considerations on knowledge philosophy during the
... experiment exists, its results are presented using a cryptic mystical-religious language. This urges Ioan Petru Culianu to elaborate, in his work called Jocurile Minţii (Culianu, 2002), on the fact that renaissant sciences enjoyed a special yet solid epistemology, which relied on founding principles ...
... experiment exists, its results are presented using a cryptic mystical-religious language. This urges Ioan Petru Culianu to elaborate, in his work called Jocurile Minţii (Culianu, 2002), on the fact that renaissant sciences enjoyed a special yet solid epistemology, which relied on founding principles ...
In human life, there are many things people think they know with
... error. We may conclude wrong inferences from our acquaintance, but the acquaintance itself cannot be delusive. Unlike the knowledge of truths, for acquaintance there is no dualism. We may believe what is false as well as what is true. As long as many people hold different beliefs and opinions, some ...
... error. We may conclude wrong inferences from our acquaintance, but the acquaintance itself cannot be delusive. Unlike the knowledge of truths, for acquaintance there is no dualism. We may believe what is false as well as what is true. As long as many people hold different beliefs and opinions, some ...
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... which is characteristic of a philosopher, this wondering: this is where philosophy begins and nowhere else” (155d; see Rubenstein 2009: 1-7). So if philosophy begins in wonder, and if wonder responds to the dissolution of beliefs, then for this dialogue at least, philosophy begins where belief ends. ...
... which is characteristic of a philosopher, this wondering: this is where philosophy begins and nowhere else” (155d; see Rubenstein 2009: 1-7). So if philosophy begins in wonder, and if wonder responds to the dissolution of beliefs, then for this dialogue at least, philosophy begins where belief ends. ...
Becky Clay Dr. Doug Deaver 4-14
... Premises are defined as evidence, purported knowledge, and data information used to support a conclusion. Inferences are the logical relationships of support between the premises and conclusion. And conclusions, therefore, are the answers, solutions, thesis and theories directly supported by the pre ...
... Premises are defined as evidence, purported knowledge, and data information used to support a conclusion. Inferences are the logical relationships of support between the premises and conclusion. And conclusions, therefore, are the answers, solutions, thesis and theories directly supported by the pre ...
Milton`s Attitude toward Knowledge in Paradise Lost
... both Body and Mind” (Bk. Ⅸ, l. 779). In effect, Satan’s arguments only suggest some immediate ends of knowledge, to use the Thomist terms, while Eve’s reasoning is the consequence of forgetting the final end, which is the infinite Good, or God Himself. Hence, by violating the order of reason (that i ...
... both Body and Mind” (Bk. Ⅸ, l. 779). In effect, Satan’s arguments only suggest some immediate ends of knowledge, to use the Thomist terms, while Eve’s reasoning is the consequence of forgetting the final end, which is the infinite Good, or God Himself. Hence, by violating the order of reason (that i ...
Reason and experience
... to one another). We know these things by what might be called a priori intuition, the term 'a priori' meaning that they are known in advance , or independently, of experience. It is when we encounter the idea of a priori intuition that innate ideas may be thought important. Descartes would probably ...
... to one another). We know these things by what might be called a priori intuition, the term 'a priori' meaning that they are known in advance , or independently, of experience. It is when we encounter the idea of a priori intuition that innate ideas may be thought important. Descartes would probably ...
Skepticism
... a. He maintained that there is no sense-presentation by the side of which we could not place a false presentation that is indistinguishable from the true b. Impressions of sense are, therefore, not infallible, and the Stoics cannot look to reason as a remedy, since they themselves admit that concep ...
... a. He maintained that there is no sense-presentation by the side of which we could not place a false presentation that is indistinguishable from the true b. Impressions of sense are, therefore, not infallible, and the Stoics cannot look to reason as a remedy, since they themselves admit that concep ...
Epistemology, introduction
... objective representations of things-in-themselves. Yet the a priori categories are still static or given. The next stage of development of epistemology may be called pragmatic. Parts of it can be found in early twentieth century approaches, such as logical positivism, conventionalism, and the "Copen ...
... objective representations of things-in-themselves. Yet the a priori categories are still static or given. The next stage of development of epistemology may be called pragmatic. Parts of it can be found in early twentieth century approaches, such as logical positivism, conventionalism, and the "Copen ...
The matter of knowledge - America Saraswata Sangha
... and to distinguish these from mere false opinions. Nyaya is thus a form of epistemology in addition to logic. According to the Nyaya School, there are exactly four sources of knowledge (pramanas): perception, inference, comparison, and testimony. Knowledge obtained through each of these can, of cour ...
... and to distinguish these from mere false opinions. Nyaya is thus a form of epistemology in addition to logic. According to the Nyaya School, there are exactly four sources of knowledge (pramanas): perception, inference, comparison, and testimony. Knowledge obtained through each of these can, of cour ...
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... We use the term ‘working knowledge’ to mean the opposite of inert knowledge. It is knowledge that students have acquired and which they can use in unfamiliar, real world, problem-solving situations. ‘Working knowledge’ also connotes knowledge that is characteristic of real-world workplaces: situated ...
... We use the term ‘working knowledge’ to mean the opposite of inert knowledge. It is knowledge that students have acquired and which they can use in unfamiliar, real world, problem-solving situations. ‘Working knowledge’ also connotes knowledge that is characteristic of real-world workplaces: situated ...
1 Empiricism, Rationalism, and Plato`s Innatism Intro to Philosophy
... think that that sort of equalness is deficient in respect to some ideal equalness, which for him is an abstract, unchanging, and eternal entity, namely, the form of Equalness, which, as perfect equalness, all equal things participate in (without being identical to it!). This is so, he argues, becaus ...
... think that that sort of equalness is deficient in respect to some ideal equalness, which for him is an abstract, unchanging, and eternal entity, namely, the form of Equalness, which, as perfect equalness, all equal things participate in (without being identical to it!). This is so, he argues, becaus ...
LECTURE 2: APOLOGETICS AND PHILOSOPHY
... The thrust of philosophy and its subdivisions, and its usefulness for students, have been well explained in this excerpt from a local college catalog: Philosophy, often called the mother of the sciences, is the oldest academic discipline. Such fields as physics and politics have their origins in it, ...
... The thrust of philosophy and its subdivisions, and its usefulness for students, have been well explained in this excerpt from a local college catalog: Philosophy, often called the mother of the sciences, is the oldest academic discipline. Such fields as physics and politics have their origins in it, ...
This dissertation is a critique of three strands of recent
... skepticism by showing that skeptical doubts are themselves scientific. I argue that Quine’s strategy is not meant to answer skepticism by showing our beliefs to be logically justified after all, but by showing that they are at the very least pragmatically justified. Naturalized epistemology, then, c ...
... skepticism by showing that skeptical doubts are themselves scientific. I argue that Quine’s strategy is not meant to answer skepticism by showing our beliefs to be logically justified after all, but by showing that they are at the very least pragmatically justified. Naturalized epistemology, then, c ...
Correspondence, Coherence, and Pragmatic Theories of Truth
... Theory of truth must contain an account of falsehood as well as truth. There must be beliefs in the world. Matter can’t be the only thing that exists. Truth or falsehood of a belief depends on something outside the belief itself First Feature: “(1) Our theory of truth must be such as to admit of ...
... Theory of truth must contain an account of falsehood as well as truth. There must be beliefs in the world. Matter can’t be the only thing that exists. Truth or falsehood of a belief depends on something outside the belief itself First Feature: “(1) Our theory of truth must be such as to admit of ...
On-line Knowledge Management Search Engines
... • Knowledge management combined with search engine technologies can provide adaptive delivery of domain content in the web-based learning. • It can save the precious time for both teachers and students through immediate retrieval of information within certain ...
... • Knowledge management combined with search engine technologies can provide adaptive delivery of domain content in the web-based learning. • It can save the precious time for both teachers and students through immediate retrieval of information within certain ...
Bertrand Russell (1872
... non-contradiction); but the laws of logic “themselves cannot be established by this [the coherence] test.” – “For the above two reasons, coherence cannot be accepted as giving the meaning of truth, though it is often a most important test of truth after a certain amount of truth has become known.” W ...
... non-contradiction); but the laws of logic “themselves cannot be established by this [the coherence] test.” – “For the above two reasons, coherence cannot be accepted as giving the meaning of truth, though it is often a most important test of truth after a certain amount of truth has become known.” W ...
“Encyclopedia” Excerpts from the entry in the Encyclopédie (1751
... seek the rules in classical authors but in nature, when men could be conscious of what is false and what is true about so many arbitrary treatises on aesthetics: and I take the term treatise on aesthetics in its most general meaning, that of a system of given rules to which it is claimed that one mu ...
... seek the rules in classical authors but in nature, when men could be conscious of what is false and what is true about so many arbitrary treatises on aesthetics: and I take the term treatise on aesthetics in its most general meaning, that of a system of given rules to which it is claimed that one mu ...
Some basic terminology
... things. They are theories about how beliefs can be justified. We may believe many things, but at some point, we may want to gives reasons, justifications, for these beliefs. Empiricists say that justification of a belief must always end in some kind of appeal to sense experience. (For example, “I kn ...
... things. They are theories about how beliefs can be justified. We may believe many things, but at some point, we may want to gives reasons, justifications, for these beliefs. Empiricists say that justification of a belief must always end in some kind of appeal to sense experience. (For example, “I kn ...
Plato, knowledge and virtue
... both beautiful and not beautiful. • Therefore, we can have knowledge of the Forms, though not through our senses. • The highest knowledge is knowledge of the Form of the Good: it is from the good that ‘things that are just and so on derive their usefulness and value… Is there any point in having the ...
... both beautiful and not beautiful. • Therefore, we can have knowledge of the Forms, though not through our senses. • The highest knowledge is knowledge of the Form of the Good: it is from the good that ‘things that are just and so on derive their usefulness and value… Is there any point in having the ...
1 “Our cabaret is a gesture. Every word that is spoken and sung here
... the anthropologist’s macrocosm is this: co-presence. At least the presence of persons is not, thankfully, reducible to the anthropologist’s relationships with them. In this realization, anthropology might find a purpose for the displacement of knowledge.” And: “I like to think that anthropologists c ...
... the anthropologist’s macrocosm is this: co-presence. At least the presence of persons is not, thankfully, reducible to the anthropologist’s relationships with them. In this realization, anthropology might find a purpose for the displacement of knowledge.” And: “I like to think that anthropologists c ...
Seeking Truth
... adversaries from his own teachers, presented as they state them, and accompanied by what they offer as refutations. He must be able to hear them from persons who actually believe them...he must know them in their most plausible and persuasive form.” (J.S. Mill, On Liberty) ...
... adversaries from his own teachers, presented as they state them, and accompanied by what they offer as refutations. He must be able to hear them from persons who actually believe them...he must know them in their most plausible and persuasive form.” (J.S. Mill, On Liberty) ...
Notes to Introduce Epistemology
... He would build his knowledge upon this one undoubtable thing. The one undoubtable thing: He was a thinking substance. “I doubt; therefore I think.” “I think; therefore I am.” ...
... He would build his knowledge upon this one undoubtable thing. The one undoubtable thing: He was a thinking substance. “I doubt; therefore I think.” “I think; therefore I am.” ...
Transcendentalism
... English Romanticism, and Indian spirituality/Hinduism. ● Knowledge is not based on experience or dogma but comes from within. ● The inner essence of the individual is the root of all meaningful knowledge. ● Organized religion and institutions corrupt mankind. (Similar to Rousseau’s caustic critique ...
... English Romanticism, and Indian spirituality/Hinduism. ● Knowledge is not based on experience or dogma but comes from within. ● The inner essence of the individual is the root of all meaningful knowledge. ● Organized religion and institutions corrupt mankind. (Similar to Rousseau’s caustic critique ...
Rationalism
... experienced “disillusionment” because of the turbulent times in which he lived (Protestant Revolution, Church beliefs cast into doubt, Copernicus & Galileo challenged religious/scientific truths ...
... experienced “disillusionment” because of the turbulent times in which he lived (Protestant Revolution, Church beliefs cast into doubt, Copernicus & Galileo challenged religious/scientific truths ...