Postmodernism in a Nutshell
... abandons expectations of fixed textual or verbal meaning and expresses a preference for local, specific and transitory to universal and unchanging. Methodological postmodernism denies the transcendent or objective dimension of truth, beauty, justice and rationality choosing the relativistic epistemo ...
... abandons expectations of fixed textual or verbal meaning and expresses a preference for local, specific and transitory to universal and unchanging. Methodological postmodernism denies the transcendent or objective dimension of truth, beauty, justice and rationality choosing the relativistic epistemo ...
A DEFENCE OF COMMON SENSE
... different reasons, differed from me; even if they have not directly denied (2) itself, they have held views incompatible with it. My first point, then, may be said to be that (2), together with all its implications, some of which I shall expressly mention, is true. (1) I begin, then, with my list of ...
... different reasons, differed from me; even if they have not directly denied (2) itself, they have held views incompatible with it. My first point, then, may be said to be that (2), together with all its implications, some of which I shall expressly mention, is true. (1) I begin, then, with my list of ...
Sidestepping the holes of holism
... claimed that the rejection of a sentence in light of some experimental data may be transmitted to some of the background assumptions of the whole theory, had the assumptions been pragmatically or meta-theoretically less important. Finally, with respect to holism about knowledge, the Contingency Cla ...
... claimed that the rejection of a sentence in light of some experimental data may be transmitted to some of the background assumptions of the whole theory, had the assumptions been pragmatically or meta-theoretically less important. Finally, with respect to holism about knowledge, the Contingency Cla ...
Bounded rationality, biases and superstitions
... J. Evans, “Dual processing accounts of reasoning, judgement, and social cognition” Annual Review of Psychology 2008 ...
... J. Evans, “Dual processing accounts of reasoning, judgement, and social cognition” Annual Review of Psychology 2008 ...
Wittgenstein`s Grammar of Emotions
... experiences (Erlebnisse) that are not undergoings (Erfahrungen); they are divided into directed and undirected emotions; they also have duration, but lack spatial determination (have no place). An emotion is said to have a characteristic expression «which one would use in miming it», and to «colour ...
... experiences (Erlebnisse) that are not undergoings (Erfahrungen); they are divided into directed and undirected emotions; they also have duration, but lack spatial determination (have no place). An emotion is said to have a characteristic expression «which one would use in miming it», and to «colour ...
SOME MAIN PROBLEMS OF PHILOSOPHY
... lectures philosophy is done with a directness and honesty and inciciveness which at once gives hope that we may, working with Moore, soon cut a way out of the jungle into the light. It is the same hope we felt when we read what we still read Moore's Principia Ethica and his Philosophical Studies. Th ...
... lectures philosophy is done with a directness and honesty and inciciveness which at once gives hope that we may, working with Moore, soon cut a way out of the jungle into the light. It is the same hope we felt when we read what we still read Moore's Principia Ethica and his Philosophical Studies. Th ...
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 ...
The Futility of any Anti-Metaphysical Position
... and clear. He then submits that metaphysics is nothing but the display of beautiful array of metric lines, syntax and lyrics, while metaphysicians are basically entertainers, thereby making metaphysics a spurious and wasteful enterprise meant for the unserious mind. Furthermore, in “The Turning Poin ...
... and clear. He then submits that metaphysics is nothing but the display of beautiful array of metric lines, syntax and lyrics, while metaphysicians are basically entertainers, thereby making metaphysics a spurious and wasteful enterprise meant for the unserious mind. Furthermore, in “The Turning Poin ...
Introduction
... the sciences. Descartes” in primis (462). There are much more important subjects than the scientific ones, such as “the study of man” (566), to which science can contribute nothing, for it cannot address the ultimate questions of existence (57). The strictly rational conceptual tools of science are ...
... the sciences. Descartes” in primis (462). There are much more important subjects than the scientific ones, such as “the study of man” (566), to which science can contribute nothing, for it cannot address the ultimate questions of existence (57). The strictly rational conceptual tools of science are ...
A Study Guide to Descartes` Meditations
... many of the beliefs he had long cherished were false, and that this made him think that the ‘whole edifice’ of his beliefs was ‘highly doubtful’. The realization that he has been mistaken leads him to think that the whole edifice of his beliefs may be threatened. What is his response to the threat o ...
... many of the beliefs he had long cherished were false, and that this made him think that the ‘whole edifice’ of his beliefs was ‘highly doubtful’. The realization that he has been mistaken leads him to think that the whole edifice of his beliefs may be threatened. What is his response to the threat o ...
- Philsci-Archive
... One event more than anything confirmed the connection between the Vienna Circle, Denmark, and the rest of the Nordic countries. For a short while Copenhagen became the centre for the Circle’s activities when in 1936 the 2. Internationale Kongress für Einheit des Wissenschaft was held there between J ...
... One event more than anything confirmed the connection between the Vienna Circle, Denmark, and the rest of the Nordic countries. For a short while Copenhagen became the centre for the Circle’s activities when in 1936 the 2. Internationale Kongress für Einheit des Wissenschaft was held there between J ...
Dharmakirti and Husserl on Negative Judgments
... Same as in D1, here the affirmative statement "[I] see only the desk, chairs and books" substitutes for the negative ones "[I] see that Y is not there" or "[I] do not see that Y is there." The normal unobstructed perceptions of desk or chairs indicate what is going on in the perceptual level when I ...
... Same as in D1, here the affirmative statement "[I] see only the desk, chairs and books" substitutes for the negative ones "[I] see that Y is not there" or "[I] do not see that Y is there." The normal unobstructed perceptions of desk or chairs indicate what is going on in the perceptual level when I ...
Epistemic Reasons II: Basing
... counterfactual theory partly because he held a counterfactual analysis of causation; without it, his view would be better seen as a disjunctive view with causal and counterfactual elements. Because counterfactual analyses of causation are now unpopular, I won't discuss pure counterfactual theories. ...
... counterfactual theory partly because he held a counterfactual analysis of causation; without it, his view would be better seen as a disjunctive view with causal and counterfactual elements. Because counterfactual analyses of causation are now unpopular, I won't discuss pure counterfactual theories. ...
The General Point of View
... and as a result we come to share an ideal of good character. Our concepts of the virtues and vices in this way arise from the general point of view. But Hume’s account gives rise to a difficulty. Moral concepts and judgments are based on our moral sentiments, and our moral sentiments arise when we c ...
... and as a result we come to share an ideal of good character. Our concepts of the virtues and vices in this way arise from the general point of view. But Hume’s account gives rise to a difficulty. Moral concepts and judgments are based on our moral sentiments, and our moral sentiments arise when we c ...
The Metaphysics of John Dewey, Part II
... pluralizing and recovering its diversities before they escape (or become plural) and thereby ...
... pluralizing and recovering its diversities before they escape (or become plural) and thereby ...
Fall 2015 - The American Philosophical Association
... concerns. The first is the relation between idealism and realism: Mukerji is concerned to show that they are not, in fact, rivals but rather complementary aspects of any plausible philosophical position. Second, Mukerji is interested in the relationship between correspondence theories and coherence ...
... concerns. The first is the relation between idealism and realism: Mukerji is concerned to show that they are not, in fact, rivals but rather complementary aspects of any plausible philosophical position. Second, Mukerji is interested in the relationship between correspondence theories and coherence ...
Primitively Rational Belief
... experience, which would be the result of one’s conceptual capacities’ operating on the primary non-conceptual content of experience. Then we could refine our description of the process of taking one’s experience at face value by saying that it involves forming the belief in a proposition p in respon ...
... experience, which would be the result of one’s conceptual capacities’ operating on the primary non-conceptual content of experience. Then we could refine our description of the process of taking one’s experience at face value by saying that it involves forming the belief in a proposition p in respon ...
the tension between aristotle_s theories
... their compatibility with a realistic theory of science. In this regard, Aristotle's work is one of the most interesting case-studies in history from which some light might be thrown on this debate, as there is an unavoidable three-way tension between his methodological claims, rhetorical and literar ...
... their compatibility with a realistic theory of science. In this regard, Aristotle's work is one of the most interesting case-studies in history from which some light might be thrown on this debate, as there is an unavoidable three-way tension between his methodological claims, rhetorical and literar ...
The Philosopher and the Sage: Plato and Lao
... Lao-Tzu, paradoxical poet-philosopher of the mysterious Tao, father of the mysticalmeditative philosophical religion of Taoism. Plato, mathematically-minded theorizer of Forms, father of Academic philosophy and Western rationalism. What could these two foundational thinkers of East and West possibly ...
... Lao-Tzu, paradoxical poet-philosopher of the mysterious Tao, father of the mysticalmeditative philosophical religion of Taoism. Plato, mathematically-minded theorizer of Forms, father of Academic philosophy and Western rationalism. What could these two foundational thinkers of East and West possibly ...
VIRTUE IS KNOWLEDGE, MCDOWELL AND ARISTOTLE
... discerned by comparison, then novel moral situations accordingly do not fit into the knowledge paradigm. In this way, the objection goes, there must be something else (perhaps an orectic state) besides knowledge determining the course of action. The last objection I raise is the case of the “no-brai ...
... discerned by comparison, then novel moral situations accordingly do not fit into the knowledge paradigm. In this way, the objection goes, there must be something else (perhaps an orectic state) besides knowledge determining the course of action. The last objection I raise is the case of the “no-brai ...
Cognitive Illusions and the Welcome Psychologism of Logicist
... But upon closer inspection this pronouncement is peculiar. To see this, using A and B as obvious abbreviations, (5) becomes A C. We know from (*) that (3) is true, or (4) is, but not both. Suppose that (3) is true; then by disjunctive syllogism on (3) and A we obtain that Betty is here (B). Sup ...
... But upon closer inspection this pronouncement is peculiar. To see this, using A and B as obvious abbreviations, (5) becomes A C. We know from (*) that (3) is true, or (4) is, but not both. Suppose that (3) is true; then by disjunctive syllogism on (3) and A we obtain that Betty is here (B). Sup ...
Edith Stein: On the Problem of Empathy - Kris McDaniel`s
... motions are caused by my internal mental states. I therefore infer that the bodily motions of other persons have similar causes, which are their mental states. This popular answer is not Stein’s answer. 12 Stein’s answer is that we know these things by empathy. Empathy is an irreducible intentional ...
... motions are caused by my internal mental states. I therefore infer that the bodily motions of other persons have similar causes, which are their mental states. This popular answer is not Stein’s answer. 12 Stein’s answer is that we know these things by empathy. Empathy is an irreducible intentional ...
Was Berkeley an Ethical Egoist
... There are several points of which we should take particular notice. Mixed modes are the voluntary joining together of ideas to which a term is applied. As such, these mixed modes are strictly subjective, although Locke suggests that disputes regarding the meanings of these terms can be resolved thro ...
... There are several points of which we should take particular notice. Mixed modes are the voluntary joining together of ideas to which a term is applied. As such, these mixed modes are strictly subjective, although Locke suggests that disputes regarding the meanings of these terms can be resolved thro ...
Science and Spirituality - Spiritual Heritage Education Network Inc.
... as to the society at large which, cannot be expected to have an understanding of their religious and cultural history. This difficulty severely strains the majority of the immigrants, who either are not used to intellectual inquiry or do not have the time and patience for what they consider esoteri ...
... as to the society at large which, cannot be expected to have an understanding of their religious and cultural history. This difficulty severely strains the majority of the immigrants, who either are not used to intellectual inquiry or do not have the time and patience for what they consider esoteri ...
KANT`S RESPONSE TO SKEPTICISM
... necessity’’ at all, with the ‘‘unpalatable metaphysical excesses’’ such adventures would require.9 Stroud therefore concludes that ‘‘[i]dealism, or the world’s dependence on the mind . . . is therefore the price one has to pay’’ for adopting a Kantian approach of this kind.10 When presented with the ...
... necessity’’ at all, with the ‘‘unpalatable metaphysical excesses’’ such adventures would require.9 Stroud therefore concludes that ‘‘[i]dealism, or the world’s dependence on the mind . . . is therefore the price one has to pay’’ for adopting a Kantian approach of this kind.10 When presented with the ...
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.