Review of Frank Jackson, From Metaphysics to Ethics: A
... A perhaps surprising consequence is that "the way [colors] look does not reveal their essential nature" (102). But "revelation" was never part of our folk theory of color anyway. It must be conceded too that, insofar as different physical properties make things look yellow on different occasions, th ...
... A perhaps surprising consequence is that "the way [colors] look does not reveal their essential nature" (102). But "revelation" was never part of our folk theory of color anyway. It must be conceded too that, insofar as different physical properties make things look yellow on different occasions, th ...
Pojman: What is Moral Philosophy?
... In morality, by contrast, bad intentions may sometimes amount to a moral wrong. E.g.: I (lawfully) obtain a weapon with the intent to kill someone—for selfish reasons (I want to inherit his money, say). At the last minute I am prevented from acting (perhaps someone steals the weapon). I may not have ...
... In morality, by contrast, bad intentions may sometimes amount to a moral wrong. E.g.: I (lawfully) obtain a weapon with the intent to kill someone—for selfish reasons (I want to inherit his money, say). At the last minute I am prevented from acting (perhaps someone steals the weapon). I may not have ...
Feel or perspective? - Animal Studies Repository
... another. A subjective perspective is underwritten by the fact that one and only one mechanism has access to these operations (or, if there is more than one monitoring mechanism, it belongs to the same brain). Even if this were true, however, it would do little to explain phenomenal feel: there is no ...
... another. A subjective perspective is underwritten by the fact that one and only one mechanism has access to these operations (or, if there is more than one monitoring mechanism, it belongs to the same brain). Even if this were true, however, it would do little to explain phenomenal feel: there is no ...
Dilemmas and Models
... If the proof is supposed to justify the belief in numbers, then the existence of numbers cannot be assumed or presupposed at any point in the above proof. However, it is clear that the above proof does presuppose that ...
... If the proof is supposed to justify the belief in numbers, then the existence of numbers cannot be assumed or presupposed at any point in the above proof. However, it is clear that the above proof does presuppose that ...
paradox - Mehmet
... but cannot afford to do so without stealing, which would be wrong (the injunction). ...
... but cannot afford to do so without stealing, which would be wrong (the injunction). ...
Each of the two essays should be approximately 800 words, which is
... On the test, four of these criticisms will be offered for you to discuss. First, then, it will be objected that by the foregoing principles all that is real and substantial in nature is banished out of the world, and instead thereof a chimerical scheme of ideas takes place. All things that exist, ex ...
... On the test, four of these criticisms will be offered for you to discuss. First, then, it will be objected that by the foregoing principles all that is real and substantial in nature is banished out of the world, and instead thereof a chimerical scheme of ideas takes place. All things that exist, ex ...
Kantian Ethics (Duty and Reason)
... morality is based on reason instead of emotion – it becomes consistent and equal to everyone. • Kant argued that if a moral rule cannot be applied to all people at all times then it is meaningless. ...
... morality is based on reason instead of emotion – it becomes consistent and equal to everyone. • Kant argued that if a moral rule cannot be applied to all people at all times then it is meaningless. ...
Kantian Ethics (Duty and Reason)
... morality is based on reason instead of emotion – it becomes consistent and equal to everyone. • Kant argued that if a moral rule cannot be applied to all people at all times then it is meaningless. ...
... morality is based on reason instead of emotion – it becomes consistent and equal to everyone. • Kant argued that if a moral rule cannot be applied to all people at all times then it is meaningless. ...
Metaphysics As Speculative Nonsense
... ‘falsification’ principle. Anthony Flew argued that for a claim to be genuine meaningful, for it to be asserting something, it must be falsifiable. That is, there must be a test that could be used to establish that it is false. ‘All swans are white’ can easily be proven false – we only need find one ...
... ‘falsification’ principle. Anthony Flew argued that for a claim to be genuine meaningful, for it to be asserting something, it must be falsifiable. That is, there must be a test that could be used to establish that it is false. ‘All swans are white’ can easily be proven false – we only need find one ...
Philosophy Papers - Warren Wilson College
... Argument/Thesis Statement The whole point of a philosophy paper is to advance a specific thesis. It is the boss of your paper, to which everything else must answer. Remember, a thesis is a single claim on a distinct topic that you can support with evidence. Although there are very many different kin ...
... Argument/Thesis Statement The whole point of a philosophy paper is to advance a specific thesis. It is the boss of your paper, to which everything else must answer. Remember, a thesis is a single claim on a distinct topic that you can support with evidence. Although there are very many different kin ...
001-004 INTRO-SUMARIO 2015.indd
... something that philosophers aim to understand. The second reason for thinking that the project of constructing normative philosophical theories about the scientific method makes sense comes from within philosophy itself. In the twentieth century, logic became more and more of a mathematical discipli ...
... something that philosophers aim to understand. The second reason for thinking that the project of constructing normative philosophical theories about the scientific method makes sense comes from within philosophy itself. In the twentieth century, logic became more and more of a mathematical discipli ...
PHIL 1115 - Ursula Stange
... both a body and a mind. Some would prefer to say that every human being is both a body and a mind. His body and his mind are ordinarily harnessed together, but after the death of the body his mind may continue to exist and function. Gilbert Ryle --------------------------------------------Mark Twai ...
... both a body and a mind. Some would prefer to say that every human being is both a body and a mind. His body and his mind are ordinarily harnessed together, but after the death of the body his mind may continue to exist and function. Gilbert Ryle --------------------------------------------Mark Twai ...
1 Philosophy of New Times. Rationalism and empiricism
... Earlier concepts of the existence of "innate ideas" were the subject of debate between the Continental rationalists and the British empiricists in the 17th century through the late 18th century. John Locke, George Berkeley, and David Hume were the primary exponents of empiricism. Responding to the ...
... Earlier concepts of the existence of "innate ideas" were the subject of debate between the Continental rationalists and the British empiricists in the 17th century through the late 18th century. John Locke, George Berkeley, and David Hume were the primary exponents of empiricism. Responding to the ...
lesson 1._Intro_ethical_language
... • Is it my own opinion? (The music of U2 or Muse) • Is it what God/a holy book says that we should do? (E.g. do not steal) Write down whether you agree or disagree with each of these definitions of what ‘good’ means and give reasons to support your answer NB: Can you see the categories beings used t ...
... • Is it my own opinion? (The music of U2 or Muse) • Is it what God/a holy book says that we should do? (E.g. do not steal) Write down whether you agree or disagree with each of these definitions of what ‘good’ means and give reasons to support your answer NB: Can you see the categories beings used t ...
Moral fictionalism - Victoria University of Wellington
... hold an error theory for practical normativity in general.) I do not want this issue to depend on any particular view of how we make such practical decisions. Let us just say that when morality is removed from the picture, what is practically called for is a matter of a cost-benefit analysis, where ...
... hold an error theory for practical normativity in general.) I do not want this issue to depend on any particular view of how we make such practical decisions. Let us just say that when morality is removed from the picture, what is practically called for is a matter of a cost-benefit analysis, where ...
Intro PowerPoint for Metaphysics
... Metaphysics: study of questions about the world left unanswered by the natural sciences, such as those regarding First Causes; Laws of the Universe; Mind/Body; Freedom/Determinism. First used by Aristotle who wrote first his Physics (concerning the physical world) and the Metaphysics (beyond the ...
... Metaphysics: study of questions about the world left unanswered by the natural sciences, such as those regarding First Causes; Laws of the Universe; Mind/Body; Freedom/Determinism. First used by Aristotle who wrote first his Physics (concerning the physical world) and the Metaphysics (beyond the ...
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... Ethics Discussion Question: Debate It; Take a position for or against Harris’ proposal for a “Survival Lottery.” Provide reasons and examples to support ...
... Ethics Discussion Question: Debate It; Take a position for or against Harris’ proposal for a “Survival Lottery.” Provide reasons and examples to support ...
Thomas Hippler
... self-confident about their work and about its importance” when carrying out their profession in the traditional way. When reading Thomas critical remark, it become clear to me to what extent my text is obscure. Admittedly, the paper I have written is not crystal-clear and to some extent I think tha ...
... self-confident about their work and about its importance” when carrying out their profession in the traditional way. When reading Thomas critical remark, it become clear to me to what extent my text is obscure. Admittedly, the paper I have written is not crystal-clear and to some extent I think tha ...
Mind Lectures 1
... If I say of myself that it is only from my own case that I know what the word “pain” means – must I not say the same of other people too? And how can I generalize the one case so irresponsibly? Suppose everyone had a box with something in it: we call it a “beetle”. No one can look into anyone else’s ...
... If I say of myself that it is only from my own case that I know what the word “pain” means – must I not say the same of other people too? And how can I generalize the one case so irresponsibly? Suppose everyone had a box with something in it: we call it a “beetle”. No one can look into anyone else’s ...
lecture1-Science
... As a result of evolution, increasingly complex living organisms arise that are able to survive and adapt to their environment. It means they are able to register inputs (data) from the environment, to structure those into information, and in more developed organisms into knowledge. The evolutionary ...
... As a result of evolution, increasingly complex living organisms arise that are able to survive and adapt to their environment. It means they are able to register inputs (data) from the environment, to structure those into information, and in more developed organisms into knowledge. The evolutionary ...
What is an Anthropology of the Contemporary?
... Over the last nine years there has been an on-going conversation and work on starting a collaboratory for work on the Anthropology of the Contemporary. The project was initiated by Professor Paul Rabinow and then graduate students Stephen Collier, Andrew Lakoff and Tobias Rees. The motivation for th ...
... Over the last nine years there has been an on-going conversation and work on starting a collaboratory for work on the Anthropology of the Contemporary. The project was initiated by Professor Paul Rabinow and then graduate students Stephen Collier, Andrew Lakoff and Tobias Rees. The motivation for th ...
Philosophy 220
... Given that different moral theories emphasize different values, you shouldn’t be surprised that when we start looking at specific theories, we will find that they highlight different features of our moral lives. In many cases, these differences mask an essential continuity in moral evaluations, but ...
... Given that different moral theories emphasize different values, you shouldn’t be surprised that when we start looking at specific theories, we will find that they highlight different features of our moral lives. In many cases, these differences mask an essential continuity in moral evaluations, but ...
Milton`s Attitude toward Knowledge in Paradise Lost
... By lik’ning spiritual to corporal forms, As may express them best, though ... (BK. Ⅴ, ll. 563-574) Here “high matter” naturally refers to heavenly knowledge, and as such is composed of “invisible exploits,” to relate which to human sense is a “sad task and hard” for Raphael, for it “surmounts the re ...
... By lik’ning spiritual to corporal forms, As may express them best, though ... (BK. Ⅴ, ll. 563-574) Here “high matter” naturally refers to heavenly knowledge, and as such is composed of “invisible exploits,” to relate which to human sense is a “sad task and hard” for Raphael, for it “surmounts the re ...
philosophy as a second order discipline
... resolve puzzles in order to aid our understanding of phenomena so as enable humans deal better with the phenomena in question. It may also be inferred from the way Milesian philosophers practiced philosophy that philosophy is a discipline in which reasons are adduced for any position held. In it, ra ...
... resolve puzzles in order to aid our understanding of phenomena so as enable humans deal better with the phenomena in question. It may also be inferred from the way Milesian philosophers practiced philosophy that philosophy is a discipline in which reasons are adduced for any position held. In it, ra ...
A-Logic and Computer Technology
... be valid if it proceeds from a possibly true premiss such as S to a contradiction. That the inference from S to a contradiction is derived by M-logic’s rules of “valid inference”, yet leads from a possibly true premiss to a contradiction is what makes it a logical paradox. Both of these two problems ...
... be valid if it proceeds from a possibly true premiss such as S to a contradiction. That the inference from S to a contradiction is derived by M-logic’s rules of “valid inference”, yet leads from a possibly true premiss to a contradiction is what makes it a logical paradox. Both of these two problems ...