Notes on Epistemology
... by its use we shall learn nothing about them. If it is a power of arriving at truth, then you are setting out with the explicit assumption that the mind has the power to acquire truth. Before we can reasonably accept a theory, we must examine the theory in itself; that is, we must determine its obvi ...
... by its use we shall learn nothing about them. If it is a power of arriving at truth, then you are setting out with the explicit assumption that the mind has the power to acquire truth. Before we can reasonably accept a theory, we must examine the theory in itself; that is, we must determine its obvi ...
Moral Cultivation and Confucian Character
... added advantages compared to a philosophy that is confined to a single tradition. It allows us not only to think “outside the box” but also to acquire additional tools in solving problems within one’s own tradition. Philosophizing in response to contemporary problems in a global age, we need to draw ...
... added advantages compared to a philosophy that is confined to a single tradition. It allows us not only to think “outside the box” but also to acquire additional tools in solving problems within one’s own tradition. Philosophizing in response to contemporary problems in a global age, we need to draw ...
in defense of non-natural, non-theistic moral realism
... Craig, Philosophical Foundations for a Christian Worldview (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2003), p. 493. Interestingly, Mackie also shows some sympathy for this kind of argument; see John Mackie, The Miracle of Theism (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1982), pp. 115–118. ...
... Craig, Philosophical Foundations for a Christian Worldview (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2003), p. 493. Interestingly, Mackie also shows some sympathy for this kind of argument; see John Mackie, The Miracle of Theism (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1982), pp. 115–118. ...
Feeling Moral Obligation and Living in an Organic Unity: Virginia
... infected ‘almost every book on ethics’ (PE 62). Of particular interest is the crucial aspect of this fallacy, amongst others, of confusing a non-natural property (what Rachels calls moral properties) for a natural property (PE 91). Moore takes natural properties like colour to be constituent parts o ...
... infected ‘almost every book on ethics’ (PE 62). Of particular interest is the crucial aspect of this fallacy, amongst others, of confusing a non-natural property (what Rachels calls moral properties) for a natural property (PE 91). Moore takes natural properties like colour to be constituent parts o ...
Real, invented or applied? Some reflections on scientific objectivity
... Social scientific objects seem to pose the following ontological challenge to Daston’s catholic view. Given that, according to an applied metaphysics, scientific objects are both real and invented, and that their reality is as a consequence a matter of degrees, what does it mean for social scientif ...
... Social scientific objects seem to pose the following ontological challenge to Daston’s catholic view. Given that, according to an applied metaphysics, scientific objects are both real and invented, and that their reality is as a consequence a matter of degrees, what does it mean for social scientif ...
Words to Life The semiotic quest of Bogdan Bogdanov (1940
... Stoic philosophers were interested mainly in the semantic aspects of meaning, that is how we talk properly about any given object of signification, Bogdan Bogdanov has been more interested in the effect of the approach and mismatch between the real object and its verbal image. When we talk about so ...
... Stoic philosophers were interested mainly in the semantic aspects of meaning, that is how we talk properly about any given object of signification, Bogdan Bogdanov has been more interested in the effect of the approach and mismatch between the real object and its verbal image. When we talk about so ...
EXPERIENCE AND PERCEPTUAL BELIEF
... But Haack, like Ayer and Currie, tacitly accepts justificationism. She quotes Popper’s statement that “a basic statement cannot be justified by [experiences] – no more than by thumping the table”. She turns this immediately into “the startling negative thesis that experience cannot justify the accep ...
... But Haack, like Ayer and Currie, tacitly accepts justificationism. She quotes Popper’s statement that “a basic statement cannot be justified by [experiences] – no more than by thumping the table”. She turns this immediately into “the startling negative thesis that experience cannot justify the accep ...
Morality as Freedom
... have derived it from some more fundamental maxim, and I can ask why you've adopted that one. If you cannot, it looks as if your principle was randomly selected. Obviously, to put an end to a regress like this we need a principle about which it is impossible, unnecessary, or incoherent to ask why a f ...
... have derived it from some more fundamental maxim, and I can ask why you've adopted that one. If you cannot, it looks as if your principle was randomly selected. Obviously, to put an end to a regress like this we need a principle about which it is impossible, unnecessary, or incoherent to ask why a f ...
Objects
... "It is not every object which can be located in a moment. An object which can be located in every moment of some duration will be called a 'uniform' object throughout that duration. Ordinary physical objects appear to us to be uniform objects, and we habitually assume that scientific objects such as ...
... "It is not every object which can be located in a moment. An object which can be located in every moment of some duration will be called a 'uniform' object throughout that duration. Ordinary physical objects appear to us to be uniform objects, and we habitually assume that scientific objects such as ...
Bernard Lonergan on a Catholic Liberal Arts Education
... unfolding of mathematical, scientific, and philosophical methods, paying attention, as Einstein cautioned, to what scientists do rather than to what they say they do. In his 1972 Method in Theology, Lonergan extended his analysis to scholarly historical methods of understanding and how they can be f ...
... unfolding of mathematical, scientific, and philosophical methods, paying attention, as Einstein cautioned, to what scientists do rather than to what they say they do. In his 1972 Method in Theology, Lonergan extended his analysis to scholarly historical methods of understanding and how they can be f ...
thical Egoism - Joel Velasco
... that we always act on our strongest desires. Even if this were granted, it would not follow that Wallenberg acted out of selfinterest. For if Wallenberg wanted to help others, even at great risk to himself, then that is precisely what makes his behavior contrary to Psychological Egoism. The mere fac ...
... that we always act on our strongest desires. Even if this were granted, it would not follow that Wallenberg acted out of selfinterest. For if Wallenberg wanted to help others, even at great risk to himself, then that is precisely what makes his behavior contrary to Psychological Egoism. The mere fac ...
Confucianism as Humanism - University of Central Arkansas
... described as appropriate conduct in all affairs, most importantly appropriate conduct towards others. Appropriate conduct is best applied to the idea of an ever changing world and how to best react to the constant flux of forces in the natural world. The fourth virtue is Zhi, which is best translate ...
... described as appropriate conduct in all affairs, most importantly appropriate conduct towards others. Appropriate conduct is best applied to the idea of an ever changing world and how to best react to the constant flux of forces in the natural world. The fourth virtue is Zhi, which is best translate ...
philosophical anthropology: ernst cassirer, max
... fundamental creative development which Scheler calls culture. Another would be in asking if Cassirer could be a metaphysician? If taken in the traditional sense, the reply is decidedly not! If Cassirer has deliberately disassociated himself from the metaphysical it is primarily, if not purely, since ...
... fundamental creative development which Scheler calls culture. Another would be in asking if Cassirer could be a metaphysician? If taken in the traditional sense, the reply is decidedly not! If Cassirer has deliberately disassociated himself from the metaphysical it is primarily, if not purely, since ...
On the Objectivity of Morals - Berkeley Law Scholarship Repository
... future may reveal other views which are even better) that, at any rate, Aristotle's theory of natural slavery is objectively false? Is the idea of objective truth or falsity helpful or at all appropriate in this area of transcultural and transhistorical difference? Or do we rather have to say limply ...
... future may reveal other views which are even better) that, at any rate, Aristotle's theory of natural slavery is objectively false? Is the idea of objective truth or falsity helpful or at all appropriate in this area of transcultural and transhistorical difference? Or do we rather have to say limply ...
Grendel BY John gardner
... solipsism is the theory that the self is the only thing that can be known and verified. In the second chapter, Gardner begins exploring this philosophy through the character of Grendel. He says, “I alone exist…I create the whole universe, blink by blink.” After arriving back in his cave, Grendel say ...
... solipsism is the theory that the self is the only thing that can be known and verified. In the second chapter, Gardner begins exploring this philosophy through the character of Grendel. He says, “I alone exist…I create the whole universe, blink by blink.” After arriving back in his cave, Grendel say ...
Being and Time Introduction Chapter One
... • Ontic: Dasein is defined by existence, while other things are defined differently • Ontological: Dasein’s existence is that of a questioner of Being • Ontic-Ontological: It is the primary being to be interrogated, and so is the basis of all ontology • Aristotle and Aquinas saw this dimly, holding ...
... • Ontic: Dasein is defined by existence, while other things are defined differently • Ontological: Dasein’s existence is that of a questioner of Being • Ontic-Ontological: It is the primary being to be interrogated, and so is the basis of all ontology • Aristotle and Aquinas saw this dimly, holding ...
Asouzu`s Critique of Philosophy of Essence and Its Implication for
... example among rationalism and empiricism, materialism and non-materialism, realism and idealism, and verifiability criterion of logical positivism as against metaphysical principles. The foregoing though paves way for the growth of positivism in science. Thus, the adoption of the following principle ...
... example among rationalism and empiricism, materialism and non-materialism, realism and idealism, and verifiability criterion of logical positivism as against metaphysical principles. The foregoing though paves way for the growth of positivism in science. Thus, the adoption of the following principle ...
2012 atlas shrugged winning essay
... implemented in their plan for the company’s management. John Galt is compelled to quit this company and to go on strike against the moral code that is implicit in their avowed ideal. It is a code which he calls the Morality of Death. The idea of the Starnes heirs is that need, not ability, should be ...
... implemented in their plan for the company’s management. John Galt is compelled to quit this company and to go on strike against the moral code that is implicit in their avowed ideal. It is a code which he calls the Morality of Death. The idea of the Starnes heirs is that need, not ability, should be ...
Are Colors Secondary Qualities?
... representational content, the way the experience represents the world as being. Shoemaker (1994) is an intentionalist who thinks that the phenomenal character of a color experience is not determined by its color content—the aspect of its representational content that concerns the colors of things. ...
... representational content, the way the experience represents the world as being. Shoemaker (1994) is an intentionalist who thinks that the phenomenal character of a color experience is not determined by its color content—the aspect of its representational content that concerns the colors of things. ...
Word
... the will is completely egocentric. The claims of morality, contrary to Kant and Plato, cannot motivate. It is possible to shrug off “the call to duty,” but the drive for existence, well-being and propagation is irresistible. Readings: B & K, pp. 101 -06 13. Mon Oct 5: Schopenhauer: Intellect and Wil ...
... the will is completely egocentric. The claims of morality, contrary to Kant and Plato, cannot motivate. It is possible to shrug off “the call to duty,” but the drive for existence, well-being and propagation is irresistible. Readings: B & K, pp. 101 -06 13. Mon Oct 5: Schopenhauer: Intellect and Wil ...
Is Immoralism Coherent
... were altered? I cannot see any reason why it would – to remedy this deficit would be to write a new, probably much better, poem. Yet surely the clichés are indeed aesthetic flaws in the work! In fact, it seems likely that in a wide range of cases, remedying an aesthetic flaw while retaining the work ...
... were altered? I cannot see any reason why it would – to remedy this deficit would be to write a new, probably much better, poem. Yet surely the clichés are indeed aesthetic flaws in the work! In fact, it seems likely that in a wide range of cases, remedying an aesthetic flaw while retaining the work ...
Epistemic Virtues and Epistemic Values
... Facts are traditionally distinguished from values. We may not know what the facts of the matter are in any particular case. However a factual claim is either true or false, but not both, and, if two people disagree on a factual claim, at least one of them is wrong. It is not so with values (and the ...
... Facts are traditionally distinguished from values. We may not know what the facts of the matter are in any particular case. However a factual claim is either true or false, but not both, and, if two people disagree on a factual claim, at least one of them is wrong. It is not so with values (and the ...
moral agent and impartial spectator - KU ScholarWorks
... would look to normal observers in good light. Of course, the analogy can only be partial. One important difference is that an impartial moral spectator does not have to perceive the act being judged. It is enough for the "spectator" to be given a sufficiently full description of the act. Indeed, the ...
... would look to normal observers in good light. Of course, the analogy can only be partial. One important difference is that an impartial moral spectator does not have to perceive the act being judged. It is enough for the "spectator" to be given a sufficiently full description of the act. Indeed, the ...
Counterfactuals and Modal Epistemology
... examination, namely the status of what he calls ‘background knowledge’ and ‘constitutive facts’. These will be the focus of our discussion, with special attention to the role of physical possibility and conceivability. First, Williamson’s account will be sketched, and an analysis of the role of back ...
... examination, namely the status of what he calls ‘background knowledge’ and ‘constitutive facts’. These will be the focus of our discussion, with special attention to the role of physical possibility and conceivability. First, Williamson’s account will be sketched, and an analysis of the role of back ...
The Importance of Being Earnest: Scepticism and the Limits of
... unlike the unsampled part of the collection. We cannot pretend to be even approximately exact; because the sample consists of but a finite number of instances and only admits special values of the proportion sought. Finally, even if we could ascertain with absolute certainty and exactness that the r ...
... unlike the unsampled part of the collection. We cannot pretend to be even approximately exact; because the sample consists of but a finite number of instances and only admits special values of the proportion sought. Finally, even if we could ascertain with absolute certainty and exactness that the r ...