Linking Ways of Knowing with Ways of Being Practical Author(s
... the underlying assumptions, principles, and premises of knowledge. Practical deliberation, he states, "must make every effort to trace the branching pathways of consequences which may flow from each alternative and affect desiderata. It must then weigh alternatives and their costs and consequences a ...
... the underlying assumptions, principles, and premises of knowledge. Practical deliberation, he states, "must make every effort to trace the branching pathways of consequences which may flow from each alternative and affect desiderata. It must then weigh alternatives and their costs and consequences a ...
Touch, Communication, Community: Jean
... nontotalizing discourse where the problems and shortfalls of both classical philosophy and contemporary theory meet with insights into existential, psychological, and aesthetic issues that were consciously bracketed and excluded after the structuralist turn» (p. xii). 11 LANIGAN 1992, 114. 12 HAND 2 ...
... nontotalizing discourse where the problems and shortfalls of both classical philosophy and contemporary theory meet with insights into existential, psychological, and aesthetic issues that were consciously bracketed and excluded after the structuralist turn» (p. xii). 11 LANIGAN 1992, 114. 12 HAND 2 ...
Levine, Michael P., "Pantheism, Ethics and Ecology." Environmental
... their environmental ethics. They rely instead on a metaphysical basis that tries to connect what is morally right and wrong with their own natures, the nature of other things, and the nature of the divine Unity. Pantheists agree with Stuart Hampshire’s claim that for Spinoza, “Ethics without metaphy ...
... their environmental ethics. They rely instead on a metaphysical basis that tries to connect what is morally right and wrong with their own natures, the nature of other things, and the nature of the divine Unity. Pantheists agree with Stuart Hampshire’s claim that for Spinoza, “Ethics without metaphy ...
locke
... of dogs, if we could fully understand the biological structures and processes that make a dog a dog, whether those would include DNA or other things as well, then we would understand the real essence of dogs. Unlike the nominal essence, the real essence has a basis in reality. ...
... of dogs, if we could fully understand the biological structures and processes that make a dog a dog, whether those would include DNA or other things as well, then we would understand the real essence of dogs. Unlike the nominal essence, the real essence has a basis in reality. ...
An Essay on the Beautiful
... free diffusion of her light. Different manners and philosophies have equally contributed to banish the goddess from our realms, and to render our eyes offended with her celestial light. Hence we must not wonder that, being indignant at the change, and perceiving the empire of ignorance rising to un ...
... free diffusion of her light. Different manners and philosophies have equally contributed to banish the goddess from our realms, and to render our eyes offended with her celestial light. Hence we must not wonder that, being indignant at the change, and perceiving the empire of ignorance rising to un ...
On the Theory and Practice of Intercultural Philosophy
... wilts and the spirit is plowed under. Contrary to the Orient, the individual all but disappears; it is as if light in the West becomes the lightening of thought which strikes itself and creates thereby its own world.”28 In the euphoria of the so‐called successes in the age o ...
... wilts and the spirit is plowed under. Contrary to the Orient, the individual all but disappears; it is as if light in the West becomes the lightening of thought which strikes itself and creates thereby its own world.”28 In the euphoria of the so‐called successes in the age o ...
Rene Descartes Handout #1 Historical
... contaminates any water taken from the well. To raise doubts about a source of belief, propose a possible situation that would undermine the reliability of the source for any belief it could produce. ...
... contaminates any water taken from the well. To raise doubts about a source of belief, propose a possible situation that would undermine the reliability of the source for any belief it could produce. ...
The Double-Edged Sword of Reason The Scholar`s Predicament
... but purports to do so for philosophy’s sake – to release it from the burden of its social unconscious and enable it to fulfill its appointed task.2 He doggedly defends the autonomy of science, yet he simultaneously stresses its inescapably political import and sounds a clarion call for the reaffirma ...
... but purports to do so for philosophy’s sake – to release it from the burden of its social unconscious and enable it to fulfill its appointed task.2 He doggedly defends the autonomy of science, yet he simultaneously stresses its inescapably political import and sounds a clarion call for the reaffirma ...
Immaterial Minds in Space?
... has come a particular kind of hegemony over other subjects in philosophy of mind. We will try to understand why these two doctrines has come to prominence in recent decades and how they concern with the “Mind-Body problem”. The branch of philosophy of Mind called the “Mind-Body problem” concerns our ...
... has come a particular kind of hegemony over other subjects in philosophy of mind. We will try to understand why these two doctrines has come to prominence in recent decades and how they concern with the “Mind-Body problem”. The branch of philosophy of Mind called the “Mind-Body problem” concerns our ...
Slayage, Number 21: Shade - The Whedon Studies Association
... sought to better understand justice not by examining existing institutions but by exploring a city in logos . Indeed, he discusses a city “with a fever” whose pursuit of luxuries (such as fine foods, furniture, perfumes, prostitutes, actors and artists) helps illuminate the genesis and nature of jus ...
... sought to better understand justice not by examining existing institutions but by exploring a city in logos . Indeed, he discusses a city “with a fever” whose pursuit of luxuries (such as fine foods, furniture, perfumes, prostitutes, actors and artists) helps illuminate the genesis and nature of jus ...
Bataille Versus Theory - Gary Sauer
... building on such traditional notions, he has deployed his own set concepts from the basis of whim (which he saw as the opposite of specialization). His attacks against philosophy strike it as a genera before the complexities and specialties of epistemology, ontology, philosophy of language, etc. mud ...
... building on such traditional notions, he has deployed his own set concepts from the basis of whim (which he saw as the opposite of specialization). His attacks against philosophy strike it as a genera before the complexities and specialties of epistemology, ontology, philosophy of language, etc. mud ...
On evidence and evidence-based medicine: Lessons
... 1996, p. 71), has a ring of obviousness to it which makes it difficult to argue against. Few doctors, one suspects, would be willing to assert that they do not attempt to base their clinical decision-making on available evidence.1 However, the apparent obviousness of EBM can and should be challenged ...
... 1996, p. 71), has a ring of obviousness to it which makes it difficult to argue against. Few doctors, one suspects, would be willing to assert that they do not attempt to base their clinical decision-making on available evidence.1 However, the apparent obviousness of EBM can and should be challenged ...
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... reflected in the Socratic method — a sort of philosophical dialogue and examination, which takes the form of a dialektike. Dialectic method involves some “other” (self or idea) — some sort of opposition or contrariety, between the various thinkers in the process. It is reasonable to say that both Co ...
... reflected in the Socratic method — a sort of philosophical dialogue and examination, which takes the form of a dialektike. Dialectic method involves some “other” (self or idea) — some sort of opposition or contrariety, between the various thinkers in the process. It is reasonable to say that both Co ...
Survival Ethics Theory
... The fact that survival is the pre-condition for all other values does not mean that survival of self is the most important value. Revered figures like Socrates, Christ, Gandhi and King sacrificed their lives for the sake of duty, love and freedom—and the survival of other members of their communitie ...
... The fact that survival is the pre-condition for all other values does not mean that survival of self is the most important value. Revered figures like Socrates, Christ, Gandhi and King sacrificed their lives for the sake of duty, love and freedom—and the survival of other members of their communitie ...
THE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND TO LOCKE`S ACCOUNT OF
... sion to a feeling of exultation that actually and simultaneously affects him and of which euax is the commonly recognized mark (nota). The same kind of feeling may be signified also by the categorematic word gaudium ('jo y'). But then it is put before the mind only as a thing conceived o f and talke ...
... sion to a feeling of exultation that actually and simultaneously affects him and of which euax is the commonly recognized mark (nota). The same kind of feeling may be signified also by the categorematic word gaudium ('jo y'). But then it is put before the mind only as a thing conceived o f and talke ...
Nietzsche study guide a) What is significant about the title On the
... which preceded it. Thus, with this provocative title, Nietzsche is suggesting that there is no "universal" morality, and that it is a concept created by humans which is not inherent in human life. See part 2 of the Introduction. b) What is irony? How does Nietzsche employ irony to overturn our moral ...
... which preceded it. Thus, with this provocative title, Nietzsche is suggesting that there is no "universal" morality, and that it is a concept created by humans which is not inherent in human life. See part 2 of the Introduction. b) What is irony? How does Nietzsche employ irony to overturn our moral ...
No Self?: Some Reflections on Buddhist Theories of Personal Identity
... arduous course of meditative discipline that will end with them seeing for themselves [sic!] the truth of the doctrine. One philosopher who does firmly seize this horn of the dilemma is Mark Siderits. Making what he notes is a speculative extrapolation from the teaching of some Buddhist Schools,9 he ...
... arduous course of meditative discipline that will end with them seeing for themselves [sic!] the truth of the doctrine. One philosopher who does firmly seize this horn of the dilemma is Mark Siderits. Making what he notes is a speculative extrapolation from the teaching of some Buddhist Schools,9 he ...
A problem for expressivism
... wrong’ is much more like an exclamation – or ejaculation, as Ayer puts it – than we are allowing: we contemplate some situation and simply find the words ‘That is wrong’, as it might be, coming to our lips. The attitude ‘outs’ itself without any conscious cognitive processing, and so, expressivists ...
... wrong’ is much more like an exclamation – or ejaculation, as Ayer puts it – than we are allowing: we contemplate some situation and simply find the words ‘That is wrong’, as it might be, coming to our lips. The attitude ‘outs’ itself without any conscious cognitive processing, and so, expressivists ...
1 - PhilPapers
... is to explain modal notions away by appealing to possible worlds. Moreover, the analyses are non-modal, that is, they do not resort to any primitive modal notions. In other words, taking the paraphrase ‘ways the worlds could have been’ at face value enables us to grasp modality in purely non-modal n ...
... is to explain modal notions away by appealing to possible worlds. Moreover, the analyses are non-modal, that is, they do not resort to any primitive modal notions. In other words, taking the paraphrase ‘ways the worlds could have been’ at face value enables us to grasp modality in purely non-modal n ...
Validity of Moral Norms - Interamerican Journal of Psychology
... be objects of critical examination, so that ethical relativism is taken for granted. By the way of focusing the question of moral norms in terms of psychoanalytical research any possibility of founding morality on the ground of a priori principles is excluded. As we will later see, in the context of ...
... be objects of critical examination, so that ethical relativism is taken for granted. By the way of focusing the question of moral norms in terms of psychoanalytical research any possibility of founding morality on the ground of a priori principles is excluded. As we will later see, in the context of ...
1 Revisiting Veblen`s “The Theory of the Leisure Class
... One aspect of Peirce’s writings that should be taken into consideration is that his studies are fundamentally about methodology and the evolution of science. The pragmatism of both Dewey and James is more likely to be applied in a more encompassing decision-making perspective. It is possible to affi ...
... One aspect of Peirce’s writings that should be taken into consideration is that his studies are fundamentally about methodology and the evolution of science. The pragmatism of both Dewey and James is more likely to be applied in a more encompassing decision-making perspective. It is possible to affi ...
The Inner Life of a Rational Agent
... the crucial feature of zombies that philosophers pick up on. The witchcraft, the dead eyes, and the jerky movements are all features of folk zombies that are not found in philosophers’ zombies. A philosophers’ zombie behaves exactly like we do, with an alert face, smooth movements and socially respe ...
... the crucial feature of zombies that philosophers pick up on. The witchcraft, the dead eyes, and the jerky movements are all features of folk zombies that are not found in philosophers’ zombies. A philosophers’ zombie behaves exactly like we do, with an alert face, smooth movements and socially respe ...
Objectivity of Oughts Matjaž Potrč, University of Ljubljana The
... Veber's insight is that Brentanian desires may also be divided into passive and active halves. A desire is then passive in respect to the active belief related to it. This however is not an is-belief, as it happens on the side of cognitive experiences. It is an ought-belief, a seemingly objective an ...
... Veber's insight is that Brentanian desires may also be divided into passive and active halves. A desire is then passive in respect to the active belief related to it. This however is not an is-belief, as it happens on the side of cognitive experiences. It is an ought-belief, a seemingly objective an ...
To a Future Without Hope
... and ideals that is causing the destruction of the Earth. . . . A wonderful thing happens when you give up on hope, which is that you realize you never needed it in the first place.”1 You are free to act rightly, because it is the right way to act and not because your action will move you or the worl ...
... and ideals that is causing the destruction of the Earth. . . . A wonderful thing happens when you give up on hope, which is that you realize you never needed it in the first place.”1 You are free to act rightly, because it is the right way to act and not because your action will move you or the worl ...