dubos and hume on the paradox of tragedy
... “through our senses, God has sufficiently provided for the preservation of our life, and nothing could be any better” (646). God has given us the capacity to feel pleasure and displeasure through sensation, and the normal function of this capacity is to attract us to what is good for our health and ...
... “through our senses, God has sufficiently provided for the preservation of our life, and nothing could be any better” (646). God has given us the capacity to feel pleasure and displeasure through sensation, and the normal function of this capacity is to attract us to what is good for our health and ...
Descartes, Mathematics and Music
... of Descartes, the vain effort to "reduce all the speculative sciences to one same degree, one same method, one same type of intelligibility."9 Mathematics does have something to say about all things in the physical universe because they are co-extensive with quantity. But this fact does not imply th ...
... of Descartes, the vain effort to "reduce all the speculative sciences to one same degree, one same method, one same type of intelligibility."9 Mathematics does have something to say about all things in the physical universe because they are co-extensive with quantity. But this fact does not imply th ...
PRAGMATISM, REALISM, AND RELIGION
... this matter are not entirely clear. While Stout has repeatedly affirmed his belief in moral truth (this is part of the semantic component of moral realism), he has not offered an account of how one might verify—as opposed to justify—moral truth-claims (part of the epistemological component of moral ...
... this matter are not entirely clear. While Stout has repeatedly affirmed his belief in moral truth (this is part of the semantic component of moral realism), he has not offered an account of how one might verify—as opposed to justify—moral truth-claims (part of the epistemological component of moral ...
Phenomenal Concepts and the Private Language
... To show this, let me proceed slowly. To start with, it certainly looks as if Marianna can coin a new concept Ф, to refer to the kind of phenomenal property that has just been instantiated in her. Thus she might think, after having the experience, I will have Ф again today, or Everybody else I know h ...
... To show this, let me proceed slowly. To start with, it certainly looks as if Marianna can coin a new concept Ф, to refer to the kind of phenomenal property that has just been instantiated in her. Thus she might think, after having the experience, I will have Ф again today, or Everybody else I know h ...
Ch 1: The reality problem
... past thirty years cannot but be struck by what can feel almost like a schism between two quite different ways of approaching problems in explaining consciousness. The first way of asking about consciousness is concerned with the place of consciousness in nature. The questions here are: (a) how must ...
... past thirty years cannot but be struck by what can feel almost like a schism between two quite different ways of approaching problems in explaining consciousness. The first way of asking about consciousness is concerned with the place of consciousness in nature. The questions here are: (a) how must ...
ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY LECTURE THALES, HERACLITUS
... “x” is a meaningful term if and only if it refers to something that exists. Thus, “the moon,” “California,” “oranges,” and so on are meaningful terms because they refer to things that exist. Terms like “dragons,” “Tinkerbell,” “the current queen of the US,” are not meaningful because there is nothin ...
... “x” is a meaningful term if and only if it refers to something that exists. Thus, “the moon,” “California,” “oranges,” and so on are meaningful terms because they refer to things that exist. Terms like “dragons,” “Tinkerbell,” “the current queen of the US,” are not meaningful because there is nothin ...
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 ...
Free Spirits: Idealism and Perfectionism
... spirit is characterized by his or her ability to think for him – or herself – an autonomy which also constitutes a moral deed. There is thus an ethical demand for thoughts we are personally convinced of, rather than for thinking something because everybody does so. Considering that expressing one’s ...
... spirit is characterized by his or her ability to think for him – or herself – an autonomy which also constitutes a moral deed. There is thus an ethical demand for thoughts we are personally convinced of, rather than for thinking something because everybody does so. Considering that expressing one’s ...
Justin Clarke-Doane
... if our beliefs were to diverge radically from what they are in fact. Perhaps some truthvalues of some sentences of D vary with the beliefs of individuals in an uninteresting sense – so that, for instance, the truth of “John is doing something evil right now” could vary with John’s enjoyment of his ...
... if our beliefs were to diverge radically from what they are in fact. Perhaps some truthvalues of some sentences of D vary with the beliefs of individuals in an uninteresting sense – so that, for instance, the truth of “John is doing something evil right now” could vary with John’s enjoyment of his ...
The Asymmetric Magnets Problem
... The problem I’ll be focussing on looks rather simple, but it brings out several points that seem to have metaphysical interest. In particular, it highlights the importance of three distinctions that are easy to blur when doing metaphysics. It will make the exposition of the puzzle easier to place th ...
... The problem I’ll be focussing on looks rather simple, but it brings out several points that seem to have metaphysical interest. In particular, it highlights the importance of three distinctions that are easy to blur when doing metaphysics. It will make the exposition of the puzzle easier to place th ...
ESSENTIALISM IN PARMENIDES OF ELEA
... Consequently there can be no change, since change consists in things coming into being or ceasing to be … We can put the argument in this way: if language is not just nonsense, words must mean something, and in general they must not mean just other words, but something that is there whether we talk ...
... Consequently there can be no change, since change consists in things coming into being or ceasing to be … We can put the argument in this way: if language is not just nonsense, words must mean something, and in general they must not mean just other words, but something that is there whether we talk ...
Why the mind is the only problem of the “mind
... supposed “object,” but also the pole of this hypothetical “object.” Or we agree to an endless regression which leads to nothing. These ideas, by the way, have had a long history, and can already be found in the work of Wittgenstein (as well as, more recently, in the work of Roger Penrose). Although, ...
... supposed “object,” but also the pole of this hypothetical “object.” Or we agree to an endless regression which leads to nothing. These ideas, by the way, have had a long history, and can already be found in the work of Wittgenstein (as well as, more recently, in the work of Roger Penrose). Although, ...
Recentering Musicology and the Philosophy of Music
... It might be thought that we should ask: what is musical experience? The trouble with this question is that experiences of music vary a great deal. Some music may remind me of a childhood event, for example. A slightly better question seems to be: what is the nature of the experience of music when we ...
... It might be thought that we should ask: what is musical experience? The trouble with this question is that experiences of music vary a great deal. Some music may remind me of a childhood event, for example. A slightly better question seems to be: what is the nature of the experience of music when we ...
Specious Present - Philsci
... experience places restrictions on the kinds of theories of consciousness one can endorse. Claiming that we only perceive the strict present forced Stewart, for instance, to rely on attention as a supplement to perception. As such, we can learn a great deal about theories of consciousness from cla ...
... experience places restrictions on the kinds of theories of consciousness one can endorse. Claiming that we only perceive the strict present forced Stewart, for instance, to rely on attention as a supplement to perception. As such, we can learn a great deal about theories of consciousness from cla ...
John Ryder ABSTRACT: Philosophers have
... experience. Benjamin spoke of language, Dewey of inference, and Buchler of judgment. This paper discusses what each meant, why each addressed the question as he did, and in the end which is preferable. The argument is made that Benjamin and Dewey exaggerated the role of language and inference respec ...
... experience. Benjamin spoke of language, Dewey of inference, and Buchler of judgment. This paper discusses what each meant, why each addressed the question as he did, and in the end which is preferable. The argument is made that Benjamin and Dewey exaggerated the role of language and inference respec ...
FITT 15 - WordPress.com
... accidents and the qualities of substances. 6 Accidents refer to attributes like quantities (four, five), qualities (mortal, white), relatives (double, half), times (yesterday), and so forth; they are present in subjects, but do not have a real existence apart from them.7 White, (albus) in particular ...
... accidents and the qualities of substances. 6 Accidents refer to attributes like quantities (four, five), qualities (mortal, white), relatives (double, half), times (yesterday), and so forth; they are present in subjects, but do not have a real existence apart from them.7 White, (albus) in particular ...
On the Logic of the Ontological Argument
... eliminable in terms of, any other formulas. In what follows, we use ‘τ ’ to range over all terms: constants, variables, and descriptions. We use ‘ϕτx ’ to designate the result of substituting term τ for each free occurrence of the variable x in formula ϕ. The models of this simple language are stand ...
... eliminable in terms of, any other formulas. In what follows, we use ‘τ ’ to range over all terms: constants, variables, and descriptions. We use ‘ϕτx ’ to designate the result of substituting term τ for each free occurrence of the variable x in formula ϕ. The models of this simple language are stand ...
Alfarabi`s Conversion of Plato`s Republic
... every kind of deficiency, whereas there must be in everything else some kind of deficiency... the highest kind of excellence... perfect... without being in need to any other thing...what is perfect in beauty is that apart from which no beauty of its species exist” (Alfarabi, p. 57). These can be eas ...
... every kind of deficiency, whereas there must be in everything else some kind of deficiency... the highest kind of excellence... perfect... without being in need to any other thing...what is perfect in beauty is that apart from which no beauty of its species exist” (Alfarabi, p. 57). These can be eas ...
The History of the Free Will Problem
... the extensive Stoic writings are lost, probably because their doctrine of fate, which identified God with Nature, was considered anathema to the Christian church. The church agreed that the laws of God were the laws of Nature, but that God and Nature were two different entities. In either case stric ...
... the extensive Stoic writings are lost, probably because their doctrine of fate, which identified God with Nature, was considered anathema to the Christian church. The church agreed that the laws of God were the laws of Nature, but that God and Nature were two different entities. In either case stric ...
Reasons and Beliefs
... ambiguous notion of a ‘fact’. For instance, it is often held that facts are states of affairs that obtain, while in other cases ‘fact’ and ‘state of affairs’ are considered synonyms (indeed, Dancy uses the two concepts quite flexibly and interchangeably). Here, we will assume that states of affairs ...
... ambiguous notion of a ‘fact’. For instance, it is often held that facts are states of affairs that obtain, while in other cases ‘fact’ and ‘state of affairs’ are considered synonyms (indeed, Dancy uses the two concepts quite flexibly and interchangeably). Here, we will assume that states of affairs ...
1 FROM FIRST EFFICIENT CAUSE TO GOD: SCOTUS ON THE
... The notion of necessary existence ("N") is that of an ultimate explanatory feature. If you say that there are two or more actually existing natures possessing N, you are committed to supposing that they each have at least one further (essential) characteristic ("C") that is related in a merely conti ...
... The notion of necessary existence ("N") is that of an ultimate explanatory feature. If you say that there are two or more actually existing natures possessing N, you are committed to supposing that they each have at least one further (essential) characteristic ("C") that is related in a merely conti ...
roberta de monticelli
... places, the portion of matter that are taken up by its existence. So for example, Socrates is a man, and he necessarily enjoys all properties characteristic of that nature, or implied by that concept. But this represents exactly what Socrates shares with others men, as opposed to the set of his acci ...
... places, the portion of matter that are taken up by its existence. So for example, Socrates is a man, and he necessarily enjoys all properties characteristic of that nature, or implied by that concept. But this represents exactly what Socrates shares with others men, as opposed to the set of his acci ...
Causality in the Nyāya
... The former forms an artificial group which includes only qualities (and relational qualities like 'conjunction' samyoga) that inherein the causal substrate and are causally relevant to the effect.3 For example, color of the threads causes the color of the cloth, or conjunction of different parts of ...
... The former forms an artificial group which includes only qualities (and relational qualities like 'conjunction' samyoga) that inherein the causal substrate and are causally relevant to the effect.3 For example, color of the threads causes the color of the cloth, or conjunction of different parts of ...
Kant`s Schematism and the Foundations of Mathematics
... explored in the literature. In this thesis, this chapter on the geometrical schemata functions mostly as an introduction to schematism and the central notions of schematism such as types, tokens and rules. Chapter 3 is on the schematism of the pure concepts of quantity. I show how Kant operates with ...
... explored in the literature. In this thesis, this chapter on the geometrical schemata functions mostly as an introduction to schematism and the central notions of schematism such as types, tokens and rules. Chapter 3 is on the schematism of the pure concepts of quantity. I show how Kant operates with ...
ABSOLUTE - Polskie Towarzystwo Tomasza z Akwinu
... the gods and men, neither in body or mind similar to men, one in whom "the whole sees, the whole perceives, the whole hears". "But without effort it sets in motion all things by mind and thought". "It always abides in the same place, not moved at all, nor is it fitting that it should move from one p ...
... the gods and men, neither in body or mind similar to men, one in whom "the whole sees, the whole perceives, the whole hears". "But without effort it sets in motion all things by mind and thought". "It always abides in the same place, not moved at all, nor is it fitting that it should move from one p ...