introduction: the task of thinking reality
... However, knowledge is not of oneself, but of an object, a determinate something that can be apprehended by the intellect. It is this object that is taken up into the human mind with respect to its intelligible nature. For Maritain, following Aristotle and Thomas, the knower becomes the object in the ...
... However, knowledge is not of oneself, but of an object, a determinate something that can be apprehended by the intellect. It is this object that is taken up into the human mind with respect to its intelligible nature. For Maritain, following Aristotle and Thomas, the knower becomes the object in the ...
INTRODUCTION (A) Mind in Indian philosophy
... magnitude, conjunction and disjunction. It is conjoined with manas and due to this conjunction it exercises many qualities such as cognition, pleasure and pain. Consciousness is an unintended (not essential) quality of the soul. It is acquired from its concurrence with mind and it does not exist or ...
... magnitude, conjunction and disjunction. It is conjoined with manas and due to this conjunction it exercises many qualities such as cognition, pleasure and pain. Consciousness is an unintended (not essential) quality of the soul. It is acquired from its concurrence with mind and it does not exist or ...
Reality and Appearance
... assimilates reality and relates to it. In itself this is a very fascinating area for philosophical enquiry, and some philosophers have been bold enough to explore it. What Greek thought sought in reality is altogether different from this. It was not concerned with representations of reality, with sy ...
... assimilates reality and relates to it. In itself this is a very fascinating area for philosophical enquiry, and some philosophers have been bold enough to explore it. What Greek thought sought in reality is altogether different from this. It was not concerned with representations of reality, with sy ...
Hume
... • They do not represent what is really in the object • They mark a certain relation between the object and the mind • Example: Colours ...
... • They do not represent what is really in the object • They mark a certain relation between the object and the mind • Example: Colours ...
alphabet of human thought
... mislead so what can we know with certainty? A major cog sci proposal is that cognition/thinking = computation BUT THAT MEANS COMPUTATIONAL SYMBOLS MUST BE GROUNDED IN THE WORLD (symbols must actually be connected to the things they refer to in the world, which is meaning but what is meaning then ...
... mislead so what can we know with certainty? A major cog sci proposal is that cognition/thinking = computation BUT THAT MEANS COMPUTATIONAL SYMBOLS MUST BE GROUNDED IN THE WORLD (symbols must actually be connected to the things they refer to in the world, which is meaning but what is meaning then ...
The Identification of Mind and Principle
... universe as manifestations of the single Buddha spirit), then, men may understand the moral principles that they must put into practice in order to achieve an ordered family, good government, and peace under heaven. The two trends of thought differed, however, on the way in which human beings are to ...
... universe as manifestations of the single Buddha spirit), then, men may understand the moral principles that they must put into practice in order to achieve an ordered family, good government, and peace under heaven. The two trends of thought differed, however, on the way in which human beings are to ...
neuro-ontological interpretation of spiritual experiences
... look far and deep into the universe and dare to go beyond, at some point you will face your self. There is no such thing as monotonous, infinite progression and regression with endless hierarchies, larger and larger supersystems on the way up, or smaller and smaller elementary particles on the way d ...
... look far and deep into the universe and dare to go beyond, at some point you will face your self. There is no such thing as monotonous, infinite progression and regression with endless hierarchies, larger and larger supersystems on the way up, or smaller and smaller elementary particles on the way d ...
Anzai Masahiro
... A master of Zen stopped the battle that young monks were fighting over the theory. The battle was over a little cat.The master killed the cat.The young monks were very shocked and regretted it deeply.Another excellent disciple retuned to the temple and heard the accident.The master asked him what he ...
... A master of Zen stopped the battle that young monks were fighting over the theory. The battle was over a little cat.The master killed the cat.The young monks were very shocked and regretted it deeply.Another excellent disciple retuned to the temple and heard the accident.The master asked him what he ...
No Slide Title
... • Mind is what separates humans from other species not physics or chemistry not biology or physiology • Mind is the essence of who we are Engineering of Mind: An Introduction to the Science of Intelligent Systems ...
... • Mind is what separates humans from other species not physics or chemistry not biology or physiology • Mind is the essence of who we are Engineering of Mind: An Introduction to the Science of Intelligent Systems ...
Boethius Dacus on the supreme good
... of the value of beings. This delight is greater than that of sense. Therefore, he despises sense pleasures. But many sins and vices consist in excessive sense pleasure. Thirdly, because there is no sin in understanding and theorizing. There is no possibility of excess and of sin in the order of supr ...
... of the value of beings. This delight is greater than that of sense. Therefore, he despises sense pleasures. But many sins and vices consist in excessive sense pleasure. Thirdly, because there is no sin in understanding and theorizing. There is no possibility of excess and of sin in the order of supr ...
Chapter IX The Illative Sense
... and skills unequally. He asks therefore why logic should be the one single virtue of ratiocination. As there is no single rule which determines once and for all and at the same time for poetry, medicine and warfare, the Illative Sense (a talent for certitude?) cannot be reduced to the dead rule of l ...
... and skills unequally. He asks therefore why logic should be the one single virtue of ratiocination. As there is no single rule which determines once and for all and at the same time for poetry, medicine and warfare, the Illative Sense (a talent for certitude?) cannot be reduced to the dead rule of l ...
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 ...
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 ...
Mind and Body Is the “mental” really “material?”
... – Minds, by their very nature (or “essence”) cannot be divided into spatial parts. – Bodies, by their very nature (or “essence”) can be divided into spatial parts. ...
... – Minds, by their very nature (or “essence”) cannot be divided into spatial parts. – Bodies, by their very nature (or “essence”) can be divided into spatial parts. ...
Monism and Dualism
... transition from the one province to the other, and if, nevertheless, the two provinces exist in our experience as distinct, then the two sets of phenomena must be unfolded simultaneously, each according to its laws, so that for every phenomenon in the world of consciousness there is a corresponding ...
... transition from the one province to the other, and if, nevertheless, the two provinces exist in our experience as distinct, then the two sets of phenomena must be unfolded simultaneously, each according to its laws, so that for every phenomenon in the world of consciousness there is a corresponding ...
Functionalism - Cognitive Science Department
... baby for until quite a while. So again, where does one’s mind come from? Does it somehow ‘pop’ into existence out of nowhere? Or does it get ‘bestowed’ upon us by some unexplainable and unfathomable supernatural being for which we have zero scientific evidence?!? ...
... baby for until quite a while. So again, where does one’s mind come from? Does it somehow ‘pop’ into existence out of nowhere? Or does it get ‘bestowed’ upon us by some unexplainable and unfathomable supernatural being for which we have zero scientific evidence?!? ...
Kant`s Epistemology
... capacity of the human mind by which it organizes and structures raw sense data. One of the categories is PUC. – One may see a similarity between Kant’s view of perception and Aristotle’s view of substance. – For Aristotle, a substance is created when a form organizes and structures inherently formle ...
... capacity of the human mind by which it organizes and structures raw sense data. One of the categories is PUC. – One may see a similarity between Kant’s view of perception and Aristotle’s view of substance. – For Aristotle, a substance is created when a form organizes and structures inherently formle ...
Powerpoint - History and Philosophy of Science @ UCD
... As in Maths we're justified by dictate of nature to withhold our assent from a conclusion of which we have not yet a strict logical demonstration, so by a like dictate we are not justified, in the case of concrete reasoning …, in waiting till such logical demonstration is ours, but on the contrary ...
... As in Maths we're justified by dictate of nature to withhold our assent from a conclusion of which we have not yet a strict logical demonstration, so by a like dictate we are not justified, in the case of concrete reasoning …, in waiting till such logical demonstration is ours, but on the contrary ...
Dewey Experience and Philosophic Method
... wrought havoc in philosophy.” It is true that attitudes themselves independently of their objects may be the subject-matter of reflective experience: they cannot be the subjectmatter of primary experience. When they are not abstracted we get truths like that the person who hates finds the object of ...
... wrought havoc in philosophy.” It is true that attitudes themselves independently of their objects may be the subject-matter of reflective experience: they cannot be the subjectmatter of primary experience. When they are not abstracted we get truths like that the person who hates finds the object of ...
The Life of the Body-Heart-Mind-Spirit: Cross
... philosophers usually take for granted. Specifically, as the title of my talk suggests, I want to advance a more holistic view of education. Modern academic philosophers have tended to forget that philosophy was for the ancient Greeks, not just an intellectual exercise, but a transformative way of l ...
... philosophers usually take for granted. Specifically, as the title of my talk suggests, I want to advance a more holistic view of education. Modern academic philosophers have tended to forget that philosophy was for the ancient Greeks, not just an intellectual exercise, but a transformative way of l ...
from Nature, by Ralph Waldo Emerson
... how great they are! If the stars should appear one night in a thousand years, how would men believe and adore; and preserve for many generations the remembrance of the city of God which had been shown! But every night come out these envoys of beauty, and light the universe with their admonishing smi ...
... how great they are! If the stars should appear one night in a thousand years, how would men believe and adore; and preserve for many generations the remembrance of the city of God which had been shown! But every night come out these envoys of beauty, and light the universe with their admonishing smi ...
Lecture 6 : The Concept of Mind in Upanisads
... liberation results from knowledge. Knowledge alone is the cause of realizing the highest goal. Knowledge is absolutely independent as it eliminates all kinds of superimpositions. The knower perceives the truth/ recognizes the truth. The knower of the self has thus transcended the sorrow and has no ...
... liberation results from knowledge. Knowledge alone is the cause of realizing the highest goal. Knowledge is absolutely independent as it eliminates all kinds of superimpositions. The knower perceives the truth/ recognizes the truth. The knower of the self has thus transcended the sorrow and has no ...
Notes on Hume`s And Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding
... The knowledge of that cause and effect is not a priori; it comes entirely from the senses. If we come into contact with some new object, we will not be able to discover any of its causes or effects. We must admit that when we look at our own experience, when we came into contact with new objects, we ...
... The knowledge of that cause and effect is not a priori; it comes entirely from the senses. If we come into contact with some new object, we will not be able to discover any of its causes or effects. We must admit that when we look at our own experience, when we came into contact with new objects, we ...
Buddhist Concepts: The Oneness of Body and Mind
... thought, intent or spirit—that which is invisible. Oneness is a translation of a term that literally means “not two,” which in turn is an ...
... thought, intent or spirit—that which is invisible. Oneness is a translation of a term that literally means “not two,” which in turn is an ...
Of Self-Love - Sophia Project
... to make the widest difference in human characters, and denominate one man virtuous and humane, another vicious and meanly interested. I esteem the man whose self-love, by whatever means, is so directed as to give him a concern for others, and render him serviceable to society: as I hate or despise ...
... to make the widest difference in human characters, and denominate one man virtuous and humane, another vicious and meanly interested. I esteem the man whose self-love, by whatever means, is so directed as to give him a concern for others, and render him serviceable to society: as I hate or despise ...