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... potentially eschatological. When it exhibits its monistic side — which some philosophers might argue is intrinsic to it — it abolishes history, transposing every lived ontology into conformity with its own eternally returning terms (compare Eliade 1974 [1954]). The ethnographic analyses it informs c ...
... potentially eschatological. When it exhibits its monistic side — which some philosophers might argue is intrinsic to it — it abolishes history, transposing every lived ontology into conformity with its own eternally returning terms (compare Eliade 1974 [1954]). The ethnographic analyses it informs c ...
Reality and Appearance
... assimilates reality and relates to it. In itself this is a very fascinating area for philosophical enquiry, and some philosophers have been bold enough to explore it. What Greek thought sought in reality is altogether different from this. It was not concerned with representations of reality, with sy ...
... assimilates reality and relates to it. In itself this is a very fascinating area for philosophical enquiry, and some philosophers have been bold enough to explore it. What Greek thought sought in reality is altogether different from this. It was not concerned with representations of reality, with sy ...
Deconstruction, Feminism and Discourse Theory
... Jørgensen & Phillips state that a discourse can be understood as a particular way of talking about and understanding the world or an aspect of the world. [Discourse Analysis as Theory and Method, p, 1] they treat discourse analysis, as just one among several social constructionist approaches—a range ...
... Jørgensen & Phillips state that a discourse can be understood as a particular way of talking about and understanding the world or an aspect of the world. [Discourse Analysis as Theory and Method, p, 1] they treat discourse analysis, as just one among several social constructionist approaches—a range ...
29 * 1. Intro In Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, a company
... of fire from philosophers who claim that it is circular: since I can only remember what has actually happened to me, memory presupposes, and therefore cannot constitute, personal identity. However, it is clear that the claim that memory constitutes personal id ...
... of fire from philosophers who claim that it is circular: since I can only remember what has actually happened to me, memory presupposes, and therefore cannot constitute, personal identity. However, it is clear that the claim that memory constitutes personal id ...
Walden: Philosophy and Knowledge of Humankind
... refers is a poverty not only of knowledge, but of experience. In his essay "Walking" he underscores this. "It is remarkable...how little exercised we have been in our minds; how few experiences we have had." If I was right before in maintaining that claims to knowledge of humankind cannot be proven ...
... refers is a poverty not only of knowledge, but of experience. In his essay "Walking" he underscores this. "It is remarkable...how little exercised we have been in our minds; how few experiences we have had." If I was right before in maintaining that claims to knowledge of humankind cannot be proven ...
8ss4LessonCheck - Rocky View Schools
... Section C: Definitions - _______/5 marks Section D: Short Answer - _______/15 marks ASSIGNMENT TOTAL: _______/40 marks Section A - Multiple Choice (10 marks) Read each of the following questions below and then choose the BEST answer by highlighting your choice. Each question is worth one mark. ...
... Section C: Definitions - _______/5 marks Section D: Short Answer - _______/15 marks ASSIGNMENT TOTAL: _______/40 marks Section A - Multiple Choice (10 marks) Read each of the following questions below and then choose the BEST answer by highlighting your choice. Each question is worth one mark. ...
What is Existential-Phenomenology
... question of finding a method which will enable us to think at the same time of the externality which is the principle of the sciences of man and of the internality which is the condition of philosophy, of the contingencies without which there is no situation as well as of the rational certainty wit ...
... question of finding a method which will enable us to think at the same time of the externality which is the principle of the sciences of man and of the internality which is the condition of philosophy, of the contingencies without which there is no situation as well as of the rational certainty wit ...
Previous Final Examination Questions
... 7. In what sense did Hume believe that the actions of human beings are causally necessary? 8. What was Kant’s distinction between analytic and synthetic judgments? 9. In what sense did Kant believe that reality depends on the way it is represented by human beings? 10. Why did Russell think that ther ...
... 7. In what sense did Hume believe that the actions of human beings are causally necessary? 8. What was Kant’s distinction between analytic and synthetic judgments? 9. In what sense did Kant believe that reality depends on the way it is represented by human beings? 10. Why did Russell think that ther ...
A short paragraph from the laboratory
... I found myself in a peculiar place where I questioned the very foundations of my belief in the art of film. This was not an ideal situation, especially since I had started working in a new way. I had felt that the essay film form was an oasis of possibilities, and I wanted to see how it related to m ...
... I found myself in a peculiar place where I questioned the very foundations of my belief in the art of film. This was not an ideal situation, especially since I had started working in a new way. I had felt that the essay film form was an oasis of possibilities, and I wanted to see how it related to m ...
Schopenhauer and Buddhism - What-Buddha
... causality. In his extensive Criticism of the Kantian Philosophy, at the end of WWR I, Schopenhauer pointed out that Kant’s conception of the whole problem still remained too strongly influenced by the typically European, Aristotelian and Scholastic tradition, and that he was unable to renounce the i ...
... causality. In his extensive Criticism of the Kantian Philosophy, at the end of WWR I, Schopenhauer pointed out that Kant’s conception of the whole problem still remained too strongly influenced by the typically European, Aristotelian and Scholastic tradition, and that he was unable to renounce the i ...
Archetypes of Wisdom
... inspiration with extraordinary insight into the human condition, is the oldest of the philosophical archetypes. The English word sage is derived from the Latin sapiens, meaning “wise.” The term has been used to refer to masters associated with religious traditions and to the wise elders of a group o ...
... inspiration with extraordinary insight into the human condition, is the oldest of the philosophical archetypes. The English word sage is derived from the Latin sapiens, meaning “wise.” The term has been used to refer to masters associated with religious traditions and to the wise elders of a group o ...
philosophical skepticism at the end of the 20th century
... disposal. An even if we would never exploit them and we would finish life by passing out according to tradition, at least we would have had, within out renunciation, a treasuries there a greater richness than the suicidal everybody bears within inside?”19 He has a tragic conception over history, ba ...
... disposal. An even if we would never exploit them and we would finish life by passing out according to tradition, at least we would have had, within out renunciation, a treasuries there a greater richness than the suicidal everybody bears within inside?”19 He has a tragic conception over history, ba ...
Trying to keep philosophy honest
... school of thought).4 There is no suggestion here that anything is to be prohibited. First, Wittgenstein is recommending that we take up a certain attitude towards the philosopher who claims to be trying to grasp “the essence” of the object of his inquiry. Second, he is giving an account of his own m ...
... school of thought).4 There is no suggestion here that anything is to be prohibited. First, Wittgenstein is recommending that we take up a certain attitude towards the philosopher who claims to be trying to grasp “the essence” of the object of his inquiry. Second, he is giving an account of his own m ...
- UTK-EECS
... As the weaknesses of the Thomistic-Aristotelian philosophy became apparent, two philosophical orientations presented themselves as the chief contenders for a new philosophy of nature (Easlea 1980, pp. 89–90). On one hand was the mechanical philosophy, as developed especially by Gassendi and Descarte ...
... As the weaknesses of the Thomistic-Aristotelian philosophy became apparent, two philosophical orientations presented themselves as the chief contenders for a new philosophy of nature (Easlea 1980, pp. 89–90). On one hand was the mechanical philosophy, as developed especially by Gassendi and Descarte ...
On the symbolic structure of modern
... In discussing modern physics in the perspective of critical philosophy we first ask what does physical understanding involve, and then how the structural scheme offered by the transcendental philosophy can be used in this discussion, both concerning the development and the interpretation of physical ...
... In discussing modern physics in the perspective of critical philosophy we first ask what does physical understanding involve, and then how the structural scheme offered by the transcendental philosophy can be used in this discussion, both concerning the development and the interpretation of physical ...
Panpsychism | uboeschenstein.ch
... Illustration of the Neoplatonic concept of the World Soul emanating from The Absolute In philosophy, panpsychism is the view that mind or soul (Greek: ψυχή) is a universal feature of all things, and the primordial feature from which all others are derived. The panpsychist sees him or herself as a mi ...
... Illustration of the Neoplatonic concept of the World Soul emanating from The Absolute In philosophy, panpsychism is the view that mind or soul (Greek: ψυχή) is a universal feature of all things, and the primordial feature from which all others are derived. The panpsychist sees him or herself as a mi ...
Metaphysics
... intellect, in pursuit of scientific knowledge, goes straight to the universal element, which is really there and is the object of true knowledge. 2. It is the Universal (Form) that gives shape to the material element in the Individual substance. How do immaterial universals give rise to Individual s ...
... intellect, in pursuit of scientific knowledge, goes straight to the universal element, which is really there and is the object of true knowledge. 2. It is the Universal (Form) that gives shape to the material element in the Individual substance. How do immaterial universals give rise to Individual s ...
the natural vs . the human sciences myth, methodology and ontology
... randomised studies to ascertain its nature? And yet, there is no criterion of greater importance than rationality when evaluating the conclusions of natural science. Where do we find the ‘greater good’ or determine the ‘public benefit’ in whose service the natural sciences claim to deserve the main ...
... randomised studies to ascertain its nature? And yet, there is no criterion of greater importance than rationality when evaluating the conclusions of natural science. Where do we find the ‘greater good’ or determine the ‘public benefit’ in whose service the natural sciences claim to deserve the main ...
PHI 110 Lecture 16 1 Hello and welcome to what will be the first of
... Hello and welcome to what will be the first of two lectures on the limits of reason and the philosophy of common sense. After these two lectures we will just have two more lectures within this topic and then we’ll be ready for our second exam. I know it’s hard to believe. Things are moving quickly. ...
... Hello and welcome to what will be the first of two lectures on the limits of reason and the philosophy of common sense. After these two lectures we will just have two more lectures within this topic and then we’ll be ready for our second exam. I know it’s hard to believe. Things are moving quickly. ...
Why a philosophy of social science File
... importance of the choices of research questions and of methods of tackling them. And in this book we shall examine almost all of these questions at length. First, there is the question of whether human action can be explained in the way that natural science explains phenomena in its domain. Alternat ...
... importance of the choices of research questions and of methods of tackling them. And in this book we shall examine almost all of these questions at length. First, there is the question of whether human action can be explained in the way that natural science explains phenomena in its domain. Alternat ...
connectedness
... The third approach avoids the fatal either-or dichotomy of the first two approaches by merging subject and object into one entity, such that there are no longer any separate parts but only one identity: all is one. Holism is “the view that an organic or integrated whole has a reality independent of ...
... The third approach avoids the fatal either-or dichotomy of the first two approaches by merging subject and object into one entity, such that there are no longer any separate parts but only one identity: all is one. Holism is “the view that an organic or integrated whole has a reality independent of ...
File - Phinith Philavanh
... inferior to the dullest sensation.” (Soccio 297). Hume believed ideas can be traced to impressions and all ideas results from experiences. John Locke claimed that our ideas are copies of our sensations. Sensations which makes things become reality. “The correspondence theory of truth is a truth test ...
... inferior to the dullest sensation.” (Soccio 297). Hume believed ideas can be traced to impressions and all ideas results from experiences. John Locke claimed that our ideas are copies of our sensations. Sensations which makes things become reality. “The correspondence theory of truth is a truth test ...