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... philosophy makes way for a rhetorically and hermeneutically savvy philosophy and a philosophically sophisticated conception of rhetoric. We are given over to the necessity of making a life with one another without recourse to any first principles or stable methods promising certainty – we are given ...
... philosophy makes way for a rhetorically and hermeneutically savvy philosophy and a philosophically sophisticated conception of rhetoric. We are given over to the necessity of making a life with one another without recourse to any first principles or stable methods promising certainty – we are given ...
is discontinuous bergsonism possible?
... continuity of elements which prolong themselves into one another participates in unity as much as in multiplicity….shall we conclude that duration must be defined as unity and multiplicity at the same time? (…) when I replace myself in duration by an effort of intuition, I immediately perceive how i ...
... continuity of elements which prolong themselves into one another participates in unity as much as in multiplicity….shall we conclude that duration must be defined as unity and multiplicity at the same time? (…) when I replace myself in duration by an effort of intuition, I immediately perceive how i ...
“Moral Perfectionism” or Emerson`s “Moral Sentiment”?
... much less of its constitution (Cavell 1990), without considering his core metaphysical doctrine. Here is the fatal flaw in Cavell's account, his fundamental departure from Emerson, and the source of a number of unfortunate confusions. First among these I would cite Cavell's overemphasis on skepticis ...
... much less of its constitution (Cavell 1990), without considering his core metaphysical doctrine. Here is the fatal flaw in Cavell's account, his fundamental departure from Emerson, and the source of a number of unfortunate confusions. First among these I would cite Cavell's overemphasis on skepticis ...
Sameness and Referential Opacity in Aristotle Francis Jeffry
... helpful. As it stands, it appears to presuppose the proof later in Meta. VII 6 that per se entities (e.g., (a) man) are identical with their essences. The second problem with Ross' reconstruction again turns on the fact that he uses our modern '=' to capture Aristotle's sense of'the same'. But his c ...
... helpful. As it stands, it appears to presuppose the proof later in Meta. VII 6 that per se entities (e.g., (a) man) are identical with their essences. The second problem with Ross' reconstruction again turns on the fact that he uses our modern '=' to capture Aristotle's sense of'the same'. But his c ...
Attitudinal Objects and the Distinction between Actions and Products
... are not entities suited to play the right role in the semantics of sentences with that-clauses or quantifiers in their place. In this paper, I will argue for a notion of a truth-bearing entity that is distinct both from a proposition and from an intentional event, state, or action, and that is the n ...
... are not entities suited to play the right role in the semantics of sentences with that-clauses or quantifiers in their place. In this paper, I will argue for a notion of a truth-bearing entity that is distinct both from a proposition and from an intentional event, state, or action, and that is the n ...
Hume`s Source of the “Impression
... The mind, according to Hume, readily and naturally distinguishes the variations of degree between impressions and ideas, as it clearly perceives the differences when one is feeling, remembering, imagining, and thinking, even if in particular circumstances impressions and ideas may very nearly approa ...
... The mind, according to Hume, readily and naturally distinguishes the variations of degree between impressions and ideas, as it clearly perceives the differences when one is feeling, remembering, imagining, and thinking, even if in particular circumstances impressions and ideas may very nearly approa ...
The Rise of History: Kant, Herder, and the End of the Enlightenment
... this history, nor its utility. Herder began by suggesting the hand of Providence shapes history, molding one culture in this way, and the other in that, with the possibility of an end upon the horizon. Herder reconsiders that notion at the conclusion of the text, positing the construction of an obje ...
... this history, nor its utility. Herder began by suggesting the hand of Providence shapes history, molding one culture in this way, and the other in that, with the possibility of an end upon the horizon. Herder reconsiders that notion at the conclusion of the text, positing the construction of an obje ...
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... approach is for Zen to adapt its intimacy orientation enough to offer an argument and a critique (both are integrity oriented) – to offer a critique of the inadequacies of the predominant integrity orientation of Western ethics with its emphasis on rights and responsibility. But -- following Kasulis ...
... approach is for Zen to adapt its intimacy orientation enough to offer an argument and a critique (both are integrity oriented) – to offer a critique of the inadequacies of the predominant integrity orientation of Western ethics with its emphasis on rights and responsibility. But -- following Kasulis ...
Theoretical Reason and Practical Reason for Kant and Tabataba`i
... According to this, another division in reason is suggested by these two thinkers. Both maintained that reason is divided into practical and theoretical, and they believed that it is upon theoretical reason to know “-what is-s” and also recognition of objects and external world; and the task of pract ...
... According to this, another division in reason is suggested by these two thinkers. Both maintained that reason is divided into practical and theoretical, and they believed that it is upon theoretical reason to know “-what is-s” and also recognition of objects and external world; and the task of pract ...
Dharma - Esamskriti
... The Hindu calls his religions his dharma. The word ‘dharma’ has a deeper and wider meaning than the word ‘religion’ as is used and understood by the Westerner. The word ‘dharma’ is from the Sanskrit root ‘dhr’ which means. ‘to hold’ or ‘to support’. Therefore, ‘dharma’ stands for that which holds u ...
... The Hindu calls his religions his dharma. The word ‘dharma’ has a deeper and wider meaning than the word ‘religion’ as is used and understood by the Westerner. The word ‘dharma’ is from the Sanskrit root ‘dhr’ which means. ‘to hold’ or ‘to support’. Therefore, ‘dharma’ stands for that which holds u ...
Reid`s defense of common sense - Scholars Archive
... Since he often claims that no defense of common sense is required, he is sometimes misread as claiming that no defense could be given. Yet Reid does defend common sense. This paper explores how he does so. Before engaging Reid directly, however, I want to consider two other ways in which Reid is som ...
... Since he often claims that no defense of common sense is required, he is sometimes misread as claiming that no defense could be given. Yet Reid does defend common sense. This paper explores how he does so. Before engaging Reid directly, however, I want to consider two other ways in which Reid is som ...
aristotle`s poetics - U
... is clear enough from the connection made in the same context with moral purpose or character (ithos) that the success or failure in action which Aristotle has in mind is taken to possess an ethical dimension. These passages confirm, then, what is more diffusely recognisable, that the..types of human ...
... is clear enough from the connection made in the same context with moral purpose or character (ithos) that the success or failure in action which Aristotle has in mind is taken to possess an ethical dimension. These passages confirm, then, what is more diffusely recognisable, that the..types of human ...
Dharmakirti and Husserl on Negative Judgments
... perceptions of the desk or books do not really fit the context, for these objects are not the subject of concern at all. Only in contrast to the anticipation of Y, these perceptions start to make sense in the way that they disappointed this anticipation. So far, it seems that Husserl’s accounts of n ...
... perceptions of the desk or books do not really fit the context, for these objects are not the subject of concern at all. Only in contrast to the anticipation of Y, these perceptions start to make sense in the way that they disappointed this anticipation. So far, it seems that Husserl’s accounts of n ...
ΜΕΛΕΤΗΜΑΤΑ CONTEXTUALIZING LATE GREEK PHILOSOPHY
... he lives as his capacities allow. Because the private and public spheres were understood to operate according to the same principles, the man who has mastered himself can help society to master itself. The prominence of social relations in philosophical biography should not be viewed as a growing pe ...
... he lives as his capacities allow. Because the private and public spheres were understood to operate according to the same principles, the man who has mastered himself can help society to master itself. The prominence of social relations in philosophical biography should not be viewed as a growing pe ...
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... Semantic minimalists reject traditional philosophical concerns with the nature of truth, arguing that the traditional project rests on a misconception. This rejection comes in two importantly different forms, however. On one view, the traditional mistake is to assume that there is a ‘thick’ or ‘subs ...
... Semantic minimalists reject traditional philosophical concerns with the nature of truth, arguing that the traditional project rests on a misconception. This rejection comes in two importantly different forms, however. On one view, the traditional mistake is to assume that there is a ‘thick’ or ‘subs ...
Concrete Possible Worlds
... statements are descriptively meaningful, but not fundamental. Thus begins the search for an analysis of modal statements, the attempt to provide illuminating truth conditions for modal statements without just invoking more modality. Consider this. Modal statements can be naturally paraphrased in ter ...
... statements are descriptively meaningful, but not fundamental. Thus begins the search for an analysis of modal statements, the attempt to provide illuminating truth conditions for modal statements without just invoking more modality. Consider this. Modal statements can be naturally paraphrased in ter ...
the cosmology of archelaus of athens
... norms in the work in which he wrote about the origins of the cosmic order. It is this work in which he discussed the just and the ignoble, whereas he wrote some other works too, the contents of which are not specified. (Incidentally, Plutarch informs us that Archelaus composed also poetic works.) ‘I ...
... norms in the work in which he wrote about the origins of the cosmic order. It is this work in which he discussed the just and the ignoble, whereas he wrote some other works too, the contents of which are not specified. (Incidentally, Plutarch informs us that Archelaus composed also poetic works.) ‘I ...
Entitlement, Justification, and the Bootstrapping
... Turning back to the view we now considering, the suggestion would be that for any given belief B*, one has justification for B* only if one has other beliefs whose contents could be cited as premises in an argument that has the content of B* as its conclusion. It is the subject’s own epistemic respo ...
... Turning back to the view we now considering, the suggestion would be that for any given belief B*, one has justification for B* only if one has other beliefs whose contents could be cited as premises in an argument that has the content of B* as its conclusion. It is the subject’s own epistemic respo ...
Phenomenology of Eros.indd
... existence it always is: “Dasein bears the inner possibility for the factical dispersion in corporeality and therefore in sexuality.”6 The original source of this “inner possibility” is the neutral Dasein, which as neutral does not exist (172). Thus, corporeality and sexuality are referred to as a fo ...
... existence it always is: “Dasein bears the inner possibility for the factical dispersion in corporeality and therefore in sexuality.”6 The original source of this “inner possibility” is the neutral Dasein, which as neutral does not exist (172). Thus, corporeality and sexuality are referred to as a fo ...
Cicero`s Tusculan Disputations
... At a time when I had entirely, or to a great degree, released myself from my labors as an advocate, and from my duties as a senator, I had recourse again, Brutus, principally by your advice, to those studies which never had been out of my mind, although neglected at times, and which after a long int ...
... At a time when I had entirely, or to a great degree, released myself from my labors as an advocate, and from my duties as a senator, I had recourse again, Brutus, principally by your advice, to those studies which never had been out of my mind, although neglected at times, and which after a long int ...
Associative Duties and the Ethics of Killing in War
... The second divide is between those who regard associative duties as partly constitutive of these relationships, and those who focus on duties that are instrumental to the relationships’ realisation.2 Among the former group, some think that the duties constitute these relationships in virtue of patte ...
... The second divide is between those who regard associative duties as partly constitutive of these relationships, and those who focus on duties that are instrumental to the relationships’ realisation.2 Among the former group, some think that the duties constitute these relationships in virtue of patte ...
Dao, Harmony and Personhood: Towards a Confucian Ethics of
... It should be pointed out that the normative role of Heaven in Confucian thought is not merely negative but also positive and proactive, and that the worldview powered by Heaven is not deterministic. For Confucians, Heaven does not only sanction and rectify the wrongdoings; it also nourishes things. ...
... It should be pointed out that the normative role of Heaven in Confucian thought is not merely negative but also positive and proactive, and that the worldview powered by Heaven is not deterministic. For Confucians, Heaven does not only sanction and rectify the wrongdoings; it also nourishes things. ...
Persons in time - The Open University
... showing that not all facts are equally “deep”, and that the facts that are deepest are the ones that the reductionist appeals to. However, the argument does not work. One obvious problem with it is the almost unanswerable question, “How should we individuate facts?”: a question which seems tailor-ma ...
... showing that not all facts are equally “deep”, and that the facts that are deepest are the ones that the reductionist appeals to. However, the argument does not work. One obvious problem with it is the almost unanswerable question, “How should we individuate facts?”: a question which seems tailor-ma ...
CLASSICAL FOUNDATIONALISM
... prominent coherence theorists to foundationalism, it's as good a time as any to predict a resurgence of the view. When I was asked to participate in this conference, I suggested that it might be useful to present a kind of overview of what I take to be the main reasons so many epistemologists abando ...
... prominent coherence theorists to foundationalism, it's as good a time as any to predict a resurgence of the view. When I was asked to participate in this conference, I suggested that it might be useful to present a kind of overview of what I take to be the main reasons so many epistemologists abando ...
Color and the Inverted Spectrum
... (b) Invert and Nonvert are both competent English speakers. They at least apply their color words to the same range of things. It is plausible to suppose that Invert means by “blue” what the rest of us mean. Invert describes violets as looking blue to him and as not looking yellow. If, however, Inve ...
... (b) Invert and Nonvert are both competent English speakers. They at least apply their color words to the same range of things. It is plausible to suppose that Invert means by “blue” what the rest of us mean. Invert describes violets as looking blue to him and as not looking yellow. If, however, Inve ...