NR 4 - Hartvig Nissen Camilla Tran
... There is no rationality to be discovered in their behaviour, nor is there one to be found in ours; there is no higher being to lend our lives a fixed essence. (Albert Camus calls the friction between a will to life, and the acknowledgement of an inherently meaningless life, absurd.) The biological ...
... There is no rationality to be discovered in their behaviour, nor is there one to be found in ours; there is no higher being to lend our lives a fixed essence. (Albert Camus calls the friction between a will to life, and the acknowledgement of an inherently meaningless life, absurd.) The biological ...
PHILOSOPHY
... What will I have to do to pass the Course assessment? Pass a final exam which takes the form of a single question paper. The paper contains questions which relate to all four Units in the Course and has a time allocation of 2 hours 40 minutes. The number of marks available for the question paper is ...
... What will I have to do to pass the Course assessment? Pass a final exam which takes the form of a single question paper. The paper contains questions which relate to all four Units in the Course and has a time allocation of 2 hours 40 minutes. The number of marks available for the question paper is ...
The Life of the Body-Heart-Mind-Spirit: Cross
... philosophers usually take for granted. Specifically, as the title of my talk suggests, I want to advance a more holistic view of education. Modern academic philosophers have tended to forget that philosophy was for the ancient Greeks, not just an intellectual exercise, but a transformative way of l ...
... philosophers usually take for granted. Specifically, as the title of my talk suggests, I want to advance a more holistic view of education. Modern academic philosophers have tended to forget that philosophy was for the ancient Greeks, not just an intellectual exercise, but a transformative way of l ...
Plato, knowledge and virtue
... both beautiful and not beautiful. • Therefore, we can have knowledge of the Forms, though not through our senses. • The highest knowledge is knowledge of the Form of the Good: it is from the good that ‘things that are just and so on derive their usefulness and value… Is there any point in having the ...
... both beautiful and not beautiful. • Therefore, we can have knowledge of the Forms, though not through our senses. • The highest knowledge is knowledge of the Form of the Good: it is from the good that ‘things that are just and so on derive their usefulness and value… Is there any point in having the ...
Realism PP - Kirsten English Home
... At eighteen, he joined Plato's Academy in Athens and remained there until the age of thirtyseven ...
... At eighteen, he joined Plato's Academy in Athens and remained there until the age of thirtyseven ...
Test fall 2006 for TOK1024
... The project of the logical positivists and Karl R Popper was to draw a line between what they called real science one on hand and on the other hand, metaphysics and / or pseudoscience. The positivists suggested the principle of verification but Karl Popper criticized their contribution and instead s ...
... The project of the logical positivists and Karl R Popper was to draw a line between what they called real science one on hand and on the other hand, metaphysics and / or pseudoscience. The positivists suggested the principle of verification but Karl Popper criticized their contribution and instead s ...
You are what You Do
... If someone states their intentions to marry, it is a real commitment even though it cannot be detected by any of the senses. ...
... If someone states their intentions to marry, it is a real commitment even though it cannot be detected by any of the senses. ...
Ethical Framework summaries File
... A categorical imperative, on the other hand, denotes an absolute, unconditional requirement that must be obeyed in all circumstances and is justified as an end in itself. It is best known in its first formulation: Act only according to that maxim whereby you can, at the same time, will that it shoul ...
... A categorical imperative, on the other hand, denotes an absolute, unconditional requirement that must be obeyed in all circumstances and is justified as an end in itself. It is best known in its first formulation: Act only according to that maxim whereby you can, at the same time, will that it shoul ...
Suggestions of the real
... that past? The architect Jean Nouvel10 calls rooms that bring to mind bygone eras, virtual spaces, as they trick us and disrupts our presupposed notions, mental images and memories. The reflective nostalgia, the kind that ‘cherishes shattered fragments of memory and temporal space’,11 has more abili ...
... that past? The architect Jean Nouvel10 calls rooms that bring to mind bygone eras, virtual spaces, as they trick us and disrupts our presupposed notions, mental images and memories. The reflective nostalgia, the kind that ‘cherishes shattered fragments of memory and temporal space’,11 has more abili ...
Was Wittgenstein Right?
... This example illustrates the key components of Wittgenstein’s metaphilosophy, and suggests how to flesh them out a little further. Philosophical problems typically arise from the clash between the inevitably idiosyncratic features of special-purpose concepts —true, good, object, person, now, necess ...
... This example illustrates the key components of Wittgenstein’s metaphilosophy, and suggests how to flesh them out a little further. Philosophical problems typically arise from the clash between the inevitably idiosyncratic features of special-purpose concepts —true, good, object, person, now, necess ...
New Pragmatism
... Anglo-Saxon (analytic) philosophy William James’s rejection of metaphysical pseudo-problems … [T]he pragmatic method is primarily a method of settling metaphysical disputes that otherwise might be interminable. Is the world one or many?—fated or free?—material or spiritual?—here are notions either o ...
... Anglo-Saxon (analytic) philosophy William James’s rejection of metaphysical pseudo-problems … [T]he pragmatic method is primarily a method of settling metaphysical disputes that otherwise might be interminable. Is the world one or many?—fated or free?—material or spiritual?—here are notions either o ...
Existentialism
... • Because we choose, we must accept risk and responsibility for wherever our commitments take us. ...
... • Because we choose, we must accept risk and responsibility for wherever our commitments take us. ...
Hard Determinism Hard determinism is the belief that we are entirely
... hard determinism: you have free will within determined situations. Our actions are controlled by external forces to an extent, but we are still able to be held accountable for those actions. John Locke, a famous soft determinist, thought that human beings develop morality throughout their lives, wit ...
... hard determinism: you have free will within determined situations. Our actions are controlled by external forces to an extent, but we are still able to be held accountable for those actions. John Locke, a famous soft determinist, thought that human beings develop morality throughout their lives, wit ...
Pre Socratics and The School of Athens PowerPoint
... It was painted between 1510 and 1511 as a part of Raphael's commission to decorate with frescoes the rooms now known as the Stanza della Signatura, in the Apostolic Palace in the Vatican. The "School of Athens" is one of a group of four main frescoes on the walls of the Stanza (those on either side ...
... It was painted between 1510 and 1511 as a part of Raphael's commission to decorate with frescoes the rooms now known as the Stanza della Signatura, in the Apostolic Palace in the Vatican. The "School of Athens" is one of a group of four main frescoes on the walls of the Stanza (those on either side ...
Of Self-Love - Sophia Project
... Many able philosophers have shown the insufficiency of these systems. And I shall take for granted what, I believe, the smallest reflection will make evident to every impartial enquirer. But the nature of the subject furnishes the strongest presumption, that no better system will ever, for the futur ...
... Many able philosophers have shown the insufficiency of these systems. And I shall take for granted what, I believe, the smallest reflection will make evident to every impartial enquirer. But the nature of the subject furnishes the strongest presumption, that no better system will ever, for the futur ...
philosophy
... Philosophy is a manner of thinking about the most basic questions and problems faced by human beings. Most people believe they have nothing to do with Philosophy and it has nothing to do with them. However there are times that such basic and important questions and problems will occur and be experie ...
... Philosophy is a manner of thinking about the most basic questions and problems faced by human beings. Most people believe they have nothing to do with Philosophy and it has nothing to do with them. However there are times that such basic and important questions and problems will occur and be experie ...
01. Philosophy, its main categories and problems
... Philosophy is a manner of thinking about the most basic questions and problems faced by human beings. Most people believe they have nothing to do with Philosophy and it has nothing to do with them. However there are times that such basic and important questions and problems will occur and be experie ...
... Philosophy is a manner of thinking about the most basic questions and problems faced by human beings. Most people believe they have nothing to do with Philosophy and it has nothing to do with them. However there are times that such basic and important questions and problems will occur and be experie ...
Paper version
... The issue of free will depends on questions of meaning as much as it depends on questions of fact. My choices are made based solely upon my upbringing and my past experiences, but I am still free. Even though I must always act in accordance with my strongest desire, there is still a real sense in wh ...
... The issue of free will depends on questions of meaning as much as it depends on questions of fact. My choices are made based solely upon my upbringing and my past experiences, but I am still free. Even though I must always act in accordance with my strongest desire, there is still a real sense in wh ...
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... about this briefly in class.) But if so, does this show that they cannot provide a sound basis for moral ...
... about this briefly in class.) But if so, does this show that they cannot provide a sound basis for moral ...
Happiness and Agency
... contemporary physics and neuro-physiology and human choice and world-making. Truman Show is a feature film about a man who is unwittingly the star of a reality TV show who has to discover who he is and redefine his life and destiny. Pleasantville is a feature film about two young people trapped in t ...
... contemporary physics and neuro-physiology and human choice and world-making. Truman Show is a feature film about a man who is unwittingly the star of a reality TV show who has to discover who he is and redefine his life and destiny. Pleasantville is a feature film about two young people trapped in t ...
What is Philosophy?
... Why? He observed that most people spent their time, energy, and resources on certain goals such as pursuing popularity, pleasure, and wealth without ever seriously asking whether these pursuits are important? How does one know if this is worth pursuing? What if these goals were useless if not danger ...
... Why? He observed that most people spent their time, energy, and resources on certain goals such as pursuing popularity, pleasure, and wealth without ever seriously asking whether these pursuits are important? How does one know if this is worth pursuing? What if these goals were useless if not danger ...
What to make of near death experiences? By Rev. James Coleman
... University of London. Blakemore’s article was published by the Dominion Post on 15 October 2012. His article starts with a mocking description of what Alexander experienced and then proceeds to offer a materialistic explanation of the phenomena. His explanation of all near death experiences is that ...
... University of London. Blakemore’s article was published by the Dominion Post on 15 October 2012. His article starts with a mocking description of what Alexander experienced and then proceeds to offer a materialistic explanation of the phenomena. His explanation of all near death experiences is that ...
Some basic terminology
... example, “I know that P is true because I saw Q.”) Rationalists deny this, and say that, at least sometimes (maybe always), a belief can be justified by pure thinking or reasoning, without being tied to what anyone anywhere has (or even could) experience through the senses. Rationalists don’t (typic ...
... example, “I know that P is true because I saw Q.”) Rationalists deny this, and say that, at least sometimes (maybe always), a belief can be justified by pure thinking or reasoning, without being tied to what anyone anywhere has (or even could) experience through the senses. Rationalists don’t (typic ...
2015-06-21THE WAR OF THE MIND
... prizewinners. There has to be a spiritual solution to the problem of sin. Jesus came calling us to repentance so that we might enter the kingdom of God. We need more humility and a change of heart and mind, which Jesus called being born again of the Spirit, if the world is to be changed for the bett ...
... prizewinners. There has to be a spiritual solution to the problem of sin. Jesus came calling us to repentance so that we might enter the kingdom of God. We need more humility and a change of heart and mind, which Jesus called being born again of the Spirit, if the world is to be changed for the bett ...
Notes to Introduce Epistemology
... Is science the new ultimate standard for truth? Has the “scientific method” usurped philosophical inquiry and biblical authority? ...
... Is science the new ultimate standard for truth? Has the “scientific method” usurped philosophical inquiry and biblical authority? ...