The Method – Analysis and Criticisms
... Of course, one obvious way to check whether I’m right is to ask someone else. Philosophy and science are best done co-operatively. But since Descartes has committed himself to doubting that physical bodies – hence, human beings – exist, he cannot do this. Descartes says that we cannot doubt anything ...
... Of course, one obvious way to check whether I’m right is to ask someone else. Philosophy and science are best done co-operatively. But since Descartes has committed himself to doubting that physical bodies – hence, human beings – exist, he cannot do this. Descartes says that we cannot doubt anything ...
The Brotherhood of Doctrines - The Institute of General Semantics
... frightened away from it by the fact that it is a document of exact science, because while the language may at first be strange the ideas themselves are such as may be readily grasped by any intelligent man; and ultimately the language itself will be found to make this easier than if more familiar wo ...
... frightened away from it by the fact that it is a document of exact science, because while the language may at first be strange the ideas themselves are such as may be readily grasped by any intelligent man; and ultimately the language itself will be found to make this easier than if more familiar wo ...
Powerpoint - John Provost, PhD
... what to think or how to act is a choice! You can’t really sit this one out, although this is exactly what some people think they can do. But when analyzed we see that all people come down on one side or another. But relativism is not your only choice. ...
... what to think or how to act is a choice! You can’t really sit this one out, although this is exactly what some people think they can do. But when analyzed we see that all people come down on one side or another. But relativism is not your only choice. ...
An introduction to philosophy
... The soul exists before the body The body prevents the soul from seeing properly Detaching the soul from the body is the aim of philosophy • Those who apply themselves to philosophy in the proper way are doing no more nor less than to prepare themselves for the moment of dying and the state of death ...
... The soul exists before the body The body prevents the soul from seeing properly Detaching the soul from the body is the aim of philosophy • Those who apply themselves to philosophy in the proper way are doing no more nor less than to prepare themselves for the moment of dying and the state of death ...
Was Wittgenstein Right?
... startling discoveries to be made of facts, not open to the methods of science, yet accessible “from the armchair” through some blend of intuition, pure reason and conceptual analysis. Indeed the whole idea of a subject that could yield such results is based on confusion and wishful thinking. This a ...
... startling discoveries to be made of facts, not open to the methods of science, yet accessible “from the armchair” through some blend of intuition, pure reason and conceptual analysis. Indeed the whole idea of a subject that could yield such results is based on confusion and wishful thinking. This a ...
Pursuing Wisdom
... he posits an underlying principle (Logos) according to which all things are unified as one. Opposites exist and are necessary for life, but they are unified in a system of balances. Logos is a kind of continual flux or change symbolized best by fire. Thus the world is not to be identified with any p ...
... he posits an underlying principle (Logos) according to which all things are unified as one. Opposites exist and are necessary for life, but they are unified in a system of balances. Logos is a kind of continual flux or change symbolized best by fire. Thus the world is not to be identified with any p ...
Famous Mathematician - MATHS-S12
... questions: "As the apple rots, what standard do we use to determine whether or not it is red? It seems that we need some unchanging standard, some fixed redness, but what could fit the bill in this changing world of rotting apples? If we really know something, it is hard to see how that knowledge co ...
... questions: "As the apple rots, what standard do we use to determine whether or not it is red? It seems that we need some unchanging standard, some fixed redness, but what could fit the bill in this changing world of rotting apples? If we really know something, it is hard to see how that knowledge co ...
Class #2
... can act no differently. It is better to obey the gods than man. The unexamined life is not worth living. His pursuit of philosophy is following the instruction of the gods. ...
... can act no differently. It is better to obey the gods than man. The unexamined life is not worth living. His pursuit of philosophy is following the instruction of the gods. ...
Introduction to Metaphysical Terms
... He maintained that what people “common sensically” view as material objects are really ideas that God placed in humans. ...
... He maintained that what people “common sensically” view as material objects are really ideas that God placed in humans. ...
Aristotle
... • Therefore, they are closest to the good • Philosophers know how to act in accordance with their beliefs, – They make true choices about the value & worth of their actions – They have chosen the happiest life ...
... • Therefore, they are closest to the good • Philosophers know how to act in accordance with their beliefs, – They make true choices about the value & worth of their actions – They have chosen the happiest life ...
Aristotle
... • Therefore, they are closest to the good • Philosophers know how to act in accordance with their beliefs, – They make true choices about the value & worth of their actions – They have chosen the happiest life ...
... • Therefore, they are closest to the good • Philosophers know how to act in accordance with their beliefs, – They make true choices about the value & worth of their actions – They have chosen the happiest life ...
Engleska književnost od renesanse do neoklasicizma Simon Ryle
... They [the oxen and sheep] consume, destroy, and devour whole fields, houses, and cities. For look in what parts of the realm doth grow the finest and therefore the dearest wool. There noblemen and gentlemen, yea, and certain abbots, holy men no doubt, not contenting themselves with the yearly reven ...
... They [the oxen and sheep] consume, destroy, and devour whole fields, houses, and cities. For look in what parts of the realm doth grow the finest and therefore the dearest wool. There noblemen and gentlemen, yea, and certain abbots, holy men no doubt, not contenting themselves with the yearly reven ...
Plato and Aristotle
... thing belongs, and these are less real • He also claimed that forms are real but that they cannot exist independently of the particular substance ...
... thing belongs, and these are less real • He also claimed that forms are real but that they cannot exist independently of the particular substance ...
8. Handout on Plato`s Theory of Forms - Elly Pirocacos
... II. From an epistemological point of view Plato, siding with PARMENIDES, will hold that “knowledge is of what is” and “knowledge (unlike mere belief) is infallible”. These two premises are basic to Plato’s epistemological theory, so remember them. Parmenides was struck by the problem of being able t ...
... II. From an epistemological point of view Plato, siding with PARMENIDES, will hold that “knowledge is of what is” and “knowledge (unlike mere belief) is infallible”. These two premises are basic to Plato’s epistemological theory, so remember them. Parmenides was struck by the problem of being able t ...
HERE - BasicIncome.com
... cold. But physics assures us that the greenness of grass, the hardness of stones, and the coldness of snow, are not the greenness, hardness, and coldness that we know in our own experience, but something very different. The observer, when he seems to himself to be observing a stone, is really, if ph ...
... cold. But physics assures us that the greenness of grass, the hardness of stones, and the coldness of snow, are not the greenness, hardness, and coldness that we know in our own experience, but something very different. The observer, when he seems to himself to be observing a stone, is really, if ph ...
Intro PowerPoint for Metaphysics
... by the natural sciences, such as those regarding First Causes; Laws of the Universe; Mind/Body; Freedom/Determinism. First used by Aristotle who wrote first his Physics (concerning the physical world) and the Metaphysics (beyond the physical world). ...
... by the natural sciences, such as those regarding First Causes; Laws of the Universe; Mind/Body; Freedom/Determinism. First used by Aristotle who wrote first his Physics (concerning the physical world) and the Metaphysics (beyond the physical world). ...
Intro to Philosophy
... went into your living room & saw an angel sitting on your couch (& if we all agreed that what we were seeing actually was an angel), then I suppose we could say that this claim is rationally defensible in the strong sense (at least to our own satisfaction although others we told about this might thi ...
... went into your living room & saw an angel sitting on your couch (& if we all agreed that what we were seeing actually was an angel), then I suppose we could say that this claim is rationally defensible in the strong sense (at least to our own satisfaction although others we told about this might thi ...
PDF - Brunswick Group
... camps. The differences between two of those camps shed light on why data-driven businesses often struggle to communicate. The Enlightenment sought to clear away the superstition surrounding much Medieval thought and shine the light of reason and evidence on human understanding. Nowhere was this less ...
... camps. The differences between two of those camps shed light on why data-driven businesses often struggle to communicate. The Enlightenment sought to clear away the superstition surrounding much Medieval thought and shine the light of reason and evidence on human understanding. Nowhere was this less ...
Can Philosophy Serve a High Purpose
... outside reason, or things are only as we think them, or everything is relative to a reality that is not there. The modern philosopher claims, like a sort of confidence man, that if once we will grant him this, the rest will be easy; he will straighten out the world, if once he is allowed to give thi ...
... outside reason, or things are only as we think them, or everything is relative to a reality that is not there. The modern philosopher claims, like a sort of confidence man, that if once we will grant him this, the rest will be easy; he will straighten out the world, if once he is allowed to give thi ...
Universals - The Metaphysicist
... By contrast, we humans invent abstract concepts like redness. We know that these cultural constructs exist nowhere in nature as physical structures. We create them. Cultural knowledge is relative to and dependent on the society that creates it. However, some of our invented abstract concepts seem to ...
... By contrast, we humans invent abstract concepts like redness. We know that these cultural constructs exist nowhere in nature as physical structures. We create them. Cultural knowledge is relative to and dependent on the society that creates it. However, some of our invented abstract concepts seem to ...
16. Plato: Moral Theory
... distinguished according to their objects or the parts of the soul of which they are the habits; but all these distinct virtues form a unity, inasmuch as they are the expressions of the same knowledge of good and evil. d. The distinct virtues are unified in prudence or the knowledge of what is truly ...
... distinguished according to their objects or the parts of the soul of which they are the habits; but all these distinct virtues form a unity, inasmuch as they are the expressions of the same knowledge of good and evil. d. The distinct virtues are unified in prudence or the knowledge of what is truly ...
Study Guide: René Descartes
... Study Guide: René Descartes Descartes was a rationalist: He believed that at least some synthetic propositions could be known a priori (that is, without being based on experience). For an example of such a proposition, see the Wax Example section below. Descartes wanted to apply the methodology of m ...
... Study Guide: René Descartes Descartes was a rationalist: He believed that at least some synthetic propositions could be known a priori (that is, without being based on experience). For an example of such a proposition, see the Wax Example section below. Descartes wanted to apply the methodology of m ...
Philosophy in Lincoln-‐Douglas Debate
... • Importance in LD-‐ while these terms are clearly epistemic, it is important for a debater to understand what it takes to qualify as truth for their given philosopher, as well as their opponents ...
... • Importance in LD-‐ while these terms are clearly epistemic, it is important for a debater to understand what it takes to qualify as truth for their given philosopher, as well as their opponents ...
Questions - Tamu.edu
... Chapter Six: Retreat from Certainty: Hume on Habit/Toleration (Sept 30) 1. Why did Hume believe that many beliefs are based on habit rather than reasoning? 2. Why did Hume think that any desire is as reasonable as any other? 3. In what ways is Hume’s understanding of reason too narrow? 4. What probl ...
... Chapter Six: Retreat from Certainty: Hume on Habit/Toleration (Sept 30) 1. Why did Hume believe that many beliefs are based on habit rather than reasoning? 2. Why did Hume think that any desire is as reasonable as any other? 3. In what ways is Hume’s understanding of reason too narrow? 4. What probl ...