- Philsci-Archive
... expressions? We can only guess. But if we look at what Bohr said before 1935 and what he said afterwards, certain hints seem to reveal a possible answer.3 In 1935 Einstein published, together with two other physicists, Boris Podolsky and Nathan Rosen, a paper containing a strong criticism of Bohr’s ...
... expressions? We can only guess. But if we look at what Bohr said before 1935 and what he said afterwards, certain hints seem to reveal a possible answer.3 In 1935 Einstein published, together with two other physicists, Boris Podolsky and Nathan Rosen, a paper containing a strong criticism of Bohr’s ...
Our Concept of Time
... in order for us to conclude that there is, or is not, time. Since part of the dispute between A- and B-theorists is precisely about this issue, i.e., about the essential features of time, an analysis of the folk concept would go some way towards adjudicating an element of this dispute. The importanc ...
... in order for us to conclude that there is, or is not, time. Since part of the dispute between A- and B-theorists is precisely about this issue, i.e., about the essential features of time, an analysis of the folk concept would go some way towards adjudicating an element of this dispute. The importanc ...
Edith Stein: On the Problem of Empathy - Kris McDaniel`s
... Husserl’s Logical Investigations, although as many of these students also did, she could not follow Husserl when his philosophical explorations led him to embrace a kind of transcendental idealism. 15 Neither the skeptical empiricism of Hume nor the idealism of Kant is embraced by Husserl in the Lo ...
... Husserl’s Logical Investigations, although as many of these students also did, she could not follow Husserl when his philosophical explorations led him to embrace a kind of transcendental idealism. 15 Neither the skeptical empiricism of Hume nor the idealism of Kant is embraced by Husserl in the Lo ...
Concrete Possible Worlds
... statements are descriptively meaningful, but not fundamental. Thus begins the search for an analysis of modal statements, the attempt to provide illuminating truth conditions for modal statements without just invoking more modality. Consider this. Modal statements can be naturally paraphrased in ter ...
... statements are descriptively meaningful, but not fundamental. Thus begins the search for an analysis of modal statements, the attempt to provide illuminating truth conditions for modal statements without just invoking more modality. Consider this. Modal statements can be naturally paraphrased in ter ...
Logical Fallacies (Adopted from Steve Richardson, George Mason
... – "A classic example is this statement by Senator Joseph McCarthy, when asked to back up his accusation that a certain person was a communist: 'I do not have much information on this except the general statement of the agency that there is nothing in the files to disprove his Communist connections." ...
... – "A classic example is this statement by Senator Joseph McCarthy, when asked to back up his accusation that a certain person was a communist: 'I do not have much information on this except the general statement of the agency that there is nothing in the files to disprove his Communist connections." ...
Strong and Weak Emergence
... nature that it contains conscious systems; I am one such. And there is reason to believe that the facts about consciousness are not deducible from any number of physical facts. I have argued this position at length elsewhere (Chalmers 1996; 2002) and will not repeat the case here. But I will mention ...
... nature that it contains conscious systems; I am one such. And there is reason to believe that the facts about consciousness are not deducible from any number of physical facts. I have argued this position at length elsewhere (Chalmers 1996; 2002) and will not repeat the case here. But I will mention ...
The Evidence of the Senses
... an evident gap between direct awareness of a situation in virtue of which P is true and the acquisition of warrant for the belief that P’ (Wright 2008: 398). He illustrates the independence (as he sees it) between ‘direct awareness’ and having any warrant at all, let alone a ‘conclusive’ one, with t ...
... an evident gap between direct awareness of a situation in virtue of which P is true and the acquisition of warrant for the belief that P’ (Wright 2008: 398). He illustrates the independence (as he sees it) between ‘direct awareness’ and having any warrant at all, let alone a ‘conclusive’ one, with t ...
Kim`s Pairing Problem and the Viability of Substance Dualism
... Moreover, I will argue that there is actually sufficient empirical evidence and accepted scientific theory to suggest that there is at least one case of physical-to-physical causation in our world in which the spatial coordinates, or relations, of either relata do not allow us to pick out the correc ...
... Moreover, I will argue that there is actually sufficient empirical evidence and accepted scientific theory to suggest that there is at least one case of physical-to-physical causation in our world in which the spatial coordinates, or relations, of either relata do not allow us to pick out the correc ...
Dharmakirti and Husserl on Negative Judgments
... To interpolate the phrase "believing he is in" is a crucial step to apply the phenomenological analysis to the current case. Without this anticipation, the perceptions of the desk or books do not really fit the context, for these objects are not the subject of concern at all. Only in contrast to the ...
... To interpolate the phrase "believing he is in" is a crucial step to apply the phenomenological analysis to the current case. Without this anticipation, the perceptions of the desk or books do not really fit the context, for these objects are not the subject of concern at all. Only in contrast to the ...
To be submitted to Vincent Hendricks` Synthese
... not be H2O’ without treating the latter as a counterpossible.7 For, the closest world where the sense of ‘water is XYZ’ is true is a possible world. At that world, the sense of ‘water is not H2O’ is true. So, the counterfactual comes out true but not vacuously true. But this strategy, however brill ...
... not be H2O’ without treating the latter as a counterpossible.7 For, the closest world where the sense of ‘water is XYZ’ is true is a possible world. At that world, the sense of ‘water is not H2O’ is true. So, the counterfactual comes out true but not vacuously true. But this strategy, however brill ...
Kafka and Brentano - Buffalo Ontology Site
... It was Kafka’s biographer Klaus Wagenbach who first attempted to show in detail that not only Brentanian psychology but also Brentanian ethics contributed at least something to determining both the form and the content of Kafka’s literary work; that through his participation in the Louvre evenings ...
... It was Kafka’s biographer Klaus Wagenbach who first attempted to show in detail that not only Brentanian psychology but also Brentanian ethics contributed at least something to determining both the form and the content of Kafka’s literary work; that through his participation in the Louvre evenings ...
1 FROM FIRST EFFICIENT CAUSE TO GOD: SCOTUS ON THE
... account for the actual existence of the natures that have it (which is absurd). (6) Not (4a), since in that case the common nature would actually exist of itself and without any distinguishing features. ...
... account for the actual existence of the natures that have it (which is absurd). (6) Not (4a), since in that case the common nature would actually exist of itself and without any distinguishing features. ...
Parsimony Arguments in Science and Philosophy
... Abstract: Parsimony arguments are advanced in both science and philosophy. How are they related? This question is a test case for Naturalismp, which is the thesis that philosophical theories and scientific theories should be evaluated by the same criteria. In this paper, I describe the justification ...
... Abstract: Parsimony arguments are advanced in both science and philosophy. How are they related? This question is a test case for Naturalismp, which is the thesis that philosophical theories and scientific theories should be evaluated by the same criteria. In this paper, I describe the justification ...
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 ...
Lecture notes on Immanuel Kant
... If we see a tree, then we see a tree. There is no doubting it. Thus Kant believed that to postulate sceptical theories, such as there is really no external world, was a bottomless pit that discredits philosophy. Kant argued that we cannot seriously doubt our knowledge. The real task is to explore wh ...
... If we see a tree, then we see a tree. There is no doubting it. Thus Kant believed that to postulate sceptical theories, such as there is really no external world, was a bottomless pit that discredits philosophy. Kant argued that we cannot seriously doubt our knowledge. The real task is to explore wh ...
locke on consciousness
... personal identity in terms of memory; his alleged indirect realism about perception; the distinction between primary and secondary qualities; the attack on nativism; his psychologism about meaning; his empiricist views on concept acquisition, etc., have all been subject to extensive scrutiny and deb ...
... personal identity in terms of memory; his alleged indirect realism about perception; the distinction between primary and secondary qualities; the attack on nativism; his psychologism about meaning; his empiricist views on concept acquisition, etc., have all been subject to extensive scrutiny and deb ...
1 - General Guide To Personal and Societies Web Space at Oxford
... possessions, he will curtail his largesse. That is a good reason not to envy him, if there is any chance whatsoever that you will betray your attitude in action or nondeliberate behavior, but surely it does not speak to whether his possessions are enviable. Another reason you might think it inapprop ...
... possessions, he will curtail his largesse. That is a good reason not to envy him, if there is any chance whatsoever that you will betray your attitude in action or nondeliberate behavior, but surely it does not speak to whether his possessions are enviable. Another reason you might think it inapprop ...
On the Virtues and Vices of Edward Casey`s Anti
... with body, concerns certain directional qualities, etc.) in the text’s rhetorical structure, we find our Platonism reinforced rather than questioned. This reinforcement is much strengthened by the specific treatment of place in its relationship to places. The key figure for the entire discussion is ...
... with body, concerns certain directional qualities, etc.) in the text’s rhetorical structure, we find our Platonism reinforced rather than questioned. This reinforcement is much strengthened by the specific treatment of place in its relationship to places. The key figure for the entire discussion is ...
Science and Spirituality - Spiritual Heritage Education Network Inc.
... the immigrants, who either are not used to intellectual inquiry or do not have the time and patience for what they consider esoteric matters. Children, however much they might want to explain away their parents’ shortcomings, are the first ones to observe that the older generation are in no position ...
... the immigrants, who either are not used to intellectual inquiry or do not have the time and patience for what they consider esoteric matters. Children, however much they might want to explain away their parents’ shortcomings, are the first ones to observe that the older generation are in no position ...
- Philsci
... the Principia, Newton insists that space “has its own manner of existing which is proper to it and which fits neither substance nor accident [i.e., property]” (Newton 2004, 21). Space is not a substance because it cannot “act upon things, yet everyone tacitly understands this of substance” (21), nor ...
... the Principia, Newton insists that space “has its own manner of existing which is proper to it and which fits neither substance nor accident [i.e., property]” (Newton 2004, 21). Space is not a substance because it cannot “act upon things, yet everyone tacitly understands this of substance” (21), nor ...
The Relevance of Kant's Objection to Anselm's Ontological Argument
... well – the object simply fails to exist there. So the object would have no greatness there either. Then (2) could be true without it being possible that an object has some properties (such as omniscience and omnipotence) while lacking existence. I want instead to focus on (1), the assumption that Go ...
... well – the object simply fails to exist there. So the object would have no greatness there either. Then (2) could be true without it being possible that an object has some properties (such as omniscience and omnipotence) while lacking existence. I want instead to focus on (1), the assumption that Go ...
ESSENTIALISM IN PARMENIDES OF ELEA
... Notwithstanding, Parmenides avers that such oppositions are ‘opposite in appearance’, ‘mere names’, ‘a deceitful ordering of words’, which have no real existence whatsoever (Kirk and Raven 1960: 269): The other [path], that it is-not and needs must not-be, that I tell thee is a path altogether unthi ...
... Notwithstanding, Parmenides avers that such oppositions are ‘opposite in appearance’, ‘mere names’, ‘a deceitful ordering of words’, which have no real existence whatsoever (Kirk and Raven 1960: 269): The other [path], that it is-not and needs must not-be, that I tell thee is a path altogether unthi ...
A Vedantic Study Of "Cosmic Consciousness"
... Sanailutna Dharma or Hinduism has often been confused to be polytheistic b~t truthfully many of Hinduism's adherents are non- dualistic. The teachings VIew multiple manifestations or personalities of the one Bralimam, God. Hindus are essentially monists and they distinguish one unity with the person ...
... Sanailutna Dharma or Hinduism has often been confused to be polytheistic b~t truthfully many of Hinduism's adherents are non- dualistic. The teachings VIew multiple manifestations or personalities of the one Bralimam, God. Hindus are essentially monists and they distinguish one unity with the person ...
A Beginner`s Guide to Descartes`s Meditations
... tions to further reading that I make (for this reason, I have placed them at the end of the book). Sometimes, also, these notes contain information which would interrupt the flow of the writing, or relate to a topic that I do not cover because, however interesting, it is not directly relevant. In Ap ...
... tions to further reading that I make (for this reason, I have placed them at the end of the book). Sometimes, also, these notes contain information which would interrupt the flow of the writing, or relate to a topic that I do not cover because, however interesting, it is not directly relevant. In Ap ...
Hegel`s Phenomenology of Spirit Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
... and so gives the impression that the Logos is a transcendent reality manifesting itself in nature. But as we have seen this cannot be so since he rejects, for example, Aristotle’s prime mover and the Judaic-Christian concept of a God as a being outside creation). But the religious language is not ac ...
... and so gives the impression that the Logos is a transcendent reality manifesting itself in nature. But as we have seen this cannot be so since he rejects, for example, Aristotle’s prime mover and the Judaic-Christian concept of a God as a being outside creation). But the religious language is not ac ...