4 - Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis
... acknowledgement of experimental intelligence in its most radical implications. At the center of this acknowledgement, we encounter "an experimenter of flesh and blood"— that is, an embodied agent exemplifying experimental intelligence ("What Pragmatism Is" [1905], CP 5.424). This pragmatism is, at o ...
... acknowledgement of experimental intelligence in its most radical implications. At the center of this acknowledgement, we encounter "an experimenter of flesh and blood"— that is, an embodied agent exemplifying experimental intelligence ("What Pragmatism Is" [1905], CP 5.424). This pragmatism is, at o ...
Neo-Fregeanism and Quantifier Variance
... way. First, the issues at stake in the about whether ‘the number of Fs’ is a singular term will simply reappear in debate about whether the left-hand side of instances of the biconditional satisfy semantic compositionality and penetrability by quantifiers. For neo-Fregeans, all it takes for somethin ...
... way. First, the issues at stake in the about whether ‘the number of Fs’ is a singular term will simply reappear in debate about whether the left-hand side of instances of the biconditional satisfy semantic compositionality and penetrability by quantifiers. For neo-Fregeans, all it takes for somethin ...
PLATO: THE SEVENTH LETTER_4
... and vain hopes, as if they had acquired some awesome lore. It has occurred to me to speak on the subject at greater length, for possibly the matter I am discussing would be clearer if I were to do so. There is a true doctrine, which I have often stated before, that stands in the way of the man who w ...
... and vain hopes, as if they had acquired some awesome lore. It has occurred to me to speak on the subject at greater length, for possibly the matter I am discussing would be clearer if I were to do so. There is a true doctrine, which I have often stated before, that stands in the way of the man who w ...
Behold the Non-Rabbit: Kant, Quine, Laruelle
... determined, as every other kind of objective phenomenon. Moreover, as the ultimate ground for the possibility of transcendental synthesis, pure apperception maintains a formal, impersonal and objective status which precludes its identification with the personal subject of empirical consciousness; al ...
... determined, as every other kind of objective phenomenon. Moreover, as the ultimate ground for the possibility of transcendental synthesis, pure apperception maintains a formal, impersonal and objective status which precludes its identification with the personal subject of empirical consciousness; al ...
Scepticism with regard to Reason* David Owen, University of
... sometimes seen people make mistakes in such matters and accept as certain... things which seemed false to us.”10 The argument is similar to Hume’s first negative argument: since we are fallible, and make mistakes, we can’t accept as certain even the results of demonstrations. An awareness of the un ...
... sometimes seen people make mistakes in such matters and accept as certain... things which seemed false to us.”10 The argument is similar to Hume’s first negative argument: since we are fallible, and make mistakes, we can’t accept as certain even the results of demonstrations. An awareness of the un ...
Moral Theory and Experience
... world through a theory (i.e., we are all "walking theories"). To begin philosophy in the midstream of our lives is not even to begin within a body of beliefs, as is sometimes assumed by epistemologists. Theories and beliefs are in our lives. “Primary experience” is, however, not “pure” experience in ...
... world through a theory (i.e., we are all "walking theories"). To begin philosophy in the midstream of our lives is not even to begin within a body of beliefs, as is sometimes assumed by epistemologists. Theories and beliefs are in our lives. “Primary experience” is, however, not “pure” experience in ...
1.Kant`s Account of the Unity
... contiguity and succession of impressions and events and have no objective validity. "For after a frequent repetition, I find, that upon the appearance of one of the objects, the mind is determin'd by custom to consider its usual attendant, and to consider it in a stronger light upon account of its r ...
... contiguity and succession of impressions and events and have no objective validity. "For after a frequent repetition, I find, that upon the appearance of one of the objects, the mind is determin'd by custom to consider its usual attendant, and to consider it in a stronger light upon account of its r ...
Hegel and Institutional Rationality:
... and not some other.4 Where Hegel veers off (or veers back to Rousseau. whose position on this issue Hegel did not fully appreciate) is in his linking being in some social roles to the realization of reason in both the “subjective” and “objective” sense noted above.5 Whatever else he means by this, h ...
... and not some other.4 Where Hegel veers off (or veers back to Rousseau. whose position on this issue Hegel did not fully appreciate) is in his linking being in some social roles to the realization of reason in both the “subjective” and “objective” sense noted above.5 Whatever else he means by this, h ...
Abstract expressionism and the communication
... which has some advantages over Yablo’s and may turn out to be superior to it.4 For simplicity, I concentrate on the case of arithmetic. After laying out Yablo’s explanation (section 2), I argue that it is psychologically implausible (section 3). I then introduce a much simpler form of expressionism ...
... which has some advantages over Yablo’s and may turn out to be superior to it.4 For simplicity, I concentrate on the case of arithmetic. After laying out Yablo’s explanation (section 2), I argue that it is psychologically implausible (section 3). I then introduce a much simpler form of expressionism ...
Gideon Manning DESCARTES` HEALTHY MACHINES AND THE
... Garber has to say, if I understand him correctly he endorses the view that machines are just corporeal substances. He writes, “For Descartes, I suggest, a machine has become simply a collection of parts whose states are determined by the size, shape, and motion of those parts, as well as by the coll ...
... Garber has to say, if I understand him correctly he endorses the view that machines are just corporeal substances. He writes, “For Descartes, I suggest, a machine has become simply a collection of parts whose states are determined by the size, shape, and motion of those parts, as well as by the coll ...
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... conclusion through intermediate steps in reverse order to the premises. More often, you start in the middle and move both backwards and forwards in constructing an argument. Furthermore, when reasoning involves the construction of a proof or argument, the conclusion of your reasoning isn't typically ...
... conclusion through intermediate steps in reverse order to the premises. More often, you start in the middle and move both backwards and forwards in constructing an argument. Furthermore, when reasoning involves the construction of a proof or argument, the conclusion of your reasoning isn't typically ...
Kant`s Deconstruction of the Principle of Sufficient Reason
... But is it so clear that the Wolffian definition is circular? It is so only if the same thing is meant by 'reason' (in: "reason is that from which it is possible to understand," ratio est, unde intelligi potest ) and by 'why' ("why something is rather than is not," cur aliquid sitpotius quam non sit) ...
... But is it so clear that the Wolffian definition is circular? It is so only if the same thing is meant by 'reason' (in: "reason is that from which it is possible to understand," ratio est, unde intelligi potest ) and by 'why' ("why something is rather than is not," cur aliquid sitpotius quam non sit) ...
Reid`s defense of common sense - Scholars Archive
... me with a reason not to attempt withholding assent. That said, it remains to be explained how I can know which beliefs I cannot help but accept. Some people claim to be able to withhold assent from the belief in an external world. Perhaps such gifted sceptics are dierent from the rest of us, but ho ...
... me with a reason not to attempt withholding assent. That said, it remains to be explained how I can know which beliefs I cannot help but accept. Some people claim to be able to withhold assent from the belief in an external world. Perhaps such gifted sceptics are dierent from the rest of us, but ho ...
Wittgenstein`s Grammar of Emotions
... experiences (Erlebnisse) that are not undergoings (Erfahrungen); they are divided into directed and undirected emotions; they also have duration, but lack spatial determination (have no place). An emotion is said to have a characteristic expression «which one would use in miming it», and to «colour ...
... experiences (Erlebnisse) that are not undergoings (Erfahrungen); they are divided into directed and undirected emotions; they also have duration, but lack spatial determination (have no place). An emotion is said to have a characteristic expression «which one would use in miming it», and to «colour ...
What`s So Queer About Morality? One of the currently available
... Another move open to the realist is to grant for the sake of argument that he or she must embrace reasons internalism but argue that doing so does not have any ontologically queer implications. Recall that according to Garner, the thing that is supposedly so queer about morality in this context is t ...
... Another move open to the realist is to grant for the sake of argument that he or she must embrace reasons internalism but argue that doing so does not have any ontologically queer implications. Recall that according to Garner, the thing that is supposedly so queer about morality in this context is t ...
Lecture Notes
... a) Distinction between i. Ordinary, ground-level, determinate empirical, practical, and theoretical concepts, and ii. logical, philosophical, or speculative meta-concepts, whose distinctive expressive job it is, on my reading, to let us make explicit the use, contents, and development of ordinary de ...
... a) Distinction between i. Ordinary, ground-level, determinate empirical, practical, and theoretical concepts, and ii. logical, philosophical, or speculative meta-concepts, whose distinctive expressive job it is, on my reading, to let us make explicit the use, contents, and development of ordinary de ...
the tension between aristotle_s theories
... objects and their well-known goals32. The treatise De Anima is built upon a broad set of similes and metaphors, all used to explain the most difficult doctrinal points33: the unity of body and soul is conceived as the unity of a circle and its tangent at a point34, and as the unity of a wax tablet a ...
... objects and their well-known goals32. The treatise De Anima is built upon a broad set of similes and metaphors, all used to explain the most difficult doctrinal points33: the unity of body and soul is conceived as the unity of a circle and its tangent at a point34, and as the unity of a wax tablet a ...
SOME MAIN PROBLEMS OF PHILOSOPHY
... general sketch or outline of the whole subject, you point out how the different separate problems are connected with one another and can shall ...
... general sketch or outline of the whole subject, you point out how the different separate problems are connected with one another and can shall ...
MARTIN HEIDEGGER Being, Beings, and Truth
... Heidegger believes that consciousness of decontextualized objects (“de-worlded” objects) can only make sense against a background of a very different, more “primordial” kind of understanding—what the analytic philosopher Gilbert Ryle called “knowing-how” rather than “knowing-that”. Actually, Dasein ...
... Heidegger believes that consciousness of decontextualized objects (“de-worlded” objects) can only make sense against a background of a very different, more “primordial” kind of understanding—what the analytic philosopher Gilbert Ryle called “knowing-how” rather than “knowing-that”. Actually, Dasein ...
Aristippos - dieter huber
... have considered the question of how to live a joyful life with a maximum of pleasure and a minimum of loss through conflict with one’s fellow human beings. We can extract Aristippus’ principles for the good life from the anecdotes of Diogenes Laertius. They are as modern and current as guidelines fo ...
... have considered the question of how to live a joyful life with a maximum of pleasure and a minimum of loss through conflict with one’s fellow human beings. We can extract Aristippus’ principles for the good life from the anecdotes of Diogenes Laertius. They are as modern and current as guidelines fo ...
A Triune Philosophy of Mathematics
... namely that the universe could be described by just a few simple laws. Today physicists are searching for the theory of everything . . . a few simple statements to describe all. In this view, very little is required of the mathematical form (which only contains a few statements) and much of the huma ...
... namely that the universe could be described by just a few simple laws. Today physicists are searching for the theory of everything . . . a few simple statements to describe all. In this view, very little is required of the mathematical form (which only contains a few statements) and much of the huma ...
"Kant, Naturphilosophie, and Oersted`s Discovery of
... forces, as experience reveals them to us, which will serve as a preliminary to physics by reordering the empirical search for forces in their concrete realization. This formal schematism will point out in an apri ...
... forces, as experience reveals them to us, which will serve as a preliminary to physics by reordering the empirical search for forces in their concrete realization. This formal schematism will point out in an apri ...
Mimesis, Eros, and Mania
... with the ethos of unprecedented originality claimed by, say, aesthetic modernity. True, Plato was important in a more positive sense for thinkers like Schelling and Schopenhauer, and poets like Coleridge and Shelley. True also, eros and mania have variously been resurrected in aesthetic modernity, i ...
... with the ethos of unprecedented originality claimed by, say, aesthetic modernity. True, Plato was important in a more positive sense for thinkers like Schelling and Schopenhauer, and poets like Coleridge and Shelley. True also, eros and mania have variously been resurrected in aesthetic modernity, i ...
1929 Davos Disputation - The Dallas Philosophers Forum
... infinite, making possible freedom from the constrictions of concrete life. Heidegger, Cassirer asserts, must provide a similar breakthrough to the mundus intelligibilis [intelligible world], where appearances fall away and freedom reigns. How, Cassirer asks, can Heidegger’s finite creature have abso ...
... infinite, making possible freedom from the constrictions of concrete life. Heidegger, Cassirer asserts, must provide a similar breakthrough to the mundus intelligibilis [intelligible world], where appearances fall away and freedom reigns. How, Cassirer asks, can Heidegger’s finite creature have abso ...
Foundationalism
... experience”.11 It’s difficult to discern any such thing there; however, we later learn that experience can justify belief after all, provided the belief is formed because of “a stable and reliable disposition to form beliefs about the environment on the basis of experiential inputs”.12 This is no “a ...
... experience”.11 It’s difficult to discern any such thing there; however, we later learn that experience can justify belief after all, provided the belief is formed because of “a stable and reliable disposition to form beliefs about the environment on the basis of experiential inputs”.12 This is no “a ...