Polar Concepts Essay Research Paper Sam Vaknin
... Sam Vaknin’s Psychology, Philosophy, Economics and Foreign Affairs Web SitesThe British philosopher Ryle attacked the sceptical point of view regarding right and wrong (=being in error). He said that if the concept of error is made use of ? surely, there must be times that we are right. To him, it w ...
... Sam Vaknin’s Psychology, Philosophy, Economics and Foreign Affairs Web SitesThe British philosopher Ryle attacked the sceptical point of view regarding right and wrong (=being in error). He said that if the concept of error is made use of ? surely, there must be times that we are right. To him, it w ...
How can we be moral when we are so irrational - Philsci
... Condition and hence be unlikely to guide us morally in a meaningful way. A second consideration concerns another famous dictum which moral philosophers generally accept, namely the Kantian one that “ought implies can”. 3 In its simplest form this just means that if people cannot do something, it can ...
... Condition and hence be unlikely to guide us morally in a meaningful way. A second consideration concerns another famous dictum which moral philosophers generally accept, namely the Kantian one that “ought implies can”. 3 In its simplest form this just means that if people cannot do something, it can ...
Positivism, Cerebralism and Voluntarism in William James
... “The Will to Believe.” The latter, the structured-brain conception, stresses the unity of James’s thought and orients his voluntarism towards brain science, emphasizing cerebral constraints on voluntarism implied by discussion of brain and habit in the 1892 magnum opus, The Principles of Psychology. ...
... “The Will to Believe.” The latter, the structured-brain conception, stresses the unity of James’s thought and orients his voluntarism towards brain science, emphasizing cerebral constraints on voluntarism implied by discussion of brain and habit in the 1892 magnum opus, The Principles of Psychology. ...
Optical Illusions
... 1. a. An erroneous perception of reality. b. An erroneous concept or belief. 2. The condition of being deceived by a false perception or belief. 3. Something, such as a fantastic plan or desire, that causes an erroneous belief or perception. 4. Illusionism in art. ...
... 1. a. An erroneous perception of reality. b. An erroneous concept or belief. 2. The condition of being deceived by a false perception or belief. 3. Something, such as a fantastic plan or desire, that causes an erroneous belief or perception. 4. Illusionism in art. ...
Nietzsche on eternal return
... We can, finally, turn Nietzsche’s method on himself. What is the origin of his valuing new philosophers? We find it, perhaps, in his idea of states of the soul so ‘high’ that suffering does not evoke pity (§30). Nietzsche’s philosophy, we can argue, is an attempt to be or become immune to suffering, ...
... We can, finally, turn Nietzsche’s method on himself. What is the origin of his valuing new philosophers? We find it, perhaps, in his idea of states of the soul so ‘high’ that suffering does not evoke pity (§30). Nietzsche’s philosophy, we can argue, is an attempt to be or become immune to suffering, ...
Can Activist Scholars Learn Research Methods from Rumi
... during a storm. The point may be contextualised by a recent event that most people today are familiar with viz., the overwhelming opposition to the invasion of Iraq in the Euro-American world. The impulses for the anti-war protests that erupted everywhere were many but the one slogan that captured t ...
... during a storm. The point may be contextualised by a recent event that most people today are familiar with viz., the overwhelming opposition to the invasion of Iraq in the Euro-American world. The impulses for the anti-war protests that erupted everywhere were many but the one slogan that captured t ...
Bernard Lonergan on a Catholic Liberal Arts Education
... good look at what's out there." The aim of Lonergan's whole pedagogy of "self-appropriation" is to wean people away from such a simplistic view of their own knowing; for mistaken notions on what it is to know are at the basis of much of cultural decline—including the decline of our educational proce ...
... good look at what's out there." The aim of Lonergan's whole pedagogy of "self-appropriation" is to wean people away from such a simplistic view of their own knowing; for mistaken notions on what it is to know are at the basis of much of cultural decline—including the decline of our educational proce ...
Ontological Materialism and the Problem of Politics
... that surrounds the whole Earth, and States have merely become parts of its mechanism. Yet even in this case, where it appears that the War Machine has become, through a conjunction with capital, a completly interiorized form of stratification, there is nonetheless still the possibility - indeed a po ...
... that surrounds the whole Earth, and States have merely become parts of its mechanism. Yet even in this case, where it appears that the War Machine has become, through a conjunction with capital, a completly interiorized form of stratification, there is nonetheless still the possibility - indeed a po ...
Mutual Questioning - UQ eSpace
... history of philosophy in education is Leonard Nelson. Nelson developed a method referred to as Modern Socratic dialogue, or Socratic dialogue. Like John Dewey, who will be discussed later, Nelson’s method emphasises “the individuality of the child, the importance of active learning, social skills an ...
... history of philosophy in education is Leonard Nelson. Nelson developed a method referred to as Modern Socratic dialogue, or Socratic dialogue. Like John Dewey, who will be discussed later, Nelson’s method emphasises “the individuality of the child, the importance of active learning, social skills an ...
Concepts and Objects
... accounts of conception, representation, and meaning refrain from invoking entities or processes which are in principle refractory to any possible explanation by current or future science. It is the latter that should be embraced. Methodological naturalism simply stipulates that meaning (i.e. concept ...
... accounts of conception, representation, and meaning refrain from invoking entities or processes which are in principle refractory to any possible explanation by current or future science. It is the latter that should be embraced. Methodological naturalism simply stipulates that meaning (i.e. concept ...
Aristippos - dieter huber
... no good by preferring one beauty to the rest. The advice we may draw from that is that one should be less impressed by feminine individuality than by the essence of the opposite sex, entirely in keeping with the Greek concept of Eros, which did not focus on romantic love but on the joyful exploitati ...
... no good by preferring one beauty to the rest. The advice we may draw from that is that one should be less impressed by feminine individuality than by the essence of the opposite sex, entirely in keeping with the Greek concept of Eros, which did not focus on romantic love but on the joyful exploitati ...
PATOČKA`S CONCEPTION OF THE SUBJECT OF HUMAN RIGHTS
... Kierkegaard’s words: “Inasmuch as existence is motion, it holds true that there is indeed a continuity that holds the motion together, because otherwise there is no motion” (ibid., p. 312). His point is that for there to be motion, there must be a continuity, one given by the style of moving. But su ...
... Kierkegaard’s words: “Inasmuch as existence is motion, it holds true that there is indeed a continuity that holds the motion together, because otherwise there is no motion” (ibid., p. 312). His point is that for there to be motion, there must be a continuity, one given by the style of moving. But su ...
Word - John Provost, PhD
... feeling pleased by another’s accomplishments and feeling indignation at another’s injury or misfortune. Sympathy joins us to others, breaking down barriers. In Confucian ethics, caring and loyalty in the context of the traditional family are extremely important. It is absurd, Mencius argued, to clai ...
... feeling pleased by another’s accomplishments and feeling indignation at another’s injury or misfortune. Sympathy joins us to others, breaking down barriers. In Confucian ethics, caring and loyalty in the context of the traditional family are extremely important. It is absurd, Mencius argued, to clai ...
The Importance of Being Earnest: Scepticism and the Limits of
... sometimes only apparently more pressing. In Peirce’s case, which interests us here most, the concealing feature is the profoundly anticartesian nature of his philosophy. Some preparatory investigation is therefore required to disentangle the sceptical tension from Peirce’s criticism of Descartes’ me ...
... sometimes only apparently more pressing. In Peirce’s case, which interests us here most, the concealing feature is the profoundly anticartesian nature of his philosophy. Some preparatory investigation is therefore required to disentangle the sceptical tension from Peirce’s criticism of Descartes’ me ...
Meaning and Understanding in the History of Ideas
... he cannot in principlehave meant to contribute.Marsilius of Padua, for example, at one point in his Defender of the Peace offers some typically Aristotelianremarks on the executive role of a ruler, comparedwith the legislativerole of a sovereignpeople.19The moderncommentatorwho comes upon this passa ...
... he cannot in principlehave meant to contribute.Marsilius of Padua, for example, at one point in his Defender of the Peace offers some typically Aristotelianremarks on the executive role of a ruler, comparedwith the legislativerole of a sovereignpeople.19The moderncommentatorwho comes upon this passa ...
Alex Madva Pacific APA,
... for the accident, would the (appropriate) reply be, “Apology accepted!” or would it instead be, “You can’t beat yourself up about this. You did nothing wrong”? I think, clearly, something more like the latter. ...
... for the accident, would the (appropriate) reply be, “Apology accepted!” or would it instead be, “You can’t beat yourself up about this. You did nothing wrong”? I think, clearly, something more like the latter. ...
Outline Truth and Lie
... our categories. The empirical world is a world conditioned/made possible by prior categorization. We might thus seek to reconcile Nietzsche's various pronouncements about truth by claiming that his skeptical comments about truth concern the notion of transcendental truth, as in, "true to the world o ...
... our categories. The empirical world is a world conditioned/made possible by prior categorization. We might thus seek to reconcile Nietzsche's various pronouncements about truth by claiming that his skeptical comments about truth concern the notion of transcendental truth, as in, "true to the world o ...
18th-20th century views
... in the light, continues its existence in the darkness]. I have known advocates who have pleaded in dreams; mathematicians who have sought to solve problems; and poets who have composed verses. I have made some myself, which are very passable. It is therefore incontestable, that consecutive ideas occ ...
... in the light, continues its existence in the darkness]. I have known advocates who have pleaded in dreams; mathematicians who have sought to solve problems; and poets who have composed verses. I have made some myself, which are very passable. It is therefore incontestable, that consecutive ideas occ ...
HOLISM AND REALISM - Jacques Maritain Center
... our judgments to things"-is the same here as in all degrees of knowledge. 29 The sciences are unique only insofar as the "things" in question have reality only as parts of physical theories. 30 Nevertheless, Maritain's account of the philosophy of nature constitutes an important addition to this hig ...
... our judgments to things"-is the same here as in all degrees of knowledge. 29 The sciences are unique only insofar as the "things" in question have reality only as parts of physical theories. 30 Nevertheless, Maritain's account of the philosophy of nature constitutes an important addition to this hig ...
Problem of Non-existence
... If someone still wants to insist that it is not possible for a thought-episode to be genuinely about something non-existent, with the consequence that aboutness must go hand-in-hand with the real relation of semantic reference, they should take my distinction between aboutness and reference as a st ...
... If someone still wants to insist that it is not possible for a thought-episode to be genuinely about something non-existent, with the consequence that aboutness must go hand-in-hand with the real relation of semantic reference, they should take my distinction between aboutness and reference as a st ...
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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 ...
Russell, Bertrand - The Problems of Philosophy
... straightforward and confident answer, we shall be well launched on the study of philosophy -- for philosophy is merely the attempt to answer such ultimate questions, not carelessly and dogmatically, as we do in ordinary life and even in the sciences, but critically after exploring all that makes suc ...
... straightforward and confident answer, we shall be well launched on the study of philosophy -- for philosophy is merely the attempt to answer such ultimate questions, not carelessly and dogmatically, as we do in ordinary life and even in the sciences, but critically after exploring all that makes suc ...
Sensus communis Clarifications of a Kantian Concept on the Way to
... Secondly, sensus communis is not what is commonly called 'common sense'. Sensus communis is neither intellectio communis nor communis opinio, it is neither 'ordinary good sense' nor 'common belief', it is no 'gemeine Menschenverstand', no 'common human understanding'. Common belief is despised by Ka ...
... Secondly, sensus communis is not what is commonly called 'common sense'. Sensus communis is neither intellectio communis nor communis opinio, it is neither 'ordinary good sense' nor 'common belief', it is no 'gemeine Menschenverstand', no 'common human understanding'. Common belief is despised by Ka ...
caethnography in the way of theory
... character nor the writer, which will manifest and carry forward anthropology’s potential to become a mobilizing force in this world. To put it in a more scholarly language, I think I return to Catarina, in and out of Vita, much as a field of discourse refers back to its founder or founding moment at ...
... character nor the writer, which will manifest and carry forward anthropology’s potential to become a mobilizing force in this world. To put it in a more scholarly language, I think I return to Catarina, in and out of Vita, much as a field of discourse refers back to its founder or founding moment at ...