Interpretation as Explanation - Philsci
... evidence, which means that the theory one accepts is determined by other factors than mere observations. These other factors are, however, not equally objective, nor do they have an objective ranking. Here personal or shared interests play an important part. In my opinion, explanation should be unde ...
... evidence, which means that the theory one accepts is determined by other factors than mere observations. These other factors are, however, not equally objective, nor do they have an objective ranking. Here personal or shared interests play an important part. In my opinion, explanation should be unde ...
problemsofphilosophy
... judging as to the 'real' shapes of things, and we do this so unreflectingly that we come to think we actually see the real shapes. But, in fact, as we all have to learn if we try to draw, a given thing looks different in shape from every different point of view. If our table is 'really' rectangular, ...
... judging as to the 'real' shapes of things, and we do this so unreflectingly that we come to think we actually see the real shapes. But, in fact, as we all have to learn if we try to draw, a given thing looks different in shape from every different point of view. If our table is 'really' rectangular, ...
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... religious claims rather than that of their truth has certain advantages for the pursuit of the philosophy of religion. By doing that, Lessing is in good company, viz. in the company of e.g. William James and Alvin Plantinga (chapter 3). I) Different types of interpretations of the ring-parable: Sket ...
... religious claims rather than that of their truth has certain advantages for the pursuit of the philosophy of religion. By doing that, Lessing is in good company, viz. in the company of e.g. William James and Alvin Plantinga (chapter 3). I) Different types of interpretations of the ring-parable: Sket ...
Morality and Consequences - The Tanner Lectures on Human Values
... should be excused on grounds of mental incompetence, unavoidable ignorance, or whatever. Just because those matters are so morally important, I want them to have their own separate day in court; so I don’t want the line I am drawing to get tangled up with them anywhere along its length. Third, becau ...
... should be excused on grounds of mental incompetence, unavoidable ignorance, or whatever. Just because those matters are so morally important, I want them to have their own separate day in court; so I don’t want the line I am drawing to get tangled up with them anywhere along its length. Third, becau ...
The Fundamental Concepts of Sri Aurobindo
... discusses at length his spiritual theory of evolution. According to him: “ There seems to be no reason why Life should not evolve out of material elements or Mind out of living forms, unless we accept the Vedantic solution that life is already involved in matter and mind in life….” Most of the moder ...
... discusses at length his spiritual theory of evolution. According to him: “ There seems to be no reason why Life should not evolve out of material elements or Mind out of living forms, unless we accept the Vedantic solution that life is already involved in matter and mind in life….” Most of the moder ...
roberta de monticelli
... places, the portion of matter that are taken up by its existence. So for example, Socrates is a man, and he necessarily enjoys all properties characteristic of that nature, or implied by that concept. But this represents exactly what Socrates shares with others men, as opposed to the set of his acci ...
... places, the portion of matter that are taken up by its existence. So for example, Socrates is a man, and he necessarily enjoys all properties characteristic of that nature, or implied by that concept. But this represents exactly what Socrates shares with others men, as opposed to the set of his acci ...
All About Arguments I. What is an Argument? II
... Let’s get acquainted with some common fallacies (specific forms of flawed argumentation) so we can a) recognize flawed arguments and diagnose their specific problems, and b) be more likely to make good arguments in our own speech and writing, by avoiding these argumentative pitfalls. There are dozen ...
... Let’s get acquainted with some common fallacies (specific forms of flawed argumentation) so we can a) recognize flawed arguments and diagnose their specific problems, and b) be more likely to make good arguments in our own speech and writing, by avoiding these argumentative pitfalls. There are dozen ...
Applied Moral Philosophy
... relevantly similar circumstances and not all differences in situations amount to relevant dissimilarity in circumstances. A particular claim is explained and justified by a moral general claim from which it can be derived; and the same goes for limited general claims that are hemmed in by conditions ...
... relevantly similar circumstances and not all differences in situations amount to relevant dissimilarity in circumstances. A particular claim is explained and justified by a moral general claim from which it can be derived; and the same goes for limited general claims that are hemmed in by conditions ...
Word
... tells us, we are always ignorant of the future to some extent and we ought not to pretend we know more about it than we do (James 4:13-16). Job’s friends were wrong to think that they knew the reasons for his torment, and Job himself had to be humbled as God reminded him of his ignorance (Job 38-42) ...
... tells us, we are always ignorant of the future to some extent and we ought not to pretend we know more about it than we do (James 4:13-16). Job’s friends were wrong to think that they knew the reasons for his torment, and Job himself had to be humbled as God reminded him of his ignorance (Job 38-42) ...
Morality - General Guide To Personal and Societies Web Space at
... standards. Most obviously, there can be normative questions concerning attitudes, like belief, that we don’t generally include within the ethical, whereas morality is part of ethics by anyone’s reckoning. What to believe, at least on non-ethical matters, is a question of normative epistemology, not ...
... standards. Most obviously, there can be normative questions concerning attitudes, like belief, that we don’t generally include within the ethical, whereas morality is part of ethics by anyone’s reckoning. What to believe, at least on non-ethical matters, is a question of normative epistemology, not ...
Lecture 1
... he says, „even if they are not methods of discovery, it would not be less true that they are the sole methods of proof‟3. Mill‟s methods fail to perform either of the two functions for the simple reason that in either case the successful performance involves factors that go beyond the methods or rul ...
... he says, „even if they are not methods of discovery, it would not be less true that they are the sole methods of proof‟3. Mill‟s methods fail to perform either of the two functions for the simple reason that in either case the successful performance involves factors that go beyond the methods or rul ...
Psychological Egoism - K
... By definition, in acting we strive to achieve some end, and achieving that end is the purpose of our actions. The purpose, the motive, must be that of the person who acts, otherwise the purpose could not motivate the person to act. Defense 2: When the end for which we undertake an action is achieved ...
... By definition, in acting we strive to achieve some end, and achieving that end is the purpose of our actions. The purpose, the motive, must be that of the person who acts, otherwise the purpose could not motivate the person to act. Defense 2: When the end for which we undertake an action is achieved ...
Truth and Meaning
... position to see that it is probably false, but I do not expect many to agree with me about this. Since the publication of “Meaning and Truth,” truth-conditional semantics has been pretty much all the semantics there is. In the current climate, therefore, it is something of a challenge to get philoso ...
... position to see that it is probably false, but I do not expect many to agree with me about this. Since the publication of “Meaning and Truth,” truth-conditional semantics has been pretty much all the semantics there is. In the current climate, therefore, it is something of a challenge to get philoso ...
Argument Mapping and Teaching Critical Thinking
... from the semantic web to provide a platform for employing argumentation schemes in legal reasoning. The model is an abstract functional specification of a computer program that can be implemented in any programming language. It defines structures for representing various elements of argumentation, a ...
... from the semantic web to provide a platform for employing argumentation schemes in legal reasoning. The model is an abstract functional specification of a computer program that can be implemented in any programming language. It defines structures for representing various elements of argumentation, a ...
Why the “veridic” is not any better than the “liar”
... position in this essay is this, that a sentence (conceived as a linguistic structure, such as the “veridic” or the “liar” or such as “Jack Sprat could eat no fat”) cannot have a truth-value (at least neither of the classical truth-values) if it does not express a thought. To put it in an Aristotelia ...
... position in this essay is this, that a sentence (conceived as a linguistic structure, such as the “veridic” or the “liar” or such as “Jack Sprat could eat no fat”) cannot have a truth-value (at least neither of the classical truth-values) if it does not express a thought. To put it in an Aristotelia ...
Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals
... according to the conception of laws, that is according to principles, i.e., have a will. Since the deduction of actions from principles requires reason, the will is nothing but practical reason. If reason infallibly determines the will, then the actions of such a being which are recognised as object ...
... according to the conception of laws, that is according to principles, i.e., have a will. Since the deduction of actions from principles requires reason, the will is nothing but practical reason. If reason infallibly determines the will, then the actions of such a being which are recognised as object ...
L. Notes - School of Computing
... believed that the moral principle could be summed up in what he called the Categorical Imperative. He had two formulations of this Imperative: 1) "Act only according to that maxim by which you can at the same time will that it should become a universal law" (this is very close to the Golden Rule of ...
... believed that the moral principle could be summed up in what he called the Categorical Imperative. He had two formulations of this Imperative: 1) "Act only according to that maxim by which you can at the same time will that it should become a universal law" (this is very close to the Golden Rule of ...
Connectivism Blog
... First, a new idea is often an old idea in today's context. For example, what is the new idea in constructivism? That people construct their own knowledge? Or the social, situated nature of learning? Or that knowledge is not something that exists outside of a knower? (i.e. there is no "there" out the ...
... First, a new idea is often an old idea in today's context. For example, what is the new idea in constructivism? That people construct their own knowledge? Or the social, situated nature of learning? Or that knowledge is not something that exists outside of a knower? (i.e. there is no "there" out the ...
History and Philosophy of Logic
... held at the time, and it results in a further belief Once, a philosopher told me that my belief in other minds "was [arrived at by] an inference, not an observation". Cohen and Nagel (^1934, 7f) have this straight when they write: "inference . . . is a temporal process . . . implication . . . is an ...
... held at the time, and it results in a further belief Once, a philosopher told me that my belief in other minds "was [arrived at by] an inference, not an observation". Cohen and Nagel (^1934, 7f) have this straight when they write: "inference . . . is a temporal process . . . implication . . . is an ...
14 pages
... the perfect or Ideal State in which universal Justice finds its place. Aristotle realized the “Separation of Sciences” as the main difference from Plato’s work. Plato at his time written on metaphysical, theological, ethical, educational, and physical ideas as parts of a Synthetic System as he calle ...
... the perfect or Ideal State in which universal Justice finds its place. Aristotle realized the “Separation of Sciences” as the main difference from Plato’s work. Plato at his time written on metaphysical, theological, ethical, educational, and physical ideas as parts of a Synthetic System as he calle ...
Thinking Animals and the Reference of
... than two, in fact, for if there is such a thing as your head, there are other parts of you that include your brain and raise the same problem. How could you ever know which one you are? You may think you’re the person: the whole human being. But whatever you think, your head thinks also. So your he ...
... than two, in fact, for if there is such a thing as your head, there are other parts of you that include your brain and raise the same problem. How could you ever know which one you are? You may think you’re the person: the whole human being. But whatever you think, your head thinks also. So your he ...
Philosophy of Teaching Statements
... Philosophy of teaching statements are concise statements of what you believe about the teaching and learning of languages, and possibly also about education in general. Most sources recommend that you keep your teaching philosophy statement between one and two pages in length, covering what you beli ...
... Philosophy of teaching statements are concise statements of what you believe about the teaching and learning of languages, and possibly also about education in general. Most sources recommend that you keep your teaching philosophy statement between one and two pages in length, covering what you beli ...
24.251 Lecture 2: Meaning and reference
... Does every meaningful chunk of language have both sense and reference? What about sentences? A sentence’s sense is the proposition it expresses, or in Frege-speak the “thought” (der Gedanke). What is the reference? An implicit theme is now made explicit. Meaning is compositional (C), which implies s ...
... Does every meaningful chunk of language have both sense and reference? What about sentences? A sentence’s sense is the proposition it expresses, or in Frege-speak the “thought” (der Gedanke). What is the reference? An implicit theme is now made explicit. Meaning is compositional (C), which implies s ...
Casey - Ethics in A Man for All Seasons.fm
... The refusal visibly dramatizes what Bolt means by the fixity of selfhood. To take an oath, as Bolt understands it, is to commit oneself in an exceptional way to a statement (xiii). In the case of a loan, one offers something as security on the loan, but in the case of an oath one offers one’s own se ...
... The refusal visibly dramatizes what Bolt means by the fixity of selfhood. To take an oath, as Bolt understands it, is to commit oneself in an exceptional way to a statement (xiii). In the case of a loan, one offers something as security on the loan, but in the case of an oath one offers one’s own se ...
introduction: the task of thinking reality
... contemplation and thought itself. Schmitz elucidates the origins of the contemplative insight into things that lies at the heart of metaphysics. The Greeks called this approach to things theoria, which comes from the word theoros, a word which means "one who sees." The "one who sees" is the theoros, ...
... contemplation and thought itself. Schmitz elucidates the origins of the contemplative insight into things that lies at the heart of metaphysics. The Greeks called this approach to things theoria, which comes from the word theoros, a word which means "one who sees." The "one who sees" is the theoros, ...