The Ethical Significance of the Aesthetic Experience of Non
... important in that it will prove to be morally significant. Along with Dewey and keeping with Carroll‟s idea that one must attend to form and aesthetic properties, many other aestheticians today emphasize active participation as inherent to aesthetic engagement. Marcia Eaton, for example, claims that ...
... important in that it will prove to be morally significant. Along with Dewey and keeping with Carroll‟s idea that one must attend to form and aesthetic properties, many other aestheticians today emphasize active participation as inherent to aesthetic engagement. Marcia Eaton, for example, claims that ...
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... that a society governed by just laws is to be preferred over a society governed by just rulers. Rulers come and go. If we rely on them for societal good, we risk constant upheaval, and lack an apparatus to limit the abuses of those who turn out to be despots. But if we rely on law to which all are s ...
... that a society governed by just laws is to be preferred over a society governed by just rulers. Rulers come and go. If we rely on them for societal good, we risk constant upheaval, and lack an apparatus to limit the abuses of those who turn out to be despots. But if we rely on law to which all are s ...
Why Identity is Fundamental1 - University of Miami College of Arts
... that identity is not defined for such an object⎯then it is not obvious what would make the object an individual rather than just an indistinguishable thing (indistinguishable from any other thing of the same kind, whatever it is). In either case, the link between identity and individuality is very ...
... that identity is not defined for such an object⎯then it is not obvious what would make the object an individual rather than just an indistinguishable thing (indistinguishable from any other thing of the same kind, whatever it is). In either case, the link between identity and individuality is very ...
The Principle (Reprint)
... The Principle of Semantic Compositionality is the principle that the meaning of an expression is a function of, and only of, the meanings of its parts together with the method by which those parts are combined.1 As stated, The Principle is vague or underspecified at a number of points such as "what ...
... The Principle of Semantic Compositionality is the principle that the meaning of an expression is a function of, and only of, the meanings of its parts together with the method by which those parts are combined.1 As stated, The Principle is vague or underspecified at a number of points such as "what ...
Paul JE Dekker Heraclitean Oppositions
... Immortals mortal, mortals immortal; living their death and dead of their life. For the fragment starts with what seems to be an exclusive or exhaustive opposition (IxM, “everything is immortal or mortal”), and seems to conclude with an affirmative universal (LaM, “the living are mortal”). We only ne ...
... Immortals mortal, mortals immortal; living their death and dead of their life. For the fragment starts with what seems to be an exclusive or exhaustive opposition (IxM, “everything is immortal or mortal”), and seems to conclude with an affirmative universal (LaM, “the living are mortal”). We only ne ...
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... impoverished” (Baron 1987, 238). On the other hand, there may be some philosophical approach to salvaging Kant’s ethical framework by exposing that his theory can in fact take the concept of supererogation into account after all, even if he himself might not have intended it to do so. Ultimately, th ...
... impoverished” (Baron 1987, 238). On the other hand, there may be some philosophical approach to salvaging Kant’s ethical framework by exposing that his theory can in fact take the concept of supererogation into account after all, even if he himself might not have intended it to do so. Ultimately, th ...
Aspects of Visual Epistemology: On the “Logic” of the Iconic Dieter
... of relationships is revealed – together with their discursive connections – since thinking from now on means speaking, while knowledge manifests itself in propositions, which refer to the world and whose references are realized in true/ false distinctions. Otherwise, like transposed modes of speech, ...
... of relationships is revealed – together with their discursive connections – since thinking from now on means speaking, while knowledge manifests itself in propositions, which refer to the world and whose references are realized in true/ false distinctions. Otherwise, like transposed modes of speech, ...
Morally Permissible Moral Mistakes
... mistakes. Dreier argues that supererogation is possible because while a certain action might be recommended “from the point of view of beneficence” that point of view ignores certain reasons, such as self-interested reasons, which are nevertheless relevant when the agent considers what to do. On Dre ...
... mistakes. Dreier argues that supererogation is possible because while a certain action might be recommended “from the point of view of beneficence” that point of view ignores certain reasons, such as self-interested reasons, which are nevertheless relevant when the agent considers what to do. On Dre ...
Dennett and Phenomenology - Center for Subjectivity Research
... and experiential states such as emotions, perceptions, and intentions, theoretically postulated entities. For the heterophenomenologist, the subjects’ reports about their conscious experiences are the primary data in consciousness research: “the reports are the data, they are not reports of data” (D ...
... and experiential states such as emotions, perceptions, and intentions, theoretically postulated entities. For the heterophenomenologist, the subjects’ reports about their conscious experiences are the primary data in consciousness research: “the reports are the data, they are not reports of data” (D ...
Nietzschean Ethics: One`s Duty to Overcome
... for denying the value of morality. Because Nietzsche often describes himself as an immoralist, it might seem as though “Nietzschean Ethics” is an oxymoron. How can Nietzsche possibly reject morality and advance an ethical theory at the same time? By the end of this thesis I hope to answer this quest ...
... for denying the value of morality. Because Nietzsche often describes himself as an immoralist, it might seem as though “Nietzschean Ethics” is an oxymoron. How can Nietzsche possibly reject morality and advance an ethical theory at the same time? By the end of this thesis I hope to answer this quest ...
Defending the Subjective Component of Susan Wolf`s “Fitting
... “existence precedes essence”, that mankind’s existence is not created with a purpose, a mission, we don’t exist for a reason, predetermined by a higher power. Firstly, we exist, then we can fill that existence with its essence, its meaning. 24 If an individual finds great meaning in sorting matchbox ...
... “existence precedes essence”, that mankind’s existence is not created with a purpose, a mission, we don’t exist for a reason, predetermined by a higher power. Firstly, we exist, then we can fill that existence with its essence, its meaning. 24 If an individual finds great meaning in sorting matchbox ...
Sidney`s Feigned Apology
... has on the reader's world; it becomes a conduit, leading the ideal to flow into the actual. To understand how Sidney puts his argument together, we must take a closer look at these two extremes and their relations. First, what is the Idea or "fore-conceit"? Modern critics are nearly unanimous in poi ...
... has on the reader's world; it becomes a conduit, leading the ideal to flow into the actual. To understand how Sidney puts his argument together, we must take a closer look at these two extremes and their relations. First, what is the Idea or "fore-conceit"? Modern critics are nearly unanimous in poi ...
How Many Lives has Schrödinger`s Cat?
... that can point to `yes' or to `no'. This time, SchroÈdinger evolution predicts that the pointer will go into a superposition of pointing to `yes' versus pointing to `no'. Now, we never see atoms, so we're in no position to tell whether they're in sharp states or not. But we do see the pointer. When ...
... that can point to `yes' or to `no'. This time, SchroÈdinger evolution predicts that the pointer will go into a superposition of pointing to `yes' versus pointing to `no'. Now, we never see atoms, so we're in no position to tell whether they're in sharp states or not. But we do see the pointer. When ...
Kant`s Account of Moral Education
... Similarly, freedom is nothing that can be experienced in the world, but must be presupposed in action. In contrast to freedom, the concept of natural necessity is ‘confirmed by experience’. This is why ‘freedom is only an idea of reason, the objective reality of which is in itself doubtful, whereas ...
... Similarly, freedom is nothing that can be experienced in the world, but must be presupposed in action. In contrast to freedom, the concept of natural necessity is ‘confirmed by experience’. This is why ‘freedom is only an idea of reason, the objective reality of which is in itself doubtful, whereas ...
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... what is being said about it, claiming it as ‘true,’ and hoping others will be persuaded by such claims, as many a modern critique of rhetoric has argued. Moreover, and stepping back to examine communication at large, language loses its force because it becomes something that can be ‘figured out’ in ...
... what is being said about it, claiming it as ‘true,’ and hoping others will be persuaded by such claims, as many a modern critique of rhetoric has argued. Moreover, and stepping back to examine communication at large, language loses its force because it becomes something that can be ‘figured out’ in ...
Primitively Rational Belief
... process of taking one’s experience at face value by saying that it involves forming the belief in a proposition p in response to having an experience that has p as part of its “conceptualized upshot”. In general, it will clearly be a difficult and controversial matter to give a fully precise account ...
... process of taking one’s experience at face value by saying that it involves forming the belief in a proposition p in response to having an experience that has p as part of its “conceptualized upshot”. In general, it will clearly be a difficult and controversial matter to give a fully precise account ...
Campbell 1 Cody Campbell Aphorism, Genealogy, Metaphor
... says – it is the “non-place” that separates forces as they face each other.22 And it must be in this non-place, for particular historical forces do not share a “common space,” and thus cannot be viewed from standing at single vantage point within one of the forces. Remember the historical-phenomenol ...
... says – it is the “non-place” that separates forces as they face each other.22 And it must be in this non-place, for particular historical forces do not share a “common space,” and thus cannot be viewed from standing at single vantage point within one of the forces. Remember the historical-phenomenol ...
Wittgenstein`s Ph.D Viva
... Tautologies and contradictions are said by Wittgenstein to be senseless (sinnlos) although they are not like pseudo-philosophical utterances or ungrammatical jumbles of words which are said to be nonsensical (unsinnig) (4.461, 4.4611). Rudolf Carnap, who had a high opinion of the Tractatus, says ‘[t ...
... Tautologies and contradictions are said by Wittgenstein to be senseless (sinnlos) although they are not like pseudo-philosophical utterances or ungrammatical jumbles of words which are said to be nonsensical (unsinnig) (4.461, 4.4611). Rudolf Carnap, who had a high opinion of the Tractatus, says ‘[t ...
penultimate draft - U
... different rubber bands on the pegs, as it were. But as an ontological pluralist, I hold that thinking of reality as having a single ontological structure — a single pegboard — is a mistake, as is thinking of ontological categories as divisions within this single structure. Rather, reality has multip ...
... different rubber bands on the pegs, as it were. But as an ontological pluralist, I hold that thinking of reality as having a single ontological structure — a single pegboard — is a mistake, as is thinking of ontological categories as divisions within this single structure. Rather, reality has multip ...
Carlo Penco Dipartimento di Filosofia Università di Genova via Balbi
... However, two relevant assumptions, which do not enter directly into the argument of the puzzle, work as background for Kripke’s implicit assumptions about the “content” of a belief10 and, at the same time, for subjecting proper names to (DP): • Proper names are a basic ingredient in forming singular ...
... However, two relevant assumptions, which do not enter directly into the argument of the puzzle, work as background for Kripke’s implicit assumptions about the “content” of a belief10 and, at the same time, for subjecting proper names to (DP): • Proper names are a basic ingredient in forming singular ...
Pointing and Representing – Three Options
... representation of perception is preferred by many NPR theorists as it is considered to be not particularly mentally demanding and so minimises the risk of overintellectualising the infant’s cognitive powers. However, accepting that infant’s can represent mental states other than perception is not a ...
... representation of perception is preferred by many NPR theorists as it is considered to be not particularly mentally demanding and so minimises the risk of overintellectualising the infant’s cognitive powers. However, accepting that infant’s can represent mental states other than perception is not a ...
bullshit proposal
... will benefit greatly from both a serious philosophical, conceptual analysis of what it is and also from a communication theory point of view. What is meant by this is that bullshit appears to operate as indirect speech acts. It functions at more than one level simultaneously. Bullshit, we hypothesiz ...
... will benefit greatly from both a serious philosophical, conceptual analysis of what it is and also from a communication theory point of view. What is meant by this is that bullshit appears to operate as indirect speech acts. It functions at more than one level simultaneously. Bullshit, we hypothesiz ...
A Post-Secular Faith? Connolly on Pluralism and Evil
... of being—a fundamental dislocation of selfhood—as the premise to a deeply ethical engagement with the world. Contemporary philosophers, increasingly released from the secular-rational straight-jacket, have found this combined ethical and ontological language to be a bountiful resource. Without in an ...
... of being—a fundamental dislocation of selfhood—as the premise to a deeply ethical engagement with the world. Contemporary philosophers, increasingly released from the secular-rational straight-jacket, have found this combined ethical and ontological language to be a bountiful resource. Without in an ...
A Call for Inclusion in the Pragmatic Justification of Democracy
... sufficiently large and free society will produce a variety of comprehensive moral doctrines (CMD) that provide an account of the nature of the world and man’s place in it. Unless we want to resort to violence and propaganda, we must ground our society in certain mutually accepted principles of justi ...
... sufficiently large and free society will produce a variety of comprehensive moral doctrines (CMD) that provide an account of the nature of the world and man’s place in it. Unless we want to resort to violence and propaganda, we must ground our society in certain mutually accepted principles of justi ...
Cornelius Castoriadis on Social Imaginary and Truth*
... KAVOULAKOS Castoriadis on Social Imaginary and Truth ...
... KAVOULAKOS Castoriadis on Social Imaginary and Truth ...