aff evidence
... to assume that science is deterministic, as Kant did, to arrive at a conclusion like his - that free choices cannot be explained by science. For view from sciences perspective within space and time, if free choices were not determined, then they would appear to be merely random events, such as quant ...
... to assume that science is deterministic, as Kant did, to arrive at a conclusion like his - that free choices cannot be explained by science. For view from sciences perspective within space and time, if free choices were not determined, then they would appear to be merely random events, such as quant ...
Theorising Social Constraint: The Concept of
... mental phenomenon on its physical realiser the physical supervenient model grants, in addition to this, the mental the status of a distinct phenomenon. It appears to have solved the dilemma of whether to accept substance monism or dualism. But has it? As Kim further notes, at best the jury is still ...
... mental phenomenon on its physical realiser the physical supervenient model grants, in addition to this, the mental the status of a distinct phenomenon. It appears to have solved the dilemma of whether to accept substance monism or dualism. But has it? As Kim further notes, at best the jury is still ...
Shakespeare - Hamlet`s Homunculus
... techniques to draw viewers deeper into their plays. One such technique, used in various forms, was to establish the audience or reader ...
... techniques to draw viewers deeper into their plays. One such technique, used in various forms, was to establish the audience or reader ...
Transcript of Diane Peters interview with Michael E. Gardiner for this
... So it might seem that my interest in boredom was a natural outgrowth of this scholarly focus, and to some extent it was. But, more accurately, it came more of out of the realm of personal experience – to wit, I was often bored, in both work and life generally, and this was not merely ‘situational’ b ...
... So it might seem that my interest in boredom was a natural outgrowth of this scholarly focus, and to some extent it was. But, more accurately, it came more of out of the realm of personal experience – to wit, I was often bored, in both work and life generally, and this was not merely ‘situational’ b ...
1 - Valpo Blogs
... school”. But the contradiction is, I maintain, merely apparent. Nor am I convinced that this is a straightforward matter of equivocation. There must be some difference in meaning between the two propositions, of course, but equivocation is usually understood to involve a difference in the meanings o ...
... school”. But the contradiction is, I maintain, merely apparent. Nor am I convinced that this is a straightforward matter of equivocation. There must be some difference in meaning between the two propositions, of course, but equivocation is usually understood to involve a difference in the meanings o ...
The History of the Free Will Problem
... In 1928 Bailey agreed with Giussani that the atoms of the mindsoul provide a break in the continuity of atomic motions, otherwise actions would be necessitated. Bailey imagined complexes of mind-atoms that work together to form a consciousness that is not determined, but also not susceptible to the ...
... In 1928 Bailey agreed with Giussani that the atoms of the mindsoul provide a break in the continuity of atomic motions, otherwise actions would be necessitated. Bailey imagined complexes of mind-atoms that work together to form a consciousness that is not determined, but also not susceptible to the ...
MSWord
... ordinary hermeneutic understanding of discursive performances and their products. But this pragmatist line of thought does not entail that many aspects of discursive practice might not also be susceptible to understanding of the sort I have called “algebraic.” And where it is possible, broadly algeb ...
... ordinary hermeneutic understanding of discursive performances and their products. But this pragmatist line of thought does not entail that many aspects of discursive practice might not also be susceptible to understanding of the sort I have called “algebraic.” And where it is possible, broadly algeb ...
Edith Stein: On the Problem of Empathy - Kris McDaniel`s
... ideal type being receptive to all genuinely positive values. 19 These types are instantiated by real people past and present, and so the study of these spiritual types is properly thought of as being the phenomenological foundations for the sciences that study cultural phenomena. 20 Stein (p. 116) ...
... ideal type being receptive to all genuinely positive values. 19 These types are instantiated by real people past and present, and so the study of these spiritual types is properly thought of as being the phenomenological foundations for the sciences that study cultural phenomena. 20 Stein (p. 116) ...
The Hollow of Being. What can we learn from Maurice Merleau
... object, and that it is conceived as a whole to be overviewable and comprehensible. By contrast, Merleau-Ponty’s efforts might be characterized as an attempt at a non-metaphysical, phenomenologically informed and motivated form of ontology. To clarify his approach, it is necessary to find out in which ...
... object, and that it is conceived as a whole to be overviewable and comprehensible. By contrast, Merleau-Ponty’s efforts might be characterized as an attempt at a non-metaphysical, phenomenologically informed and motivated form of ontology. To clarify his approach, it is necessary to find out in which ...
Reasons and Beliefs
... As for the claim concerning the need for objects in addition to intentional contents, the point is the following: since we are dealing with the way an object is presented to a subject having an intentional attitude, the existence of an intentional content/aspectual shape presupposes that of an objec ...
... As for the claim concerning the need for objects in addition to intentional contents, the point is the following: since we are dealing with the way an object is presented to a subject having an intentional attitude, the existence of an intentional content/aspectual shape presupposes that of an objec ...
The Evidence of the Senses
... false: the warrant that perceptual experience provides is not ‘inconclusive’. Can’t the sceptic just grant the possibility of ‘direct perceptual access’ and deny its actuality? Indeed, but this is toothless unless backed by an argument. The sceptic bears the onus of proof—if she can’t supply a reaso ...
... false: the warrant that perceptual experience provides is not ‘inconclusive’. Can’t the sceptic just grant the possibility of ‘direct perceptual access’ and deny its actuality? Indeed, but this is toothless unless backed by an argument. The sceptic bears the onus of proof—if she can’t supply a reaso ...
Libertarianism and Skepticism about Free Will
... There is good reason to care about satisfying this more demanding standard. Given the picture of philosophical labors I began with—generating probable truths in a domain in which we lack reliable methods for determining the truth—this raising of the dialectical bar is something of an inevitable outc ...
... There is good reason to care about satisfying this more demanding standard. Given the picture of philosophical labors I began with—generating probable truths in a domain in which we lack reliable methods for determining the truth—this raising of the dialectical bar is something of an inevitable outc ...
EINSTEIN: PHILOSOPHICAL IDEAS
... not be applied solely to those thinking processes that could be formulated entirely in linguistic terms. In this his attitude was fundamentally different from that of 20th century Anglo-American philosophy (itself strongly influenced by ideas from Vienna); for him language was a higher-level faculty ...
... not be applied solely to those thinking processes that could be formulated entirely in linguistic terms. In this his attitude was fundamentally different from that of 20th century Anglo-American philosophy (itself strongly influenced by ideas from Vienna); for him language was a higher-level faculty ...
a paradox of virtue
... a decrease in virtue or goodness. We may compare this phenomenon with the distinction between the criterion of rightness and decision procedure in the discussion of modern utilitarianism. As a teleological (or consequentialist) moral theory, utilitarianism identifies the maximization of happiness or ...
... a decrease in virtue or goodness. We may compare this phenomenon with the distinction between the criterion of rightness and decision procedure in the discussion of modern utilitarianism. As a teleological (or consequentialist) moral theory, utilitarianism identifies the maximization of happiness or ...
Elon tribute to McDermott - Society for the Advancement of American
... “everything depends on our interpretation of the silence around us”; and so on. The personal upshot of all this is that, although no shepherd, you find yourself answering in the affirmative Touchstone’s question: “Hast any philosophy in thee, shepherd?”; ...
... “everything depends on our interpretation of the silence around us”; and so on. The personal upshot of all this is that, although no shepherd, you find yourself answering in the affirmative Touchstone’s question: “Hast any philosophy in thee, shepherd?”; ...
Locke`s Effect on Laurence Sterne`s Novel Tristram
... his ideas about the perception of the human mind was the idea of duration. Man’s idea of duration was the awareness of the interval between parts of the train of ideas. By awareness, man can distinguish the duration of his own self and the duration of the objective world “time was a convenient assum ...
... his ideas about the perception of the human mind was the idea of duration. Man’s idea of duration was the awareness of the interval between parts of the train of ideas. By awareness, man can distinguish the duration of his own self and the duration of the objective world “time was a convenient assum ...
Sartre on Embodiment, Touch, and the "Double
... is available to another. Here Sartre and Merleau-Ponty disagree. Merleau-Ponty emphasizes the feeling body as a continuing presence in cases of seeing and touching; whereas Sartre maintains that our perceivings objectify what we perceive and displace the feeling onto the felt. Thetic consciousness i ...
... is available to another. Here Sartre and Merleau-Ponty disagree. Merleau-Ponty emphasizes the feeling body as a continuing presence in cases of seeing and touching; whereas Sartre maintains that our perceivings objectify what we perceive and displace the feeling onto the felt. Thetic consciousness i ...
Plutarch On the fortune and virtue of Alexander (Speech A. 329, B, C
... father of all”. Goddess Athina never leaves her weapon. And like any warrior will choose as comrade one with different weapons, likewise philosophy schools, philosophical trends, and philosophers have to pay one another necessary respect… Al Akbar And the real philosopher never chatters away. If he ...
... father of all”. Goddess Athina never leaves her weapon. And like any warrior will choose as comrade one with different weapons, likewise philosophy schools, philosophical trends, and philosophers have to pay one another necessary respect… Al Akbar And the real philosopher never chatters away. If he ...
Aspects of Visual Epistemology: On the “Logic” of the Iconic Dieter
... of relationships is revealed – together with their discursive connections – since thinking from now on means speaking, while knowledge manifests itself in propositions, which refer to the world and whose references are realized in true/ false distinctions. Otherwise, like transposed modes of speech, ...
... of relationships is revealed – together with their discursive connections – since thinking from now on means speaking, while knowledge manifests itself in propositions, which refer to the world and whose references are realized in true/ false distinctions. Otherwise, like transposed modes of speech, ...
Socrates` Question
... good life. Impressed by the power of fortune to wreck what looked like the best-shaped life, some of them, Socrates one of the first, sought a rational design of life which would reduce the power of fortune and would be to the greatest possible extent luck-free. 3 This has been, in different forms, ...
... good life. Impressed by the power of fortune to wreck what looked like the best-shaped life, some of them, Socrates one of the first, sought a rational design of life which would reduce the power of fortune and would be to the greatest possible extent luck-free. 3 This has been, in different forms, ...
1 - PhilPapers
... Theravāda and Mahāyanā traditions. “To observe the precepts, therefore, is to model one’s behaviour on that of the Buddha” (31). More specifically, to pursue the goal of ethical perfection, on Keown’s account, is to pursue the goal of acting as the Buddha would act. “The Buddha’s śīla, or moral per ...
... Theravāda and Mahāyanā traditions. “To observe the precepts, therefore, is to model one’s behaviour on that of the Buddha” (31). More specifically, to pursue the goal of ethical perfection, on Keown’s account, is to pursue the goal of acting as the Buddha would act. “The Buddha’s śīla, or moral per ...
ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY LECTURE THALES, HERACLITUS
... and it is the kind of explanations they attempted to give that set the foundation for modern science and philosophy. While nowadays, the disciplines are all separated into different fields and departments – biology, physics, geology, political science, philosophy – this division would be been baffli ...
... and it is the kind of explanations they attempted to give that set the foundation for modern science and philosophy. While nowadays, the disciplines are all separated into different fields and departments – biology, physics, geology, political science, philosophy – this division would be been baffli ...
A reply on Spinoza`s behalf
... It is remarkable how many important philosophers of the past have come to think: “If my own philosophy were to be rejected, the only alternative would be Spinozism.” As the papers in the present collection illustrate, conclusions of roughly this form were reached in one way or another by Leibniz, Hu ...
... It is remarkable how many important philosophers of the past have come to think: “If my own philosophy were to be rejected, the only alternative would be Spinozism.” As the papers in the present collection illustrate, conclusions of roughly this form were reached in one way or another by Leibniz, Hu ...
Present, Past, and Future
... by narrowing our focus to show how each new expression, gesture, and utterance cuts into the future. As Mead (1936: 299) puts it, ‘the present is that which is going on,’ and this strict definition makes for a horizon of poignancy around all forms of social interaction because ‘our experience is alw ...
... by narrowing our focus to show how each new expression, gesture, and utterance cuts into the future. As Mead (1936: 299) puts it, ‘the present is that which is going on,’ and this strict definition makes for a horizon of poignancy around all forms of social interaction because ‘our experience is alw ...
Against the Idols of the Age
... University revealed biases in appointments. When he wrote that a philosopher in the ...
... University revealed biases in appointments. When he wrote that a philosopher in the ...