The Metaphysics of John Dewey, Part II
... City of all places, that gave him a deep sense of safety and peace. But experiential mysticism was not enough to assuage Dewey’s feelings of isolation and estrangement, since he was, above all, an inveterate intellectual. What he craved was a philosophy that intellectually would bear out what he de ...
... City of all places, that gave him a deep sense of safety and peace. But experiential mysticism was not enough to assuage Dewey’s feelings of isolation and estrangement, since he was, above all, an inveterate intellectual. What he craved was a philosophy that intellectually would bear out what he de ...
Kant`s Account of Moral Education
... The second problem is that the idea of education, as it is usually understood, implies the possibility of influencing someone else’s processes of learning. According to Kant’s view, however, the human self can only be seen as free if it is not influenced by empirical causes, that is, if it stands ou ...
... The second problem is that the idea of education, as it is usually understood, implies the possibility of influencing someone else’s processes of learning. According to Kant’s view, however, the human self can only be seen as free if it is not influenced by empirical causes, that is, if it stands ou ...
Matthew Shen Goodman SOAN Senior Comprehensive Thesis
... Practical Reason, and the Critique ofthe Power ofJudgment, dealt with the different mental faculties of man and their respective domains. The first concerned itself with objective theoretical cognition ofthe underlying structure of nature, cognition best practiced by the natural sciences (here inclu ...
... Practical Reason, and the Critique ofthe Power ofJudgment, dealt with the different mental faculties of man and their respective domains. The first concerned itself with objective theoretical cognition ofthe underlying structure of nature, cognition best practiced by the natural sciences (here inclu ...
CHANGES IN BOLZANO’S DEFINITION OF MATHEMATICS
... reverts to the traditional definition of mathematics because he wants to preserve a well-established, almost idiomatic expression, but at the same time he changes its meaning by giving a different explanation of the concept of quantity. The linguistic use, and the mathematical practice are maintaine ...
... reverts to the traditional definition of mathematics because he wants to preserve a well-established, almost idiomatic expression, but at the same time he changes its meaning by giving a different explanation of the concept of quantity. The linguistic use, and the mathematical practice are maintaine ...
‘Boghossian’s Blind Reasoning’, Conditionalization, and Thick Concepts. A Functional Model Olga Ramírez
... one can understand a concept without actually being willing to infer according to the rules that the inferentialist sees the concept to be constituted by. He sees the inferentialist as being compelled to the claim that one cannot understand the concept without being ready to so infer. This is itself ...
... one can understand a concept without actually being willing to infer according to the rules that the inferentialist sees the concept to be constituted by. He sees the inferentialist as being compelled to the claim that one cannot understand the concept without being ready to so infer. This is itself ...
Levels of Reasons and Causal Explanation
... because light shone on it. Much more controversial is the claim that every explanation of why some event happened must say something about the causes of that event. Carl Hempel proposed a counterexample to this claim in 1965 (Hempel 1965, 352), and philosophers have been proposing them ever since. B ...
... because light shone on it. Much more controversial is the claim that every explanation of why some event happened must say something about the causes of that event. Carl Hempel proposed a counterexample to this claim in 1965 (Hempel 1965, 352), and philosophers have been proposing them ever since. B ...
Analyzing Plato`s Arguments
... dialogue speaks for Plato. Secondly, when a character in a dialogue advances a thesis, it is often unclear what the thesis is. And, finally, when a thesis is backed up by an argument, crucial premises are often missing. In this paper we wish to focus on this last obstacle and consider some of the is ...
... dialogue speaks for Plato. Secondly, when a character in a dialogue advances a thesis, it is often unclear what the thesis is. And, finally, when a thesis is backed up by an argument, crucial premises are often missing. In this paper we wish to focus on this last obstacle and consider some of the is ...
The4 - Homestead
... and its critical pressure this vision was brought under an increasing degree of philosophic awareness, and vice versa, with as a consequence a profound restructuralization of religious philosophy in this period of time. Along with such a radical revolution in thinking developed new forms of religiou ...
... and its critical pressure this vision was brought under an increasing degree of philosophic awareness, and vice versa, with as a consequence a profound restructuralization of religious philosophy in this period of time. Along with such a radical revolution in thinking developed new forms of religiou ...
AN OBVIOUS-BASED ACCOUNT OF EPISTEMIC POSSIBILITY
... certain to someone—the intelligent mathematician, for example. Here’s a similar example: Suppose ‘alpha’ is the proper name of the actual world. What’s the probability that alpha is the actual world? The probability is 0; there are an infinite number of possible worlds.14 However, it certainly is po ...
... certain to someone—the intelligent mathematician, for example. Here’s a similar example: Suppose ‘alpha’ is the proper name of the actual world. What’s the probability that alpha is the actual world? The probability is 0; there are an infinite number of possible worlds.14 However, it certainly is po ...
Moore, the Skeptic, and the Philosophical Context
... G. E. Moore’s peculiar arguments against skepticism1 have never ceased to intrigue philosophers since they were first presented half a century ago. Although the arguments have been analyzed, criticized, or defended for many times now, there is still no agreement on how they should be understood.2 On ...
... G. E. Moore’s peculiar arguments against skepticism1 have never ceased to intrigue philosophers since they were first presented half a century ago. Although the arguments have been analyzed, criticized, or defended for many times now, there is still no agreement on how they should be understood.2 On ...
Norms, Selves, and Concepts
... of thinking about the relations between appearance and reality. Since the Greeks, the idea had been that, at least when things go well, the way things appear to us resembles the way they really are. Resemblance in this sense is a matter of sharing properties (or some more general sort of form), as a ...
... of thinking about the relations between appearance and reality. Since the Greeks, the idea had been that, at least when things go well, the way things appear to us resembles the way they really are. Resemblance in this sense is a matter of sharing properties (or some more general sort of form), as a ...
Dharmakirti and Husserl on Negative Judgments
... Naiyāyikas, his teacher Īśvarasena and his elder contemporary Kumārila. For our purpose, it is sufficient to summarize some of his key points on the basis of the thorough studies of Kellner (2001, 2003) and Watanabe (2002). First of all, he does not agree with the Naiyāyikas to reduce non-cognition ...
... Naiyāyikas, his teacher Īśvarasena and his elder contemporary Kumārila. For our purpose, it is sufficient to summarize some of his key points on the basis of the thorough studies of Kellner (2001, 2003) and Watanabe (2002). First of all, he does not agree with the Naiyāyikas to reduce non-cognition ...
Nietzsche and God (Part II) - The Richmond Philosophy Pages
... might see its short edge and only two legs due to sitting on one side of the table. Now we are not able to claim that one way of seeing the table is correct – they are all different ways of properly seeing the table (epistemic relativism). Nevertheless, we would no doubt agree that there is a real t ...
... might see its short edge and only two legs due to sitting on one side of the table. Now we are not able to claim that one way of seeing the table is correct – they are all different ways of properly seeing the table (epistemic relativism). Nevertheless, we would no doubt agree that there is a real t ...
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... But what is the content of the knowledge that makes us moral, that allows us to form our habits aright? The Essay opens with an extended argument that no part of it is innate (I.2-4; “Epistle to the Reader,” xvii). This argument was controversial in Locke’s day, because innate ideas were widely supp ...
... But what is the content of the knowledge that makes us moral, that allows us to form our habits aright? The Essay opens with an extended argument that no part of it is innate (I.2-4; “Epistle to the Reader,” xvii). This argument was controversial in Locke’s day, because innate ideas were widely supp ...
Cornelius Castoriadis on Social Imaginary and Truth*
... are the problems – concerning the question of truth – which this position entails? Given that, as we said, there has always been a fusion of the rational with the imaginary in the history of human societies, it is obvious that there is no point in trying to strictly separate the one from the other ( ...
... are the problems – concerning the question of truth – which this position entails? Given that, as we said, there has always been a fusion of the rational with the imaginary in the history of human societies, it is obvious that there is no point in trying to strictly separate the one from the other ( ...
Recent Criticism of Natural Law Theory
... determined universe. He asserts flatly that "[t]he question that Thomas Aquinas and others answered was, 'How can human beings be part of the natural order and still be free and morally responsible?' "5 This is a problem, Weinreb supposes, because [f]ull moral responsibility seems to require that an ...
... determined universe. He asserts flatly that "[t]he question that Thomas Aquinas and others answered was, 'How can human beings be part of the natural order and still be free and morally responsible?' "5 This is a problem, Weinreb supposes, because [f]ull moral responsibility seems to require that an ...
Ph 205 Historical Introduction to Philosophy
... the beholder or is there an objective standard? Aquinas & Existence of God: Should nonCatholic sources of knowledge be used in theology? ...
... the beholder or is there an objective standard? Aquinas & Existence of God: Should nonCatholic sources of knowledge be used in theology? ...
Two Conceptions of Human Dignity
... as it can coexist with the freedom of every other in accordance with a universal law, is the only original right belonging to every man by virtue of his humanity. – This principle of innate freedom already involves the following authorizations, which are not really distinct from it (as if they were ...
... as it can coexist with the freedom of every other in accordance with a universal law, is the only original right belonging to every man by virtue of his humanity. – This principle of innate freedom already involves the following authorizations, which are not really distinct from it (as if they were ...
Introspecting in the Twentieth Century
... of investigation and as a psychological and epistemic capacity itself. Over the course of the century, these theoretical interests did not always connect well, although they have intersected and influenced each other at different points. But there is no helpful sense in which one might talk of ‘the ...
... of investigation and as a psychological and epistemic capacity itself. Over the course of the century, these theoretical interests did not always connect well, although they have intersected and influenced each other at different points. But there is no helpful sense in which one might talk of ‘the ...
The Four-Color Theorem and its Philosophical Significance
... an account of the role of computers in mathematics. Even the most natural account leads to serious philosophical problems. According to that account, such use of computers in mathematics, as in the 4CT, introduces empirical experiments into mathematics. Whether or not we choose to regard the 4CT as ...
... an account of the role of computers in mathematics. Even the most natural account leads to serious philosophical problems. According to that account, such use of computers in mathematics, as in the 4CT, introduces empirical experiments into mathematics. Whether or not we choose to regard the 4CT as ...
A Modern Worldview from Plato`s Cave
... as Hinduism, Jainism, Buddhism and Taoism, were created from this same desire to explain our presence in this world. ...
... as Hinduism, Jainism, Buddhism and Taoism, were created from this same desire to explain our presence in this world. ...
A DEFENCE OF COMMON SENSE
... each case, the time at which he knew it), just what the corresponding proposition in (1) asserts with regard to me or my body and the time at which I wrote that proposition down. In other words what (2) asserts is only (what seems an obvious enough truism) that each of us (meaning by 'us', very many ...
... each case, the time at which he knew it), just what the corresponding proposition in (1) asserts with regard to me or my body and the time at which I wrote that proposition down. In other words what (2) asserts is only (what seems an obvious enough truism) that each of us (meaning by 'us', very many ...
Justification by Imagination
... for example, is a product of Lewis Carroll’s creative process that presumably crucially involved acts of imagination. But why should we believe that imagination does not also serve an epistemic role? Is the traditional view of imagination a mere tradition, or is there a line of thought supporting th ...
... for example, is a product of Lewis Carroll’s creative process that presumably crucially involved acts of imagination. But why should we believe that imagination does not also serve an epistemic role? Is the traditional view of imagination a mere tradition, or is there a line of thought supporting th ...