Review of Kieran Setiya`s Knowing Right from Wrong
... impossible: “Since I know that torture is wrong, that courage is a virtue, that there is reason to care about people other than oneself, and since I think that you know it, too, constitutive independence [of moral facts] has to go” (115). (Well, one philosopher’s modus ponens is, as they say, anothe ...
... impossible: “Since I know that torture is wrong, that courage is a virtue, that there is reason to care about people other than oneself, and since I think that you know it, too, constitutive independence [of moral facts] has to go” (115). (Well, one philosopher’s modus ponens is, as they say, anothe ...
1 PHIL 2303: Human Nature and the Meaning of Life Prof
... unknown facts from known facts. But Hume claims that no such inference is permissible in moral deliberation. We cannot reach a moral judgment until all the facts are made available to us. In the disquisitions of the understanding, from known circumstances and relations, we infer some new and unknown ...
... unknown facts from known facts. But Hume claims that no such inference is permissible in moral deliberation. We cannot reach a moral judgment until all the facts are made available to us. In the disquisitions of the understanding, from known circumstances and relations, we infer some new and unknown ...
Human Personhood from a Kantian Perspective
... they are a person. Personhood does not depend on what one can or cannot do; all that matters is that one is a biological human being. Kant‟s opinions on the world and how it works are confusing. Yet his insights on reason and human knowledge lead us to believe that he views humans as having intrinsi ...
... they are a person. Personhood does not depend on what one can or cannot do; all that matters is that one is a biological human being. Kant‟s opinions on the world and how it works are confusing. Yet his insights on reason and human knowledge lead us to believe that he views humans as having intrinsi ...
slides
... The certainty of his theory of thin films can be established by the evidence of the senses: "For confirmation of all this I need alledg no more then that it is mathematically demonstrable from my former Principles. But yet I shall add that they wch please to take the paines may by the testimony of t ...
... The certainty of his theory of thin films can be established by the evidence of the senses: "For confirmation of all this I need alledg no more then that it is mathematically demonstrable from my former Principles. But yet I shall add that they wch please to take the paines may by the testimony of t ...
PHILOSOPHY 104 – FALL 2008 (TED STOLZE)
... “opting in” (EX: Organ donation in Austria vs. Germany => or even a 1% automatic employer deduction/donation). Singer’s adapting of Marx: “In terms of demandingness, the philosophers have only interpreted our moral obligations in the world as we find it; the point, however, is to change it.” ...
... “opting in” (EX: Organ donation in Austria vs. Germany => or even a 1% automatic employer deduction/donation). Singer’s adapting of Marx: “In terms of demandingness, the philosophers have only interpreted our moral obligations in the world as we find it; the point, however, is to change it.” ...
Lesson Plan: Descarte`s Rationalism
... 2. Plato believed in two different worlds: the world of sense experience and the world of ideas. The latter one is the source of ultimate truth. The Form of the Good is the highest of all forms and is divine. Knowledge of the Form of the Good is knowing the true nature of all things and also of mora ...
... 2. Plato believed in two different worlds: the world of sense experience and the world of ideas. The latter one is the source of ultimate truth. The Form of the Good is the highest of all forms and is divine. Knowledge of the Form of the Good is knowing the true nature of all things and also of mora ...
Philosophy 120 Symbolic Logic I H. Hamner Hill
... Justification and Discovery • Ramanujan was one of the greatest mathematicians of the 20th Century. Today’s mathematicians are still trying to prove some of his theorems. • He insisted that his ideas came to him in dreams, presented by the Goddess Namakaal. Even if this is true, it doesn’t concern ...
... Justification and Discovery • Ramanujan was one of the greatest mathematicians of the 20th Century. Today’s mathematicians are still trying to prove some of his theorems. • He insisted that his ideas came to him in dreams, presented by the Goddess Namakaal. Even if this is true, it doesn’t concern ...
philosophy_assignment_chap_19_1
... employed in ethical discourse so that people are better positioned to interrogate principles of action in ethical reasoning. The issues addressed in metaethics do not concern determining the rightness or wrongness of an action rather they have to do with terms like- right, wrong, good, bad,morality ...
... employed in ethical discourse so that people are better positioned to interrogate principles of action in ethical reasoning. The issues addressed in metaethics do not concern determining the rightness or wrongness of an action rather they have to do with terms like- right, wrong, good, bad,morality ...
CS 150: Computing from Ada to the Web
... • What instances are there in this room? • What differentiates one instance from another? ...
... • What instances are there in this room? • What differentiates one instance from another? ...
moral imperative
... • How do you see these ideas shaping society? • Are they universal moral laws? • If many of the tenets seem similar among the major religions of the world, why are there so many problems and wars that stem from religion? ...
... • How do you see these ideas shaping society? • Are they universal moral laws? • If many of the tenets seem similar among the major religions of the world, why are there so many problems and wars that stem from religion? ...
William Talbott, Which Rights Should Be Universal
... Talbott thinks that extreme moral relativism is “deeply incoherent” and that cultural relativism about internal norms is “intellectually unstable.” The Cultural Imperialism Argument for extreme moral relativism Talbott considers extreme moral relativism “wishy-washy” Conquistador example T ...
... Talbott thinks that extreme moral relativism is “deeply incoherent” and that cultural relativism about internal norms is “intellectually unstable.” The Cultural Imperialism Argument for extreme moral relativism Talbott considers extreme moral relativism “wishy-washy” Conquistador example T ...
Chapter 1 - The Philosophical Enterprise
... Section 1.1 - Explaining the Possibility of the Impossible: Philosophical Problems and Theories 1. Philosophical beliefs can be divided into three broad categories: metaphysics, epistemology, and ethics. 2. Our thoughts and action are influenced by our philosophical beliefs, as witnessed by people i ...
... Section 1.1 - Explaining the Possibility of the Impossible: Philosophical Problems and Theories 1. Philosophical beliefs can be divided into three broad categories: metaphysics, epistemology, and ethics. 2. Our thoughts and action are influenced by our philosophical beliefs, as witnessed by people i ...
Rationalist Epistemology
... The statement of the so-called Socratic paradox appears at 77c-78b. The Socratic paradox is Socrates’ apparent claim that arete is a kind of knowledge, and vice a kind of ignorance. It is a paradox (an odd or unusual claim) because people usually think a person can know the good and still fail to do ...
... The statement of the so-called Socratic paradox appears at 77c-78b. The Socratic paradox is Socrates’ apparent claim that arete is a kind of knowledge, and vice a kind of ignorance. It is a paradox (an odd or unusual claim) because people usually think a person can know the good and still fail to do ...
I, Robot
... 4. Why does the Doctor think the Three Laws will eventually lead to revolution? Are his reasons convincing? 5. The dead scientist, in a voice over, ponders whether the “random segments of code,” the “perceptual schema becoming consciousness,” “the difference engine becoming the search for truth,” an ...
... 4. Why does the Doctor think the Three Laws will eventually lead to revolution? Are his reasons convincing? 5. The dead scientist, in a voice over, ponders whether the “random segments of code,” the “perceptual schema becoming consciousness,” “the difference engine becoming the search for truth,” an ...
What is Metaphysics?
... concepts, minds are real, due to the a priori notions of the mind. • Reality then can consist of both Matter and IdeasDualism, material and immaterial exists- body and mindbut how does one explain the relation between the two due to their different nature? • Pragmatism: Unlike Plato and Aristotle, w ...
... concepts, minds are real, due to the a priori notions of the mind. • Reality then can consist of both Matter and IdeasDualism, material and immaterial exists- body and mindbut how does one explain the relation between the two due to their different nature? • Pragmatism: Unlike Plato and Aristotle, w ...
Class #2 - 3-18-13
... Dualism is the view that all of reality is divided into two kinds of things. Thus, if you believe that all of reality is divided between the realm of God and the physical universe, or that there is a "higher world" and a "lower world", or that reality is composed of spirit and matter, you are a dual ...
... Dualism is the view that all of reality is divided into two kinds of things. Thus, if you believe that all of reality is divided between the realm of God and the physical universe, or that there is a "higher world" and a "lower world", or that reality is composed of spirit and matter, you are a dual ...
Philosophy 219
... Given that different moral theories emphasize different principles, 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, ...
... Given that different moral theories emphasize different principles, 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, ...
Introduction to Moral Theory
... these two very common "moral theories" do not satisfy the evaluative constraints which moral theories should satisfy. At the very least, this fact calls into question the ability of these two ways of thinking about morality to do the work we ask of moral theories. When we review later in the semeste ...
... these two very common "moral theories" do not satisfy the evaluative constraints which moral theories should satisfy. At the very least, this fact calls into question the ability of these two ways of thinking about morality to do the work we ask of moral theories. When we review later in the semeste ...
Session 12: Intuitionism
... Few suppose, however, that, once these two criteria have been fixed, statements involving quantification over real numbers have thereby all been rendered true or false; to achieve that, it would be generally agreed that further specifications on our part were required, in some fashion circumscribing ...
... Few suppose, however, that, once these two criteria have been fixed, statements involving quantification over real numbers have thereby all been rendered true or false; to achieve that, it would be generally agreed that further specifications on our part were required, in some fashion circumscribing ...
Essay no. 40
... that there are social rules. Both philosophers we´re wrong. Firstly because in a Sartrean vision our essence, our personality etc., only comes about after our existence. So we can´t all be innately good or bad. Also because good and bad are judgments that other people create about us and this is nev ...
... that there are social rules. Both philosophers we´re wrong. Firstly because in a Sartrean vision our essence, our personality etc., only comes about after our existence. So we can´t all be innately good or bad. Also because good and bad are judgments that other people create about us and this is nev ...
Notes on Jamieson, chapter 3
... planet’s geology and biology. What he destroys is of great beauty and majesty, but he defends his action by saying that it doesn’t matter, since it will never again be appreciated or valued by anyone. Do we accept Fred’s justification, or do we think that what he did was wrong?” (p. 74) ...
... planet’s geology and biology. What he destroys is of great beauty and majesty, but he defends his action by saying that it doesn’t matter, since it will never again be appreciated or valued by anyone. Do we accept Fred’s justification, or do we think that what he did was wrong?” (p. 74) ...
epistemological puzzles alexandru anghelescu, laurenţiu rozylowicz
... and evolve into another being. To be means to know, as the “father Parmenides” would put it. That simplest\oldest being did not have an M0: from the moment it started to exist, it knew something. We notice here one presupposition of evolutionism: that there was a start, whether the start of the univ ...
... and evolve into another being. To be means to know, as the “father Parmenides” would put it. That simplest\oldest being did not have an M0: from the moment it started to exist, it knew something. We notice here one presupposition of evolutionism: that there was a start, whether the start of the univ ...
This dissertation is a critique of three strands of recent
... problem is with the naturalists’ use of the concept of “belief.” I argue that naturalistic philosophy of mind, while perhaps acceptable for other purposes, does not deliver a concept of “belief” consistent with the constraints and needs of naturalized epistemology. I achieve this by offering a taxon ...
... problem is with the naturalists’ use of the concept of “belief.” I argue that naturalistic philosophy of mind, while perhaps acceptable for other purposes, does not deliver a concept of “belief” consistent with the constraints and needs of naturalized epistemology. I achieve this by offering a taxon ...
Engleska književnost od renesanse do neoklasicizma Simon Ryle
... They [the oxen and sheep] consume, destroy, and devour whole fields, houses, and cities. For look in what parts of the realm doth grow the finest and therefore the dearest wool. There noblemen and gentlemen, yea, and certain abbots, holy men no doubt, not contenting themselves with the yearly reven ...
... They [the oxen and sheep] consume, destroy, and devour whole fields, houses, and cities. For look in what parts of the realm doth grow the finest and therefore the dearest wool. There noblemen and gentlemen, yea, and certain abbots, holy men no doubt, not contenting themselves with the yearly reven ...