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... absolute standards against which moral questions can be judged—suggests that morals are not determined by societal or situational influences ...
... absolute standards against which moral questions can be judged—suggests that morals are not determined by societal or situational influences ...
Powerpoint - History and Philosophy of Science @ UCD
... absolute proof of consistency now looks impossible. • There are endless true arithmetical statements that cannot be formally deduced from given axioms by set of rules of inference. ...
... absolute proof of consistency now looks impossible. • There are endless true arithmetical statements that cannot be formally deduced from given axioms by set of rules of inference. ...
Correspondence, Coherence, and Pragmatic Theories of Truth
... “(3) But, as against what we have just said, it is to be observed that the truth or falsehood of a belief always depends upon something which lies outside the belief itself.” (Basically, the belief must correspond to a fact outside of the belief.) Hence: Correspondence Theory “The third of the ab ...
... “(3) But, as against what we have just said, it is to be observed that the truth or falsehood of a belief always depends upon something which lies outside the belief itself.” (Basically, the belief must correspond to a fact outside of the belief.) Hence: Correspondence Theory “The third of the ab ...
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101 Basic Issues in Philosophy [OC-H] This course is an introduction
... The purpose of The Ideal of Democracy is to think seriously and critically about the nature and moral justification of democracy and democratic institutions. Conceptions of democracy that are explicit or implicit in the civic traditions and diverse cultures in the United States will provide the prim ...
... The purpose of The Ideal of Democracy is to think seriously and critically about the nature and moral justification of democracy and democratic institutions. Conceptions of democracy that are explicit or implicit in the civic traditions and diverse cultures in the United States will provide the prim ...
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... 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 ...
Language sometimes is deceptive
... multiple levels of meaning, and connotations that make it difficult even for the speaker or author to know what it is s/he is saying. In other words, it may seem to the speaker or author that s/he is clear about what s/he thinks, and yet s/he may be clear only because s/he is not aware of variety of ...
... multiple levels of meaning, and connotations that make it difficult even for the speaker or author to know what it is s/he is saying. In other words, it may seem to the speaker or author that s/he is clear about what s/he thinks, and yet s/he may be clear only because s/he is not aware of variety of ...
Philosophy 220
... Terrorism and torture, on the other hand, are instances of activities which common moral opinion generally forbids (murder is another example). In these cases, too, arguments have been made that they can be/are justifiable acts/practices. This is an example of how ethics can expand our common ...
... Terrorism and torture, on the other hand, are instances of activities which common moral opinion generally forbids (murder is another example). In these cases, too, arguments have been made that they can be/are justifiable acts/practices. This is an example of how ethics can expand our common ...
epistemology - mrsmcfadyensspace
... that knowledge is possible – that we can gain knowledge by various means. • One of the reasons for studying Philosophy is, after all, that you want to have knowledge of Philosophy. But you also want to have knowledge of many other things: whether it will rain today; what books you need for your cour ...
... that knowledge is possible – that we can gain knowledge by various means. • One of the reasons for studying Philosophy is, after all, that you want to have knowledge of Philosophy. But you also want to have knowledge of many other things: whether it will rain today; what books you need for your cour ...
MacIntyre and Emotivism
... Moral argument is often seen as an attempt to manipulate. Challenges to moral beliefs are easily perceived as ego-threats. To protect their sense of self, people are inclined to shut out different perspectives and to congregate in groups of like-minded people, resulting in cultural and social ...
... Moral argument is often seen as an attempt to manipulate. Challenges to moral beliefs are easily perceived as ego-threats. To protect their sense of self, people are inclined to shut out different perspectives and to congregate in groups of like-minded people, resulting in cultural and social ...
Bertrand Russell (1872
... non-contradiction); but the laws of logic “themselves cannot be established by this [the coherence] test.” – “For the above two reasons, coherence cannot be accepted as giving the meaning of truth, though it is often a most important test of truth after a certain amount of truth has become known.” W ...
... non-contradiction); but the laws of logic “themselves cannot be established by this [the coherence] test.” – “For the above two reasons, coherence cannot be accepted as giving the meaning of truth, though it is often a most important test of truth after a certain amount of truth has become known.” W ...
philosophy
... Epistemology is the study of our method of acquiring knowledge. It answers the question, "How do we know?" It encompasses the nature of concepts, the constructing of concepts, the validity of the senses, logical reasoning, as well as thoughts, ideas, memories, emotions, and all things mental. It is ...
... Epistemology is the study of our method of acquiring knowledge. It answers the question, "How do we know?" It encompasses the nature of concepts, the constructing of concepts, the validity of the senses, logical reasoning, as well as thoughts, ideas, memories, emotions, and all things mental. It is ...
01. Philosophy, its main categories and problems
... Epistemology is the study of our method of acquiring knowledge. It answers the question, "How do we know?" It encompasses the nature of concepts, the constructing of concepts, the validity of the senses, logical reasoning, as well as thoughts, ideas, memories, emotions, and all things mental. It is ...
... Epistemology is the study of our method of acquiring knowledge. It answers the question, "How do we know?" It encompasses the nature of concepts, the constructing of concepts, the validity of the senses, logical reasoning, as well as thoughts, ideas, memories, emotions, and all things mental. It is ...
plato n aristotle
... there must be standards that are more conventional. The Forms, the dialectic about Justice, and the subordination of everything else to the Form of the Good all reflect his view against relativism and skepticism. For Aristotle, though, such a problem never existed. One reason why could be because Pl ...
... there must be standards that are more conventional. The Forms, the dialectic about Justice, and the subordination of everything else to the Form of the Good all reflect his view against relativism and skepticism. For Aristotle, though, such a problem never existed. One reason why could be because Pl ...
The Journey PPT Notes
... materialist philosophy as leaves on a tree, where neither are right or wrong, true or false, each simply is? • Can a material ‘Self’ be morally responsible? If so, does it refute materialism, since a material being only acts as it is programmed (instinct)? • Does any morality imply some non-material ...
... materialist philosophy as leaves on a tree, where neither are right or wrong, true or false, each simply is? • Can a material ‘Self’ be morally responsible? If so, does it refute materialism, since a material being only acts as it is programmed (instinct)? • Does any morality imply some non-material ...
“Are There Some Human Beings Who Are Not Persons? A... Medical Ethics” Discussion Offered by John Kavanaugh S.J.,...
... whose consciousness has been permanently obliterated but who remains alive is a human being which is no longer a person.” The same applied to profoundly mentally deficient humans and fetuses who are human beings but “not yet” persons. In fact, Warren claimed that a fully developed human fetus was “c ...
... whose consciousness has been permanently obliterated but who remains alive is a human being which is no longer a person.” The same applied to profoundly mentally deficient humans and fetuses who are human beings but “not yet” persons. In fact, Warren claimed that a fully developed human fetus was “c ...
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Peirce What Pragmatism Is [DOC]
... c. “when my window was opened, because of the truth that stuffy air is malsain, a physical effort was brought into existence by the efficiency of a general and non-existent truth” (114) [Does he mean that truths do not really exist?] ...
... c. “when my window was opened, because of the truth that stuffy air is malsain, a physical effort was brought into existence by the efficiency of a general and non-existent truth” (114) [Does he mean that truths do not really exist?] ...
Midterm #1 with answers.
... 1. (a) How do philosophical problems arise? (b) How can they be solved? Answer: Philosophical problems arise when we have two or more contradictory beliefs. They can be solved by eliminating or amending one or more of these beliefs so as to remove the contradiction. ...
... 1. (a) How do philosophical problems arise? (b) How can they be solved? Answer: Philosophical problems arise when we have two or more contradictory beliefs. They can be solved by eliminating or amending one or more of these beliefs so as to remove the contradiction. ...
Sophie`s World
... What is the most important thing in life? If we ask someone living on the edge of starvation, the answer is food. If we ask someone dying of cold, the answer is warmth. If we put the same question to someone who feels lonely and isolated, the answer will probably be the company of other people. But ...
... What is the most important thing in life? If we ask someone living on the edge of starvation, the answer is food. If we ask someone dying of cold, the answer is warmth. If we put the same question to someone who feels lonely and isolated, the answer will probably be the company of other people. But ...
HERE - A Universal Basic Income
... what are facts of perception. In the third place, deduction has turned out to be much less powerful than was formerly supposed; it does not give new knowledge, except as to new forms of words for stating truths in some sense already known. In the fourth place, the methods of inference that may be ca ...
... what are facts of perception. In the third place, deduction has turned out to be much less powerful than was formerly supposed; it does not give new knowledge, except as to new forms of words for stating truths in some sense already known. In the fourth place, the methods of inference that may be ca ...
Anscombe and Williams Reading Study Guide Phil 240 Introduction
... Phil 240 Introduction to Ethical Theory G. E. M. Anscombe, “Modern Moral Philosophy” Anscombe argues that much of the moral philosophy of the past several hundred years has rested on serious confusions, so much so that it is not currently profitable to do moral philosophy. She begins by providing br ...
... Phil 240 Introduction to Ethical Theory G. E. M. Anscombe, “Modern Moral Philosophy” Anscombe argues that much of the moral philosophy of the past several hundred years has rested on serious confusions, so much so that it is not currently profitable to do moral philosophy. She begins by providing br ...
Socratic Method
... several higher branches of learning for a fee. the Sophists popularized the ideas of various early philosophers; most of them concluded that truth and morality were essentially matters of opinion. Thus, in their own teaching, they tended to emphasize forms of persuasive expression, such as the art o ...
... several higher branches of learning for a fee. the Sophists popularized the ideas of various early philosophers; most of them concluded that truth and morality were essentially matters of opinion. Thus, in their own teaching, they tended to emphasize forms of persuasive expression, such as the art o ...
N 3. The philosophy of the Antique Greece
... several higher branches of learning for a fee. the Sophists popularized the ideas of various early philosophers; most of them concluded that truth and morality were essentially matters of opinion. Thus, in their own teaching, they tended to emphasize forms of persuasive expression, such as the art o ...
... several higher branches of learning for a fee. the Sophists popularized the ideas of various early philosophers; most of them concluded that truth and morality were essentially matters of opinion. Thus, in their own teaching, they tended to emphasize forms of persuasive expression, such as the art o ...
Metaphysics
... 20th Century American Philosopher, Wilfrid Sellers, said that metaphysics is the study of how things, in the most general sense of the term ‘things’, hang together, in the most general sense of this term. ...
... 20th Century American Philosopher, Wilfrid Sellers, said that metaphysics is the study of how things, in the most general sense of the term ‘things’, hang together, in the most general sense of this term. ...
16. Plato: Moral Theory
... Plato: Moral Theory A. Plato’s ethic is eudaemonistic, in the sense that it is directed towards the attainment of man’s highest good, in the possession of which true happiness consists. 1. The highest good of man may be said to be the true development of man’s personality as a rational and moral bei ...
... Plato: Moral Theory A. Plato’s ethic is eudaemonistic, in the sense that it is directed towards the attainment of man’s highest good, in the possession of which true happiness consists. 1. The highest good of man may be said to be the true development of man’s personality as a rational and moral bei ...