HOLISM AND REALISM - Jacques Maritain Center
... Robust scientific realism about the correspondence between the individual terms and hypotheses of scientific theories and objects in the world has been out of vogue since the logical positivists failed in their efforts to reduce theory to a system of directly observable entities and immediately veri ...
... Robust scientific realism about the correspondence between the individual terms and hypotheses of scientific theories and objects in the world has been out of vogue since the logical positivists failed in their efforts to reduce theory to a system of directly observable entities and immediately veri ...
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... the given condition” (p. 41). These inferential dispositions can be chained to yield more complex belief-forming dispositions: “a belief-forming disposition is reliable if it is reliable by this criterion or if this disposition results from other dispositions all of which are reliable by this criter ...
... the given condition” (p. 41). These inferential dispositions can be chained to yield more complex belief-forming dispositions: “a belief-forming disposition is reliable if it is reliable by this criterion or if this disposition results from other dispositions all of which are reliable by this criter ...
First Name Surname Nationality Key Theories Key
... The first Greek philosopher and the "father of science". Believed all matter originated from water. Believed there was a fundamental matter from which everything is made and to which everything eventually returns. Student of Anaximander. Believed that all matter was made of air at different densitie ...
... The first Greek philosopher and the "father of science". Believed all matter originated from water. Believed there was a fundamental matter from which everything is made and to which everything eventually returns. Student of Anaximander. Believed that all matter was made of air at different densitie ...
The Principles of History RGCollingwood and
... mathematics are prime example of autonomous thoughts that are not tied to individuals, but which are open to be rethought and rediscovered. In short history is about the history of the mind, the history of human thought. Climate and geography are in themselves not part of human history, only the tho ...
... mathematics are prime example of autonomous thoughts that are not tied to individuals, but which are open to be rethought and rediscovered. In short history is about the history of the mind, the history of human thought. Climate and geography are in themselves not part of human history, only the tho ...
A Comparative Study of the Epistemology of Immanuel Kant and that
... philosophico-religious setting. He observes that, “by the time of the Late Upaniṣads” – the period in which the Buddha appeared, – “there were three main schools of thought in the Vedic tradition", which he lists as follows: (1) “the orthodox brahmins who believed in the supernatural revelation of t ...
... philosophico-religious setting. He observes that, “by the time of the Late Upaniṣads” – the period in which the Buddha appeared, – “there were three main schools of thought in the Vedic tradition", which he lists as follows: (1) “the orthodox brahmins who believed in the supernatural revelation of t ...
Anaxagoras 500 - 428, came to Athens in 480
... This is NOT ‘Idealism’ though (Plato, etc); because the One is not necessarily mere thought; Parmenides believes it to be material, and the ‘illusion’ is that the One is plural and differentiated and changing. The Eleatic School is Monistic Materialism. Only reason—not sense—can apprehend the materi ...
... This is NOT ‘Idealism’ though (Plato, etc); because the One is not necessarily mere thought; Parmenides believes it to be material, and the ‘illusion’ is that the One is plural and differentiated and changing. The Eleatic School is Monistic Materialism. Only reason—not sense—can apprehend the materi ...
Action research, stories and practical philosophy
... here’. It both critiques the policy which positions the actors in schools and stirs us into action. This action will vary dependant on our positions within our educational systems but the action aims to support those teachers who strive to engage with the complex educational problems involved in wor ...
... here’. It both critiques the policy which positions the actors in schools and stirs us into action. This action will vary dependant on our positions within our educational systems but the action aims to support those teachers who strive to engage with the complex educational problems involved in wor ...
connectedness
... itself, i.e. the unchangeable, eternal and underlying basis for the entire non-material foundation of the world in which we live. Plato (4th century BCE) made a distinction between two forms of being in his Parmenides: on the one hand, singular objects which exist exclusively through participation w ...
... itself, i.e. the unchangeable, eternal and underlying basis for the entire non-material foundation of the world in which we live. Plato (4th century BCE) made a distinction between two forms of being in his Parmenides: on the one hand, singular objects which exist exclusively through participation w ...
What Can We Know A Priori?1 C.S.I. Jenkins Draft only. Please
... Of course, sometimes we believe p only because it seems to us that things couldn’t be any other way, and when it transpires that they can our motivation for p disappears. But Devitt has not argued that anything of that kind is going on in this case. Moreover, there are various other motivations for ...
... Of course, sometimes we believe p only because it seems to us that things couldn’t be any other way, and when it transpires that they can our motivation for p disappears. But Devitt has not argued that anything of that kind is going on in this case. Moreover, there are various other motivations for ...
Here
... science tells us that there is a significant gap between the physical nature of the world and how our consciousness perceives it: our sense of sight, for example, which informs us about our environment more than any other sense, presents to us an illuminated and colorful world. But light is nothing ...
... science tells us that there is a significant gap between the physical nature of the world and how our consciousness perceives it: our sense of sight, for example, which informs us about our environment more than any other sense, presents to us an illuminated and colorful world. But light is nothing ...
CHAPTER 1 * A Process-Relational World/ A Relational Organic
... • traditional Christian view of time assumes that the future exists (p. 5) = static view of time (p. 6) • The view of time in which the past, present, and future exist simultaneously, so that the future already and always exists—is already fully settled and actual—is exactly the view of time that I ...
... • traditional Christian view of time assumes that the future exists (p. 5) = static view of time (p. 6) • The view of time in which the past, present, and future exist simultaneously, so that the future already and always exists—is already fully settled and actual—is exactly the view of time that I ...
Contextual Reasoning in Concept Spaces - CEUR
... Let's say that a set of background assumptions represents a body of (partial) knowledge about a given context that was established prior to the actual inference. In general we want to know whether some sequent holds for every conceivable state in the space. Often though we already have partial inf ...
... Let's say that a set of background assumptions represents a body of (partial) knowledge about a given context that was established prior to the actual inference. In general we want to know whether some sequent holds for every conceivable state in the space. Often though we already have partial inf ...
Richard Bernstein, “Beyond Objectivism and Relativism: An Overview.”
... is or can be the foundational discipline of culture. We need to abandon the very idea that philosophy is a form of inquiry that knows something about knowing, language, or thought that nobody else knows, and frankly admit that at its best, philosophy is just another voice in the conversation of mank ...
... is or can be the foundational discipline of culture. We need to abandon the very idea that philosophy is a form of inquiry that knows something about knowing, language, or thought that nobody else knows, and frankly admit that at its best, philosophy is just another voice in the conversation of mank ...
An Evaluation of Paul Churchland`s Responses to The Knowledge
... about, the key distinction articulated above in (A) and (B). Is r a statement about the nature of light or about the nature of what it is like for a person to see light? Again, if Churchland is to follow Jackson’s lead (as he must, if his reductio is to be successful), then r is about the former rat ...
... about, the key distinction articulated above in (A) and (B). Is r a statement about the nature of light or about the nature of what it is like for a person to see light? Again, if Churchland is to follow Jackson’s lead (as he must, if his reductio is to be successful), then r is about the former rat ...
Inquiry Systems of Upanishads: A Comment
... some of these perspectives are based on sound arguments and on correct interpretations of Vedic (scriptural) texts, while some are based on fallacious arguments and on Vedic texts misunderstood and misapplied. We must not, Sankara argues, embrace any one of these opinions without careful thought and ...
... some of these perspectives are based on sound arguments and on correct interpretations of Vedic (scriptural) texts, while some are based on fallacious arguments and on Vedic texts misunderstood and misapplied. We must not, Sankara argues, embrace any one of these opinions without careful thought and ...
Keith Crome`s `Descartes` Evil Demon`
... glance. On the grounds that it is unwise to trust anything or anyone who has deceived us, if only once, he concludes the senses ought not to be trusted at all. However, having drawn this conclusion, Descartes immediately raises an objection: if it is certainly reasonable to doubt what the senses tel ...
... glance. On the grounds that it is unwise to trust anything or anyone who has deceived us, if only once, he concludes the senses ought not to be trusted at all. However, having drawn this conclusion, Descartes immediately raises an objection: if it is certainly reasonable to doubt what the senses tel ...
Engaging the World of the Supernatural: Anthropology
... practices can perhaps only be understood if they are looked at within the specific cultural context within which they occur. Concerning relativism specifically, the issue at stake is: how possible is it to possess an attitude of total relativism? Given the obvious problem of the tension between the ...
... practices can perhaps only be understood if they are looked at within the specific cultural context within which they occur. Concerning relativism specifically, the issue at stake is: how possible is it to possess an attitude of total relativism? Given the obvious problem of the tension between the ...
Lecture notes on Immanuel Kant
... Kant uses this syllogism to deduce the necessary conditions of experience. Thus premise (2) denotes our having an experience and premise (1) is the necessary condition for having that experience. Since both are true, the transcendental element A in step (3) must follow. Kant uses this method to disc ...
... Kant uses this syllogism to deduce the necessary conditions of experience. Thus premise (2) denotes our having an experience and premise (1) is the necessary condition for having that experience. Since both are true, the transcendental element A in step (3) must follow. Kant uses this method to disc ...
The Issue of Correspondence between Scientific Law and Ultimate
... stages. It is important to note that the process of the understanding, like the process of sensibility, occurs instantaneously, and so the following stages are dependent on each other not temporally but logically. Sensibility first provides the understanding with the matter and forms7 of given pheno ...
... stages. It is important to note that the process of the understanding, like the process of sensibility, occurs instantaneously, and so the following stages are dependent on each other not temporally but logically. Sensibility first provides the understanding with the matter and forms7 of given pheno ...
Conceptualism and Non-Conceptualism in Kant`s Theory
... purely sensible experience, without the intervention of concepts. In an even more radical interpretation, one could suppose that the “blindness” of intuitions without concepts prevents even the identification of the separate contribution they bring to the experience. If they have some non-conceptual ...
... purely sensible experience, without the intervention of concepts. In an even more radical interpretation, one could suppose that the “blindness” of intuitions without concepts prevents even the identification of the separate contribution they bring to the experience. If they have some non-conceptual ...
philosophical anthropology: ernst cassirer, max
... present a dialectical tension or even conflict, as Cassirer might call it. Were such a tension to remain, we would lack a clear, consistent and unified concept of human nature for neither of the alternative theories could claim to have completed the circle. For the present writers a dialectical synt ...
... present a dialectical tension or even conflict, as Cassirer might call it. Were such a tension to remain, we would lack a clear, consistent and unified concept of human nature for neither of the alternative theories could claim to have completed the circle. For the present writers a dialectical synt ...
Wittgenstein World History Name: E. Napp Date: Biographical
... about how propositions can be meaningful is correct, then, just as there are no meaningful propositions about logical form, so there can be no meaningful propositions concerning these subjects either. This point, of course, applies to Wittgenstein’s own remarks in the book itself, so Wittgenstein is ...
... about how propositions can be meaningful is correct, then, just as there are no meaningful propositions about logical form, so there can be no meaningful propositions concerning these subjects either. This point, of course, applies to Wittgenstein’s own remarks in the book itself, so Wittgenstein is ...
Feel or perspective? - Animal Studies Repository
... establishing the distinctness of feel and perspective, however, is that each feature seems to require a different type of explanation. For example, Lycan (1996) has argued that perspective can be best explained in terms of a higher-order experiential model of consciousness, grounded in the idea of o ...
... establishing the distinctness of feel and perspective, however, is that each feature seems to require a different type of explanation. For example, Lycan (1996) has argued that perspective can be best explained in terms of a higher-order experiential model of consciousness, grounded in the idea of o ...
The Emergence of Conventionalism - Philsci
... implicit definition, holism and conceptual relativity, all of which can be linked to Poincare's writings (even if not under those very names) have become central to philosophy. This essay explores the impact of some of these notions on twentieth century philosophy of science. In addition to inspirat ...
... implicit definition, holism and conceptual relativity, all of which can be linked to Poincare's writings (even if not under those very names) have become central to philosophy. This essay explores the impact of some of these notions on twentieth century philosophy of science. In addition to inspirat ...
OBJECTIONS TO REALISM Introduction: There are a bewildering
... were stars. Without straining ordinary usage too much, we can even say that someone unfamiliar with sonar sees submarines on the screen without realizing it. Indeed, nowhere in his book does Kuhn give us the slightest reason to suppose that the objects seen by people before scientific revolutions ar ...
... were stars. Without straining ordinary usage too much, we can even say that someone unfamiliar with sonar sees submarines on the screen without realizing it. Indeed, nowhere in his book does Kuhn give us the slightest reason to suppose that the objects seen by people before scientific revolutions ar ...