Scotus_God_First_Principle_et_al
... that we can say that anything which is essentially posterior [in this way] depends necessarily upon what is prior but not vice versa, even should the posterior at times proceed from it necessarily. These could also be called prior and posterior according to substance and species, as were the others ...
... that we can say that anything which is essentially posterior [in this way] depends necessarily upon what is prior but not vice versa, even should the posterior at times proceed from it necessarily. These could also be called prior and posterior according to substance and species, as were the others ...
scheler and philosophical anthropology
... and students of philosophy and in this article argue for a renewed interest in the work of Scheler. Scheler's philosophical career is generally divided into three periods according to his primary interests. The first period ends in 1912 and is characterized by his interest in Neo-Kantianism and ethi ...
... and students of philosophy and in this article argue for a renewed interest in the work of Scheler. Scheler's philosophical career is generally divided into three periods according to his primary interests. The first period ends in 1912 and is characterized by his interest in Neo-Kantianism and ethi ...
David Hume`s no-miracles argument begets a valid No
... enough, it was only late in the twentieth century that the question seems to have been addressed and an answer offered – indeed, more than one answer. That given by the Bayesian analysis of Gillies (1991) is a partial affirmative: the probability that the testimony is false is less than the prior pr ...
... enough, it was only late in the twentieth century that the question seems to have been addressed and an answer offered – indeed, more than one answer. That given by the Bayesian analysis of Gillies (1991) is a partial affirmative: the probability that the testimony is false is less than the prior pr ...
Rationalism, Sentimentalism, and Ralph Cudworth
... then—according to Cudworth’s TEIM—that mental item must originate in some non-rational part of our constitution. So for Cudworth’s TEIM, moral rationalism is the view that we grasp morality through our understanding of necessary propositions, and moral sentimentalism is the view that our grasp of mo ...
... then—according to Cudworth’s TEIM—that mental item must originate in some non-rational part of our constitution. So for Cudworth’s TEIM, moral rationalism is the view that we grasp morality through our understanding of necessary propositions, and moral sentimentalism is the view that our grasp of mo ...
Dreamless Sleep, the Embodied Mind, and Consciousness
... the autobiographical experience of being a person with a storyline, a thinking being who mentally travels in time. The first kind of embodied sense of self we experience immediately upon awakening, but as we reach automatically for the second kind of autobiographical sense of self, it sometimes goes ...
... the autobiographical experience of being a person with a storyline, a thinking being who mentally travels in time. The first kind of embodied sense of self we experience immediately upon awakening, but as we reach automatically for the second kind of autobiographical sense of self, it sometimes goes ...
A Survey of Mediaeval Philosophy, Version 2.0
... In some cases I changed Spade's formatting to make the printout look better (to me); often this is because I lost some of his original formatting. I have occasionally corrected obvious typos, and in at least one case I changed an `although' to a `but' so that the line would fit on the same page. Wit ...
... In some cases I changed Spade's formatting to make the printout look better (to me); often this is because I lost some of his original formatting. I have occasionally corrected obvious typos, and in at least one case I changed an `although' to a `but' so that the line would fit on the same page. Wit ...
Fourth Person. From the Impersonal to the Unavailable
... human beings? The answer should be much longer and deeper than the one I will be able to delineate. To begin with, a simple and straight question: Is the notion of immanence a truly post-metaphysical category of philosophical thought? It is quite hard to believe so. Deleuze himself seems perfectly a ...
... human beings? The answer should be much longer and deeper than the one I will be able to delineate. To begin with, a simple and straight question: Is the notion of immanence a truly post-metaphysical category of philosophical thought? It is quite hard to believe so. Deleuze himself seems perfectly a ...
ON GEACH ON GOOD
... value. They agree with Geach that there certainly are a number of attributive notions of goodness, but when it comes to morals, those notions are irrelevant, they think. What matters then is what is plainly better than what. The alternative Geachean view seems to be that there are moral questions of ...
... value. They agree with Geach that there certainly are a number of attributive notions of goodness, but when it comes to morals, those notions are irrelevant, they think. What matters then is what is plainly better than what. The alternative Geachean view seems to be that there are moral questions of ...
Aristotle`s Syllogistic and Core Logic
... a certain limited choice of ‘perfect’ syllogisms (which are in effect two-premise rules of inference), plus certain other deductive rules. By means of these rules, all other syllogisms can be derived from the perfect ones. (At this stage, the reader unaquainted with Aristotle’s syllogistic needs to ...
... a certain limited choice of ‘perfect’ syllogisms (which are in effect two-premise rules of inference), plus certain other deductive rules. By means of these rules, all other syllogisms can be derived from the perfect ones. (At this stage, the reader unaquainted with Aristotle’s syllogistic needs to ...
Govier`s Distinguishing A Priori from Inductive Arguments by
... bound in a certain way. The concept of this connection is something additional to the concept of having made a promise and is not contained in the latter as “ being unmarried” is contained in the concept of “bachelor.” To see why just look at the associated generalization again. To be true, it must ...
... bound in a certain way. The concept of this connection is something additional to the concept of having made a promise and is not contained in the latter as “ being unmarried” is contained in the concept of “bachelor.” To see why just look at the associated generalization again. To be true, it must ...
Metaphor in the Mind - Penn Arts and Sciences
... communicates that I’ve eaten breakfast today, and “loose talk,” as when I use “silent” to describe a house that is quiet except for the humming refrigerator and dripping faucet.) I am skeptical whether either a formalist or contextualist analysis of metaphor is really warranted (Camp “Critical Notic ...
... communicates that I’ve eaten breakfast today, and “loose talk,” as when I use “silent” to describe a house that is quiet except for the humming refrigerator and dripping faucet.) I am skeptical whether either a formalist or contextualist analysis of metaphor is really warranted (Camp “Critical Notic ...
The Paradox of Environmental Ethics.
... their lives in many ways. Moreover, moral interpretations of reality differ throughout history and within different cultures. Nietzsche emphasizes that there are numerous possible articulations of moral meaning in reality. However, moral values necessarily pretend to be more than contingent. Other t ...
... their lives in many ways. Moreover, moral interpretations of reality differ throughout history and within different cultures. Nietzsche emphasizes that there are numerous possible articulations of moral meaning in reality. However, moral values necessarily pretend to be more than contingent. Other t ...
Introspecting in the Twentieth Century
... experiences in their theorizing. This raises questions about the relationship between the apparently scorching critique of the use of introspection within psychology during the first part of the century, and the continued and relatively easy-going use of introspection in philosophical theorizing. On ...
... experiences in their theorizing. This raises questions about the relationship between the apparently scorching critique of the use of introspection within psychology during the first part of the century, and the continued and relatively easy-going use of introspection in philosophical theorizing. On ...
1 Making Sense of Nietzsche`s “Truths”: Slavery, Misogyny and
... slavery to a set of values. This does not even necessarily involve the “mind-control” or brainwashing of one group of people by another. Each person that blindly accepted the values handed down to them, perhaps through religion or the state, would be enslaved by their own inability to create new val ...
... slavery to a set of values. This does not even necessarily involve the “mind-control” or brainwashing of one group of people by another. Each person that blindly accepted the values handed down to them, perhaps through religion or the state, would be enslaved by their own inability to create new val ...
Plato: The Human as Soul a. Life and Works of a Philosopher The
... death offers the positive attainment of knowledge. Morally, philosophy purifies the soul, which attains the four cardinal virtues: wisdom, courage, moderation, and justice. Two problems arise because Socrates so clearly distinguishes principle from conclusion. Everything rests on his definition of ...
... death offers the positive attainment of knowledge. Morally, philosophy purifies the soul, which attains the four cardinal virtues: wisdom, courage, moderation, and justice. Two problems arise because Socrates so clearly distinguishes principle from conclusion. Everything rests on his definition of ...
Truth, Values, and the Value of Truth in International Relations
... rather choose accounts on the basis of ethical considerations.9 However, for Campbell truth is not simply an illusion, but also a violent practice. He argues that academic, journalistic, and diplomatic attempts to uncover the truth about Bosnia generally rely upon maps, censuses, and other data whic ...
... rather choose accounts on the basis of ethical considerations.9 However, for Campbell truth is not simply an illusion, but also a violent practice. He argues that academic, journalistic, and diplomatic attempts to uncover the truth about Bosnia generally rely upon maps, censuses, and other data whic ...
Empathy and Transformative Experiences without the First Person
... 3. Coming to feel as another person feels (“emotional contagion”) 4. Intuiting or projecting oneself into another’s situation 5. Imagining how another is thinking or feeling 6. Imagining how one would think and feel in the other’s place 7. Feeling distress at witnessing anoth ...
... 3. Coming to feel as another person feels (“emotional contagion”) 4. Intuiting or projecting oneself into another’s situation 5. Imagining how another is thinking or feeling 6. Imagining how one would think and feel in the other’s place 7. Feeling distress at witnessing anoth ...
Susan Wolf on moral perfection and the good life: a critical analysis
... than really is good for us? Is the ideal way of living according to moral theories not the life that we would want to pursue, even if we were living in perfect accordance with morality according to our standards? In other words, it might not always be ‘better to be morally better’ (Wolf 1982: 438). ...
... than really is good for us? Is the ideal way of living according to moral theories not the life that we would want to pursue, even if we were living in perfect accordance with morality according to our standards? In other words, it might not always be ‘better to be morally better’ (Wolf 1982: 438). ...
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... guilt feelings. By itself, the relevant evidence about brain deficits or injuries in children is obviously compatible with the existence of children who acquire morality without becoming susceptible to guilt feelings. Such abnormalities or injuries affect other emotions and capacities in addition to ...
... guilt feelings. By itself, the relevant evidence about brain deficits or injuries in children is obviously compatible with the existence of children who acquire morality without becoming susceptible to guilt feelings. Such abnormalities or injuries affect other emotions and capacities in addition to ...
Concrete Possible Worlds
... the world. The table also has numerous modal properties. The table could have been red (had it, for example, been painted red at the factory), but it could not, it seems, have been made of glass, not this very table; it is essentially made of wood. Just where to draw the line between the categorical ...
... the world. The table also has numerous modal properties. The table could have been red (had it, for example, been painted red at the factory), but it could not, it seems, have been made of glass, not this very table; it is essentially made of wood. Just where to draw the line between the categorical ...
aff evidence
... bang or decided on the fly by random particle events? In either case, you might worry that your decisions are not your own. If anything, quantum indeterminism makes matters worse, because within our decision-making process, we want determinism: your choices should flow from your needs and desires. A ...
... bang or decided on the fly by random particle events? In either case, you might worry that your decisions are not your own. If anything, quantum indeterminism makes matters worse, because within our decision-making process, we want determinism: your choices should flow from your needs and desires. A ...
Bill - Kyoo Lee
... Socrates won because lived his life on his terms. Not many people can say that they've done that. It's a risky lifestyle. Imagine no fear of death, no fear of authority. Socrates told the jury that he would not yield to any man contrary to what is right, for fear of death (Plato, Five Dialogues, pg ...
... Socrates won because lived his life on his terms. Not many people can say that they've done that. It's a risky lifestyle. Imagine no fear of death, no fear of authority. Socrates told the jury that he would not yield to any man contrary to what is right, for fear of death (Plato, Five Dialogues, pg ...
PDF version - Studies in the History of Ethics
... ‘Do good and avoid evil’ is trivial because the concept of a good action is simply that of an action that is to be done, and the concept of an evil action is that of one that is to be omitted. The principle attributed here to Richard Cumberland is actually one that is held, in various forms, by vir ...
... ‘Do good and avoid evil’ is trivial because the concept of a good action is simply that of an action that is to be done, and the concept of an evil action is that of one that is to be omitted. The principle attributed here to Richard Cumberland is actually one that is held, in various forms, by vir ...
The Best of Best Paul Kurtz` philosophy of humanism
... enjoy their personal delusions, as long as they don‟t harm others. The problem with Kurtz‟ term multisecularism could be that it has a ring of multiculturalism, and multiculturalism too often turns a blind eye to in-group intolerance, and thus tolerates intolerances in name of cultural diversity. Th ...
... enjoy their personal delusions, as long as they don‟t harm others. The problem with Kurtz‟ term multisecularism could be that it has a ring of multiculturalism, and multiculturalism too often turns a blind eye to in-group intolerance, and thus tolerates intolerances in name of cultural diversity. Th ...
Why did Hume call his Enquiry concerning the Principles of Morals
... concerning the Principles of Morals was ‘incomparably the best’? What standard of comparison did he use? And wouldn’t it even be nicer if we found out that to have this particular opinion was completely consistent with and that it actually followed naturally from Hume’s most basic views on philosoph ...
... concerning the Principles of Morals was ‘incomparably the best’? What standard of comparison did he use? And wouldn’t it even be nicer if we found out that to have this particular opinion was completely consistent with and that it actually followed naturally from Hume’s most basic views on philosoph ...