Philosophy: The Passion to Understand
... state of becoming…process philosophy…truth is what works Charles Sanders Peirce…belief is a habit of action undertaken to overcome indecisiveness John Dewey…life is a series of overlapping and interpenetrating experiences and situations…the primary unit of life is the individual experience Richard R ...
... state of becoming…process philosophy…truth is what works Charles Sanders Peirce…belief is a habit of action undertaken to overcome indecisiveness John Dewey…life is a series of overlapping and interpenetrating experiences and situations…the primary unit of life is the individual experience Richard R ...
Metaphysics
... e.g essence of a frog is its frogness. We can know what makes up a frogs- ness without thinking about a particular frog. Existence is completely different from essence. Essentially to say what a frog is and to say that a frog is, are completely different statements. ...
... e.g essence of a frog is its frogness. We can know what makes up a frogs- ness without thinking about a particular frog. Existence is completely different from essence. Essentially to say what a frog is and to say that a frog is, are completely different statements. ...
Greek Philosophy - HCC Learning Web
... • Water alone, not the gods, responsible for all changes in nature • First time attributed events to nature, not gods • Thales started Greek free discussion of ideas in public areas such as the agora, no longer limited to an educated elite or the priests. ...
... • Water alone, not the gods, responsible for all changes in nature • First time attributed events to nature, not gods • Thales started Greek free discussion of ideas in public areas such as the agora, no longer limited to an educated elite or the priests. ...
What is Philosophy?
... propagandists who have an interest in manipulating us. To be truly autonomous and self determined we must learn to think critically, to question what we hear and ask for evidence. ...
... propagandists who have an interest in manipulating us. To be truly autonomous and self determined we must learn to think critically, to question what we hear and ask for evidence. ...
1. Bibliographic Entry James and Stuart Rachels. The Case Against
... “The human character is shaped by an individual’s genes and environment” (286) “Nature is strong and she is pitiless… she works in her own mysterious way, and we are her victims. We have not much to do with it ourselves” (286) “The future is fixed and you have no power to change it” (287) I’m ...
... “The human character is shaped by an individual’s genes and environment” (286) “Nature is strong and she is pitiless… she works in her own mysterious way, and we are her victims. We have not much to do with it ourselves” (286) “The future is fixed and you have no power to change it” (287) I’m ...
Notes on Hume`s And Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding
... The knowledge of that cause and effect is not a priori; it comes entirely from the senses. If we come into contact with some new object, we will not be able to discover any of its causes or effects. We must admit that when we look at our own experience, when we came into contact with new objects, we ...
... The knowledge of that cause and effect is not a priori; it comes entirely from the senses. If we come into contact with some new object, we will not be able to discover any of its causes or effects. We must admit that when we look at our own experience, when we came into contact with new objects, we ...
Seeking Truth
... “He who knows only his own side of the case knows little of that. His reasons may be good, and no one may have been able to refute them. But if he is equally unable to refute the reasons on the opposite side, if he does not so much as know what they are, he has no ground for preferring either opinio ...
... “He who knows only his own side of the case knows little of that. His reasons may be good, and no one may have been able to refute them. But if he is equally unable to refute the reasons on the opposite side, if he does not so much as know what they are, he has no ground for preferring either opinio ...
History and Approaches
... body while the body provides the mind with sensory input for it to decipher. He believed that this action occurs in the pineal gland; located at the top of the brain stem. ...
... body while the body provides the mind with sensory input for it to decipher. He believed that this action occurs in the pineal gland; located at the top of the brain stem. ...
Albert Camus
... our lives, abilities, and environment is just given to us? What is happiness? How can we be happy in a world devoid of significance and meaning? ...
... our lives, abilities, and environment is just given to us? What is happiness? How can we be happy in a world devoid of significance and meaning? ...
Transcendentalism
... English Romanticism, and Indian spirituality/Hinduism. ● Knowledge is not based on experience or dogma but comes from within. ● The inner essence of the individual is the root of all meaningful knowledge. ● Organized religion and institutions corrupt mankind. (Similar to Rousseau’s caustic critique ...
... English Romanticism, and Indian spirituality/Hinduism. ● Knowledge is not based on experience or dogma but comes from within. ● The inner essence of the individual is the root of all meaningful knowledge. ● Organized religion and institutions corrupt mankind. (Similar to Rousseau’s caustic critique ...
2016 Virtual Dialogue on Harmony with Nature – Theme Earth
... of human consumption. Even as the worlds from which resources were drawn and those which consumed those resources drew closer together and began to overlap, the binary persisted. The indigenous approach, as well as other emerging philosophical and ethical approaches, which accounts for Earth Jurispr ...
... of human consumption. Even as the worlds from which resources were drawn and those which consumed those resources drew closer together and began to overlap, the binary persisted. The indigenous approach, as well as other emerging philosophical and ethical approaches, which accounts for Earth Jurispr ...
trilogy 三部曲 obscure = delphic 隐晦的 Idealism 唯心主义 entity 实体
... choose. Choose we must, for not to do so is to remain forever in the nausea of existence. We must take the risk and choose and act, knowing that the choices may prove disastrous, but no other path exists to an authentic life and experience.(1943), Part Four: I am condemned to ...
... choose. Choose we must, for not to do so is to remain forever in the nausea of existence. We must take the risk and choose and act, knowing that the choices may prove disastrous, but no other path exists to an authentic life and experience.
TRANSCENDENTALISM “Transcend” to a higher spiritual
... labor (working conditions) women’s rights (feminist movement) education (public education for all) ...
... labor (working conditions) women’s rights (feminist movement) education (public education for all) ...
HERE - BasicIncome.com
... intuitively “know” this or that moral or religious “truth” are merely providing material for the psycho-analyst. For no act of intuition can be said to reveal a truth about any matter of fact unless it issues in verifiable propositions. And all such propositions are to be incorporated in the system ...
... intuitively “know” this or that moral or religious “truth” are merely providing material for the psycho-analyst. For no act of intuition can be said to reveal a truth about any matter of fact unless it issues in verifiable propositions. And all such propositions are to be incorporated in the system ...
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? ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
