Handout - John Provost, PhD
... souls were a temporary constellation of atoms that came together during our life and then were scattered upon our death. And thus death was simply the loss of consciousness, like falling asleep, and thus there was nothing to fear. Epicurus also had no interest in science for theoretical reasons. Sci ...
... souls were a temporary constellation of atoms that came together during our life and then were scattered upon our death. And thus death was simply the loss of consciousness, like falling asleep, and thus there was nothing to fear. Epicurus also had no interest in science for theoretical reasons. Sci ...
Theme 3
... Most fully expressed are the views of the Sophists Protagoras. He owns a famous proposition that "man is the measure of all things: the existing, that they exist and do not exist, they do not exist." He says about the relativity of all knowledge, proving that every statement can be contrasted with a ...
... Most fully expressed are the views of the Sophists Protagoras. He owns a famous proposition that "man is the measure of all things: the existing, that they exist and do not exist, they do not exist." He says about the relativity of all knowledge, proving that every statement can be contrasted with a ...
Knowledge structuring in scholarly discourse
... not quite true. When getting familiar with a scientific field a student gets the feeling that he or she gains a better understanding of the arguments contained within this field making them more convincing. Later on, as the learning processes moves forward, the student will learn that there are also ...
... not quite true. When getting familiar with a scientific field a student gets the feeling that he or she gains a better understanding of the arguments contained within this field making them more convincing. Later on, as the learning processes moves forward, the student will learn that there are also ...
Perception
... showed that a figure formed a “whole” different than its surroundings. called a “gestalt” ...
... showed that a figure formed a “whole” different than its surroundings. called a “gestalt” ...
1 Directed Studies: Philosophy Professor Gregory Ganssle By
... that would indeed be devastating! An important feature of reality is that real people are still able legitimately to trust other real people even though at times lies are told. It is not an all-or-nothing game of truth: in short, Kant's fears would only be justified if when a person lied (in reality ...
... that would indeed be devastating! An important feature of reality is that real people are still able legitimately to trust other real people even though at times lies are told. It is not an all-or-nothing game of truth: in short, Kant's fears would only be justified if when a person lied (in reality ...
modern western philosophy BA PHILOSOPHY VI SEMESTER
... According to Descartes, it is through intuition i.e. the natural light of reason, that we come to know the existence of the self or mental substance and then we gradually deduce the existence of God and the external material world. Descartes accepts the existence of all these three substances-mind, ...
... According to Descartes, it is through intuition i.e. the natural light of reason, that we come to know the existence of the self or mental substance and then we gradually deduce the existence of God and the external material world. Descartes accepts the existence of all these three substances-mind, ...
Class #2
... Philosophy is the willingness to ask questions about what we have assumed we already know. ...
... Philosophy is the willingness to ask questions about what we have assumed we already know. ...
Purva Mimamsa and Vedanta
... system and is said to have been written down sometime between 500 and 200 B.C. The Vedanta Sutras (also called Brahma Sutras) that form the foundation of the philosophy systematize the teachings of the Upanishads. The 555 sutras are often terse and consequently, over the centuries, many scholars and ...
... system and is said to have been written down sometime between 500 and 200 B.C. The Vedanta Sutras (also called Brahma Sutras) that form the foundation of the philosophy systematize the teachings of the Upanishads. The 555 sutras are often terse and consequently, over the centuries, many scholars and ...
Glossary - Oxford University Press
... depends on what happens earlier. We suppose that some things cause others, their effects. The notion of cause connects with other important notions, such as responsibility. We blame people for the harm they cause, not for things that just happened when they were in the vicinity. We assume that there ...
... depends on what happens earlier. We suppose that some things cause others, their effects. The notion of cause connects with other important notions, such as responsibility. We blame people for the harm they cause, not for things that just happened when they were in the vicinity. We assume that there ...
Class #9 - 5/7/14
... our actions (toward another) be out of harmony with our desires (toward a reversed situation action). It tests our moral coherence. If we violate the golden rule, then we're violating the spirit of fairness and concern that lie at the heart of morality.” ...
... our actions (toward another) be out of harmony with our desires (toward a reversed situation action). It tests our moral coherence. If we violate the golden rule, then we're violating the spirit of fairness and concern that lie at the heart of morality.” ...
Anzai Masahiro
... ．We should reflect the shadow of“logos－centrism”and create the way to co-exist and reconcile beyond any difference，any discrimination and opposition to avoid tragic catastrophes in our future．We must create“new uniting symbol beyond oppositions”to save ourselves． What are the oppositions that cause ...
... ．We should reflect the shadow of“logos－centrism”and create the way to co-exist and reconcile beyond any difference，any discrimination and opposition to avoid tragic catastrophes in our future．We must create“new uniting symbol beyond oppositions”to save ourselves． What are the oppositions that cause ...
Hume
... • There is no standard of taste (individuality) • Taste concerns our sentiments, not the intrinsic nature of the object • No one can be wrong in matters of taste • Yet some people are better judges in matters of art than others and some works more recognised than others • There is a standard of tast ...
... • There is no standard of taste (individuality) • Taste concerns our sentiments, not the intrinsic nature of the object • No one can be wrong in matters of taste • Yet some people are better judges in matters of art than others and some works more recognised than others • There is a standard of tast ...
Intrinsic Morality Versus God`s Morality
... charged with impiety just as Socrates had been. He soon died in 322 B.C. Aristotle was considered a realist because he moved Plato’s realm of the forms back onto Earth. He said that sense experience, which is found inherent in our world, was the starting point of all knowledge. However, Aristotle as ...
... charged with impiety just as Socrates had been. He soon died in 322 B.C. Aristotle was considered a realist because he moved Plato’s realm of the forms back onto Earth. He said that sense experience, which is found inherent in our world, was the starting point of all knowledge. However, Aristotle as ...
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The Poetics of Philosophy [A Reading of Plato]
... thought from phronesis, from breast, rib to noiesis. The world is Homeric, the second, Platonic. In the course of which the former became reduced to practical reason. The mind (nous) identified with Platonic form, which Kant, under the influence of Christian metaphysics would call ‘noumenal reality, ...
... thought from phronesis, from breast, rib to noiesis. The world is Homeric, the second, Platonic. In the course of which the former became reduced to practical reason. The mind (nous) identified with Platonic form, which Kant, under the influence of Christian metaphysics would call ‘noumenal reality, ...
Aristotelian Background I
... change take place? Because of the matter: theory of elements Because of the form “…nature is the shape and form of things which have in them the source of their changes” (Phys 193b1-5) ...
... change take place? Because of the matter: theory of elements Because of the form “…nature is the shape and form of things which have in them the source of their changes” (Phys 193b1-5) ...
Of Self-Love - Sophia Project
... in this case, the least suspicion of disguise or artifice. Shall we account for all their sentiments, too, from refined deductions of self-interest? Or if we admit a disinterested benevolence in the inferior species, by what rule of analogy can we refuse it in the superior? Love between the sexes be ...
... in this case, the least suspicion of disguise or artifice. Shall we account for all their sentiments, too, from refined deductions of self-interest? Or if we admit a disinterested benevolence in the inferior species, by what rule of analogy can we refuse it in the superior? Love between the sexes be ...
What is Logical Form?
... particular domain, Philosophy does not necessarily have agreed upon assumptions that it can rely on to define any domain of study. Thus, metaphysics is more accurately “a collection of questions that seem to group together about what is real and what reality is ...
... particular domain, Philosophy does not necessarily have agreed upon assumptions that it can rely on to define any domain of study. Thus, metaphysics is more accurately “a collection of questions that seem to group together about what is real and what reality is ...
ArtAndRepresentation
... “there is an ancient quarrel between philosophy and poetry; of which there are many proofs, such as the saying of 'the yelping hound howling at her lord,' or of one 'mighty in the vain talk of fools,' and 'the mob of sages circumventing Zeus,' and the 'subtle thinkers who are beggars after all'; and ...
... “there is an ancient quarrel between philosophy and poetry; of which there are many proofs, such as the saying of 'the yelping hound howling at her lord,' or of one 'mighty in the vain talk of fools,' and 'the mob of sages circumventing Zeus,' and the 'subtle thinkers who are beggars after all'; and ...
12 Purva Mimamsa and Vedanta
... with the idea of the snake (for which the rope has been mistaken).”126 In a masterly stroke of impeccable logic, Shankara indicates that all that exists is Brahman. Vivekananda explains it as follows. “Let us examine our perceptions. I see a blackboard. How does that knowledge come? What the German ...
... with the idea of the snake (for which the rope has been mistaken).”126 In a masterly stroke of impeccable logic, Shankara indicates that all that exists is Brahman. Vivekananda explains it as follows. “Let us examine our perceptions. I see a blackboard. How does that knowledge come? What the German ...
Lesson 6
... Plato was a rationalist and he taught that rationalism was the basis for morality. He thought that it was important that rationalism should be in charge of the non-rational elements that also made up human beings. Thus Plato asserted that if one does not do the right thing (morally speaking) it ...
... Plato was a rationalist and he taught that rationalism was the basis for morality. He thought that it was important that rationalism should be in charge of the non-rational elements that also made up human beings. Thus Plato asserted that if one does not do the right thing (morally speaking) it ...
What is scientific realism
... the most adequate way of interpreting scientific theories that refer to unobservable entities, processes, and properties. Realists maintain that the entities postulated by scientific theories (electrons, genes, quasars) are real entities in the world, with approximately the properties attributed to ...
... the most adequate way of interpreting scientific theories that refer to unobservable entities, processes, and properties. Realists maintain that the entities postulated by scientific theories (electrons, genes, quasars) are real entities in the world, with approximately the properties attributed to ...
Class #5 - 1/15/14
... Genevieve Lloyd suggests that the issue is even more fundamental and may be near impossible to resolve. Read your text on page 73 carefully!! We will discuss this passage in class next week. ...
... Genevieve Lloyd suggests that the issue is even more fundamental and may be near impossible to resolve. Read your text on page 73 carefully!! We will discuss this passage in class next week. ...
Synopsis - PhilPapers
... infallible, it is so only with regard to the objects of knowledge in science. And because objects of knowledge are not the same across disciplines, claims that scientific reasoning is universal in its application are patently misplaced. The belief in the universality of scientific reasoning has its ...
... infallible, it is so only with regard to the objects of knowledge in science. And because objects of knowledge are not the same across disciplines, claims that scientific reasoning is universal in its application are patently misplaced. The belief in the universality of scientific reasoning has its ...
Class #1
... he dispenses with a view of reality, knowledge, the good, but no one can implement this credo. The reason is that man, by his nature as a conceptual being, cannot function at all without some form of philosophy to serve as his guide. …Leonard Peikoff ...
... he dispenses with a view of reality, knowledge, the good, but no one can implement this credo. The reason is that man, by his nature as a conceptual being, cannot function at all without some form of philosophy to serve as his guide. …Leonard Peikoff ...
Concepts and Objects
... scientific knowledge (‘knowing-that’) to practical know-how: ‘There is no such thing as knowledge—what would it be? There is only know-how. In other words, there are crafts and trades. Despite all claims to the contrary, crafts hold the key to all knowledge. They make it possible to ‘return’ science ...
... scientific knowledge (‘knowing-that’) to practical know-how: ‘There is no such thing as knowledge—what would it be? There is only know-how. In other words, there are crafts and trades. Despite all claims to the contrary, crafts hold the key to all knowledge. They make it possible to ‘return’ science ...