Justification by Imagination
... In informal terms, the basic common idea is the following. Imaginings are under our voluntary control. If imaginings are under our voluntary control then what we imagine is determined by what we want to imagine rather than by how things are. In a slogan: imaginings are up to us.9 Therefore, imaginin ...
... In informal terms, the basic common idea is the following. Imaginings are under our voluntary control. If imaginings are under our voluntary control then what we imagine is determined by what we want to imagine rather than by how things are. In a slogan: imaginings are up to us.9 Therefore, imaginin ...
The Role Of Genus And Difference In
... Consequently, the complaint might continue, Avicenna has simply succumbed to a psychological illusion, namely, he has assumed some tertium quid that is distinct from the essences in concrete particulars and the essences in the intellect. Thus Avicenna has been misled into thinking that the purported ...
... Consequently, the complaint might continue, Avicenna has simply succumbed to a psychological illusion, namely, he has assumed some tertium quid that is distinct from the essences in concrete particulars and the essences in the intellect. Thus Avicenna has been misled into thinking that the purported ...
Reid`s defense of common sense - Scholars Archive
... in other respects he may be a very good man, as a man may be who believes he is made of glass; yet, surely he hath a soft place in his understanding, and hath been hurt by much thinking” (Inq, ch. §, p. ). He says elsewhere that while the sceptic is in some ways like a lunatic, in other ways he ...
... in other respects he may be a very good man, as a man may be who believes he is made of glass; yet, surely he hath a soft place in his understanding, and hath been hurt by much thinking” (Inq, ch. §, p. ). He says elsewhere that while the sceptic is in some ways like a lunatic, in other ways he ...
1.Kant`s Account of the Unity
... Hume - after all, Hume also considers the human mind responsible for "supplying" nature with such concepts as physical laws. The main difference is that Hume sees these concepts as motivated by mere repetition of similar associations of perceptions, while Kant sees them as prescribed a priori. The k ...
... Hume - after all, Hume also considers the human mind responsible for "supplying" nature with such concepts as physical laws. The main difference is that Hume sees these concepts as motivated by mere repetition of similar associations of perceptions, while Kant sees them as prescribed a priori. The k ...
1 Revisiting Veblen`s “The Theory of the Leisure Class
... Veblen’s evolutionary approach, but also how the former influences the latter’s psychology of the conspicuous consumer in order to clarify and enrich the Veblenian conspicuous consumer’s decision making. This psychology is associated with Veblen’s evolutionary perspective, although methodological is ...
... Veblen’s evolutionary approach, but also how the former influences the latter’s psychology of the conspicuous consumer in order to clarify and enrich the Veblenian conspicuous consumer’s decision making. This psychology is associated with Veblen’s evolutionary perspective, although methodological is ...
What is Logical Form?
... form in this very general sense, which is connected with an interest in getting clear about the nature of reality through getting clear about the forms of our thoughts or talk about it, with which we will be concerned.1 The conception we will champion dispenses with talk of propositions, reified sen ...
... form in this very general sense, which is connected with an interest in getting clear about the nature of reality through getting clear about the forms of our thoughts or talk about it, with which we will be concerned.1 The conception we will champion dispenses with talk of propositions, reified sen ...
Wittgenstein`s Tractatus Logico
... arranged in a certain way; and its parts will be arranged in a that way only if some proposition, which says that they are arranged that way, is true. So we get the thesis stated in §2.0211: if all objects were complex, then propositions would be meaningful only if other propositions were true. Ther ...
... arranged in a certain way; and its parts will be arranged in a that way only if some proposition, which says that they are arranged that way, is true. So we get the thesis stated in §2.0211: if all objects were complex, then propositions would be meaningful only if other propositions were true. Ther ...
GEORGE HERBERT MEAD AS AN EMPIRICALLY RESPONSIBLE
... social scientists than philosophers, and does his image need to be so exactly accurate? There are competing interpretations around about, say, John Dewey, as we know. My answer is that Mead’s general reputation has prevented many philosophers from seeing that his philosophy of mind can be taken as a ...
... social scientists than philosophers, and does his image need to be so exactly accurate? There are competing interpretations around about, say, John Dewey, as we know. My answer is that Mead’s general reputation has prevented many philosophers from seeing that his philosophy of mind can be taken as a ...
CLASSICAL FOUNDATIONALISM
... E1 makes likely P, which we would need to infer from some proposition F1, which we would need to infer from some proposition F2, and so on ad infinitum. We would also need to justifiably believe that F1 makes it likely that E1 makes likely P, which we would need to infer from some G1, which we would ...
... E1 makes likely P, which we would need to infer from some proposition F1, which we would need to infer from some proposition F2, and so on ad infinitum. We would also need to justifiably believe that F1 makes it likely that E1 makes likely P, which we would need to infer from some G1, which we would ...
The Ethical Significance of the Aesthetic Experience of Non
... lived experience, which grounds our ethical and social efficacy. If we elaborate on Dewey‟s view, it seems that the proportions of „passivity‟ and „activity‟ in an aesthetic experience will be determined by both the nature of the artwork and also by the person who is engaged. Although Dewey does not ...
... lived experience, which grounds our ethical and social efficacy. If we elaborate on Dewey‟s view, it seems that the proportions of „passivity‟ and „activity‟ in an aesthetic experience will be determined by both the nature of the artwork and also by the person who is engaged. Although Dewey does not ...
Pierre Duhem`s Virtue Epistemology
... concerning the experimental procedure. Therefore, a negative result only casts doubt on the whole, not on a specific theory. Duhem thus raises a central issue in the philosophy of science: How are theories chosen when empirical evidence is underdetermined? However, Duhem thinks that we can justifiab ...
... concerning the experimental procedure. Therefore, a negative result only casts doubt on the whole, not on a specific theory. Duhem thus raises a central issue in the philosophy of science: How are theories chosen when empirical evidence is underdetermined? However, Duhem thinks that we can justifiab ...
Frege and Hilbert on Consistency
... shows that the same thought is expressible by a yet more-complex sentence.17 That the same thought is expressed by each of these sentences is central to Frege's picture of conceptual analysis and proof: in deriving either (a) or (b) from a given set of sentences, one shows that the thought (1) is a ...
... shows that the same thought is expressible by a yet more-complex sentence.17 That the same thought is expressed by each of these sentences is central to Frege's picture of conceptual analysis and proof: in deriving either (a) or (b) from a given set of sentences, one shows that the thought (1) is a ...
DAMIAN ILODIGWE OAKESHOTT`S CRITIQUE OF SOVEREIGNTY
... there are mysteries in life that are in excess of its possibilities, so that the bound of meaning and truth is not co-extensive with the bound of reason.9 In other words logic cannot impose itself on life but must allow itself to be guided by the inherent template of life.10 Thus it emerges that pre ...
... there are mysteries in life that are in excess of its possibilities, so that the bound of meaning and truth is not co-extensive with the bound of reason.9 In other words logic cannot impose itself on life but must allow itself to be guided by the inherent template of life.10 Thus it emerges that pre ...
Entitlement, Justification, and the Bootstrapping
... formed belief within the track-record argument is produced by a reliable process: B3 is deduced from B1 and B2, B4 is the result of induction from the conjunction of numerous B3-like beliefs, and B5 is deduced from B4. The trouble is that the track-record argument enables Reggie to bootstrap his way ...
... formed belief within the track-record argument is produced by a reliable process: B3 is deduced from B1 and B2, B4 is the result of induction from the conjunction of numerous B3-like beliefs, and B5 is deduced from B4. The trouble is that the track-record argument enables Reggie to bootstrap his way ...
Govier`s Distinguishing A Priori from Inductive Arguments by
... bound in a certain way. The concept of this connection is something additional to the concept of having made a promise and is not contained in the latter as “ being unmarried” is contained in the concept of “bachelor.” To see why just look at the associated generalization again. To be true, it must ...
... bound in a certain way. The concept of this connection is something additional to the concept of having made a promise and is not contained in the latter as “ being unmarried” is contained in the concept of “bachelor.” To see why just look at the associated generalization again. To be true, it must ...
Notes on Epistemology
... described above, let us first glance at the position which it proposes as the starting-point of the investigator. Even if we examine this position in itself, apart from the arguments which were employed to recommend it, and part form its relation to the rest of epistemology, we shall find that it is ...
... described above, let us first glance at the position which it proposes as the starting-point of the investigator. Even if we examine this position in itself, apart from the arguments which were employed to recommend it, and part form its relation to the rest of epistemology, we shall find that it is ...
Is Mathematics Problem Solving or Theorem Proving? Carlo Cellucci
... uniform way of approaching them” (ibid., 242.19–20). On the other hand, the reason why philosophers generally endorsed the view that the method of mathematics is the axiomatic method, is that they were primarily interested in showing that mathematical knowledge is firmly grounded, and thought that t ...
... uniform way of approaching them” (ibid., 242.19–20). On the other hand, the reason why philosophers generally endorsed the view that the method of mathematics is the axiomatic method, is that they were primarily interested in showing that mathematical knowledge is firmly grounded, and thought that t ...
Comments on Ismael`s “Doublemindedness: A model for a
... (Loar 1990, Lycan 1996, Papineau 1993, Sturgeon 1994, Tye 1995). On this view, physical and phenomenal concepts both refer to the very same (physical) properties. The problem of an explanatory gap between the physical and the phenomenal is not due to an ontological gap, but instead to the “conceptua ...
... (Loar 1990, Lycan 1996, Papineau 1993, Sturgeon 1994, Tye 1995). On this view, physical and phenomenal concepts both refer to the very same (physical) properties. The problem of an explanatory gap between the physical and the phenomenal is not due to an ontological gap, but instead to the “conceptua ...
The Varieties of Pure Experience: William James and
... reality and experience was conjoined, in Nishida, with the Western emphasis on logic and argumentative rigor in a somewhat unlikely alliance. Nishida’s lifelong project was thus to wed the immediacy of experience as lived (what he termed “concrete knowledge”) with a more formalrational analysis of ...
... reality and experience was conjoined, in Nishida, with the Western emphasis on logic and argumentative rigor in a somewhat unlikely alliance. Nishida’s lifelong project was thus to wed the immediacy of experience as lived (what he termed “concrete knowledge”) with a more formalrational analysis of ...
Empathy and Transformative Experiences without the First Person
... end of better the situation of the empathized. We are inclined to agree with Darwall that this is not in fact a requirement for empathy: Empathy can be consistent with the indifference of pure observation or even the cruelty of sadism. It all depends on why one is interested in the other’s perspe ...
... end of better the situation of the empathized. We are inclined to agree with Darwall that this is not in fact a requirement for empathy: Empathy can be consistent with the indifference of pure observation or even the cruelty of sadism. It all depends on why one is interested in the other’s perspe ...
Hope and Moral Motivation in Leibniz
... If you take “uneasiness” or disquiet to be a genuine displeasure, then I do not agree that is all that spurs us on. What usually drives us are those minute insensible perceptions which could be called sufferings that we cannot become aware of, if the notion of suffering did not involve awareness (NE ...
... If you take “uneasiness” or disquiet to be a genuine displeasure, then I do not agree that is all that spurs us on. What usually drives us are those minute insensible perceptions which could be called sufferings that we cannot become aware of, if the notion of suffering did not involve awareness (NE ...
24.500/Phil253 topics in philosophy of mind/perceptual experience session 8 Figure by MIT OCW.
... • color realism: objects are colored • color eliminativism: objects are not colored • dispositionalism: colors are dispositions to produce color experiences/sensations • physicalism: colors are physical properties (e.g. ways of changing the light) ...
... • color realism: objects are colored • color eliminativism: objects are not colored • dispositionalism: colors are dispositions to produce color experiences/sensations • physicalism: colors are physical properties (e.g. ways of changing the light) ...
abstracts
... sketch the metaphysical setting of Spinoza’s treatment of reason, intellection and freedom. I focus on the ethical significance of reason and intellection. Spinoza’s rejection of Cartesian volition and voluntas, which reflect Christian metaphysical psychology and are integrally connected to substanc ...
... sketch the metaphysical setting of Spinoza’s treatment of reason, intellection and freedom. I focus on the ethical significance of reason and intellection. Spinoza’s rejection of Cartesian volition and voluntas, which reflect Christian metaphysical psychology and are integrally connected to substanc ...
Russell`s Neutral Monism
... of their views instead of the commencement of a long period in which he consolidated and developed those views. More serious, however, is the fact that after The Analysis of Matter Russell stopped calling himself a neutral monist, although the label was certainly not repudiated. But against this mus ...
... of their views instead of the commencement of a long period in which he consolidated and developed those views. More serious, however, is the fact that after The Analysis of Matter Russell stopped calling himself a neutral monist, although the label was certainly not repudiated. But against this mus ...
Empiricism
Empiricism is a theory that states that knowledge comes only or primarily from sensory experience. One of several views of epistemology, the study of human knowledge, along with rationalism and skepticism, empiricism emphasizes the role of experience and evidence, especially sensory experience, in the formation of ideas, over the notion of innate ideas or traditions; empiricists may argue however that traditions (or customs) arise due to relations of previous sense experiences.Empiricism in the philosophy of science emphasizes evidence, especially as discovered in experiments. It is a fundamental part of the scientific method that all hypotheses and theories must be tested against observations of the natural world rather than resting solely on a priori reasoning, intuition, or revelation.Empiricism, often used by natural scientists, says that ""knowledge is based on experience"" and that ""knowledge is tentative and probabilistic, subject to continued revision and falsification."" One of the epistemological tenets is that sensory experience creates knowledge. The scientific method, including experiments and validated measurement tools, guides empirical research.