Groundwork for the Metaphysic of Morals
... to be generally comprehensible if one does it by dropping all basic insight and replacing it with a disgusting jumble of patched-up observations and half-reasoned principles. Shallow-minded people lap this up, for it is very useful in coffee-house chatter, while people with better sense feel confuse ...
... to be generally comprehensible if one does it by dropping all basic insight and replacing it with a disgusting jumble of patched-up observations and half-reasoned principles. Shallow-minded people lap this up, for it is very useful in coffee-house chatter, while people with better sense feel confuse ...
Walden: Philosophy and Knowledge of Humankind
... survey will lose sight of detail; and, (2) exhibiting Walden as a work of philosophy requires that I show Walden to be conceptually integral, that I show its central concepts to meld, naturally, one with the other - and showing that leaves little room for justificatory, over-arching argument. If I c ...
... survey will lose sight of detail; and, (2) exhibiting Walden as a work of philosophy requires that I show Walden to be conceptually integral, that I show its central concepts to meld, naturally, one with the other - and showing that leaves little room for justificatory, over-arching argument. If I c ...
THE PROBLEMS OF PHILOSOPHY (London: Oxford University
... thing as matter at all, and that the world consists of nothing but minds and their ideas. Hylas has hitherto believed in matter, but he is no match for Philonous, who mercilessly drives him into contradictions and paradoxes, and makes his own denial of matter seem, in the end, as if it were almost c ...
... thing as matter at all, and that the world consists of nothing but minds and their ideas. Hylas has hitherto believed in matter, but he is no match for Philonous, who mercilessly drives him into contradictions and paradoxes, and makes his own denial of matter seem, in the end, as if it were almost c ...
A Critique of Descartes` Mind-Body Dualism
... substance, (mind), which has thinking as its essence and material substance (body), with extension as its essence. Mind and body are therefore, two kinds of substance, each of which is distinctly different, and can exist independent of each other. With Descartes’ establishment of his soul or mind as ...
... substance, (mind), which has thinking as its essence and material substance (body), with extension as its essence. Mind and body are therefore, two kinds of substance, each of which is distinctly different, and can exist independent of each other. With Descartes’ establishment of his soul or mind as ...
An Aristotelian View of Marx`s Method Nathaniel Cline William
... “[t]he speculative philosophy of Aristotle simply means the direction of thought on all kinds of objects, thus transforming these into thoughts; hence, in being thoughts, they exist in truth. The meaning of this is not, however, that natural objects have thus themselves the power of thinking, but as ...
... “[t]he speculative philosophy of Aristotle simply means the direction of thought on all kinds of objects, thus transforming these into thoughts; hence, in being thoughts, they exist in truth. The meaning of this is not, however, that natural objects have thus themselves the power of thinking, but as ...
Hegel on Religion and Politics
... spheres of objective and absolute spirit. Both to the ethical life of the state and to religion belong the two moments of subjective consciousness and collective, institutional objectivity. These two moments are integral to Hegel’s conception of freedom. While religion addresses the need of subjecti ...
... spheres of objective and absolute spirit. Both to the ethical life of the state and to religion belong the two moments of subjective consciousness and collective, institutional objectivity. These two moments are integral to Hegel’s conception of freedom. While religion addresses the need of subjecti ...
Lean Hog -- February - Iowa State University
... evil demon hypothesis is one way to call into question the justification of beliefs which derive from the senses: it is a potential defeater for many of the things we think we know. ...
... evil demon hypothesis is one way to call into question the justification of beliefs which derive from the senses: it is a potential defeater for many of the things we think we know. ...
A reply on Spinoza`s behalf
... concerning Spinoza’s treatment of religion was whether his ethical philosophy was congenial to the ethical teachings of Christianity. Herder’s answer, at least, was affirmative, as Michael Forster observes; yet the relation is more complex. To understand the relation between Spinoza’s ethical philosop ...
... concerning Spinoza’s treatment of religion was whether his ethical philosophy was congenial to the ethical teachings of Christianity. Herder’s answer, at least, was affirmative, as Michael Forster observes; yet the relation is more complex. To understand the relation between Spinoza’s ethical philosop ...
IMPLICATIONS Powerpoint revision 1
... But examiners also like to see you put these texts in a broader context. They would like you to show that you do not do philosophy in isolation and you can link it to the outside world. Obviously some subjects are easier to link to than other. ...
... But examiners also like to see you put these texts in a broader context. They would like you to show that you do not do philosophy in isolation and you can link it to the outside world. Obviously some subjects are easier to link to than other. ...
Freedom and Universality: Hegel`s Republican Conception of
... a process of reflective endorsement on abstract principles of fairness, maintain a society of tolerance and equality to opportunity that can allow each to fulfill his or her conceptions of the good life. The social ontology is atomistic, the epistemology is individualist, and the normative idea of t ...
... a process of reflective endorsement on abstract principles of fairness, maintain a society of tolerance and equality to opportunity that can allow each to fulfill his or her conceptions of the good life. The social ontology is atomistic, the epistemology is individualist, and the normative idea of t ...
Skepticism and Perceptual Faith: Henry David Thoreau and Stanley
... truth,” we “need to reconsider our experience from many points of view and in various moods” in order to understand the world more fully.37 There is justification for saying that our emotional state influences even our observations of the natural world, since the content of what is noticed and the q ...
... truth,” we “need to reconsider our experience from many points of view and in various moods” in order to understand the world more fully.37 There is justification for saying that our emotional state influences even our observations of the natural world, since the content of what is noticed and the q ...
Conscience-Egoism-Kant
... – What about the chain smoker? Is this person acting out of genuine self-interest? – In fact, the smoker may be acting selfishly (doing what he wants without regard to others) but not self-interestedly (doing what will ultimately benefit him). ...
... – What about the chain smoker? Is this person acting out of genuine self-interest? – In fact, the smoker may be acting selfishly (doing what he wants without regard to others) but not self-interestedly (doing what will ultimately benefit him). ...
Beauty as harmony of the soul: the aesthetic of the Stoics
... In order to extirpate passion from the soul one would develop a certain orientation to the world. This might be achieved by either of two ways, only one of which the Stoics endorsed. According to the first alternative, one might develop the appropriate orientation through habit and training. For exa ...
... In order to extirpate passion from the soul one would develop a certain orientation to the world. This might be achieved by either of two ways, only one of which the Stoics endorsed. According to the first alternative, one might develop the appropriate orientation through habit and training. For exa ...
Hegel on the Meanings of Poetry
... not only popular among critics and aestheticians, but can make some claim to being the dominant poetics of our time. It is general enough to be found among literary critics, analytic philosophers, and existentialists who are otherwise of markedly diverse persuasions. Since it is an approach which He ...
... not only popular among critics and aestheticians, but can make some claim to being the dominant poetics of our time. It is general enough to be found among literary critics, analytic philosophers, and existentialists who are otherwise of markedly diverse persuasions. Since it is an approach which He ...
Morality and Virtue In Poetry and Philosophy
... of the right breast, and the bronze spearhead drove clean through the shoulder. (IV 473-81)11 ...
... of the right breast, and the bronze spearhead drove clean through the shoulder. (IV 473-81)11 ...
Against the Idols of the Age
... everyone is as bad as himself, or to belittle the human species in general. (Darwinians call the latter ‘bridging the gap between man and the animals.’) In commenting on other philosophers, he is similarly acidic: Nozick prefers those philosophical questions which ‘make us tremble.’ Well, he should ...
... everyone is as bad as himself, or to belittle the human species in general. (Darwinians call the latter ‘bridging the gap between man and the animals.’) In commenting on other philosophers, he is similarly acidic: Nozick prefers those philosophical questions which ‘make us tremble.’ Well, he should ...
First Name Surname Nationality Key Theories Key
... Archbishop of Canterbury and founder of scholasticism. Devised an ontological argument to prove the existence of god, based on reason alone. Believed words are just names or "signifiers". Nouns normally refer to "universals" or classes or things which do not actually exist. Islamic scholar. Develope ...
... Archbishop of Canterbury and founder of scholasticism. Devised an ontological argument to prove the existence of god, based on reason alone. Believed words are just names or "signifiers". Nouns normally refer to "universals" or classes or things which do not actually exist. Islamic scholar. Develope ...
william wordsworth and idealism - Bangladesh Research Publications
... creative gift’. In reverse, the objective philosophical truths are merely the subordinate output of the living mind. So mind is prior to philosophy. And to discover the ‘life force’ laden in the objects is to bring out philosophy from them. In the first two books of ‘The Prelude’ Wordsworth narrates ...
... creative gift’. In reverse, the objective philosophical truths are merely the subordinate output of the living mind. So mind is prior to philosophy. And to discover the ‘life force’ laden in the objects is to bring out philosophy from them. In the first two books of ‘The Prelude’ Wordsworth narrates ...
INTRODUCTION (A) Mind in Indian philosophy
... The inner body cannot exist without the support of the outer. The subtle body is created at the beginning of the manifestation of the pradhana, its movements are not thwarted by anything i.e. it is capable of entering anywhere on account of its subtlelity: it is permanent (nitya) so long as the chan ...
... The inner body cannot exist without the support of the outer. The subtle body is created at the beginning of the manifestation of the pradhana, its movements are not thwarted by anything i.e. it is capable of entering anywhere on account of its subtlelity: it is permanent (nitya) so long as the chan ...
Notes on Hegel`s Conception of Reconciliation
... human beings in the economic sphere, and what Hegel calls the ‘abstraction of modern labor – in particular for Hegel its dissection and multiplication into specialized tasks, but also, one may add, the essential impersonality of modern production oriented towards the needs of nameless consumers.8 3. ...
... human beings in the economic sphere, and what Hegel calls the ‘abstraction of modern labor – in particular for Hegel its dissection and multiplication into specialized tasks, but also, one may add, the essential impersonality of modern production oriented towards the needs of nameless consumers.8 3. ...
Free Spirits: Idealism and Perfectionism
... their ways of re-appropriating Emerson’s legacy, we can come to outline the idea of a certain version of moral perfectionism, which would be a kind of ethics peculiar to free spirits. My goal for this paper is twofold. First, I want to point out congruencies between these three thinkers, (congruenci ...
... their ways of re-appropriating Emerson’s legacy, we can come to outline the idea of a certain version of moral perfectionism, which would be a kind of ethics peculiar to free spirits. My goal for this paper is twofold. First, I want to point out congruencies between these three thinkers, (congruenci ...
philosophical skepticism at the end of the 20th century
... contradiction in terms. I cannot even conceive such a thing. I have discovered history as a theoretical science rather late, during my youth I was too proud to read the historians […] and I must say that I was astonished. It is the greater lesson of cynicism one can imagine. Take any historical era, ...
... contradiction in terms. I cannot even conceive such a thing. I have discovered history as a theoretical science rather late, during my youth I was too proud to read the historians […] and I must say that I was astonished. It is the greater lesson of cynicism one can imagine. Take any historical era, ...
On the Theory and Practice of Intercultural Philosophy
... certain tradition which, in many ways, reifies itself. Kant attributes a “lesser talent” to non‐European peoples18 and his anthropological writings seem to claim that ‘oriental nations will never improve themselves’. Other works suggest that the “European alone has found ...
... certain tradition which, in many ways, reifies itself. Kant attributes a “lesser talent” to non‐European peoples18 and his anthropological writings seem to claim that ‘oriental nations will never improve themselves’. Other works suggest that the “European alone has found ...
IOSR Journal Of Humanities And Social Science (IOSR-JHSS)
... are fundamentally distinct from each other. This form of dualism is advocated by Descartes which I shall discuss afterwards. Property dualism, on the other hand, does not believe the existence of two kinds of substances in the world rather it believes the reality of two kinds properties such as, phy ...
... are fundamentally distinct from each other. This form of dualism is advocated by Descartes which I shall discuss afterwards. Property dualism, on the other hand, does not believe the existence of two kinds of substances in the world rather it believes the reality of two kinds properties such as, phy ...
Schopenhauer and Buddhism - What-Buddha
... causality. In his extensive Criticism of the Kantian Philosophy, at the end of WWR I, Schopenhauer pointed out that Kant’s conception of the whole problem still remained too strongly influenced by the typically European, Aristotelian and Scholastic tradition, and that he was unable to renounce the i ...
... causality. In his extensive Criticism of the Kantian Philosophy, at the end of WWR I, Schopenhauer pointed out that Kant’s conception of the whole problem still remained too strongly influenced by the typically European, Aristotelian and Scholastic tradition, and that he was unable to renounce the i ...
German idealism
German idealism was a speculative philosophical movement that emerged in Germany in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. It was a reaction from Immanuel Kant's Critique of Pure Reason and was closely linked with both Romanticism and the revolutionary politics of the Enlightenment. The most notable thinkers in the movement were Johann Gottlieb Fichte, Friedrich Schelling and Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, while Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi, Gottlob Ernst Schulze, Karl Leonhard Reinhold and Friedrich Schleiermacher also made major contributions.