research on the contribution of confucian ethics
... we aim at a true dialogue, recognition and co-creation between traditions. While the tendency for nations is to promote their own culture abroad, we perceive as important an opposite effort of welcoming cultures different from one’s original culture. World organizations will be ineffective without t ...
... we aim at a true dialogue, recognition and co-creation between traditions. While the tendency for nations is to promote their own culture abroad, we perceive as important an opposite effort of welcoming cultures different from one’s original culture. World organizations will be ineffective without t ...
(2.3) spirituality in the peripatetic philosophical traditions of islam
... epistemic paradigms, and onto-theological outlooks. Nonetheless one has to be guarded against the impress of the mythical-poetical modes of picturing reality, without necessarily losing sight of the importance of the practice of spiritual exercises. One can still evoke the significance of virtue-eth ...
... epistemic paradigms, and onto-theological outlooks. Nonetheless one has to be guarded against the impress of the mythical-poetical modes of picturing reality, without necessarily losing sight of the importance of the practice of spiritual exercises. One can still evoke the significance of virtue-eth ...
In human life, there are many things people think they know with
... connecting it with things which we are acquainted. Thus, all our knowledge about the table is knowledge of truths, and we do not know the actual table at all. The only thing we know is that there is an actual object to which the description applies, but this object is not directly known to us. As th ...
... connecting it with things which we are acquainted. Thus, all our knowledge about the table is knowledge of truths, and we do not know the actual table at all. The only thing we know is that there is an actual object to which the description applies, but this object is not directly known to us. As th ...
Correspondence, Coherence, and Pragmatic Theories of Truth
... The tangible facts for us consist for us in the differences in action that will come from our beliefs about those facts. What does this sound like? “To attain perfect clearness in our thoughts of an object, then, we need only consider what conceivable effects of a practical kind the object may inv ...
... The tangible facts for us consist for us in the differences in action that will come from our beliefs about those facts. What does this sound like? “To attain perfect clearness in our thoughts of an object, then, we need only consider what conceivable effects of a practical kind the object may inv ...
claSSIcal eDucatIoN aND HuMaN HaPPINeSS
... is highly disputed. Some might say that happiness is ...
... is highly disputed. Some might say that happiness is ...
My first university was in my home town, Durban, in the mid
... premise. Given the prevalent ‘use’ theories of meaning, this seemed unavoidable. Of course scientists’ theories determine the way they use words. The challenge was to show how science can still be rational despite this barrier to communication. Kripke’s Naming and Necessity offered a different way o ...
... premise. Given the prevalent ‘use’ theories of meaning, this seemed unavoidable. Of course scientists’ theories determine the way they use words. The challenge was to show how science can still be rational despite this barrier to communication. Kripke’s Naming and Necessity offered a different way o ...
Each of the two essays should be approximately 800 words, which is
... First, then, it will be objected that by the foregoing principles all that is real and substantial in nature is banished out of the world, and instead thereof a chimerical scheme of ideas takes place. All things that exist, exist only in the mind, that is, they are purely notional. What therefore be ...
... First, then, it will be objected that by the foregoing principles all that is real and substantial in nature is banished out of the world, and instead thereof a chimerical scheme of ideas takes place. All things that exist, exist only in the mind, that is, they are purely notional. What therefore be ...
Simplicity - Heythrop College Publications
... everything together what appears to be torn apart. However, the Romantics conceived this unity as an abstract, formal principle. The simplicity of God was an unknown ‘X’, defined by its synthetic function to unite what appears to be torn apart. Something like this cannot be really discovered in the ...
... everything together what appears to be torn apart. However, the Romantics conceived this unity as an abstract, formal principle. The simplicity of God was an unknown ‘X’, defined by its synthetic function to unite what appears to be torn apart. Something like this cannot be really discovered in the ...
Thinking Through the Body, Educating for the Humanities: A Plea for
... We humanist intellectuals generally take the body for granted because we are so passionately interested in the life of the mind and the creative arts that express our human spirit. But the body is not only an essential dimension of our humanity, it is also the basic instrument of all human performan ...
... We humanist intellectuals generally take the body for granted because we are so passionately interested in the life of the mind and the creative arts that express our human spirit. But the body is not only an essential dimension of our humanity, it is also the basic instrument of all human performan ...
Early Greek Philosophy
... was not simply proposing an alternative to Thales’ water and Anaximenes's air. He wished to call attention to what he thought was the essential feature of reality, namely, that it is ceaselessly changing. He is known for the epigramic sayings "You can't step in the same river twice" and "Everything ...
... was not simply proposing an alternative to Thales’ water and Anaximenes's air. He wished to call attention to what he thought was the essential feature of reality, namely, that it is ceaselessly changing. He is known for the epigramic sayings "You can't step in the same river twice" and "Everything ...
Intro to Philosophy
... Correspondence theory: A belief or proposition is true when it corresponds to, agrees with, or describes reality (i.e., the "way things are," what is in fact the case), and it is false when it fails to correspond to, agree with, or describe reality. ( How we find out whether beliefs, propositions, a ...
... Correspondence theory: A belief or proposition is true when it corresponds to, agrees with, or describes reality (i.e., the "way things are," what is in fact the case), and it is false when it fails to correspond to, agree with, or describe reality. ( How we find out whether beliefs, propositions, a ...
Human Personhood from a Kantian Perspective
... What sets humans apart from all other creatures? If you were to approach a biological Homo sapiens with the question “what makes you human?” how would they respond? Do we have value simply as humans, or are we nothing more than what we offer the world? Philosophers have discussed these questions for ...
... What sets humans apart from all other creatures? If you were to approach a biological Homo sapiens with the question “what makes you human?” how would they respond? Do we have value simply as humans, or are we nothing more than what we offer the world? Philosophers have discussed these questions for ...
Philosophy 224
... human centrality, but must instead be approached “in a neoliteral mode” as entities independent of human construct. ...
... human centrality, but must instead be approached “in a neoliteral mode” as entities independent of human construct. ...
The All Seeing Eye
... about lost, only to wake again, comprehend its purpose, and seeks to return back to the clear waters from which it had its birth. This is true esoteric secret to the B-AP-Tism, for it is here that the AP reigns and it is here that one must be immersed in order to come to an understanding of the purp ...
... about lost, only to wake again, comprehend its purpose, and seeks to return back to the clear waters from which it had its birth. This is true esoteric secret to the B-AP-Tism, for it is here that the AP reigns and it is here that one must be immersed in order to come to an understanding of the purp ...
International Seminar on "Science, Vedanta and
... existence of a conscious and intelligent Mind. This Mind is the matrix of all matter.” Max Planck “Science cannot solve the ultimate mystery of nature. And that is because, in the last analysis, we ourselves are a part of the mystery that we are trying to solve.” Max Planck In 1925, [before] his rev ...
... existence of a conscious and intelligent Mind. This Mind is the matrix of all matter.” Max Planck “Science cannot solve the ultimate mystery of nature. And that is because, in the last analysis, we ourselves are a part of the mystery that we are trying to solve.” Max Planck In 1925, [before] his rev ...
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... known as Buddha or “Enlightened One”. Now, he could teach others to find answers to the meaning of life and human existence; teaching them how to achieve this enlightenment within their own lives would be his dharma. The Ancient philosophy of Buddha’s dharma gives explanation in “steps” on how to ac ...
... known as Buddha or “Enlightened One”. Now, he could teach others to find answers to the meaning of life and human existence; teaching them how to achieve this enlightenment within their own lives would be his dharma. The Ancient philosophy of Buddha’s dharma gives explanation in “steps” on how to ac ...
Dewey`s Concepts of Stability and Precariousness - Purdue e-Pubs
... in individuals is achieved through conscious sharing of the goals as ends-in-view. Since these goals are not immediately uniform but are a result of a process of the incorporation of individual variation through negotiation as to what is to be achieved—democracy—they will necessitate not only shared ...
... in individuals is achieved through conscious sharing of the goals as ends-in-view. Since these goals are not immediately uniform but are a result of a process of the incorporation of individual variation through negotiation as to what is to be achieved—democracy—they will necessitate not only shared ...
Virtuism: Philosophy and the Aesthetics of Virtue
... more people to create this type of virtue, but many have also said that such beautific experiences come from a life of prayer. Most modern philosophers, even the logical positivists, were not moral relativists, and this is something that the untrained philosopher or modern thinker doesn't always rea ...
... more people to create this type of virtue, but many have also said that such beautific experiences come from a life of prayer. Most modern philosophers, even the logical positivists, were not moral relativists, and this is something that the untrained philosopher or modern thinker doesn't always rea ...
Book Review - Journal of French and Francophone Philosophy
... problematic and theories of discourse. This does not mean that they conceive the world in the same way, instead their thought forms a new current in French philosophy that does not descend from post-structuralist theory. Considering the majority of the thinkers in this book take the material, body, ...
... problematic and theories of discourse. This does not mean that they conceive the world in the same way, instead their thought forms a new current in French philosophy that does not descend from post-structuralist theory. Considering the majority of the thinkers in this book take the material, body, ...
Landscape and Dwelling Lars Botin PhD, MA Ass. Professor
... understandings. In this sense landscapes are often characterized by being made of cultural strata that to some extent resembles historical and natural geological strata. There is a clear distinction and dialectics between nature and landscape, where nature is both encompassing and engulfed in landsc ...
... understandings. In this sense landscapes are often characterized by being made of cultural strata that to some extent resembles historical and natural geological strata. There is a clear distinction and dialectics between nature and landscape, where nature is both encompassing and engulfed in landsc ...
Conscious Willing and the Emerging Sciences of Brain and Behavior
... agent’s own goals and desires. Some will add further requirements to this unadorned picture. For example, Harry Frankfurt and others maintain that a will that is free must have a hierarchical structure, such that the first-order desires that cause one’s choices are ratified by a higher-order willing ...
... agent’s own goals and desires. Some will add further requirements to this unadorned picture. For example, Harry Frankfurt and others maintain that a will that is free must have a hierarchical structure, such that the first-order desires that cause one’s choices are ratified by a higher-order willing ...
x - unbc
... however, his materialism does not easily explain the special quality that mental realities seem to have ...
... however, his materialism does not easily explain the special quality that mental realities seem to have ...
Chapter 1 - The Philosophical Enterprise
... The theory can be modified to deal with this counterexample by amending it to state that human beings are animals that have the capacity to reason. 3. Thought experiments can confirm or confute philosophical theories. A confuting thought experiment (a counterexample) has the logical structure of den ...
... The theory can be modified to deal with this counterexample by amending it to state that human beings are animals that have the capacity to reason. 3. Thought experiments can confirm or confute philosophical theories. A confuting thought experiment (a counterexample) has the logical structure of den ...
Plato and Aristotle
... • Virtue, he argues, is the harmony of the individual soul as well as the harmony of the individual within the society • Since we have nothing from Socrates himself, it is difficult to know how much is original Plato and how much is transcribed Socrates • Predicate: that which is asserted or denied ...
... • Virtue, he argues, is the harmony of the individual soul as well as the harmony of the individual within the society • Since we have nothing from Socrates himself, it is difficult to know how much is original Plato and how much is transcribed Socrates • Predicate: that which is asserted or denied ...
Q.l (b) Values - Intrinsic and Extrinsic Values Q.l.(c) Ethical Relativism
... Determinism: Some conceive free will to be the capacity to make choices in which the outcome has not been determined by past events. Determinism suggests that only one course of events is possible, whicb is inconsistent with the existence of such free will. Determinists are impressed by the order in ...
... Determinism: Some conceive free will to be the capacity to make choices in which the outcome has not been determined by past events. Determinism suggests that only one course of events is possible, whicb is inconsistent with the existence of such free will. Determinists are impressed by the order in ...