LANGUAGE AND TRUTH: A STUDY OF NIETZSCHE`S THEORY OF
... physiological demands, for the maintenance of definite mode of life.”10 Conceptualization is done largely under the instinctive drives, and even philosophical understanding is not an exception. Nietzsche writes: “…the great part of conscious thinking must be counted amongst the instinctive functions ...
... physiological demands, for the maintenance of definite mode of life.”10 Conceptualization is done largely under the instinctive drives, and even philosophical understanding is not an exception. Nietzsche writes: “…the great part of conscious thinking must be counted amongst the instinctive functions ...
A_Brief_History_of_Geometry
... Archimedes and Newton is considered to be one of the three greatest mathematicians of all time, invented non-Euclidian geometry prior to the independent work of Janos Bolyai (1802–1860) and Nikolai Lobachevsky (17921856). Non-Euclidian geometry generally refers to any geometry not based on the postu ...
... Archimedes and Newton is considered to be one of the three greatest mathematicians of all time, invented non-Euclidian geometry prior to the independent work of Janos Bolyai (1802–1860) and Nikolai Lobachevsky (17921856). Non-Euclidian geometry generally refers to any geometry not based on the postu ...
ANALYTIC PHILOSOPHY—a trend in contemporary philosophy with
... C. Wright) are firmly opposed to describing the meaning of propositions in this way, since in many cases we cannot recognize whether the truth conditions have occurred, which would lead to the conclusion that we do not know the meaning of many of the propositions we frequently use. The meaning of a ...
... C. Wright) are firmly opposed to describing the meaning of propositions in this way, since in many cases we cannot recognize whether the truth conditions have occurred, which would lead to the conclusion that we do not know the meaning of many of the propositions we frequently use. The meaning of a ...
Foucault on modernity
... This results from Kant's commitment to a notion of critique that, on the one hand, takes rise in response to certain highly specific historical conditions, while on the other hand claiming to transcend those conditions through an exercise of the human faculties — of understanding, reason, and judgme ...
... This results from Kant's commitment to a notion of critique that, on the one hand, takes rise in response to certain highly specific historical conditions, while on the other hand claiming to transcend those conditions through an exercise of the human faculties — of understanding, reason, and judgme ...
Common Sense - SemioticSigns.com
... reflection.” Many would agree when thinking of the U.S. today! But was it true in 1776? • (p. 23) “The nearer any government approaches to a republic the less business there is for a king.” • (p. 73) “…we are not insulting the world with our fleets and armies, nor ravaging the globe for plunder.” Wo ...
... reflection.” Many would agree when thinking of the U.S. today! But was it true in 1776? • (p. 23) “The nearer any government approaches to a republic the less business there is for a king.” • (p. 73) “…we are not insulting the world with our fleets and armies, nor ravaging the globe for plunder.” Wo ...
Not Every Truth Can Be Known (at least, not all
... logic in which these principles are couched, defeating the inference from (1) to omniscience [1, 5], these answers do not address the question I take to be asked by Fitch’s paradox. I say this because upon reflection, the principles motivating a knowability thesis in fact undercut its application in ...
... logic in which these principles are couched, defeating the inference from (1) to omniscience [1, 5], these answers do not address the question I take to be asked by Fitch’s paradox. I say this because upon reflection, the principles motivating a knowability thesis in fact undercut its application in ...
Ancient Skepticism, for
... Ancient Skepticism, for Cambridge History of Moral Philosophy, eds. Sacha Golob and Jens Timmermann (5000 words) ...
... Ancient Skepticism, for Cambridge History of Moral Philosophy, eds. Sacha Golob and Jens Timmermann (5000 words) ...
Aristotle: The first encyclopedist
... The peripathetic philosopher Andronicus provided a Latin translation and tried without much success to publish a first edition of Aristotle’s works; the project remained merely at the level of collection. The publication at a larger scale was achieved by the Arabs much later. The works of Aristotle ...
... The peripathetic philosopher Andronicus provided a Latin translation and tried without much success to publish a first edition of Aristotle’s works; the project remained merely at the level of collection. The publication at a larger scale was achieved by the Arabs much later. The works of Aristotle ...
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Rishis[Seers or Sages] - Hindu World Astrology
... branches of Vedic learning, in particular, even, Vedanga Jyotisha. In those ages, Vedic Astrology was not set apart from Vedic Astronomyboth were inseparable, and went by the unified name of Jyotisha, whose important meaning we shall presently go into. At this point, it may not be out of place to re ...
... branches of Vedic learning, in particular, even, Vedanga Jyotisha. In those ages, Vedic Astrology was not set apart from Vedic Astronomyboth were inseparable, and went by the unified name of Jyotisha, whose important meaning we shall presently go into. At this point, it may not be out of place to re ...
Good, Self, and Unselfing - Reflections on Iris Murdoch`s Moral
... necessary for all thinking. In order to understand any domain of life, we have to be able to relate things to each other, classify them as better or worse, important or not - in short, evaluate. As so often in her philosophy, Murdoch here takes art as an example. Learning to understand some art form ...
... necessary for all thinking. In order to understand any domain of life, we have to be able to relate things to each other, classify them as better or worse, important or not - in short, evaluate. As so often in her philosophy, Murdoch here takes art as an example. Learning to understand some art form ...
Unavoidable Today? Is Protagoras' Moral Relativism
... Rorty chooses, except he does not regard it as relativism. The problem with relativism is that the possibility of a common universol morality is ruled out. Without shared values internationally, no common action is possible against many crimes. Recently (May 2005) the news reported that no laws exis ...
... Rorty chooses, except he does not regard it as relativism. The problem with relativism is that the possibility of a common universol morality is ruled out. Without shared values internationally, no common action is possible against many crimes. Recently (May 2005) the news reported that no laws exis ...
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... he is wiser than others: at least he knows that he does not know. But that sort of knowledge can be had only from encounters with these “others.” That these “others,” as our mirrored “selves,” help us to attain both wisdom and ignorance is reflected in the Socratic method — a sort of philosophical d ...
... he is wiser than others: at least he knows that he does not know. But that sort of knowledge can be had only from encounters with these “others.” That these “others,” as our mirrored “selves,” help us to attain both wisdom and ignorance is reflected in the Socratic method — a sort of philosophical d ...
Intuition, Belief, and Rational Criticisability
... proposition is false is not the same as shedding a belief that it is true. A defender of Entailment can therefore insist that the person who learns the proof keeps her intuition—that is to say, her belief—that NCA is true, and also acquires the additional and contradictory belief that NCA is false. ...
... proposition is false is not the same as shedding a belief that it is true. A defender of Entailment can therefore insist that the person who learns the proof keeps her intuition—that is to say, her belief—that NCA is true, and also acquires the additional and contradictory belief that NCA is false. ...
Bacon - American University of Beirut
... The doctrine of those who have denied that certainty could be attained at all has some agreement with my way of proceeding at the first setting out; but they end in being infinitely separated and opposed. For the holders of that doctrine assert simply that nothing can be known. I also assert that no ...
... The doctrine of those who have denied that certainty could be attained at all has some agreement with my way of proceeding at the first setting out; but they end in being infinitely separated and opposed. For the holders of that doctrine assert simply that nothing can be known. I also assert that no ...
The Double-Edged Sword of Reason The Scholar`s Predicament
... incline us to see the body not as an instrument of but as an obstacle to knowledge and to ignore the specificity of practical knowledge, which is treated either as mere obstacle to knowing or as a rudimentary science’ (Bourdieu, 1997: 170). Here Bourdieu receives a major assist from Lakoff and Johns ...
... incline us to see the body not as an instrument of but as an obstacle to knowledge and to ignore the specificity of practical knowledge, which is treated either as mere obstacle to knowing or as a rudimentary science’ (Bourdieu, 1997: 170). Here Bourdieu receives a major assist from Lakoff and Johns ...
John Ryder ABSTRACT: Philosophers have
... and secondary experience, basically because he does not think that any sense can be given to the idea of immediacy, he is interested, like Dewey, in considering carefully the manipulative aspect of experience, as long as it is not radically separated from the assimilative, because it is in our manip ...
... and secondary experience, basically because he does not think that any sense can be given to the idea of immediacy, he is interested, like Dewey, in considering carefully the manipulative aspect of experience, as long as it is not radically separated from the assimilative, because it is in our manip ...
Knowledge and the curriculum - Brunel University Research Archive
... might ask, should there be for the child to creatively interpret and appropriate the curriculum? Isn't the very point of education that children not just 'get' the curriculum but that they get it 'right'? And doesn't that imply that while there is an obvious need for the coordination of the individu ...
... might ask, should there be for the child to creatively interpret and appropriate the curriculum? Isn't the very point of education that children not just 'get' the curriculum but that they get it 'right'? And doesn't that imply that while there is an obvious need for the coordination of the individu ...
2 / Communication before deconstruction
... meaning [that is, the conditions of intelligibility] of things in general” (Anil Mitra: Heidegger on Being) 1. The question of the topos of being: where is this internal possibility of understanding of Being to be found? 2. The question of interpreting that understanding once that topos is located. ...
... meaning [that is, the conditions of intelligibility] of things in general” (Anil Mitra: Heidegger on Being) 1. The question of the topos of being: where is this internal possibility of understanding of Being to be found? 2. The question of interpreting that understanding once that topos is located. ...
Beyond the axioms: The question of objectivity in mathematics
... is in no way subjective. But surely what is known is subject to change: either collectively or individually, we continue to learn new mathematics. Moreover, the admission of new axioms leads to the possibility of new knowledge which was not possible on the basis of previously admitted axioms. As for ...
... is in no way subjective. But surely what is known is subject to change: either collectively or individually, we continue to learn new mathematics. Moreover, the admission of new axioms leads to the possibility of new knowledge which was not possible on the basis of previously admitted axioms. As for ...
Epistemic Reasons II: Basing
... This argument alone is unlikely to convert epistemologists. As noted in the companion piece, mentalism about normative reasons is no less popular than mentalism about operative reasons in epistemology. Granting, however, that we ought to reject mentalism about operative practical reasons, one might ...
... This argument alone is unlikely to convert epistemologists. As noted in the companion piece, mentalism about normative reasons is no less popular than mentalism about operative reasons in epistemology. Granting, however, that we ought to reject mentalism about operative practical reasons, one might ...
1 What is Scientific Progress? Lessons from Scientific Practice Moti
... each of these planets appear, on the surface, to be equally as advanced. Each has developed similar technology, has similar societies and institutions, uses similar scientific theories, and so forth. Roughly, we’d say they were at the same stage of technological development as we were at the turn o ...
... each of these planets appear, on the surface, to be equally as advanced. Each has developed similar technology, has similar societies and institutions, uses similar scientific theories, and so forth. Roughly, we’d say they were at the same stage of technological development as we were at the turn o ...
Aristotle on What It Means To Be Happy
... this can be demonstrated by ‘the roads to Rome fallacy’: Every road leads to some town Therefore, there is a particular town to which all roads lead. As you can see the second premise does not logically follow from the first and neither does it do so with Aristotle’s version: Everything has an aim T ...
... this can be demonstrated by ‘the roads to Rome fallacy’: Every road leads to some town Therefore, there is a particular town to which all roads lead. As you can see the second premise does not logically follow from the first and neither does it do so with Aristotle’s version: Everything has an aim T ...
-1- HUSSERL`S DISCOVERY OF PHILOSOPHICAL DISCOURSE
... in Husserl, and in Plato Socrates (or his replacements) is the one who has carried out the transcendental reduction. Now, the citizen and the ruler or lawgiver are themselves already engaged in the truth of things. They are part of a city and not a herd, and so their laws, customs, and actions are ...
... in Husserl, and in Plato Socrates (or his replacements) is the one who has carried out the transcendental reduction. Now, the citizen and the ruler or lawgiver are themselves already engaged in the truth of things. They are part of a city and not a herd, and so their laws, customs, and actions are ...
Divisibility
... knowing it as part of its being, with the thing perceived forming the actual content of the perception, without that thing being dependent upon being perceived (by anyone) for its existence (although it could be claimed that the thing perceived depends upon being perceived by someone in order to exi ...
... knowing it as part of its being, with the thing perceived forming the actual content of the perception, without that thing being dependent upon being perceived (by anyone) for its existence (although it could be claimed that the thing perceived depends upon being perceived by someone in order to exi ...