`Among contemporaries the most exciting thinker, masterful
... finest subsequent work in the humanities. If you are not, he is a dismal windbag, whose influence has been a total disaster, and whose affinity with the Nazis merely indicates the vacuum where, in most other philosophers, there would have been a combination of common sense and rudimentary decency. N ...
... finest subsequent work in the humanities. If you are not, he is a dismal windbag, whose influence has been a total disaster, and whose affinity with the Nazis merely indicates the vacuum where, in most other philosophers, there would have been a combination of common sense and rudimentary decency. N ...
Behold the Non-Rabbit: Kant, Quine, Laruelle
... examine the way in which these concepts are intertwined in the work of three very different philosophers. More precisely, I will be fore grounding the theme of individuation but only in order to use it as a lens through which to focus on the way in which the relation between theory and experience is ...
... examine the way in which these concepts are intertwined in the work of three very different philosophers. More precisely, I will be fore grounding the theme of individuation but only in order to use it as a lens through which to focus on the way in which the relation between theory and experience is ...
Creative Reasoning
... story. Foundationalists say that there are proper stopping points in the chain of reasons a belief is based on, most notably perceptual experience, which we share with our cousins throughout the animal world. But for some important epistemic statuses, infinitists think, stopping points exude an air o ...
... story. Foundationalists say that there are proper stopping points in the chain of reasons a belief is based on, most notably perceptual experience, which we share with our cousins throughout the animal world. But for some important epistemic statuses, infinitists think, stopping points exude an air o ...
Deleuze Lecture on Kant 1978 - The Partially Examined Life
... Is there anything else besides the categories that can be a priori, which is to say, universal and necessary? The reply is yes, and this other thing is space and time. Because every object is in space and in time, or at least in time. But you will say to me straight away, very well then, why not mak ...
... Is there anything else besides the categories that can be a priori, which is to say, universal and necessary? The reply is yes, and this other thing is space and time. Because every object is in space and in time, or at least in time. But you will say to me straight away, very well then, why not mak ...
ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY LECTURE THALES, HERACLITUS
... This makes reference to the past. But the past is gone! It does not exist. Therefore, we cannot meaningfully make a true statement about the past because all true statements must be only about situations that obtain. This leads to the general denial of the passage of time. There is no difference bet ...
... This makes reference to the past. But the past is gone! It does not exist. Therefore, we cannot meaningfully make a true statement about the past because all true statements must be only about situations that obtain. This leads to the general denial of the passage of time. There is no difference bet ...
analysis of knowledge, assertion, verification
... which has to acknowledge the truth of a proposition, which speaks in itself of the world. Thus, the primary role is to linguistically express our judgements about the external world. Hence both knowledge and assertion regard the interplay between mind and world. ...
... which has to acknowledge the truth of a proposition, which speaks in itself of the world. Thus, the primary role is to linguistically express our judgements about the external world. Hence both knowledge and assertion regard the interplay between mind and world. ...
saying and showing the good
... One of the totalities of which we cannot speak is that of propositions. This is crucial for Wittgenstein’s much discussed account of generality, which of course is inseparable from his view about totalities. He wrote: “A proposition is a truth-function of elementary propositions. (An elementary pro ...
... One of the totalities of which we cannot speak is that of propositions. This is crucial for Wittgenstein’s much discussed account of generality, which of course is inseparable from his view about totalities. He wrote: “A proposition is a truth-function of elementary propositions. (An elementary pro ...
Chapter 5, Meaning
... all logically false propositions contingent, since if P is logically false P & Q is logically false for every Q, so that Q ~P, in other words, for every proposition Q, Q refutes P. An amended definition of ‘contingent’ that excludes necessarily false propositions is ‘Capable of being refuted by ob ...
... all logically false propositions contingent, since if P is logically false P & Q is logically false for every Q, so that Q ~P, in other words, for every proposition Q, Q refutes P. An amended definition of ‘contingent’ that excludes necessarily false propositions is ‘Capable of being refuted by ob ...
moral agent and impartial spectator - KU ScholarWorks
... the object would indeed look red if placed in good light and the object were not to change color. (But then what is it in this view for something to change color?) Similarly, it seems possible that there could be a wrong action that would have been right if only the act had been considered by impart ...
... the object would indeed look red if placed in good light and the object were not to change color. (But then what is it in this view for something to change color?) Similarly, it seems possible that there could be a wrong action that would have been right if only the act had been considered by impart ...
Naming the colours
... to include all that will be needed for what follows. The folk psychophysics of colour is common knowledge among us. In the same tacit way in which we believe the theory itself, we likewise believe that others around us all believe it too; and that they in turn ascribe belief in it to those around th ...
... to include all that will be needed for what follows. The folk psychophysics of colour is common knowledge among us. In the same tacit way in which we believe the theory itself, we likewise believe that others around us all believe it too; and that they in turn ascribe belief in it to those around th ...
The Influence of Classification on World View and Epistemology
... we may define that his categories are in ontological domain and classification in his epistemological one. Bakar says (1999): “the base of ontology is to define the chain of existence, which Farabi (260-339), one of the greatest Islamic scholars stated it as the chain of Material published as part o ...
... we may define that his categories are in ontological domain and classification in his epistemological one. Bakar says (1999): “the base of ontology is to define the chain of existence, which Farabi (260-339), one of the greatest Islamic scholars stated it as the chain of Material published as part o ...
Document
... of seemingly a very different sort. We must now establish the existence of god—of a providential, rewarding and punishing god—and determine his will, to know where morality and happiness reside. Moreover, in order for morality to be grounded in reason in the way Locke says it is, we cannot rely on r ...
... of seemingly a very different sort. We must now establish the existence of god—of a providential, rewarding and punishing god—and determine his will, to know where morality and happiness reside. Moreover, in order for morality to be grounded in reason in the way Locke says it is, we cannot rely on r ...
What Can We Know A Priori?1 C.S.I. Jenkins Draft only. Please
... priori, but not one to which one could expect Devitt to be amenable. See e.g. Field 2000 for details. Similarly for motivations for believing in a priori justification which derive from particular claims about the nature of content and its connections with rationality; see e.g. Ichikawa and Jarvis 2 ...
... priori, but not one to which one could expect Devitt to be amenable. See e.g. Field 2000 for details. Similarly for motivations for believing in a priori justification which derive from particular claims about the nature of content and its connections with rationality; see e.g. Ichikawa and Jarvis 2 ...
Fallacies
... form could be identified with the deep grammatical structure. This would have to be universal; there should be no cases where an argument could be valid, for example, in Hebrew but invalid in Hindi. Haack is not optimistic about this but sees no reason for dismay at the interdependence between intui ...
... form could be identified with the deep grammatical structure. This would have to be universal; there should be no cases where an argument could be valid, for example, in Hebrew but invalid in Hindi. Haack is not optimistic about this but sees no reason for dismay at the interdependence between intui ...
Problem of Non-existence
... question of the ‘nature’ of non-existents would arise separately of any thought or talk about them – indeed, the problem is often stated in the Platonic phrase, ‘how can we think or talk about that which is not?’. Compare existing entities: when the great explorers crossed the oceans to investigate ...
... question of the ‘nature’ of non-existents would arise separately of any thought or talk about them – indeed, the problem is often stated in the Platonic phrase, ‘how can we think or talk about that which is not?’. Compare existing entities: when the great explorers crossed the oceans to investigate ...
"Meat Thinks" Talk Notes
... Descartes’ strategy may strike you as lame, but here it is: (1) Demonstrate in a way that convinces any rational person (even scientists) that God exists and is not a deceiver. Descartes uses a traditional argument for God (the Ontological Argument) that supposedly does not involve any reference to ...
... Descartes’ strategy may strike you as lame, but here it is: (1) Demonstrate in a way that convinces any rational person (even scientists) that God exists and is not a deceiver. Descartes uses a traditional argument for God (the Ontological Argument) that supposedly does not involve any reference to ...
Connectivism Blog
... response takes a bit longer than the 140 characters allowed by Twitter, so I'll tackle it here. First, a new idea is often an old idea in today's context. For example, what is the new idea in constructivism? That people construct their own knowledge? Or the social, situated nature of learning? Or th ...
... response takes a bit longer than the 140 characters allowed by Twitter, so I'll tackle it here. First, a new idea is often an old idea in today's context. For example, what is the new idea in constructivism? That people construct their own knowledge? Or the social, situated nature of learning? Or th ...
LANGUAGE AND TRUTH: A STUDY OF NIETZSCHE`S THEORY OF
... Nietzsche presents the concept, the signified of a signifier in a sign, as an equality of the unequal, an arbitrary reduction of the totality of human experiences in an attempt to make them equal, or similar to each other. Thus, a concept is arbitrary, and consequently, all conceptualization in lang ...
... Nietzsche presents the concept, the signified of a signifier in a sign, as an equality of the unequal, an arbitrary reduction of the totality of human experiences in an attempt to make them equal, or similar to each other. Thus, a concept is arbitrary, and consequently, all conceptualization in lang ...
Philosophy 165: Epistemology
... belief with a rational explanation or justification (Greek logos). Citations can be located in C. I. Lewis, Roderick Chisholm, and A. J. Ayer with similar definitions (Pojman 81). 2. Gettier utilizes counterexamples to completely invalidate the tripartite analysis deeming the tripartite analysis as ...
... belief with a rational explanation or justification (Greek logos). Citations can be located in C. I. Lewis, Roderick Chisholm, and A. J. Ayer with similar definitions (Pojman 81). 2. Gettier utilizes counterexamples to completely invalidate the tripartite analysis deeming the tripartite analysis as ...
A Critique of Descartes` Mind-Body Dualism
... each of which is distinctly different, and can exist independent of each other. With Descartes’ establishment of his soul or mind as existing independent and distinct from his body, the seed of Cartesian dualism was thus sowed. The thrust of the matter now is, and here lies the Cartesian mind-body q ...
... each of which is distinctly different, and can exist independent of each other. With Descartes’ establishment of his soul or mind as existing independent and distinct from his body, the seed of Cartesian dualism was thus sowed. The thrust of the matter now is, and here lies the Cartesian mind-body q ...
A Comparative Study of the Epistemology of Immanuel Kant and that
... which belong to the aforementioned second group of “rationalists and Metaphysicians”. Here Jayatilleke observes how the essential arguments used by the Indian Materialism were similar or essentially identical with those used in the Western Empiricism.33 He adds that the resemblance between the India ...
... which belong to the aforementioned second group of “rationalists and Metaphysicians”. Here Jayatilleke observes how the essential arguments used by the Indian Materialism were similar or essentially identical with those used in the Western Empiricism.33 He adds that the resemblance between the India ...
LANGUAGE AND TRUTH: A STUDY OF NIETZSCHE`S THEORY OF
... Nietzsche presents the concept, the signified of a signifier in a sign, as an equality of the unequal, an arbitrary reduction of the totality of human experiences in an attempt to make them equal, or similar to each other. Thus, a concept is arbitrary, and consequently, all conceptualization in lang ...
... Nietzsche presents the concept, the signified of a signifier in a sign, as an equality of the unequal, an arbitrary reduction of the totality of human experiences in an attempt to make them equal, or similar to each other. Thus, a concept is arbitrary, and consequently, all conceptualization in lang ...
REASONS FOR THE MITZVOT (PART I)
... One typical and accepted understanding of this process sees it as beginning with an encounter with the external world by way of the senses and the emotions. This encounter is followed by intellectual analysis; the conclusions drawn from this analysis are the ideas that man thinks. It turns out, then ...
... One typical and accepted understanding of this process sees it as beginning with an encounter with the external world by way of the senses and the emotions. This encounter is followed by intellectual analysis; the conclusions drawn from this analysis are the ideas that man thinks. It turns out, then ...
william wordsworth and idealism - Bangladesh Research Publications
... oneness. In ‘Tintern Abbey’ the ‘groves and copses’ the ‘pastoral farms’ and the ‘houseless woods’ within the deep seclusion of the valley of the Wye are connected with a sight of ultimate unity of being. After being absent for several years and having wandered many places, Wordsworth now finds in t ...
... oneness. In ‘Tintern Abbey’ the ‘groves and copses’ the ‘pastoral farms’ and the ‘houseless woods’ within the deep seclusion of the valley of the Wye are connected with a sight of ultimate unity of being. After being absent for several years and having wandered many places, Wordsworth now finds in t ...
James Hill`s `Descartes` Dreaming Argument and why we might be
... phenomenology which is often almost impossible to put into words. When reflecting on dreams we are always in danger of reconstructing them in terms of the everyday perception of objects and people. Their strangeness and otherness is perhaps impossible to capture. What is garbled and chaotic in the d ...
... phenomenology which is often almost impossible to put into words. When reflecting on dreams we are always in danger of reconstructing them in terms of the everyday perception of objects and people. Their strangeness and otherness is perhaps impossible to capture. What is garbled and chaotic in the d ...
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.