trilogy 三部曲 obscure = delphic 隐晦的 Idealism 唯心主义 entity 实体
... Adam Smith – The invisible hand and Market Economy The Wealth of Nations As every individual, therefore, endeavors as mush as he can both to employ his capital in the support of domestic industry, and so to direct that industry that its produce may be of the greatest value; every individual necessar ...
... Adam Smith – The invisible hand and Market Economy The Wealth of Nations As every individual, therefore, endeavors as mush as he can both to employ his capital in the support of domestic industry, and so to direct that industry that its produce may be of the greatest value; every individual necessar ...
Paradoxes: fun with logic! - The Philosophy Foundation
... What would it mean if the statement below were false, as the statement above says? (Try to think about this). Then think about what it would mean if the statement above were true, as the statement below says. (Now think about it). It should make your head hurt trying to work it out, but you should a ...
... What would it mean if the statement below were false, as the statement above says? (Try to think about this). Then think about what it would mean if the statement above were true, as the statement below says. (Now think about it). It should make your head hurt trying to work it out, but you should a ...
Advances in Environmental Biology Mohammad Rezaei Afkham
... John Lock was one of the greatest philosophers of England and was born in 1632 and died at the age of 72 in 1704. But the most important piece of him was the philosophy book which is called “essay concerning human understanding”. It is said over and over that one of the complicated issues which has ...
... John Lock was one of the greatest philosophers of England and was born in 1632 and died at the age of 72 in 1704. But the most important piece of him was the philosophy book which is called “essay concerning human understanding”. It is said over and over that one of the complicated issues which has ...
LECTURE 2: APOLOGETICS AND PHILOSOPHY
... The thrust of philosophy and its subdivisions, and its usefulness for students, have been well explained in this excerpt from a local college catalog: Philosophy, often called the mother of the sciences, is the oldest academic discipline. Such fields as physics and politics have their origins in it, ...
... The thrust of philosophy and its subdivisions, and its usefulness for students, have been well explained in this excerpt from a local college catalog: Philosophy, often called the mother of the sciences, is the oldest academic discipline. Such fields as physics and politics have their origins in it, ...
What is Ethics? - ChristianEthics
... universal standard (e.g., Divine) by which to assess truth. This is moral subjectivism; it is the opposite of moral absolutism. ...
... universal standard (e.g., Divine) by which to assess truth. This is moral subjectivism; it is the opposite of moral absolutism. ...
HERE - BasicIncome.com
... The theist, like the moralist, may believe that his experiences are cognitive experiences, but, unless he can formulate his “knowledge” in propositions that are empirically verifiable, we may be sure that he is deceiving himself. It follows that those philosophers who fill their books with assertion ...
... The theist, like the moralist, may believe that his experiences are cognitive experiences, but, unless he can formulate his “knowledge” in propositions that are empirically verifiable, we may be sure that he is deceiving himself. It follows that those philosophers who fill their books with assertion ...
Class #2
... intellect, but a power from which no man can abstain. Anyone can say that he dispenses with a view of reality, knowledge, the good, but no one can implement this credo. The reason is that man, by his nature as a conceptual being, cannot function at all without some form of philosophy to serve as his ...
... intellect, but a power from which no man can abstain. Anyone can say that he dispenses with a view of reality, knowledge, the good, but no one can implement this credo. The reason is that man, by his nature as a conceptual being, cannot function at all without some form of philosophy to serve as his ...
Science, Philosophy, the Arts, and Religion
... What was right and wrong was just psychological conditioning, opinion or point of view There are no absolutes ...
... What was right and wrong was just psychological conditioning, opinion or point of view There are no absolutes ...
Albert Camus
... asked. . . .each man is questioned by life; and he can only answer to life by answering for his own life; to life he can only respond by being responsible.” –Frankl ...
... asked. . . .each man is questioned by life; and he can only answer to life by answering for his own life; to life he can only respond by being responsible.” –Frankl ...
Knowledge
... Questioning Is it possible that we have any knowledge at the level of certitude? one of the most difficult subject in epistemology ...
... Questioning Is it possible that we have any knowledge at the level of certitude? one of the most difficult subject in epistemology ...
Lecture 6 : The Concept of Mind in Upanisads
... very form of embodiment realizes the higher consciousness. In brief, the Upanisadic notion of mind address to the issue of the very conception of realization of one’s own identity (selfknowledge) as part of epistemic activities of life. The realization of the self as pure consciousness or Brahman is ...
... very form of embodiment realizes the higher consciousness. In brief, the Upanisadic notion of mind address to the issue of the very conception of realization of one’s own identity (selfknowledge) as part of epistemic activities of life. The realization of the self as pure consciousness or Brahman is ...
What`s in a word: philosophy, theology and thinking?
... would be surprised if this was not the case, there are commonalities in the ‘human condition’. The risk, for Hannam and Echeverria then is of imperialism by evoking within a global agenda a particular view of philosophy and philosophical practice. Whilst a scan of the index is not a scientific study ...
... would be surprised if this was not the case, there are commonalities in the ‘human condition’. The risk, for Hannam and Echeverria then is of imperialism by evoking within a global agenda a particular view of philosophy and philosophical practice. Whilst a scan of the index is not a scientific study ...
GUIDE AND REVIEW FOR FINAL EXAM IN PHILOSOPHY: As you
... is brought in through the back door in that question? Because if there’s evil, there’s good. If there’s good there has to be a moral law. If there’s a moral law there has to be a transcendent moral lawgiver. But that’s what the skeptic is trying to disprove and not prove. Because if there is no mora ...
... is brought in through the back door in that question? Because if there’s evil, there’s good. If there’s good there has to be a moral law. If there’s a moral law there has to be a transcendent moral lawgiver. But that’s what the skeptic is trying to disprove and not prove. Because if there is no mora ...
Intro to Moral Theories
... being a participant in a great societal debate spanning all of human history. These philosophers, in their time, attacked the philosophers that had come before them and provided a new path. The issues ...
... being a participant in a great societal debate spanning all of human history. These philosophers, in their time, attacked the philosophers that had come before them and provided a new path. The issues ...
L13-421-15-11-16-15
... throughout the study of logic. It can hardly be said to involve reasoning; for reasoning reaches a conclusion, and asserts it to be true however matters may seem; while in Phenomenology there is no assertion except that there are certain seemings; and even these are not, and cannot be asserted, beca ...
... throughout the study of logic. It can hardly be said to involve reasoning; for reasoning reaches a conclusion, and asserts it to be true however matters may seem; while in Phenomenology there is no assertion except that there are certain seemings; and even these are not, and cannot be asserted, beca ...
“Encyclopedia” Excerpts from the entry in the Encyclopédie (1751
... seek the rules in classical authors but in nature, when men could be conscious of what is false and what is true about so many arbitrary treatises on aesthetics: and I take the term treatise on aesthetics in its most general meaning, that of a system of given rules to which it is claimed that one mu ...
... seek the rules in classical authors but in nature, when men could be conscious of what is false and what is true about so many arbitrary treatises on aesthetics: and I take the term treatise on aesthetics in its most general meaning, that of a system of given rules to which it is claimed that one mu ...
Moral Development
... Criticisms of Kohlberg's Theory of Moral Development: Does moral reasoning necessarily lead to moral behaviour? Kohlberg's theory is concerned with moral thinking, but there is a big difference between knowing what we ought to do versus our actual actions. Is justice the only aspect of moral reasoni ...
... Criticisms of Kohlberg's Theory of Moral Development: Does moral reasoning necessarily lead to moral behaviour? Kohlberg's theory is concerned with moral thinking, but there is a big difference between knowing what we ought to do versus our actual actions. Is justice the only aspect of moral reasoni ...
Two Cartesian Topics – Scepticism and the Mind
... events in the brain, but itself causally inert. (this account is particularly hard to square with evolution – how could such a mind evolve?) ...
... events in the brain, but itself causally inert. (this account is particularly hard to square with evolution – how could such a mind evolve?) ...
Meditations on First Philosophy
... Insane hallucinations and dreams. "There are no certain indications by which we may clearly distinguish wakefulness from sleep.” Dreams are about corporeal things. Therefore senses cannot be trusted. Conclusion Sciences that deal with composite things - physics, astronomy, medicine, etc. - are "dubi ...
... Insane hallucinations and dreams. "There are no certain indications by which we may clearly distinguish wakefulness from sleep.” Dreams are about corporeal things. Therefore senses cannot be trusted. Conclusion Sciences that deal with composite things - physics, astronomy, medicine, etc. - are "dubi ...
aag - Minds & Machines Home
... The second alien says: “It said it was a Larpal.” The third alien says to the second alien: “You are a liar!” To which culture does the third alien belong? ...
... The second alien says: “It said it was a Larpal.” The third alien says to the second alien: “You are a liar!” To which culture does the third alien belong? ...
Why Should We Believe Moral Claims?
... so far only, as the term Moral Philosophy is confined to this knowledge and to the knowledge of the parallel immediacy of the apprehension of the goodness of the various virtues and of good dispositions generally, is there such a thing as Moral Philosophy. 11 His use of the term “self-evidence” enco ...
... so far only, as the term Moral Philosophy is confined to this knowledge and to the knowledge of the parallel immediacy of the apprehension of the goodness of the various virtues and of good dispositions generally, is there such a thing as Moral Philosophy. 11 His use of the term “self-evidence” enco ...
Section 5.4: Russell`s Paradox
... operations of multiplication and addition. With these operations defined, we can then construct the real number system and consequently, differential calculus. This ambitious project was pursued by a number of mathematicians and philosophers, most notably Frege, Russell and Whitehead. This project c ...
... operations of multiplication and addition. With these operations defined, we can then construct the real number system and consequently, differential calculus. This ambitious project was pursued by a number of mathematicians and philosophers, most notably Frege, Russell and Whitehead. This project c ...
Error theory
... reasons and values, if they exist, aren’t going to be like physical properties. Are psychological states ‘part of the fabric of the world’? They certainly exist – whether one is happy or in pain is a psychological fact. But, of course, it isn’t a mind-independent fact. So not all objective facts are ...
... reasons and values, if they exist, aren’t going to be like physical properties. Are psychological states ‘part of the fabric of the world’? They certainly exist – whether one is happy or in pain is a psychological fact. But, of course, it isn’t a mind-independent fact. So not all objective facts are ...
What is Philosophy?
... that the reason why he was philosophized was that “the unexamined life was not worth living.” Why? He observed that most people spent their time, energy, and resources on certain goals such as pursuing popularity, pleasure, and wealth without ever seriously asking whether these pursuits are importan ...
... that the reason why he was philosophized was that “the unexamined life was not worth living.” Why? He observed that most people spent their time, energy, and resources on certain goals such as pursuing popularity, pleasure, and wealth without ever seriously asking whether these pursuits are importan ...
From Classical to Contemporary
... reason to accuse him. Not only does he tell us about the good regime, but we see his effect on the young men he was said to have corrupted. Socrates, in leading them to a justice which is not Athenian, or even Greek, but is rather human, precisely because it is rational, shows the way to the truth a ...
... reason to accuse him. Not only does he tell us about the good regime, but we see his effect on the young men he was said to have corrupted. Socrates, in leading them to a justice which is not Athenian, or even Greek, but is rather human, precisely because it is rational, shows the way to the truth a ...