Does Representationalism Undermine the Knowledge Argument?
... when she leaves the room and sees a red tomato, does she learn anything new about phenomenally representing red? There is a strong intuition that she does.9 As a substitute for seeing red, her knowledge of the five features and the correct theory of mental representation seems hardly better than, sa ...
... when she leaves the room and sees a red tomato, does she learn anything new about phenomenally representing red? There is a strong intuition that she does.9 As a substitute for seeing red, her knowledge of the five features and the correct theory of mental representation seems hardly better than, sa ...
Persons in time - The Open University
... If this argument works, it excludes both the eirenic and the inclusive responses by showing that not all facts are equally “deep”, and that the facts that are deepest are the ones that the reductionist appeals to. However, the argument does not work. One obvious problem with it is the almost unanswe ...
... If this argument works, it excludes both the eirenic and the inclusive responses by showing that not all facts are equally “deep”, and that the facts that are deepest are the ones that the reductionist appeals to. However, the argument does not work. One obvious problem with it is the almost unanswe ...
ANALYTIC PHILOSOPHY—a trend in contemporary philosophy with
... with the idealism and the method of this form of metaphysics. Moore thought that up to that time philosophers had not put sufficient weight on precision in the formulation of theses or on the exact definition of the meaning of the terms they used. This negligence led them to make absurd statements a ...
... with the idealism and the method of this form of metaphysics. Moore thought that up to that time philosophers had not put sufficient weight on precision in the formulation of theses or on the exact definition of the meaning of the terms they used. This negligence led them to make absurd statements a ...
GOFAI Considered Harmful
... eventually get analyzed into ground-level abilities that are really primitive— abilities so ‘mindless and mechanical’ that even a machine could have them” (AIVI, p. 80). “Connection to physics is made at . . . the level of operations so primitive that they can be carried out by mindless mechanisms” ...
... eventually get analyzed into ground-level abilities that are really primitive— abilities so ‘mindless and mechanical’ that even a machine could have them” (AIVI, p. 80). “Connection to physics is made at . . . the level of operations so primitive that they can be carried out by mindless mechanisms” ...
VIRTUE IS KNOWLEDGE, MCDOWELL AND ARISTOTLE
... there is, however, no suitable candidate for this desire, or orectic state. It cannot be the conception of how to live, since the thesis of uncodifiability means that it is unanalyzable divorced from particular instances.7 On the other hand, nor can this desire be the concern for one’s friends, sinc ...
... there is, however, no suitable candidate for this desire, or orectic state. It cannot be the conception of how to live, since the thesis of uncodifiability means that it is unanalyzable divorced from particular instances.7 On the other hand, nor can this desire be the concern for one’s friends, sinc ...
CONCEPTUAL ANALYSIS
... abstraction and mental representation; the possibility of definition; the distinction between symptoms and criteria. Once we observe the structure of a concept like language we see “that phenomena have no one thing in common which makes us use the same word for all, - but that they are related to o ...
... abstraction and mental representation; the possibility of definition; the distinction between symptoms and criteria. Once we observe the structure of a concept like language we see “that phenomena have no one thing in common which makes us use the same word for all, - but that they are related to o ...
A SYNTHESIS OF DIFFERENT PSYCHOLOGICAL LEARNING
... This long preamble has seemed necessary to bring out how much I respect Vygotsky’s position on the issue of egocentric speech, even though I cannot agree with him on all points. First, Vygotsky did realize that a real problem was involved, and not merely a question of statistics. Second, he himself ...
... This long preamble has seemed necessary to bring out how much I respect Vygotsky’s position on the issue of egocentric speech, even though I cannot agree with him on all points. First, Vygotsky did realize that a real problem was involved, and not merely a question of statistics. Second, he himself ...
Hirsch`s Attack on Ontologese
... category to form sentences (Sider, 2011, section 6.3). Second, in this definition of ‘aligned’, I use the notion of “the quantifier in L”. This must be cashed out in some way, perhaps in terms of syntactic and inferential role. These subtleties don’t seem relevant here. ...
... category to form sentences (Sider, 2011, section 6.3). Second, in this definition of ‘aligned’, I use the notion of “the quantifier in L”. This must be cashed out in some way, perhaps in terms of syntactic and inferential role. These subtleties don’t seem relevant here. ...
The Confucian Self and our Duties to Animals
... humans than dogs or horses, this focus should not stem from a presumption that human welfare, or even the welfare of our own parents, is inherently more important than that of animals. To morally privilege humans in a general way, these thinkers claim, is to be guilty of speciesism, a moral failing ...
... humans than dogs or horses, this focus should not stem from a presumption that human welfare, or even the welfare of our own parents, is inherently more important than that of animals. To morally privilege humans in a general way, these thinkers claim, is to be guilty of speciesism, a moral failing ...
Thoreau`s Experiment: “I came here to live”
... civilization; the minister, and the school-committee, and every one of you will take care of that… Our sympathies in Massachusetts are not confined to New England; though we may be estranged from the South, we sympathize with the West…The West of which I speak is but another name for the Wild; and w ...
... civilization; the minister, and the school-committee, and every one of you will take care of that… Our sympathies in Massachusetts are not confined to New England; though we may be estranged from the South, we sympathize with the West…The West of which I speak is but another name for the Wild; and w ...
Truth, Value and Epistemic Expressivism
... any question that could come to hand. Note that (TG) doesn’t say that it is good for the propositions that I actually consider to be true. Rather, the point is that it is good, relative to the set of propositions I am able to consider, that I believe all and only those that are true.6 According to ( ...
... any question that could come to hand. Note that (TG) doesn’t say that it is good for the propositions that I actually consider to be true. Rather, the point is that it is good, relative to the set of propositions I am able to consider, that I believe all and only those that are true.6 According to ( ...
Contingency of Language
... The world does not speak. Only we do. The world can, once we have programmed ourselves with a language, cause us to hold beliefs. But it cannot propose a language for us to speak. Only other human beings can do that. The realization that the world does not tell us what language games to play should ...
... The world does not speak. Only we do. The world can, once we have programmed ourselves with a language, cause us to hold beliefs. But it cannot propose a language for us to speak. Only other human beings can do that. The realization that the world does not tell us what language games to play should ...
Dec. 9, 2013 One Writer's Beginning s, Part II
... see new things that I had not seen before; I became more attentive to the details. And by appreciating these details, I got a totally different impression from the same object. For example, when I first looked at the junk piano, it just looked disorderly and chaotic, but after observing for a while ...
... see new things that I had not seen before; I became more attentive to the details. And by appreciating these details, I got a totally different impression from the same object. For example, when I first looked at the junk piano, it just looked disorderly and chaotic, but after observing for a while ...
Pictures, Proofs, and `Mathematical Practice`: Reply to James Robert
... which a formal theory can be ‘tested’ (p. 165). There is more to mathematical reasoning than proving theorems (p. 166). Mathematical practice is inductive; we rely on ‘intuitions’ and data to come up with new ideas and new formalisms (pp. 167–8). Pictures are singular, like intuitions (pp. 169, 173) ...
... which a formal theory can be ‘tested’ (p. 165). There is more to mathematical reasoning than proving theorems (p. 166). Mathematical practice is inductive; we rely on ‘intuitions’ and data to come up with new ideas and new formalisms (pp. 167–8). Pictures are singular, like intuitions (pp. 169, 173) ...
The Issue of Correspondence between Scientific Law and Ultimate
... possibly differentiate true and false opinion within ourselves, if we are prone to committing errors such as this? Socrates and Theaetetus conclude the dialogue without a definition of knowledge that feasibly allows for the proper sorting through of the pieces of opinion, knowing which pieces we can ...
... possibly differentiate true and false opinion within ourselves, if we are prone to committing errors such as this? Socrates and Theaetetus conclude the dialogue without a definition of knowledge that feasibly allows for the proper sorting through of the pieces of opinion, knowing which pieces we can ...
ARISTOTLEAN VIRTUE AND CONTEMPORARY PUNISHMENT
... Harm done in ignorance which is due to intoxication or negligence is blameworthy, and the ascription of responsibility is proper because of that blameworthiness.40 Although this Aristotelian concept might not seem consistent with his earlier theory of the preclusion of punishment without voluntarin ...
... Harm done in ignorance which is due to intoxication or negligence is blameworthy, and the ascription of responsibility is proper because of that blameworthiness.40 Although this Aristotelian concept might not seem consistent with his earlier theory of the preclusion of punishment without voluntarin ...
The Emergence of Self-Awareness
... what kind of external forces impinge on the careenium’s external walls. Thus the behaviour of simmballs inside the careenium comes to reflect conditions outside it. Our minds, says Hofstadter, work in just this way. Inside the cranium (careenium) are millions of nervous cells whose behaviour is more ...
... what kind of external forces impinge on the careenium’s external walls. Thus the behaviour of simmballs inside the careenium comes to reflect conditions outside it. Our minds, says Hofstadter, work in just this way. Inside the cranium (careenium) are millions of nervous cells whose behaviour is more ...
research on the contribution of confucian ethics
... of Ethics/Morality. The crucial reflection comes on how to truly apply Ethics at the global level within complex and challenging situations. It has been said that we are reaching a turning point of great magnitude in Ethics which affects the future of our planet. We could be destroyed by the realiti ...
... of Ethics/Morality. The crucial reflection comes on how to truly apply Ethics at the global level within complex and challenging situations. It has been said that we are reaching a turning point of great magnitude in Ethics which affects the future of our planet. We could be destroyed by the realiti ...
PHI 515 Quine
... conditions of the sentences of which they form parts. The trouble Quine finds with this idea is that individual sentences simply don’t have intrinsic confirmation conditions, independent of the verification conditions we understand other sentences to have. As Quine puts it, sentences face "the tribu ...
... conditions of the sentences of which they form parts. The trouble Quine finds with this idea is that individual sentences simply don’t have intrinsic confirmation conditions, independent of the verification conditions we understand other sentences to have. As Quine puts it, sentences face "the tribu ...
Modern Western Philosophy
... 31. Descartes advocates …………..by admitting mind and matter as two substances (a) Dualism (b) Individualism (c ) Rationalism (d) None of these 32. To solve mind and body problem, Descartes has introduced ………. (a) Mind Body Dualism (b) Psycho-physical Interactionism (c) Occassionalism (d) Psycho-physi ...
... 31. Descartes advocates …………..by admitting mind and matter as two substances (a) Dualism (b) Individualism (c ) Rationalism (d) None of these 32. To solve mind and body problem, Descartes has introduced ………. (a) Mind Body Dualism (b) Psycho-physical Interactionism (c) Occassionalism (d) Psycho-physi ...
Contemplation of the Variety of the World
... hold that fair-minded philosophers can, in principle, overcome their limitations in contemplating possibilities that are at variance with their own. Phillips seems to think that obstacles to the contemplation of the the variety of the world are obstacles of will, e.g., prejudice (Amesbury 2007, 212) ...
... hold that fair-minded philosophers can, in principle, overcome their limitations in contemplating possibilities that are at variance with their own. Phillips seems to think that obstacles to the contemplation of the the variety of the world are obstacles of will, e.g., prejudice (Amesbury 2007, 212) ...
John McDowell`s theory of moral sensibility
... perception of a particular colour depends on the conditions existing in an object. Thus, the conditions that make red colour seen as “red” are objective and are not dependent on one’s arbitrary decision. On the other hand, a particular colour would not be able to reveal without beings who have perce ...
... perception of a particular colour depends on the conditions existing in an object. Thus, the conditions that make red colour seen as “red” are objective and are not dependent on one’s arbitrary decision. On the other hand, a particular colour would not be able to reveal without beings who have perce ...
Reasons, rational requirements, and the putative pseudo
... with the philosophical arguments for it?9 Of course not. For whether it is ultimately true or not, it is neither obvious nor incontestably established that regularly doing the outward deeds required by morality comports with the weight of nonmoral reasons. After all, regularly doing those deeds enta ...
... with the philosophical arguments for it?9 Of course not. For whether it is ultimately true or not, it is neither obvious nor incontestably established that regularly doing the outward deeds required by morality comports with the weight of nonmoral reasons. After all, regularly doing those deeds enta ...
Habermas on ethics and the philosophy of religion
... history in terms of salvation’3. The semantic elements of one of the world religions must be made available in intersubjective relations that will call themselves human: ‘Each must be able recognize him- or herself in all that wears a human face [German: “Menschenantlitz]’ 4. Without this understand ...
... history in terms of salvation’3. The semantic elements of one of the world religions must be made available in intersubjective relations that will call themselves human: ‘Each must be able recognize him- or herself in all that wears a human face [German: “Menschenantlitz]’ 4. Without this understand ...
Doctrine of Forms
... idea or form. This is the universal, the common nature or quality, which is grasped in the concept (ex: beauty). There are many beautiful things, but we form one universal concept of beauty itself: and Plato assumed that these universal concepts are not merely subjective concepts, but that in them w ...
... idea or form. This is the universal, the common nature or quality, which is grasped in the concept (ex: beauty). There are many beautiful things, but we form one universal concept of beauty itself: and Plato assumed that these universal concepts are not merely subjective concepts, but that in them w ...