READING GUIDE FOR AD INFINITUM This reading selection is
... number—maybe really big numbers simply have different properties from the familiar ones like seven and thirteen. Maybe we should consider 444,444,444,469 to have different properties from thirteen because if we started counting, we could never actually get there—so in some way, it is less “accessibl ...
... number—maybe really big numbers simply have different properties from the familiar ones like seven and thirteen. Maybe we should consider 444,444,444,469 to have different properties from thirteen because if we started counting, we could never actually get there—so in some way, it is less “accessibl ...
THE PROBLEM OF KNOWLEDGE
... dispute is only the bestowal of honours, with the case where it is the markings themselves that are put in question. For this second case is philosophically important, in a way in which the other is not. The sceptic who asserts that we do not know all that we think we know, or even perhaps that we d ...
... dispute is only the bestowal of honours, with the case where it is the markings themselves that are put in question. For this second case is philosophically important, in a way in which the other is not. The sceptic who asserts that we do not know all that we think we know, or even perhaps that we d ...
Tolerating the Truth
... empty. Yes, and we are found false witnesses of God, because we have testified of God that He raised up Christ, whom He did not raise up—if in fact the dead do not rise. ...
... empty. Yes, and we are found false witnesses of God, because we have testified of God that He raised up Christ, whom He did not raise up—if in fact the dead do not rise. ...
The Scope of Interdisciplinary Collaboration
... There seem to be three separate questions out on the table. I'm not sure which one to charge at first. I take it the main interest at this Conference has been the question of whether people in the social sciences should be asked to come over to this building. The second question, which perhaps inter ...
... There seem to be three separate questions out on the table. I'm not sure which one to charge at first. I take it the main interest at this Conference has been the question of whether people in the social sciences should be asked to come over to this building. The second question, which perhaps inter ...
Plato - Start.ca
... o This is connected to his theory of forms: virtue and goodness are not dependent on human wishes, desires, opinions, etc., but have their own true independent existence in the ideal world of forms, where they await discovery (like mathematical truths) by properly trained people. o This kind of vie ...
... o This is connected to his theory of forms: virtue and goodness are not dependent on human wishes, desires, opinions, etc., but have their own true independent existence in the ideal world of forms, where they await discovery (like mathematical truths) by properly trained people. o This kind of vie ...
Advances in Pneumology
... Objective: In the more and more globalized world the experience of moral pluralism (often related to, or based upon religious pluralism) has become a common issue which ethical importance is undeniable. The (potential) conflicts between patients' and therapeutic team's moral views and between moral ...
... Objective: In the more and more globalized world the experience of moral pluralism (often related to, or based upon religious pluralism) has become a common issue which ethical importance is undeniable. The (potential) conflicts between patients' and therapeutic team's moral views and between moral ...
On philosophical method and Eastern Philosophy as a pdf file
... ultimate knowledge about Reality can be had only through certain kinds of meditation. The second area of philosophical inquiry has become known as Metaphysics. Metaphysics concerns questions about the nature of Reality, or various elements of Reality. This is importantly different from epistemology ...
... ultimate knowledge about Reality can be had only through certain kinds of meditation. The second area of philosophical inquiry has become known as Metaphysics. Metaphysics concerns questions about the nature of Reality, or various elements of Reality. This is importantly different from epistemology ...
Transcendentalism
... English Romanticism, and Indian spirituality/Hinduism. ● Knowledge is not based on experience or dogma but comes from within. ● The inner essence of the individual is the root of all meaningful knowledge. ● Organized religion and institutions corrupt mankind. (Similar to Rousseau’s caustic critique ...
... English Romanticism, and Indian spirituality/Hinduism. ● Knowledge is not based on experience or dogma but comes from within. ● The inner essence of the individual is the root of all meaningful knowledge. ● Organized religion and institutions corrupt mankind. (Similar to Rousseau’s caustic critique ...
Becky Clay Dr. Doug Deaver 4-14
... meaning of value completely, as well as answer any questions about its existence, would require a thorough exploration of the philosophy of love, law, religion, and ethics, the social and political philosophy of things, as well as the beauty and art of things. The fourth and final division of philos ...
... meaning of value completely, as well as answer any questions about its existence, would require a thorough exploration of the philosophy of love, law, religion, and ethics, the social and political philosophy of things, as well as the beauty and art of things. The fourth and final division of philos ...
Some Notes on the Philosophy of Science
... Goodman’s questions are then the following: What makes a statement genuinely lawlike? What allows us to recognize some predicates (like green) as good, respectable predicates and to disregard other predicates? What makes one predicate projectible, another not? Goodman: “The real inadequacy of Hume’s ...
... Goodman’s questions are then the following: What makes a statement genuinely lawlike? What allows us to recognize some predicates (like green) as good, respectable predicates and to disregard other predicates? What makes one predicate projectible, another not? Goodman: “The real inadequacy of Hume’s ...
Paper version
... make people believe it is morally neutral, or even just. People in capitalism want to be better than their neighbors, without any regard for justice. People are biologically similar, but in the most important matters—such as maturity, initiative, creativity, and drive—people are very different. At t ...
... make people believe it is morally neutral, or even just. People in capitalism want to be better than their neighbors, without any regard for justice. People are biologically similar, but in the most important matters—such as maturity, initiative, creativity, and drive—people are very different. At t ...
Business Ethics:Today vs. Earlier Period
... • Moral standards of behavior are said to be subjective and personal. Ethical principles of analysis are said to be objective and universal. What makes them objective and universal, and why is that important? ...
... • Moral standards of behavior are said to be subjective and personal. Ethical principles of analysis are said to be objective and universal. What makes them objective and universal, and why is that important? ...
Prelude
... ethical aspects of the problem of the inescapable self in Chapter 3, on altruism, and Chapter 4, on objectivity. Another aspect of the problem of the inescapable self comes into view in Chapter 4. Descartes’s retreat into the citadel of the certainties of self-consciousness not only puts everything ...
... ethical aspects of the problem of the inescapable self in Chapter 3, on altruism, and Chapter 4, on objectivity. Another aspect of the problem of the inescapable self comes into view in Chapter 4. Descartes’s retreat into the citadel of the certainties of self-consciousness not only puts everything ...
Introduction to Philosophy Test #2 Study Sheet Test: June 23, 2010
... passage and show how what is said relates to this context and why what is said is important. Your explanations should be at least 3 times longer than the passage itself. 1. ‘Suppose a person, though endowed with the strongest faculties of reason and reflection, to be brought on a sudden into this wo ...
... passage and show how what is said relates to this context and why what is said is important. Your explanations should be at least 3 times longer than the passage itself. 1. ‘Suppose a person, though endowed with the strongest faculties of reason and reflection, to be brought on a sudden into this wo ...
Preface to Chapter 1, (on Realism and Mind as a Non
... to properly and adequately frame it. This ambiguity is pretty much admitted by all parties. I believe it is a consequence of the lack of an adequate underlying conceptual framework, and not because of a lack of substance to the problems themselves. It is only when an adequate substrate theory has be ...
... to properly and adequately frame it. This ambiguity is pretty much admitted by all parties. I believe it is a consequence of the lack of an adequate underlying conceptual framework, and not because of a lack of substance to the problems themselves. It is only when an adequate substrate theory has be ...
An Outline for Ethical Decision
... 2. Conceptual Clarity. Ethical decisions, no matter how small they may sometimes seem, almost always presuppose large concepts like truth, fairness, equity, autonomy, or compassion, just to name a few. The central question in this step is: Do I know what I’m talking about? It is essential that we be ...
... 2. Conceptual Clarity. Ethical decisions, no matter how small they may sometimes seem, almost always presuppose large concepts like truth, fairness, equity, autonomy, or compassion, just to name a few. The central question in this step is: Do I know what I’m talking about? It is essential that we be ...
Plato, knowledge and virtue
... • Good things are not the same as goodness (Form of the Good). – If all good things were destroyed, this wouldn’t destroy goodness itself. ...
... • Good things are not the same as goodness (Form of the Good). – If all good things were destroyed, this wouldn’t destroy goodness itself. ...
Plato
... There is also intelligent ignorance, as when someone does not know X and acknowledges forthrightly that he does not know it, etc. More thought is needed on this matter…. However, Plato’s view of ignorance as having non-being (nothingness) as its object does not seem correct (or at least not ...
... There is also intelligent ignorance, as when someone does not know X and acknowledges forthrightly that he does not know it, etc. More thought is needed on this matter…. However, Plato’s view of ignorance as having non-being (nothingness) as its object does not seem correct (or at least not ...
Plato
... There is also intelligent ignorance, as when someone does not know X and acknowledges forthrightly that he does not know it, etc. More thought is needed on this matter…. However, Plato's view of ignorance as having non-being (nothingness) as its object does not seem correct (or at least not ...
... There is also intelligent ignorance, as when someone does not know X and acknowledges forthrightly that he does not know it, etc. More thought is needed on this matter…. However, Plato's view of ignorance as having non-being (nothingness) as its object does not seem correct (or at least not ...
Reading Guide #1 1. Sumner talks a lot about the “folkways” and
... a. Why does Gensler think that this is a bad definition of goodness and wrongness? b. Using the above understanding of goodness, how would you translate the following: “It is wrong to merely do whatever your society approves of”? Is there a problem with this translation? 5. Ima relativist argues tha ...
... a. Why does Gensler think that this is a bad definition of goodness and wrongness? b. Using the above understanding of goodness, how would you translate the following: “It is wrong to merely do whatever your society approves of”? Is there a problem with this translation? 5. Ima relativist argues tha ...
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... . Is it true that libertarian ideas must make what we end up doing a matter of chance? (We talked ...
... . Is it true that libertarian ideas must make what we end up doing a matter of chance? (We talked ...
Exam 1 POL 161
... question completely using the knowledge you have gained in class from reading and lectures. The best essays are ones that connect the text with the lectures in the proper format. Good luck, remember to answer both! (25pts each) 1. Discuss the difference between King Agathocles and Cesare Borgia in t ...
... question completely using the knowledge you have gained in class from reading and lectures. The best essays are ones that connect the text with the lectures in the proper format. Good luck, remember to answer both! (25pts each) 1. Discuss the difference between King Agathocles and Cesare Borgia in t ...
Comment: Parmenides
... In fragment 2, Parmenedies says "the only ways of inquiry there are for thinking: the one, the it is and that it is not possible for it not to be, is the path of Persuasion (for it attends upon truth), the other that it is not and that it is necessary for it not to be, this I point out to you to be ...
... In fragment 2, Parmenedies says "the only ways of inquiry there are for thinking: the one, the it is and that it is not possible for it not to be, is the path of Persuasion (for it attends upon truth), the other that it is not and that it is necessary for it not to be, this I point out to you to be ...
Belief, Truth, & Knowledge
... In life, we believe in order to know. Believing is the activity; Knowledge the intended attainment ...
... In life, we believe in order to know. Believing is the activity; Knowledge the intended attainment ...