Pascal`s Wager is a Lie: An Epistemic Interpretation of the
... efforts in textual criticism, it is possible to construct from the original salmagundi of notes an idea of how the apology would have appeared, both in terms of specific passages and overall organization. In particular, it appears that the Wager was meant to play an important role in the apology and ...
... efforts in textual criticism, it is possible to construct from the original salmagundi of notes an idea of how the apology would have appeared, both in terms of specific passages and overall organization. In particular, it appears that the Wager was meant to play an important role in the apology and ...
Phenomenology of Eros.indd
... simultaneity […] of concupiscence and transcendence” (TI 285 / TaI 255). But the erotic goes beyond the face; in voluptuosness the caress is not stopped by the nudity of the face. The caress searches – it is not searching for something, in the sense that there is a definite object for its search. It ...
... simultaneity […] of concupiscence and transcendence” (TI 285 / TaI 255). But the erotic goes beyond the face; in voluptuosness the caress is not stopped by the nudity of the face. The caress searches – it is not searching for something, in the sense that there is a definite object for its search. It ...
Modaaliteoria
... I interpret Spinoza as a substance-property ontologist which means that he holds that besides substances and properties there is nothing.iv Necessitarianism holds in a substance-property ontology if and only if (i) each substance is a necessary existent (or exists by necessity when it exists) and (i ...
... I interpret Spinoza as a substance-property ontologist which means that he holds that besides substances and properties there is nothing.iv Necessitarianism holds in a substance-property ontology if and only if (i) each substance is a necessary existent (or exists by necessity when it exists) and (i ...
Giambattista Vico`s Idea Of "Progress": The Collapse Of Reason
... ing both parts of the latter, the history on the one hand of facts and events, both fabulous and real, and on the other of the three languages, Hebrew, Greek, and Latin; that is to say, the three learned languages of antiquity that have been handed down to us by the Christian religion.4 All four th ...
... ing both parts of the latter, the history on the one hand of facts and events, both fabulous and real, and on the other of the three languages, Hebrew, Greek, and Latin; that is to say, the three learned languages of antiquity that have been handed down to us by the Christian religion.4 All four th ...
ΜΕΛΕΤΗΜΑΤΑ CONTEXTUALIZING LATE GREEK PHILOSOPHY
... philosopher became the focus of interest and imitation. Accounts of philoso phical lives such as those of Apollonius of Tyana by Philostratus, Pythagoras as described by Porphyry and Iamblichus, or Proclus by Marinus were didactic by design. Their purpose was to elicit the good from within the indi ...
... philosopher became the focus of interest and imitation. Accounts of philoso phical lives such as those of Apollonius of Tyana by Philostratus, Pythagoras as described by Porphyry and Iamblichus, or Proclus by Marinus were didactic by design. Their purpose was to elicit the good from within the indi ...
Associative Duties and the Ethics of Killing in War
... that are owed in virtue of a morally important relationship. There are two broad schools of thought about the underlying justification of associative duties.1 The first justifies associative duties teleologically, by appealing to the value of the states of affairs in which they are realised. In its ...
... that are owed in virtue of a morally important relationship. There are two broad schools of thought about the underlying justification of associative duties.1 The first justifies associative duties teleologically, by appealing to the value of the states of affairs in which they are realised. In its ...
Aristotle`s Theory of the Assertoric Syllogism
... its subaltern AoC would follow), nor can AaC follow (or its subaltern AiC would too). Thus, Aristotle takes syllogistic validity to be formal. In fact, he does more than this. Many authors have been puzzled to determine what is the actual basis of syllogistic validity. It might appear that all valid ...
... its subaltern AoC would follow), nor can AaC follow (or its subaltern AiC would too). Thus, Aristotle takes syllogistic validity to be formal. In fact, he does more than this. Many authors have been puzzled to determine what is the actual basis of syllogistic validity. It might appear that all valid ...
Alfarabi`s Conversion of Plato`s Republic
... It might be also argued, as it will be clearer in the later parts of the On the Perfect State, to a possible affiliation of Alfarabi to the Shiite religious group that believed in the “Imams” a direct descendent of the fourth Caliph. It was believed to have been twelve of them. In fact what supports ...
... It might be also argued, as it will be clearer in the later parts of the On the Perfect State, to a possible affiliation of Alfarabi to the Shiite religious group that believed in the “Imams” a direct descendent of the fourth Caliph. It was believed to have been twelve of them. In fact what supports ...
Structure and function in Plato`s "Republic"
... Republic. Primarily, this is done by showing that the structure of the entire work is based on the analogies of the Divided Line and the Cave, so that the Republic reflects the journey of the philosopher (in his ascent to the surface and return to the Cave) in the content of the discussions which So ...
... Republic. Primarily, this is done by showing that the structure of the entire work is based on the analogies of the Divided Line and the Cave, so that the Republic reflects the journey of the philosopher (in his ascent to the surface and return to the Cave) in the content of the discussions which So ...
Epistemological Vs - Birkbeck, University of London
... But why all this creative reconstruction, all this make believe? The stimulation of his sensory receptors is all the evidence anybody has had to go on, ultimately, in arriving at his picture of the world. Why not just see how this construction really proceeds? Why not settle for psychology! (Quine ( ...
... But why all this creative reconstruction, all this make believe? The stimulation of his sensory receptors is all the evidence anybody has had to go on, ultimately, in arriving at his picture of the world. Why not just see how this construction really proceeds? Why not settle for psychology! (Quine ( ...
aristotle`s poetics - U
... is clear enough from the connection made in the same context with moral purpose or character (ithos) that the success or failure in action which Aristotle has in mind is taken to possess an ethical dimension. These passages confirm, then, what is more diffusely recognisable, that the..types of human ...
... is clear enough from the connection made in the same context with moral purpose or character (ithos) that the success or failure in action which Aristotle has in mind is taken to possess an ethical dimension. These passages confirm, then, what is more diffusely recognisable, that the..types of human ...
Of a mythical philosophical anthropology: the transcendental and
... defines my individual existence. In relating myself to death, I can relate only to myself, and thus I become most properly myself within this reflexive relation. The subject’s relation to itself is, thus, temporal, but Stiegler advances some way beyond Heidegger in showing that the human being is no ...
... defines my individual existence. In relating myself to death, I can relate only to myself, and thus I become most properly myself within this reflexive relation. The subject’s relation to itself is, thus, temporal, but Stiegler advances some way beyond Heidegger in showing that the human being is no ...
12 Desire-Like Imagination
... alongside the more familiar category of belief-like imagining. In particular, i-desires should not be understood simply as a special subclass of belieflike imagining. Yangjie’s i-desire to fire the rocket boosters, for example, should not be understood in terms of a belief-like imagining that she ha ...
... alongside the more familiar category of belief-like imagining. In particular, i-desires should not be understood simply as a special subclass of belieflike imagining. Yangjie’s i-desire to fire the rocket boosters, for example, should not be understood in terms of a belief-like imagining that she ha ...
Theoretical Reason and Practical Reason for Kant and Tabataba`i
... a specific function we call it as theoretical reason and in other times because it has another kind of function, therefore we call it practical reason. It is like an actor who plays two roles. This opinion itself has different kinds which will be mentioned below. It is said that here there is a diff ...
... a specific function we call it as theoretical reason and in other times because it has another kind of function, therefore we call it practical reason. It is like an actor who plays two roles. This opinion itself has different kinds which will be mentioned below. It is said that here there is a diff ...
The Oxford Handbook of Ethical Theory
... People who have governmental roles sometimes make decisions about controversial social issues, such as the morality of capital punishment or the justice of the tax system. All of us who live in democratic societies need to make decisions about such issues if we intend to vote responsibly. Moral phil ...
... People who have governmental roles sometimes make decisions about controversial social issues, such as the morality of capital punishment or the justice of the tax system. All of us who live in democratic societies need to make decisions about such issues if we intend to vote responsibly. Moral phil ...
maimon and deleuze: the viewpoint of internal genesis and the
... judgments a priori with regard to mathematics and pure physics. In Maimon’s terms: Kantian transcendental philosophy not only claims to think logical objects or an “object in general” in accordance with the a priori concepts of the understanding, but also to recognize these concepts in empirical obj ...
... judgments a priori with regard to mathematics and pure physics. In Maimon’s terms: Kantian transcendental philosophy not only claims to think logical objects or an “object in general” in accordance with the a priori concepts of the understanding, but also to recognize these concepts in empirical obj ...
Existentialism – A Definition
... Main article: Kierkegaard and Nietzsche comparisons Søren Kierkegaard as well as Friedrich Nietzsche were two of the first philosophers considered fundamental to the existentialist movement, though neither used the term "existentialism" and it is unclear whether they would have supported the existen ...
... Main article: Kierkegaard and Nietzsche comparisons Søren Kierkegaard as well as Friedrich Nietzsche were two of the first philosophers considered fundamental to the existentialist movement, though neither used the term "existentialism" and it is unclear whether they would have supported the existen ...
Applying Peirce to Social Studies – Some Do`s and Don`ts
... philosophers, who take inspiration from Peirce while considering modernity, maintain that though we have been modern, this was not any foredoomed cultural fate. An alternative has been available all the time during the course of modernity, and Peirce’s philosophy is one example of it. This is the le ...
... philosophers, who take inspiration from Peirce while considering modernity, maintain that though we have been modern, this was not any foredoomed cultural fate. An alternative has been available all the time during the course of modernity, and Peirce’s philosophy is one example of it. This is the le ...
Problems in Applying Peirce to Social Sciences
... philosophers, who take inspiration from Peirce while considering modernity, maintain that though we have been modern, this was not any foredoomed cultural fate. An alternative has been available all the time during the course of modernity, and Peirce’s philosophy is one example of it. This is the le ...
... philosophers, who take inspiration from Peirce while considering modernity, maintain that though we have been modern, this was not any foredoomed cultural fate. An alternative has been available all the time during the course of modernity, and Peirce’s philosophy is one example of it. This is the le ...
On Reasons to Live Justifiably: In Support of a Humean
... rightly because she has a reason to live with others on justifiable terms, I argue that this answer is unsatisfying according to Scanlon’s own criteria of success. However, by utilizing others of his arguments, I also am able to show that he could accept (and I think should accept) the ‘complex’ vie ...
... rightly because she has a reason to live with others on justifiable terms, I argue that this answer is unsatisfying according to Scanlon’s own criteria of success. However, by utilizing others of his arguments, I also am able to show that he could accept (and I think should accept) the ‘complex’ vie ...
New wilderness landscapes as moral criticism A Nietzschean
... the plurality of competing wills within each person, forcing them into one particular, unified form, thus suppressing other possible forms.7 On the other hand, morality occurs naturally: out of each particular constellation of the wills to power, an organization emerges. This organization is moralit ...
... the plurality of competing wills within each person, forcing them into one particular, unified form, thus suppressing other possible forms.7 On the other hand, morality occurs naturally: out of each particular constellation of the wills to power, an organization emerges. This organization is moralit ...
Coleridge, Wordsworth and the Buddha on Imagination
... ‘primary imagination’ at work, an unconscious synthesizing power, creating an image of a human being out of a few grey dots. This power of perception is unconscious, in the same way that a bird of prey soaring upon the thermals is unconscious of what it is doing – the bird pays no attention at all t ...
... ‘primary imagination’ at work, an unconscious synthesizing power, creating an image of a human being out of a few grey dots. This power of perception is unconscious, in the same way that a bird of prey soaring upon the thermals is unconscious of what it is doing – the bird pays no attention at all t ...
Self-Interest, Ethical Egoism, and the Restored Gospel
... full sense, since he did not actually claim that the ethical life was based on selfinterest. His central notion of virtue is extolled not simply because it is in one’s interest, but because it is noble (to kalos). Further evidence that Aristotle was not really an ethical egoist comes from Nicomachea ...
... full sense, since he did not actually claim that the ethical life was based on selfinterest. His central notion of virtue is extolled not simply because it is in one’s interest, but because it is noble (to kalos). Further evidence that Aristotle was not really an ethical egoist comes from Nicomachea ...
Reid`s defense of common sense - Scholars Archive
... is sometimes misread as claiming that no defense could be given. Yet Reid does defend common sense. This paper explores how he does so. Before engaging Reid directly, however, I want to consider two other ways in which Reid is sometimes misread. First, Norman Daniels () reads Reid as follows: Re ...
... is sometimes misread as claiming that no defense could be given. Yet Reid does defend common sense. This paper explores how he does so. Before engaging Reid directly, however, I want to consider two other ways in which Reid is sometimes misread. First, Norman Daniels () reads Reid as follows: Re ...
Ethical and Epistemic Egoism and the Ideal of Autonomy Linda
... powers to infer that a particular belief of a particular other person is probably true, but there is no difference in principle between that inference and many other inferences she makes routinely and routinely trusts as an extreme egoist. So by using her own powers she sees that she is permitted t ...
... powers to infer that a particular belief of a particular other person is probably true, but there is no difference in principle between that inference and many other inferences she makes routinely and routinely trusts as an extreme egoist. So by using her own powers she sees that she is permitted t ...