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... challenge to this argument? Evaluate the success of this challenge to Hume. 2. In the Groundwork and in the Critique of Practical Reason, Kant argues against moral theories that he calls “heteronomous.” What makes a moral theory heteronomous, according to Kant? Why does he think that no such theory ...
... challenge to this argument? Evaluate the success of this challenge to Hume. 2. In the Groundwork and in the Critique of Practical Reason, Kant argues against moral theories that he calls “heteronomous.” What makes a moral theory heteronomous, according to Kant? Why does he think that no such theory ...
Ch_02 - Computer Science
... experience. It can be done by cognitive science. The hard problem of consciousness requires explaining subjective experience and cannot be explained by cognitive science. The difference between these two is known as the explanatory gap. ...
... experience. It can be done by cognitive science. The hard problem of consciousness requires explaining subjective experience and cannot be explained by cognitive science. The difference between these two is known as the explanatory gap. ...
- Philsci
... "conceptual" efforts, while others, Patricia Kitcher for example, read the book as a psychological theory, a theory of how the mind works and, in view of that constitution, of what the mind can and cannot know. The psychological reading seems the more charitable to Kant, since a psychological theory ...
... "conceptual" efforts, while others, Patricia Kitcher for example, read the book as a psychological theory, a theory of how the mind works and, in view of that constitution, of what the mind can and cannot know. The psychological reading seems the more charitable to Kant, since a psychological theory ...
Buddhist View of Mind_home
... • Observe thoughts and images arising in the mind • Introspectively recognize from moment to moment whether our minds are calm or agitated • Perceive that we are consciously aware of: – objects of consciousness – the presence of our own consciousness of other things ...
... • Observe thoughts and images arising in the mind • Introspectively recognize from moment to moment whether our minds are calm or agitated • Perceive that we are consciously aware of: – objects of consciousness – the presence of our own consciousness of other things ...
Slides - Faculty of Philosophy
... he did assert, and assumes the necessity of an impulsion through impact to explain the phenomenon of approach. He rightly abstracted from all hypotheses purporting to answer the question as to the cause of the universal attraction of matter, for this question is physical or metaphysical, but not mat ...
... he did assert, and assumes the necessity of an impulsion through impact to explain the phenomenon of approach. He rightly abstracted from all hypotheses purporting to answer the question as to the cause of the universal attraction of matter, for this question is physical or metaphysical, but not mat ...
DAVID HUME from A Treatise of Human Nature
... pains to inculcate it; and nothing wou’d be more fruitless than that multitude of rules and precepts, with which all moralists abound. Philosophy is commonly divided into speculative and practical ; and as morality is always comprehended under the latter division, ’tis supposed to influence our pass ...
... pains to inculcate it; and nothing wou’d be more fruitless than that multitude of rules and precepts, with which all moralists abound. Philosophy is commonly divided into speculative and practical ; and as morality is always comprehended under the latter division, ’tis supposed to influence our pass ...
Physics Book I Study Guide Part 1 of 1 File
... a. Identify the earlier philosopher Aristotle has in mind. b. What was ‘the difficulty’? c. What is Aristotle’s solution?1 (Pay close attention to Aristotle’s example of the doctor.) d. What is ‘this distinction’ (191b 10) that Aristotle believes was missed by the earlier philosopher, leading that p ...
... a. Identify the earlier philosopher Aristotle has in mind. b. What was ‘the difficulty’? c. What is Aristotle’s solution?1 (Pay close attention to Aristotle’s example of the doctor.) d. What is ‘this distinction’ (191b 10) that Aristotle believes was missed by the earlier philosopher, leading that p ...
-METHOD - dywagacje - LesbijskieStopy
... Â Â Â It is clear then that for this thinker, as for the Biblical tradition, love plays a crowning or omni-determinative role, without which the whole edifice of faith falls. This will be our key for an investigation of what should be finally meant by method, whether in philosophy, in theology or, ...
... Â Â Â It is clear then that for this thinker, as for the Biblical tradition, love plays a crowning or omni-determinative role, without which the whole edifice of faith falls. This will be our key for an investigation of what should be finally meant by method, whether in philosophy, in theology or, ...
Ludwig Andreas von Feuerbach (July 28, 1804 – September 13
... our knowledge of objective phenomena. In these first works he tries to combine mathematics, psychology and philosophy with a main goal to provide a sound foundation for mathematics. He analyzes the psychological process needed to obtain the concept of number and then tries to build up a systematical ...
... our knowledge of objective phenomena. In these first works he tries to combine mathematics, psychology and philosophy with a main goal to provide a sound foundation for mathematics. He analyzes the psychological process needed to obtain the concept of number and then tries to build up a systematical ...
Against Fantology - Buffalo Ontology Site
... 9. Reality is Made of Atoms (‘Bare Particulars’) Those advocates of fantology who allow only logically simple names are then led by the doctrine which identifies ontological form with logical form in the direction of one or other atomistic conception of reality. This atomism is manifest in Armstron ...
... 9. Reality is Made of Atoms (‘Bare Particulars’) Those advocates of fantology who allow only logically simple names are then led by the doctrine which identifies ontological form with logical form in the direction of one or other atomistic conception of reality. This atomism is manifest in Armstron ...
Paper version
... The issue of free will depends on questions of meaning as much as it depends on questions of fact. My choices are made based solely upon my upbringing and my past experiences, but I am still free. Even though I must always act in accordance with my strongest desire, there is still a real sense in wh ...
... The issue of free will depends on questions of meaning as much as it depends on questions of fact. My choices are made based solely upon my upbringing and my past experiences, but I am still free. Even though I must always act in accordance with my strongest desire, there is still a real sense in wh ...
The tension between self governance and absolute inner worth in
... voluntarism, Kant’s doctrine can have its merits, but it did not bring together, on equal terms, the related ethical theories of his time—or ours. The ability of human beings to make choices based on their own individual considerations, the standard starting point of liberal moral and political doct ...
... voluntarism, Kant’s doctrine can have its merits, but it did not bring together, on equal terms, the related ethical theories of his time—or ours. The ability of human beings to make choices based on their own individual considerations, the standard starting point of liberal moral and political doct ...
Lesson Plan: Descarte`s Rationalism
... a piece of paper what they think is in it; they must not tell anyone else. When enough of them have gone up (about 5 or 6) get them to hand you their pieces of paper and compare their ideas. Then ask the question ‘How can we know what is in the bag without opening it up?’ Introduce rationalism: a sc ...
... a piece of paper what they think is in it; they must not tell anyone else. When enough of them have gone up (about 5 or 6) get them to hand you their pieces of paper and compare their ideas. Then ask the question ‘How can we know what is in the bag without opening it up?’ Introduce rationalism: a sc ...
The Oldest System Programme of German Idealism
... An Ethics. Since all metaphysics will henceforth fall into morals-- for which Kant, with both of his practical postulates has given only an example and exhausted nothing, so this ethics will contain nothing other than a complete system of all ideas, or what is the same, of all practical postulates. ...
... An Ethics. Since all metaphysics will henceforth fall into morals-- for which Kant, with both of his practical postulates has given only an example and exhausted nothing, so this ethics will contain nothing other than a complete system of all ideas, or what is the same, of all practical postulates. ...
Modern Western Philosophy
... 104. Berkeley asserts that existing and perceiving are (a) One and the same thing (b) Both nonexistent (c) Two distinct things (d) Imaginary 105. Berkeley insists that heat and cold are ….. (a) Illusions (b) physical object (c ) Only things existing apart from our minds (d) Only sensations existing ...
... 104. Berkeley asserts that existing and perceiving are (a) One and the same thing (b) Both nonexistent (c) Two distinct things (d) Imaginary 105. Berkeley insists that heat and cold are ….. (a) Illusions (b) physical object (c ) Only things existing apart from our minds (d) Only sensations existing ...
philosophers. The guardians who are selected
... philosophers, Socrates does so with hesitation and in recognition that the view is somewhat ridiculous. But in fact, it was not so unheard of as might be thought; there were a number of city-states in which men of learning were the rulers. More to the point, however, is Glaucon’s warning (473e) that ...
... philosophers, Socrates does so with hesitation and in recognition that the view is somewhat ridiculous. But in fact, it was not so unheard of as might be thought; there were a number of city-states in which men of learning were the rulers. More to the point, however, is Glaucon’s warning (473e) that ...
Plato`s Vision of the Human
... Shepherd analogy: S points out that the fact that all practitioners of a craft demand pay for their work shows that they are not themselves benefitted by the practice (41). S then concerns himself with refuting the claim that the life of an unjust person is better than that of a just one. ◦ He begin ...
... Shepherd analogy: S points out that the fact that all practitioners of a craft demand pay for their work shows that they are not themselves benefitted by the practice (41). S then concerns himself with refuting the claim that the life of an unjust person is better than that of a just one. ◦ He begin ...
Belief, Truth, & Knowledge
... Back to: Belief, Knowledge and Truth • We believe that humans have the ability to form their conscience according to moral principles of right and wrong, which will then lead them to ...
... Back to: Belief, Knowledge and Truth • We believe that humans have the ability to form their conscience according to moral principles of right and wrong, which will then lead them to ...
Alexander of Aphrodisias`s Account of Universals and
... the medieval discussions of the problem of universals, but also for understanding Aristotle’s views on universals. Alexander, who was known to later generations as “the Commentator” (until Averroes took over that title), is usually taken to be a faithful follower of Aristotle, who rejected the Plato ...
... the medieval discussions of the problem of universals, but also for understanding Aristotle’s views on universals. Alexander, who was known to later generations as “the Commentator” (until Averroes took over that title), is usually taken to be a faithful follower of Aristotle, who rejected the Plato ...
Word
... universe and therefore a theistic one. But how can we defend the logical move from “intelligible universe” to “theistic universe?” Van Til rarely articulated his reason for that move; he seemed to think it was self-evident. But in effect, he reverted at this point to apologetics of a more traditiona ...
... universe and therefore a theistic one. But how can we defend the logical move from “intelligible universe” to “theistic universe?” Van Til rarely articulated his reason for that move; he seemed to think it was self-evident. But in effect, he reverted at this point to apologetics of a more traditiona ...
Evolution and Logic
... Causality has played a crucial role in western philosophy since at least Aristotle. By Hume’s analysis we must put that central position in doubt: It is a general maxim in philosophy, that whatever begins to exist, must have a cause of existence. This is commonly taken for granted in all reasoning, ...
... Causality has played a crucial role in western philosophy since at least Aristotle. By Hume’s analysis we must put that central position in doubt: It is a general maxim in philosophy, that whatever begins to exist, must have a cause of existence. This is commonly taken for granted in all reasoning, ...
sonia_gst113x_chapter_2YY_1
... The nature of philosophy Thales, Anaximader, and Anaximenes .Prior to the first set of philosophers there were no doubt, some set of explanations but these explanations were mythical mysterious, or religious in nature. The milesian philosophers departed radically from the kind of explanations that p ...
... The nature of philosophy Thales, Anaximader, and Anaximenes .Prior to the first set of philosophers there were no doubt, some set of explanations but these explanations were mythical mysterious, or religious in nature. The milesian philosophers departed radically from the kind of explanations that p ...
19.27 – The Height of Scholastic Philosophy
... devotional significance, which extablishes the perfect reality and freedom of the divine. Still, Scotus granted that from a common-sense, rational standpoint the more empirical Aristotelean arguments used by Aquinas have the virtue of greater clarity and certainty. Scotus earned a reputation for gre ...
... devotional significance, which extablishes the perfect reality and freedom of the divine. Still, Scotus granted that from a common-sense, rational standpoint the more empirical Aristotelean arguments used by Aquinas have the virtue of greater clarity and certainty. Scotus earned a reputation for gre ...
Suggestions of the real
... past as it builds upon its ideas, its materials and responds to actions of that past? The architect Jean Nouvel10 calls rooms that bring to mind bygone eras, virtual spaces, as they trick us and disrupts our presupposed notions, mental images and memories. The reflective nostalgia, the kind that ‘ch ...
... past as it builds upon its ideas, its materials and responds to actions of that past? The architect Jean Nouvel10 calls rooms that bring to mind bygone eras, virtual spaces, as they trick us and disrupts our presupposed notions, mental images and memories. The reflective nostalgia, the kind that ‘ch ...