Probably - Scholarship at UWindsor
... standards. (An example of a set of standards is the set of soundness standards.) If the argument satisfies some set of argument standards, it is deemed a good argument, and its conclusion is thus a good basis for further operations. If it fails them all (assuming that all legitimate sets have been a ...
... standards. (An example of a set of standards is the set of soundness standards.) If the argument satisfies some set of argument standards, it is deemed a good argument, and its conclusion is thus a good basis for further operations. If it fails them all (assuming that all legitimate sets have been a ...
Haecceitism, Anti-Haecceitism, and Possible Worlds
... a possible world, then haecceitism is true, even though (5) is also true. So, given this theory of possible worlds, (5) is not equivalent to anti-haecceitism. (I say ‘if this new set of sentences is a possible world’ because two philosophers might agree that possible worlds are sets of sentences bu ...
... a possible world, then haecceitism is true, even though (5) is also true. So, given this theory of possible worlds, (5) is not equivalent to anti-haecceitism. (I say ‘if this new set of sentences is a possible world’ because two philosophers might agree that possible worlds are sets of sentences bu ...
Wittgenstein`s criticism of Russell`s theory of judgment
... universals, which Russell thought was necessary for the understanding of propositions. This much is already present in The Problems of Phi losophy. In Theory ofKnowledge Russell held that there was a third type of acquaintance: acquaintance with logical objects. Such acquaintance was necessary not ...
... universals, which Russell thought was necessary for the understanding of propositions. This much is already present in The Problems of Phi losophy. In Theory ofKnowledge Russell held that there was a third type of acquaintance: acquaintance with logical objects. Such acquaintance was necessary not ...
Lecture notes in PPT - Lakeside Institute of Theology
... Ethics of the Ancient Greek Philosophers Socrates – the pursuit of and love of the goodness itself (the “form of good,” rather than any particular good thing) is the chief aim of education and especially of philosophy. Plato – a “good” person achieves internal harmony. Plato's ethical ideal resembl ...
... Ethics of the Ancient Greek Philosophers Socrates – the pursuit of and love of the goodness itself (the “form of good,” rather than any particular good thing) is the chief aim of education and especially of philosophy. Plato – a “good” person achieves internal harmony. Plato's ethical ideal resembl ...
william wordsworth and idealism - Bangladesh Research Publications
... love. His mother’s love stimulates his spiritual growth which passes into the ‘torpid life’. His perception of his mother as being, who is now a separate one from himself, leads him to a similar perception of the external objects. The child develops his ability to organize his visual impressions arr ...
... love. His mother’s love stimulates his spiritual growth which passes into the ‘torpid life’. His perception of his mother as being, who is now a separate one from himself, leads him to a similar perception of the external objects. The child develops his ability to organize his visual impressions arr ...
BP11 L05 (final) - Amitabha Buddhist Centre
... Although this text, Ornament for Clear Realisations is part of the Basic Program curriculum, we will not be studying it in great detail. So when you listen to these teachings, please pay full attention. For those who have the real interest to study this topic, it is important to give yourself the ti ...
... Although this text, Ornament for Clear Realisations is part of the Basic Program curriculum, we will not be studying it in great detail. So when you listen to these teachings, please pay full attention. For those who have the real interest to study this topic, it is important to give yourself the ti ...
Explaining the disquotational principle
... being prior to another is glossed in terms of the claim that we can give an account of the latter in terms of the former. This gloss might seem to be a small advance, since it is not clear what sort of account we want. Intuitively, what is required is an account of the nature or essence of the facts ...
... being prior to another is glossed in terms of the claim that we can give an account of the latter in terms of the former. This gloss might seem to be a small advance, since it is not clear what sort of account we want. Intuitively, what is required is an account of the nature or essence of the facts ...
T - Philosophy at Hertford College
... “But as this interruption of their existence is contrary to their perfect identity, and makes us regard the first impression as annihilated, and the second as newly created, we find ourselves somewhat at a loss, and are involv’d in a kind of contradiction. In order to free ourselves from this diffi ...
... “But as this interruption of their existence is contrary to their perfect identity, and makes us regard the first impression as annihilated, and the second as newly created, we find ourselves somewhat at a loss, and are involv’d in a kind of contradiction. In order to free ourselves from this diffi ...
Criticism 1st lecture
... So Ion answer: the prophet. And if you are a prophet, would you not be able to interpret them when they disagree as well as they agree? Ion: clearly. Ion clearly, yes of course if I was a prophet I will interpret. Soc: but how did you come to have this skill about Homer only, and not about Hesiod or ...
... So Ion answer: the prophet. And if you are a prophet, would you not be able to interpret them when they disagree as well as they agree? Ion: clearly. Ion clearly, yes of course if I was a prophet I will interpret. Soc: but how did you come to have this skill about Homer only, and not about Hesiod or ...
lesson on logic and arguments
... • One of the most famous Greek philosophers Aristotle (384-322 BC) actually published some rules of logic that were part of formal education up till the 19th ...
... • One of the most famous Greek philosophers Aristotle (384-322 BC) actually published some rules of logic that were part of formal education up till the 19th ...
Christian Thomas KOHL
... these modes of thought, one first has to recognize them as such. Therefore, without any claim to completeness, I will give a brief outline of these four modes of thought: 1. Substantialism. Substance is something that has independent existence (Webster's New World Dictionary, New York, 1968). In Eu ...
... these modes of thought, one first has to recognize them as such. Therefore, without any claim to completeness, I will give a brief outline of these four modes of thought: 1. Substantialism. Substance is something that has independent existence (Webster's New World Dictionary, New York, 1968). In Eu ...
Virtue, Knowledge, and Goodness
... These three essays are divergent, yet each in its own way concerns the relationship between virtue and other goods, where virtue is understood as being good qua person. Specifically, part one explores reasons why such virtues are ill-suited for employment in analyses of knowledge which understand kn ...
... These three essays are divergent, yet each in its own way concerns the relationship between virtue and other goods, where virtue is understood as being good qua person. Specifically, part one explores reasons why such virtues are ill-suited for employment in analyses of knowledge which understand kn ...
Dynamic Ethics
... to determine what this implies for claims to objectivity and universality. If our moral views change so rapidly, we need to see if we can still uphold a belief in universal moral norms, or if we have to accept moral relativism or even scepticism. If various moralities coexist alongside each other, w ...
... to determine what this implies for claims to objectivity and universality. If our moral views change so rapidly, we need to see if we can still uphold a belief in universal moral norms, or if we have to accept moral relativism or even scepticism. If various moralities coexist alongside each other, w ...
Market and Morals
... Scholars think that this term is not meant in such a way as to entail a sort of nonphysical entity. (There’s disagreement about this. However, I agree with them ... more importantly, we don’t need to worry about that issue ....) 2. A good synonym would be “the self” or “the person” - that is, whatev ...
... Scholars think that this term is not meant in such a way as to entail a sort of nonphysical entity. (There’s disagreement about this. However, I agree with them ... more importantly, we don’t need to worry about that issue ....) 2. A good synonym would be “the self” or “the person” - that is, whatev ...
Chapter II: The Modernism / Postmodernism Debate
... and kicking” (1). It might not have become a “dominant master discourse” (1) even in its hey days and it might certainly not become one now, but “modernism continues to reveal its oppositional and subversive powers through the various shapes of its newer figurations” (1). They, in fact, insist on th ...
... and kicking” (1). It might not have become a “dominant master discourse” (1) even in its hey days and it might certainly not become one now, but “modernism continues to reveal its oppositional and subversive powers through the various shapes of its newer figurations” (1). They, in fact, insist on th ...
Bataille Versus Theory - Gary Sauer
... and articles about him continues to grow at an incredible rate. Mo criticism has taken the approach of situating Bataille and his idea pre-determined framework of “postmodern” thought, either throu systematic embellishment of his role as an intellectual influence o Foucault, Derrida, and others, or ...
... and articles about him continues to grow at an incredible rate. Mo criticism has taken the approach of situating Bataille and his idea pre-determined framework of “postmodern” thought, either throu systematic embellishment of his role as an intellectual influence o Foucault, Derrida, and others, or ...
Class #5 - 1/15/14
... • For Thomas Aquinas, however, one is not limited in their ability to love and serve God by differing levels of intelligence or knowledge. • In his view of Human Nature, note that Love and Service to God trumps Reason !!! • Question for the class: Does this view contradict the previously asserted su ...
... • For Thomas Aquinas, however, one is not limited in their ability to love and serve God by differing levels of intelligence or knowledge. • In his view of Human Nature, note that Love and Service to God trumps Reason !!! • Question for the class: Does this view contradict the previously asserted su ...
1 - Utrecht University Repository
... decision-situations: Only if the decisions involved in it are ‘live’ rather than ‘dead’, ‘forced’ rather than ‘avoidable’ and ‘momentous’ rather than ‘trivial’, an option is a genuine one. Let us look at those three distinctions in turn. - The distinction between live and dead. ...
... decision-situations: Only if the decisions involved in it are ‘live’ rather than ‘dead’, ‘forced’ rather than ‘avoidable’ and ‘momentous’ rather than ‘trivial’, an option is a genuine one. Let us look at those three distinctions in turn. - The distinction between live and dead. ...
Modality Without Possible Worlds
... reported what Fred said, even though some ways of being in Willimantic before evening do not involve driving. “Before evening” would be true if Fred arrived in the morning. It is indeterminable exactly which things I utter say the same as what another person said or wrote. In the same way, and for t ...
... reported what Fred said, even though some ways of being in Willimantic before evening do not involve driving. “Before evening” would be true if Fred arrived in the morning. It is indeterminable exactly which things I utter say the same as what another person said or wrote. In the same way, and for t ...
locke on consciousness
... the attack on nativism; his psychologism about meaning; his empiricist views on concept acquisition, etc., have all been subject to extensive scrutiny and debate. But Locke’s theory of consciousness stands out as remarkably unattended to among his contributions to the philosophy of mind. ...
... the attack on nativism; his psychologism about meaning; his empiricist views on concept acquisition, etc., have all been subject to extensive scrutiny and debate. But Locke’s theory of consciousness stands out as remarkably unattended to among his contributions to the philosophy of mind. ...
Draft of 6 January 2004
... A further striking fact about our species is that all (normal) humans develop into moral agents, that is, into creatures with (at least) the following moral capacities: the ability to make judgments about the moral permissibility, moral impermissibility, and moral obligatoriness of actions in actua ...
... A further striking fact about our species is that all (normal) humans develop into moral agents, that is, into creatures with (at least) the following moral capacities: the ability to make judgments about the moral permissibility, moral impermissibility, and moral obligatoriness of actions in actua ...
How the numbers count_handout_Lund
... how classical utilitarianism does not regard the separateness of person as morally significant. This is problematic because each person has certain rights, which constrain other persons’ actions (cf. Nozick 1974: 32-33). Classical utilitarianism disregards all normative phenomena that essentially co ...
... how classical utilitarianism does not regard the separateness of person as morally significant. This is problematic because each person has certain rights, which constrain other persons’ actions (cf. Nozick 1974: 32-33). Classical utilitarianism disregards all normative phenomena that essentially co ...
ArtAndRepresentation
... they are called by that name. • This something in common is the essence of that kind of thing, which Plato calls the ‘form’ or ‘idea’ of that thing. • Today, Plato’s forms or ideas are more commonly called ‘universals,’ and it is the nature of a universal that it can have ‘instances.’ Thus, there ca ...
... they are called by that name. • This something in common is the essence of that kind of thing, which Plato calls the ‘form’ or ‘idea’ of that thing. • Today, Plato’s forms or ideas are more commonly called ‘universals,’ and it is the nature of a universal that it can have ‘instances.’ Thus, there ca ...
Free Will Remains a Mystery
... might have fallen “heads” and might not have fallen “heads,” it is wrong to say that I had a choice about the truth value of the (true) proposition that the coin did not land “heads.” (This point is the essence of the McKay-Johnson counterexample to Agglomeration.) Now if it were important that the ...
... might have fallen “heads” and might not have fallen “heads,” it is wrong to say that I had a choice about the truth value of the (true) proposition that the coin did not land “heads.” (This point is the essence of the McKay-Johnson counterexample to Agglomeration.) Now if it were important that the ...
A Defense of Epiphenomenalism
... though we think that our mind and our decision determine the physical states of our bodies, many experimental result shows that it is not the case; instead, physical states determine our mind. The reason why we cannot understand this in common sense would be because of the short temporal interval be ...
... though we think that our mind and our decision determine the physical states of our bodies, many experimental result shows that it is not the case; instead, physical states determine our mind. The reason why we cannot understand this in common sense would be because of the short temporal interval be ...