2. the greatest happiness principle i utilitarianism
... Had no one been killed and eaten, all four would likely have died. ...
... Had no one been killed and eaten, all four would likely have died. ...
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... sensible order in an 1859 Letter to Henry Pierce4: This is a world of compensations; and he who would be no slave, must consent to have no slave. Those who deny freedom to others, deserve it not for themselves; and, under a just God, can not long retain it. God’s justice, he suggests, does not displ ...
... sensible order in an 1859 Letter to Henry Pierce4: This is a world of compensations; and he who would be no slave, must consent to have no slave. Those who deny freedom to others, deserve it not for themselves; and, under a just God, can not long retain it. God’s justice, he suggests, does not displ ...
Know Thyself
... battle tomorrow’ and ‘There won’t be a sea battle tomorrow’ are both meaningful sentences, not at all questionable like ‘This sentence is false’; they should have a truth value. Anyway, the medieval philosophers were obsessed with this problem which they recast in terms of God’s foreknowledge. If Go ...
... battle tomorrow’ and ‘There won’t be a sea battle tomorrow’ are both meaningful sentences, not at all questionable like ‘This sentence is false’; they should have a truth value. Anyway, the medieval philosophers were obsessed with this problem which they recast in terms of God’s foreknowledge. If Go ...
Two Interfaces
... about whether the semantics ought to give you a real theory of real honest-to-God truth about the kind of world in which we live, which is full of independent objects that don’t at all depend on my existence or that of any mind for their existence, or whether in a way it is more mentalistic than tha ...
... about whether the semantics ought to give you a real theory of real honest-to-God truth about the kind of world in which we live, which is full of independent objects that don’t at all depend on my existence or that of any mind for their existence, or whether in a way it is more mentalistic than tha ...
The Reification of Mindfulness: Ontological Drift in Buddhist Thought
... Because they occur so quickly, we mistakenly believe that such moments of experience constitute a continuous experience and that such moments of consciousness constitute an enduring, unchanging self. However, if one looks closely at their experience, even within the course of a day, they will see th ...
... Because they occur so quickly, we mistakenly believe that such moments of experience constitute a continuous experience and that such moments of consciousness constitute an enduring, unchanging self. However, if one looks closely at their experience, even within the course of a day, they will see th ...
Postscript - Shamik Dasgupta
... be defined by taking the laws governing it, conjoining them to form a statement T(P), and then replacing all occurrences of P with a variable, resulting in a predicate T(X). This expresses the second-order property of causing this and being caused by that, and so on. This is its causal role. Now in ...
... be defined by taking the laws governing it, conjoining them to form a statement T(P), and then replacing all occurrences of P with a variable, resulting in a predicate T(X). This expresses the second-order property of causing this and being caused by that, and so on. This is its causal role. Now in ...
Rene Descartes Handout #1 Historical
... dreaming entails that I will always have a ground to doubt my a posteriori beliefs. Potential problem for Descartes' dream argument Descartes' dream argument appears at points to rest on the assumption that Descartes has had dreams in the past and that they are so similar to our waking state that we ...
... dreaming entails that I will always have a ground to doubt my a posteriori beliefs. Potential problem for Descartes' dream argument Descartes' dream argument appears at points to rest on the assumption that Descartes has had dreams in the past and that they are so similar to our waking state that we ...
Entitlement, Justification, and the Bootstrapping
... positions. (Cf. Sellars 1963 and Cohen 2002). Davidson (1986) is a prime example. He holds that only a belief can justify another belief, because he thinks that there needs to exist an appropriate logical relation between a reason and the belief that the reason is a reason for. Davidson is not entir ...
... positions. (Cf. Sellars 1963 and Cohen 2002). Davidson (1986) is a prime example. He holds that only a belief can justify another belief, because he thinks that there needs to exist an appropriate logical relation between a reason and the belief that the reason is a reason for. Davidson is not entir ...
Catholic Moral Teaching Chapter 2
... plan conceived in wisdom and love." (DH 3) As man lives according to the divine truth, he grows in stature and dignity. ...
... plan conceived in wisdom and love." (DH 3) As man lives according to the divine truth, he grows in stature and dignity. ...
Introduction
... “virtues” (500; cf. 759 [from the Manuscript Périer, not Copy B]).[20] Still, even within religion does imagination make moral life difficult: “Men often take their imagination for their heart, and they believe they are converted as soon as they think of being converted.” (739); they can therefore r ...
... “virtues” (500; cf. 759 [from the Manuscript Périer, not Copy B]).[20] Still, even within religion does imagination make moral life difficult: “Men often take their imagination for their heart, and they believe they are converted as soon as they think of being converted.” (739); they can therefore r ...
The Evidence of the Senses
... supposed to be a case of ‘direct perception’, but it is obviously not a case of being in a position to non-inferentially know that there is a barn there, because it is not a case of being in a position to know at all. Rather, as Wright says, it is a case where ‘I am directly aware of the barn’. And ...
... supposed to be a case of ‘direct perception’, but it is obviously not a case of being in a position to non-inferentially know that there is a barn there, because it is not a case of being in a position to know at all. Rather, as Wright says, it is a case where ‘I am directly aware of the barn’. And ...
Psychology moves towards Whitehead.
... The essentials of this picture are: 1. The ultimate constituents of reality are experiences that participate in the creative advance of nature. 2. These experiences are prehensions, that is, the active transition from one state of knowing to another, guided by aim and purpose. 3. Prehensions interpe ...
... The essentials of this picture are: 1. The ultimate constituents of reality are experiences that participate in the creative advance of nature. 2. These experiences are prehensions, that is, the active transition from one state of knowing to another, guided by aim and purpose. 3. Prehensions interpe ...
Cohen paper, revised
... from moral justification, legal justification, and the like. ‘Justification’ is clear enough: to say that a belief is justified is to say that it has some positive normative status, but we need to know which domain or dimension of appraisal it scores positively on. Because Cohen’s opponent can’t an ...
... from moral justification, legal justification, and the like. ‘Justification’ is clear enough: to say that a belief is justified is to say that it has some positive normative status, but we need to know which domain or dimension of appraisal it scores positively on. Because Cohen’s opponent can’t an ...
The Principle Of Excluded Middle Then And Now: Aristotle
... begin to have doubts about their existence ... There may come a stage at which the sets have such convoluted and conceptually dubious definitions that the question of the truth or falsity of mathematical statements concerning them may begin to take on a somewhat `matter-of-opinion' quality rather th ...
... begin to have doubts about their existence ... There may come a stage at which the sets have such convoluted and conceptually dubious definitions that the question of the truth or falsity of mathematical statements concerning them may begin to take on a somewhat `matter-of-opinion' quality rather th ...
Philosophy as Wisdom of Love
... East, this philosophical impulse was inseparable from the evolutionary spiritual impulse for selfrealization, which defined the office of philosophy in the East as the Way of Realization. Therefore, such eminent esoteric schools of Eastern thought as Yogacara, Madhyamika, rDzogs-chen, Vedanta, Samkh ...
... East, this philosophical impulse was inseparable from the evolutionary spiritual impulse for selfrealization, which defined the office of philosophy in the East as the Way of Realization. Therefore, such eminent esoteric schools of Eastern thought as Yogacara, Madhyamika, rDzogs-chen, Vedanta, Samkh ...
Reasons, Rational Requirements, and the Putative Pseudo
... abreast of the philosophical arguments to that effect, she might seriously wonder whether she ought to be moral. So the first objection to (5) fails.10 So does the next one, which asserts that to be moral one must not simply do the outward deeds morality requires; instead, one must act on distinctiv ...
... abreast of the philosophical arguments to that effect, she might seriously wonder whether she ought to be moral. So the first objection to (5) fails.10 So does the next one, which asserts that to be moral one must not simply do the outward deeds morality requires; instead, one must act on distinctiv ...
Concepts and Objects
... of conception that allows him to prosecute a scientific realism unencumbered by the epistemological strictures of empiricism.5 In doing so, Sellars augurs a new alliance between post-Kantian rationalism and post-Darwinian naturalism. His naturalistic rationalism6 purges the latter of those residues ...
... of conception that allows him to prosecute a scientific realism unencumbered by the epistemological strictures of empiricism.5 In doing so, Sellars augurs a new alliance between post-Kantian rationalism and post-Darwinian naturalism. His naturalistic rationalism6 purges the latter of those residues ...
Empiricism and the Philosophy of Mind 1
... we accept without inferring it from other claims we’ve accepted. • “Many things have been said to be given: sense contents, material objects, universals, propositions, real connections, first principles, even ‘givenness’ itself.” • A ‘framework’ that is part of many different philosophical positions ...
... we accept without inferring it from other claims we’ve accepted. • “Many things have been said to be given: sense contents, material objects, universals, propositions, real connections, first principles, even ‘givenness’ itself.” • A ‘framework’ that is part of many different philosophical positions ...
Biology and Ethics: A Case for Aristotle`s Theory of
... years has been its Naturalization: since we human beings are a part of nature ... philosophical accounts of our minds, our knowledge, our language must in the end be continuous with, and harmonious with, the natural sciences. ...
... years has been its Naturalization: since we human beings are a part of nature ... philosophical accounts of our minds, our knowledge, our language must in the end be continuous with, and harmonious with, the natural sciences. ...
Bertrand Russell. The World of Universals [The Problems of
... when we wish to prove something about all triangles, we draw a particular triangle and reason about it, taking care not to use any characteristic which it does not share with other triangles. The beginner, in order to avoid error, often finds it useful to draw several triangles, as unlike each othe ...
... when we wish to prove something about all triangles, we draw a particular triangle and reason about it, taking care not to use any characteristic which it does not share with other triangles. The beginner, in order to avoid error, often finds it useful to draw several triangles, as unlike each othe ...
... are, I believe, thinking primarily of nouns like 'table', 'chair', 'bread', and of people's names, and only secondarily of the names of certain actions and properties; and of the remaining kinds of word as something that will take care of itself. Now think of the following use of language: I send so ...
NA - st1philosophy
... Although it is acknowledged that theoretical knowledge can aid understanding of a piece of music it is widely accepted that anyone can appreciate and “feel” the emotion of a music. “ in addition to purely musical features, understanding the emotions expressed in a piece (of classical music, at l ...
... Although it is acknowledged that theoretical knowledge can aid understanding of a piece of music it is widely accepted that anyone can appreciate and “feel” the emotion of a music. “ in addition to purely musical features, understanding the emotions expressed in a piece (of classical music, at l ...
Person, Eros, Critical Ontology
... attempt to present such a prioritization here by using phrases from this particular book, while considering other areas of his research such as his political philosophy or his purely ecclesial writings as a corollary of this main body of ideas. To approach Yannaras’ work we must first consider the i ...
... attempt to present such a prioritization here by using phrases from this particular book, while considering other areas of his research such as his political philosophy or his purely ecclesial writings as a corollary of this main body of ideas. To approach Yannaras’ work we must first consider the i ...
Dummett`s Truth Matjaž Potrč Dummett`s approach to truth will be
... suggestion that may help Dummett to steer his course between the Scylla of the existence of two platonic objects Truth and Falsity determining the truth conditions, and between the Charybdis of all the way down epistemic proof and warrant endorsing denial of importance ascribed to ontology. Perhaps ...
... suggestion that may help Dummett to steer his course between the Scylla of the existence of two platonic objects Truth and Falsity determining the truth conditions, and between the Charybdis of all the way down epistemic proof and warrant endorsing denial of importance ascribed to ontology. Perhaps ...
First Name Surname Nationality Key Theories Key
... and Pi. Founded a religion which promoted vegetarianism and believed that "all things are number". Was the first to identify the link between music and mathematics. Sceptical of religion and rejected the idea that gods resemble humans in form. Philosopher and political figure who defined the behavio ...
... and Pi. Founded a religion which promoted vegetarianism and believed that "all things are number". Was the first to identify the link between music and mathematics. Sceptical of religion and rejected the idea that gods resemble humans in form. Philosopher and political figure who defined the behavio ...