INTRODUCTION (A) Mind in Indian philosophy
... The nervous system of the body provides the channels through which the mind travels; the direction in which it moves is determined by its desires and tendencies. When the mind becomes pure and desireless it takes the upward course and at the time of departing passes out through the imperceptible ope ...
... The nervous system of the body provides the channels through which the mind travels; the direction in which it moves is determined by its desires and tendencies. When the mind becomes pure and desireless it takes the upward course and at the time of departing passes out through the imperceptible ope ...
Not how the world is, is the mystical, but that it is. verseny 07 L
... this observation conclude that these kind of questions are nothng but utter nonsense, as a results of his strict and complete analisis of facts and statements, Wittgenstein founds a suprising but nonetheless logical solution of the problem: The answers to the philosphical questions are not facts of ...
... this observation conclude that these kind of questions are nothng but utter nonsense, as a results of his strict and complete analisis of facts and statements, Wittgenstein founds a suprising but nonetheless logical solution of the problem: The answers to the philosphical questions are not facts of ...
Evolutionary Theory and Morality: Why the Science Doesn`t Settle
... specific’) psychological mechanisms that originally emerged as adaptations for solving problems of social exchange faced by our Pleistocene ancestors, though they may or may not remain adaptive in current environments. 3 Again, I’m not going to deny that there’s some truth in that general idea. But ...
... specific’) psychological mechanisms that originally emerged as adaptations for solving problems of social exchange faced by our Pleistocene ancestors, though they may or may not remain adaptive in current environments. 3 Again, I’m not going to deny that there’s some truth in that general idea. But ...
Darwinian ethics and error - Victoria University of Wellington
... ripened fifty million years ago it would still be red, in so far as were a normal human to observe it in good viewing conditions (never mind that there weren’t any humans in existence) that human would have a certain response. We might say that this analysis makes colours existentially independent o ...
... ripened fifty million years ago it would still be red, in so far as were a normal human to observe it in good viewing conditions (never mind that there weren’t any humans in existence) that human would have a certain response. We might say that this analysis makes colours existentially independent o ...
Aristotle
... IV. THE CONTEMPORARY RELEVANCE OF ARISTOTLE’S ETHICS. The dominant views in philosophical ethics for the past two or three centuries have been rule-oriented theories. Normative ethical theories such as utilitarianism and Kantianism provide us with rules to decide what is the morally right thing to d ...
... IV. THE CONTEMPORARY RELEVANCE OF ARISTOTLE’S ETHICS. The dominant views in philosophical ethics for the past two or three centuries have been rule-oriented theories. Normative ethical theories such as utilitarianism and Kantianism provide us with rules to decide what is the morally right thing to d ...
Refining Reid`s Principle of Credulity
... thus, limited in adults, Reid acknowledges that it can be resisted or overridden. However, principles are different from dispositions, tendencies and propensities; these things should not be conflated. These observations lead me to the following refinement of Reid’s views: People do have a strong te ...
... thus, limited in adults, Reid acknowledges that it can be resisted or overridden. However, principles are different from dispositions, tendencies and propensities; these things should not be conflated. These observations lead me to the following refinement of Reid’s views: People do have a strong te ...
a_new_problem_for_th.. - University of St Andrews
... have a role in determining brain states. However only certain kinds of things can have a role in determining brain states. The brain is a part of the physical world and the succession of its states is determined by the physics of the brain and its environment. If someone were isolated within a limit ...
... have a role in determining brain states. However only certain kinds of things can have a role in determining brain states. The brain is a part of the physical world and the succession of its states is determined by the physics of the brain and its environment. If someone were isolated within a limit ...
UNIVERSITY OF CALICUT Indian Philosophy -Non Vedic schools II (Complementary)
... narrow part of the middle of inhabitable space. The rest of the inhabitable universe may contain gods or other spirits. While Jainism is dualistic—that is, matter and souls are thought to be entirely different types of substance—it is frequently said to be atheistic. What is denied is a creator god ...
... narrow part of the middle of inhabitable space. The rest of the inhabitable universe may contain gods or other spirits. While Jainism is dualistic—that is, matter and souls are thought to be entirely different types of substance—it is frequently said to be atheistic. What is denied is a creator god ...
Relativism and the Ontological Turn within Anthropology1
... of the brain (or Cartesian mind). Rather, objects and bodily actions in the environment are legitimately thought of as parts of the mind, and their use is part of thinking. Shifting beads on an abacus, on this view, is not essentially different from doing sums in one's head. The movement of the bea ...
... of the brain (or Cartesian mind). Rather, objects and bodily actions in the environment are legitimately thought of as parts of the mind, and their use is part of thinking. Shifting beads on an abacus, on this view, is not essentially different from doing sums in one's head. The movement of the bea ...
Of Self-Love - Sophia Project
... to make the widest difference in human characters, and denominate one man virtuous and humane, another vicious and meanly interested. I esteem the man whose self-love, by whatever means, is so directed as to give him a concern for others, and render him serviceable to society: as I hate or despise ...
... to make the widest difference in human characters, and denominate one man virtuous and humane, another vicious and meanly interested. I esteem the man whose self-love, by whatever means, is so directed as to give him a concern for others, and render him serviceable to society: as I hate or despise ...
Legitimacy of ethical norm and (dis)continuity of pedagogy of
... radicaly heteronymous character of ethical act is a concrete example of denial of Kant’s ethical ideal (autonomous morality). On the critique of enlightenment deontological ethics Levinas constructs not only a new view on basic ethical questions (about common good, ethical principles, and personal s ...
... radicaly heteronymous character of ethical act is a concrete example of denial of Kant’s ethical ideal (autonomous morality). On the critique of enlightenment deontological ethics Levinas constructs not only a new view on basic ethical questions (about common good, ethical principles, and personal s ...
Kripke, A Priori Knowledge, Necessity and Contingency
... Phosphorus = the star right there in the evening sky. The star right there in the morning sky = the star right there in the evening sky. Hesperus = Phosphorus ...
... Phosphorus = the star right there in the evening sky. The star right there in the morning sky = the star right there in the evening sky. Hesperus = Phosphorus ...
Basic Concepts and Distinctions - The University of Texas at Arlington
... Sentences, unlike propositions, are linguistic entities, which means that they are always in particular languages, such as English, German, Swahili, or Latin. Propositions, which are in no particular language, are what indicative (declarative) sentences express, assert, or signify.12 Two different i ...
... Sentences, unlike propositions, are linguistic entities, which means that they are always in particular languages, such as English, German, Swahili, or Latin. Propositions, which are in no particular language, are what indicative (declarative) sentences express, assert, or signify.12 Two different i ...
PDF - Postgraduate Journal of Aesthetics
... At least ‘internalists’ with regard to epistemic justification, who hold that S must have some kind of access to what makes them justified in believing that p, would say so. ...
... At least ‘internalists’ with regard to epistemic justification, who hold that S must have some kind of access to what makes them justified in believing that p, would say so. ...
A Semantic Paradox concerning Error Theory
... which are agent- or mind-dependent,” and “objective values” to be “values which are agent- or mind-independent.” Following Mackie’s piece, we’ll take error theory to be defined as given in E1.1. We should note that, while indeed E1 entails both ...
... which are agent- or mind-dependent,” and “objective values” to be “values which are agent- or mind-independent.” Following Mackie’s piece, we’ll take error theory to be defined as given in E1.1. We should note that, while indeed E1 entails both ...
Ashley Williamson B4 12/15/13 You see, I do believe that humans
... to act. Every day, we choose path A or path B, or item A or item B: we choose a course of action. The question is, what makes us choose our choice? Why did I choose A over B or B over A? Maybe I had been running and I had to choose either water or coffee after my run. I would most likely choose wate ...
... to act. Every day, we choose path A or path B, or item A or item B: we choose a course of action. The question is, what makes us choose our choice? Why did I choose A over B or B over A? Maybe I had been running and I had to choose either water or coffee after my run. I would most likely choose wate ...
Moral Luck, Self-cultivation, and Responsibility: The Confucian
... or influence their own existence. Such control might be possible if one were able to fully create oneself; if this were the case, then the creator of the future self is the past self. However, infinite regress is a likely consequence of such a process, and ultimately the very first self remains as ...
... or influence their own existence. Such control might be possible if one were able to fully create oneself; if this were the case, then the creator of the future self is the past self. However, infinite regress is a likely consequence of such a process, and ultimately the very first self remains as ...
madison_scholar08 - James Madison University
... opinions,” observed Goethe, “none may have exerted a greater effect on the human spirit than the doctrine of Copernicus.” iii It was Copernicus who made the Earth move under our feet, quite literally in fact. [PTOLEMY] In the 2nd Century A.D., the mathematician and astronomer Ptolemy proposed a mode ...
... opinions,” observed Goethe, “none may have exerted a greater effect on the human spirit than the doctrine of Copernicus.” iii It was Copernicus who made the Earth move under our feet, quite literally in fact. [PTOLEMY] In the 2nd Century A.D., the mathematician and astronomer Ptolemy proposed a mode ...
Philosophy 165: Epistemology
... 3. Descartes believed that being deceived by the senses only once was not sufficient to doubt them. 4. The Gettier Problem demonstrated that the JTB theory of knowledge lacked sufficient condition to prove the proposition: S knows that P. 5. Before Gettier most contemporary epistemologist had, for t ...
... 3. Descartes believed that being deceived by the senses only once was not sufficient to doubt them. 4. The Gettier Problem demonstrated that the JTB theory of knowledge lacked sufficient condition to prove the proposition: S knows that P. 5. Before Gettier most contemporary epistemologist had, for t ...
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... Now the argument that Skolem gave, and that shows that "the intuitive notion of a set" (if there is such a thing) is not "captured" by any formal system, shows that even a formalization of total science (if one could construct such a thing), or even a formalization of all our beliefs (whether they c ...
... Now the argument that Skolem gave, and that shows that "the intuitive notion of a set" (if there is such a thing) is not "captured" by any formal system, shows that even a formalization of total science (if one could construct such a thing), or even a formalization of all our beliefs (whether they c ...
Ancient Skepticism, for
... Ancient Skepticism, for Cambridge History of Moral Philosophy, eds. Sacha Golob and Jens Timmermann (5000 words) ...
... Ancient Skepticism, for Cambridge History of Moral Philosophy, eds. Sacha Golob and Jens Timmermann (5000 words) ...
Change for the Better: Conceptual Engineering and the Task of
... In the Introduction to Think, Simon Blackburn introduces himself as a practitioner of “conceptual engineering”. What we aim at “when we investigate the structures that shape our view of the world,” he observes, is an understanding of “what would happen for better or worse if changes were made”. The ...
... In the Introduction to Think, Simon Blackburn introduces himself as a practitioner of “conceptual engineering”. What we aim at “when we investigate the structures that shape our view of the world,” he observes, is an understanding of “what would happen for better or worse if changes were made”. The ...
existentialist philosophies and political decline
... certain time and place, and may not do so always. Problems of philosophy are outside of me, but they must be studied in relationship to me, for their very existence as problems depends upon me and my existence. The problem of defining the term existence occupies a major place in existentialist liter ...
... certain time and place, and may not do so always. Problems of philosophy are outside of me, but they must be studied in relationship to me, for their very existence as problems depends upon me and my existence. The problem of defining the term existence occupies a major place in existentialist liter ...
Ontological Justification: From Appearance to Reality
... atomism can be portrayed as a “two-tiered system” (Simons, 1992: 158). Its first tier involves identification of the formally atomic propositions – the atoms of our conceptualisations – by means of logical, conceptual and linguistic analysis. To obtain the second tier, not only formally, but also su ...
... atomism can be portrayed as a “two-tiered system” (Simons, 1992: 158). Its first tier involves identification of the formally atomic propositions – the atoms of our conceptualisations – by means of logical, conceptual and linguistic analysis. To obtain the second tier, not only formally, but also su ...