Reason and Argument Lecture 2: Arguments and Validity
... are true, then the conclusion must be true. For various reasons, philosophers have an interest in conclusive arguments (at least, apparently conclusive arguments). We are going to begin to provide a systematic account of good reasoning. It turns out that it is much harder to provide a systematic acc ...
... are true, then the conclusion must be true. For various reasons, philosophers have an interest in conclusive arguments (at least, apparently conclusive arguments). We are going to begin to provide a systematic account of good reasoning. It turns out that it is much harder to provide a systematic acc ...
Fault and No-fault Responsibility for Implicit Prejudice
... jointly committed ‘we’),6 and sometimes in looser, more easily disbanded groups united pro tem by intentional interdependence (the volunteers, the spectators), as we find theorised by Michael Bratman, or Christian List and Philip Pettit.7 While these views tend to be understood as competing account ...
... jointly committed ‘we’),6 and sometimes in looser, more easily disbanded groups united pro tem by intentional interdependence (the volunteers, the spectators), as we find theorised by Michael Bratman, or Christian List and Philip Pettit.7 While these views tend to be understood as competing account ...
29 * 1. Intro In Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, a company
... of fire from philosophers who claim that it is circular: since I can only remember what has actually happened to me, memory presupposes, and therefore cannot constitute, personal identity. However, it is clear that the claim that memory constitutes personal id ...
... of fire from philosophers who claim that it is circular: since I can only remember what has actually happened to me, memory presupposes, and therefore cannot constitute, personal identity. However, it is clear that the claim that memory constitutes personal id ...
Chapter 23 Immanuel Kant`s Ethical Theory
... One important feature of Kant’s ethical theory in general and his idea of the good will is their affinity with our ordinary moral reasoning. We all are familiar with these ideas which Kant makes more explicit by exposing its structure with a profound philosophical analysis. He claims that he is only ...
... One important feature of Kant’s ethical theory in general and his idea of the good will is their affinity with our ordinary moral reasoning. We all are familiar with these ideas which Kant makes more explicit by exposing its structure with a profound philosophical analysis. He claims that he is only ...
Aristippos - dieter huber
... Diogenes Laertius. They are as modern and current as guidelines for living could possibly be, since they are devoid of metaphysical illusions and dogmatic dictates and devoted exclusively to the management of human sensuality. Aristippus’ art of living is clearly illustrated in his manner of dealing ...
... Diogenes Laertius. They are as modern and current as guidelines for living could possibly be, since they are devoid of metaphysical illusions and dogmatic dictates and devoted exclusively to the management of human sensuality. Aristippus’ art of living is clearly illustrated in his manner of dealing ...
Game Theory, Game Situations and Rational Expectations: A
... Cristina Bicchieri (1993) insightfully notes that the rational expectation hypothesis results from the conjunction of two logically independent assumptions regarding the epistemic rationality of the agents. The first (“strong subjective rational belief”) states that the agents use all the relevant i ...
... Cristina Bicchieri (1993) insightfully notes that the rational expectation hypothesis results from the conjunction of two logically independent assumptions regarding the epistemic rationality of the agents. The first (“strong subjective rational belief”) states that the agents use all the relevant i ...
An Introduction to Ethical Decision Making
... Bok's first step requires you to consult your conscience. When you do, you realize you have a problem. Your responsibility is to tell the truth, and that means providing readers with all the facts you discover. You also have a larger responsibility not to harm your community, and printing the comple ...
... Bok's first step requires you to consult your conscience. When you do, you realize you have a problem. Your responsibility is to tell the truth, and that means providing readers with all the facts you discover. You also have a larger responsibility not to harm your community, and printing the comple ...
Hilary Kornblith, On Reflection
... Though few may sing reflection’s praises aloud, it occupies a central and, some think, indispensable role in much of our theorizing across philosophy. It is a familiar, almost commonsensical, thought that what distinguishes us from the earth’s “lesser” creatures is our ability to reflect. While cats ...
... Though few may sing reflection’s praises aloud, it occupies a central and, some think, indispensable role in much of our theorizing across philosophy. It is a familiar, almost commonsensical, thought that what distinguishes us from the earth’s “lesser” creatures is our ability to reflect. While cats ...
Session 4: Doing philosophy: fallacies
... Introduction to Philosophy Doing Philosophy: Fallacies Subtypes of the ad hominem fallacy Poisoning the well – presenting adverse information about a target person with the intention of discrediting everything that the target person says. Appeal to motive – dismissing an idea by questioning the mot ...
... Introduction to Philosophy Doing Philosophy: Fallacies Subtypes of the ad hominem fallacy Poisoning the well – presenting adverse information about a target person with the intention of discrediting everything that the target person says. Appeal to motive – dismissing an idea by questioning the mot ...
Frege`s theory of sense
... In Begrifffsschrift §8, Frege tried to explain the difference between [1] and [2] like this: “Equality of content differs from conditionality and negation by relating to names, not to contents. Elsewhere, signs are mere proxies for their content, and thus any phrase they occur in just expresses a rela ...
... In Begrifffsschrift §8, Frege tried to explain the difference between [1] and [2] like this: “Equality of content differs from conditionality and negation by relating to names, not to contents. Elsewhere, signs are mere proxies for their content, and thus any phrase they occur in just expresses a rela ...
To the Interpretation of Spontaneous Order
... are thus seen as Pygmalion’s statues – human creations that gained their own sort of independent life. Only assuming the shared typifications and structures of relevance which are based on an invariant structure on the lifeworld or common culture can we make some sense from e.g. Schelling’s focal po ...
... are thus seen as Pygmalion’s statues – human creations that gained their own sort of independent life. Only assuming the shared typifications and structures of relevance which are based on an invariant structure on the lifeworld or common culture can we make some sense from e.g. Schelling’s focal po ...
Ethics For The Post-Critical Era - Missouri Western State University
... to Plato’s suggestions of a tacit dimension in human thought in the Meno and in the dialogical method that makes clear the human location of philosophical exploration. At one point, Polanyi offers a succinct summary of the discovery that takes him beyond the critical into the post-critical without r ...
... to Plato’s suggestions of a tacit dimension in human thought in the Meno and in the dialogical method that makes clear the human location of philosophical exploration. At one point, Polanyi offers a succinct summary of the discovery that takes him beyond the critical into the post-critical without r ...
A History of the Connectives
... positions. So, we do not know what arguments Philo and his followers used to support their position. Nor do we know what arguments Diodorus, Chrysippus, and their followers brought against it. Chrysippus analyzes conditionals as strict conditionals. The sense of necessity he has in mind is not clear ...
... positions. So, we do not know what arguments Philo and his followers used to support their position. Nor do we know what arguments Diodorus, Chrysippus, and their followers brought against it. Chrysippus analyzes conditionals as strict conditionals. The sense of necessity he has in mind is not clear ...
Why Response-Dependence Theories of Morality are False
... race might have an affective nature very different from ours. But if moral truth is response-dependent, then wouldn’t their morality be true-for-them, and ours true-for-us?6 Or perhaps we would decide that since this alien race’s morality-determining responses were so different from ours, that they ...
... race might have an affective nature very different from ours. But if moral truth is response-dependent, then wouldn’t their morality be true-for-them, and ours true-for-us?6 Or perhaps we would decide that since this alien race’s morality-determining responses were so different from ours, that they ...
Confirming Mathematical Theories: an
... the theory is “adequate” in some relevant sense, but not necessarily that all of the statements that make it up are true. We may also speak of accepting individual statements: to accept a statement p (in the context of an accepted theory of which it is a part) is to believe it to be “adequate” in so ...
... the theory is “adequate” in some relevant sense, but not necessarily that all of the statements that make it up are true. We may also speak of accepting individual statements: to accept a statement p (in the context of an accepted theory of which it is a part) is to believe it to be “adequate” in so ...
Can Michael Martin Be a Moral Realist?: Sic et Non by Paul Copan
... ideal observer would approve under ideal condition") is an atheistic alternative. Another suggestion Martin makes is William Frankena’s "sophisticated version of noncognitivism." Even if such views could carry the day for the atheistic moral realist, the problem still remains—namely, accounting for ...
... ideal observer would approve under ideal condition") is an atheistic alternative. Another suggestion Martin makes is William Frankena’s "sophisticated version of noncognitivism." Even if such views could carry the day for the atheistic moral realist, the problem still remains—namely, accounting for ...
SOVEREGNITY TODAY The historic
... forms of government because no rule should go against or be in violation of the collective thought. In this case we find that individuals are now more apt to defend what they think are their rights and what goes against the human understanding of humanity. This shows a great leap ahead for those who ...
... forms of government because no rule should go against or be in violation of the collective thought. In this case we find that individuals are now more apt to defend what they think are their rights and what goes against the human understanding of humanity. This shows a great leap ahead for those who ...
The Meaning of Vijñapti in Vasubandhu`s Concept of Mind
... be entirely vijnapti, since consciousness is, by definition, selfmanifesting.] Instead, avijnapti-rupa is used to explain karmic continuity in certain contexts. A "manifest" vocal or bodily act is karmic, in the sense of ethically significant, because of its dependence on volition. But, since it is ...
... be entirely vijnapti, since consciousness is, by definition, selfmanifesting.] Instead, avijnapti-rupa is used to explain karmic continuity in certain contexts. A "manifest" vocal or bodily act is karmic, in the sense of ethically significant, because of its dependence on volition. But, since it is ...
“Turtles All the Way Down”: Mind, Emotion and Nothing
... date. Where the Numskulls understood the activities of their homunculi in terms of a rudimentary class warfare, figured through a bluntly dualistic division of labour between the cerebral and the visceral, and Herman’s Head took up the Freudian insight of a psyche at odds with itself [11], Inside Ou ...
... date. Where the Numskulls understood the activities of their homunculi in terms of a rudimentary class warfare, figured through a bluntly dualistic division of labour between the cerebral and the visceral, and Herman’s Head took up the Freudian insight of a psyche at odds with itself [11], Inside Ou ...
The tension between self governance and absolute inner worth in
... As a theological attempt to consolidate intellectualism and voluntarism, Kant’s doctrine can have its merits, but it did not bring together, on equal terms, the related ethical theories of his time—or ours. The ability of human beings to make choices based on their own individual considerations, the ...
... As a theological attempt to consolidate intellectualism and voluntarism, Kant’s doctrine can have its merits, but it did not bring together, on equal terms, the related ethical theories of his time—or ours. The ability of human beings to make choices based on their own individual considerations, the ...
Book review of The New Spirit of Capitalism by Boltanski
... The ‘spirit’ of capitalism in Weber’s sense is its psychological condition of existence – a philosophy that must be present in society in order for capitalism to be not only tolerated, but actively pursued. Weber’s most famous sociological work sought to demonstrate that it was Protestantism that s ...
... The ‘spirit’ of capitalism in Weber’s sense is its psychological condition of existence – a philosophy that must be present in society in order for capitalism to be not only tolerated, but actively pursued. Weber’s most famous sociological work sought to demonstrate that it was Protestantism that s ...
Bernard Williams` Rejection of Morality
... explanation of the convergence is that the belief represents how things are. ‘In the area of the ethical, at least at a high level of generality, there is no such coherent hope. 9 There is a difference between the inside point of view, the view from within an individual’s beliefs, dispositions, and ...
... explanation of the convergence is that the belief represents how things are. ‘In the area of the ethical, at least at a high level of generality, there is no such coherent hope. 9 There is a difference between the inside point of view, the view from within an individual’s beliefs, dispositions, and ...
Philosophy as a Private Language
... show no evidence of being a form of linguistic communication. Such an activity would (provisionally) be deemed to be, at most, a private (non-) language that runs into Ayer’s paradox. It is crucial to note that as with any realistic test for the presence of language, the criteria are not reducible t ...
... show no evidence of being a form of linguistic communication. Such an activity would (provisionally) be deemed to be, at most, a private (non-) language that runs into Ayer’s paradox. It is crucial to note that as with any realistic test for the presence of language, the criteria are not reducible t ...
Carnap as a Shapiro
... Here, it is important to note that we never explicitly have the claim that we can tell when two languages are distinct. Everyone might still be at liberty to build up their own language, but nothing here explicitly prevents that in order to compare any two languages, we must first embed them in a me ...
... Here, it is important to note that we never explicitly have the claim that we can tell when two languages are distinct. Everyone might still be at liberty to build up their own language, but nothing here explicitly prevents that in order to compare any two languages, we must first embed them in a me ...