b~t truthfully many of Hinduism's adherents are non- dualistic. The teachings VIew multiple manifestations or personalities of the one Bralimam, God. Hindus are essentially monists and they distinguish one unity with the person ...
... Sanailutna Dharma or Hinduism has often been confused to be polytheistic b~t truthfully many of Hinduism's adherents are non- dualistic. The teachings VIew multiple manifestations or personalities of the one Bralimam, God. Hindus are essentially monists and they distinguish one unity with the person ...
Heidegger - tools analysis
... Tool-Being: Through Heidegger to Realism Shawn Smith American University of Cairo Tool-Being: Heidegger and the Metaphysics of Objects. Graham Harman. Peru, IL: Open Court Publishing, 2002.With Tool-Being, Graham Harman seeks to reinvigorate both Heidegger studies and realist metaphysics. This book, ...
... Tool-Being: Through Heidegger to Realism Shawn Smith American University of Cairo Tool-Being: Heidegger and the Metaphysics of Objects. Graham Harman. Peru, IL: Open Court Publishing, 2002.With Tool-Being, Graham Harman seeks to reinvigorate both Heidegger studies and realist metaphysics. This book, ...
Postmodernism in a Nutshell
... text – and rearrange the fragments after his/hers own liking, generating a new perspective that may either revitalize of critique the original text. In philosophy, neo-pragmatism sustains that the meaning of words do not refer to extra-linguistic entities and objects but to other words. Derrida, for ...
... text – and rearrange the fragments after his/hers own liking, generating a new perspective that may either revitalize of critique the original text. In philosophy, neo-pragmatism sustains that the meaning of words do not refer to extra-linguistic entities and objects but to other words. Derrida, for ...
10 / Toward a Phenomenology of Theoria
... cease to be, not come to be, or, in the more usual sense of the word “change,” become different. Throughout the change which the work theme undergoes, it is itself identical; it is the object of an identifying synthesis wherein, whether it is intended to as coming to be or not, as staying the same o ...
... cease to be, not come to be, or, in the more usual sense of the word “change,” become different. Throughout the change which the work theme undergoes, it is itself identical; it is the object of an identifying synthesis wherein, whether it is intended to as coming to be or not, as staying the same o ...
Meaning, Context, and Background. - Open
... are thus bound to refer to the same object(s), or to represent the same state of affairs, if any. Husserl construes “respective meanings” as twofactored, with the general meaning function plus the relevant context of utterance (if any) determining the meaning in question. Thus we have two levels of ...
... are thus bound to refer to the same object(s), or to represent the same state of affairs, if any. Husserl construes “respective meanings” as twofactored, with the general meaning function plus the relevant context of utterance (if any) determining the meaning in question. Thus we have two levels of ...