Popper and Xenophanes - ORCA
... It is next appropriate to summarise Popper’s commentary on this fragment. As he remarks, this passage goes beyond asserting the conjectural character of human knowledge, and presents a theory of objective knowledge, for which, even if you or I may say something true, neither you nor I nor anyone wil ...
... It is next appropriate to summarise Popper’s commentary on this fragment. As he remarks, this passage goes beyond asserting the conjectural character of human knowledge, and presents a theory of objective knowledge, for which, even if you or I may say something true, neither you nor I nor anyone wil ...
Epistemological Vs - Birkbeck, University of London
... But why all this creative reconstruction, all this make believe? The stimulation of his sensory receptors is all the evidence anybody has had to go on, ultimately, in arriving at his picture of the world. Why not just see how this construction really proceeds? Why not settle for psychology! (Quine ( ...
... But why all this creative reconstruction, all this make believe? The stimulation of his sensory receptors is all the evidence anybody has had to go on, ultimately, in arriving at his picture of the world. Why not just see how this construction really proceeds? Why not settle for psychology! (Quine ( ...
DAMIAN ILODIGWE OAKESHOTT`S CRITIQUE OF SOVEREIGNTY
... pure reason.15 Indeed Oakeshott complains in Rationalism in Politics that this failure to take into account the disconnection between rationality and politics and the scepticism it warrants defines the contemporary situation of European politics.16 Thus as Oakeshott makes clear at the start of his d ...
... pure reason.15 Indeed Oakeshott complains in Rationalism in Politics that this failure to take into account the disconnection between rationality and politics and the scepticism it warrants defines the contemporary situation of European politics.16 Thus as Oakeshott makes clear at the start of his d ...
METAPHORS IN LEIBNIZ`S PHILOSOPHY
... these domains. But, beyond epistemology, it is also involved in Leibniz's conceptualization of some central concepts of his metaphysics. A 'connecting function' is indeed, as we shall see, one of the main cognitive contributions of this metaphor. The point of view engendered by this metaphor – the v ...
... these domains. But, beyond epistemology, it is also involved in Leibniz's conceptualization of some central concepts of his metaphysics. A 'connecting function' is indeed, as we shall see, one of the main cognitive contributions of this metaphor. The point of view engendered by this metaphor – the v ...
Willful Ignorance and Self-Deception
... though condition B is incurable. Let’s also suppose that these developments are not innocent at all. However, Burke doesn’t go, because he’d rather not know that he has condition B if he does. These are two cases of what we would call willful ignorance (also called ‘willful blindness’). Indeed, the ...
... though condition B is incurable. Let’s also suppose that these developments are not innocent at all. However, Burke doesn’t go, because he’d rather not know that he has condition B if he does. These are two cases of what we would call willful ignorance (also called ‘willful blindness’). Indeed, the ...
DOC - Princeton University
... some deep distinction between two kinds of rationality here: asking-a-question rationality and avoiding-the-flu rationality. On the other hand, some have thought that there is a deep and fundamental distinction between epistemic rationality and other types of rationality. If the instrumentalist conc ...
... some deep distinction between two kinds of rationality here: asking-a-question rationality and avoiding-the-flu rationality. On the other hand, some have thought that there is a deep and fundamental distinction between epistemic rationality and other types of rationality. If the instrumentalist conc ...
Scepticism with regard to Reason* David Owen, University of
... sometimes seen people make mistakes in such matters and accept as certain... things which seemed false to us.”10 The argument is similar to Hume’s first negative argument: since we are fallible, and make mistakes, we can’t accept as certain even the results of demonstrations. An awareness of the un ...
... sometimes seen people make mistakes in such matters and accept as certain... things which seemed false to us.”10 The argument is similar to Hume’s first negative argument: since we are fallible, and make mistakes, we can’t accept as certain even the results of demonstrations. An awareness of the un ...
Dialogue Games for Inconsistent and Biased Information
... In this situation, there seems to be convincing evidence to believe that it is going to rain, but this does not dispel the evidence that it is not going to rain, that is, the agent is not complete certain, but biased to believe the former. A belief state is called biased when more evidence exists to ...
... In this situation, there seems to be convincing evidence to believe that it is going to rain, but this does not dispel the evidence that it is not going to rain, that is, the agent is not complete certain, but biased to believe the former. A belief state is called biased when more evidence exists to ...
A Gentle Introduction to Soar, an Architecture for Human
... how to tell a joke, solve equations, play baseball, or cook dinner. Yet, most of us become proficient (and some of us expert) at one or more of these activities and thousands of others. Indeed, perhaps the most remarkable thing about people is how many things they learn to do given how little they s ...
... how to tell a joke, solve equations, play baseball, or cook dinner. Yet, most of us become proficient (and some of us expert) at one or more of these activities and thousands of others. Indeed, perhaps the most remarkable thing about people is how many things they learn to do given how little they s ...
Disagreement and the Ethics of Belief
... If that is the case, the psychological mechanisms responsible for the overblown self-assessments would certainly seem to be well adapted for the attainment of our epistemic ends. But it seems to me that this would hardly show that the distorted beliefs about one’s self produced by the mechanism were ...
... If that is the case, the psychological mechanisms responsible for the overblown self-assessments would certainly seem to be well adapted for the attainment of our epistemic ends. But it seems to me that this would hardly show that the distorted beliefs about one’s self produced by the mechanism were ...
Ethics bedfellows
... These statements (especially the last two) are problematic insofar as they suggest that moves from beliefs about our having intuitions to beliefs in their contents are the sorts of moves that putatively generate intuitively justified beliefs. The fact that one has an intuition that P is not like th ...
... These statements (especially the last two) are problematic insofar as they suggest that moves from beliefs about our having intuitions to beliefs in their contents are the sorts of moves that putatively generate intuitively justified beliefs. The fact that one has an intuition that P is not like th ...
The central argument is simple:
... One obvious answer to King’s worry is to say that propositions must be composite things that have objects and properties as parts. So the number 2 is a part of the proposition that 2 + 2 = 4, but not part of the proposition that first-order logic is undecidable. Similarly, the city of Paris (or a pr ...
... One obvious answer to King’s worry is to say that propositions must be composite things that have objects and properties as parts. So the number 2 is a part of the proposition that 2 + 2 = 4, but not part of the proposition that first-order logic is undecidable. Similarly, the city of Paris (or a pr ...
Virtue, Knowledge, and Goodness
... excellence or ability of an agent. While I am not aware of any attempt to give an exhaustive list of suitable reliabilist virtues, virtue reliabilists generally have in mind our basic cognitive faculties. But Baehr argues that this category should include virtues of intellectual character as well, s ...
... excellence or ability of an agent. While I am not aware of any attempt to give an exhaustive list of suitable reliabilist virtues, virtue reliabilists generally have in mind our basic cognitive faculties. But Baehr argues that this category should include virtues of intellectual character as well, s ...
EXPERIENCE AND PERCEPTUAL BELIEF
... of science’. We cannot test scientific theories against introspective reports from scientists, because scientific theories (save for theories belonging to introspective psychology) say nothing about what the introspective activities of scientists will or will not reveal about their psyches. [If we f ...
... of science’. We cannot test scientific theories against introspective reports from scientists, because scientific theories (save for theories belonging to introspective psychology) say nothing about what the introspective activities of scientists will or will not reveal about their psyches. [If we f ...
Deductive Reasoning
... alternative views that deny this claim. One view is that humans do not possess a generalpurpose mechanism for deductive reasoning, but rather a different kind of generalpurpose reasoning mechanism, for example one devoted to probabilistic or explanatory reasoning. A different view is that humans lac ...
... alternative views that deny this claim. One view is that humans do not possess a generalpurpose mechanism for deductive reasoning, but rather a different kind of generalpurpose reasoning mechanism, for example one devoted to probabilistic or explanatory reasoning. A different view is that humans lac ...
Not Every Truth Can Be Known (at least, not all
... that it can never be known for it can never be true. The same kind of process can be seen in p ∧ ¬Kp, though now we have a conjunction which we can see that we will never know even though it may be true. It is meaningful because it is a conjunction of meaningful claims. ...
... that it can never be known for it can never be true. The same kind of process can be seen in p ∧ ¬Kp, though now we have a conjunction which we can see that we will never know even though it may be true. It is meaningful because it is a conjunction of meaningful claims. ...
THE CONCEPT OF VERBUM IN THE WRITINGS OF ST. THOMAS
... Aquinas. Repeatedly he spoke of an intelligere multa per unum: many acts of understanding cannot be simultaneous in one intellect; but one act of understanding can and does grasp many objects in a single view.15 Understanding a house is not understanding severally the foundation, the walls, and the ...
... Aquinas. Repeatedly he spoke of an intelligere multa per unum: many acts of understanding cannot be simultaneous in one intellect; but one act of understanding can and does grasp many objects in a single view.15 Understanding a house is not understanding severally the foundation, the walls, and the ...
Dialectic and Dialogue in Plato: Revisiting the Image of "Socrates
... In this paper, I am working from an interpretation of the “Socratic-method” that differs drastically from the aforementioned forms of “dialectic,” one in which the method of questioning expresses a sense of ignorance against the backdrop of an “understanding” that allows for questions to be given fo ...
... In this paper, I am working from an interpretation of the “Socratic-method” that differs drastically from the aforementioned forms of “dialectic,” one in which the method of questioning expresses a sense of ignorance against the backdrop of an “understanding” that allows for questions to be given fo ...
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 ...
Knowledge and the curriculum - Brunel University Research Archive
... multifaceted phenomenon. The requirements for a curriculum for learning mathematics are, after all, quite different from curricula concerned with, for example, car mechanics, aviation, brain surgery, beauty therapy, citizenship, critical thinking, and so on. It is also important not to think of thes ...
... multifaceted phenomenon. The requirements for a curriculum for learning mathematics are, after all, quite different from curricula concerned with, for example, car mechanics, aviation, brain surgery, beauty therapy, citizenship, critical thinking, and so on. It is also important not to think of thes ...
problemsofphilosophy
... want to know what they are; but the philosopher's wish to know this is stronger than the practical man's, and is more troubled by knowledge as to the difficulties of answering the question. To return to the table. It is evident from what we have found, that there is no colour which pre-eminently app ...
... want to know what they are; but the philosopher's wish to know this is stronger than the practical man's, and is more troubled by knowledge as to the difficulties of answering the question. To return to the table. It is evident from what we have found, that there is no colour which pre-eminently app ...
Session 1 Rationalism –v
... • …as we shall see! • Hence this course of philosophy will NOT give you final answers to these questions • But rather present it as a series of debates/issues (4 of them) • Covering the foundational aspects of the disputes and some of the main arguments • With an AIM of getting you into reading this ...
... • …as we shall see! • Hence this course of philosophy will NOT give you final answers to these questions • But rather present it as a series of debates/issues (4 of them) • Covering the foundational aspects of the disputes and some of the main arguments • With an AIM of getting you into reading this ...
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... Confucius asked his pupil, Zigong, “Which do you think is the better, you or Hui?” Zigong replied saying, “I’m no equal to Hui. Even if by knowing one thing, Hui can understand all of the ten things; but if I hear one thing, I wouldn’t figure out more than two.” Seeing himself “mirrored” in Hui and ...
... Confucius asked his pupil, Zigong, “Which do you think is the better, you or Hui?” Zigong replied saying, “I’m no equal to Hui. Even if by knowing one thing, Hui can understand all of the ten things; but if I hear one thing, I wouldn’t figure out more than two.” Seeing himself “mirrored” in Hui and ...
Russell, Bertrand - The Problems of Philosophy
... as they appear. Here we have already the beginning of one of the distinctions that cause most trouble in philosophy -- the distinction between 'appearance' and 'reality', between what things seem to be and what they are. The painter wants to know what things seem to be, the practical man and the phi ...
... as they appear. Here we have already the beginning of one of the distinctions that cause most trouble in philosophy -- the distinction between 'appearance' and 'reality', between what things seem to be and what they are. The painter wants to know what things seem to be, the practical man and the phi ...
Kant`s Distinction Between Theoretical and Practical Knowledge
... ural here to conceive of the relation between practical knowledge and its cognitive object in the way it was viewed by the rational intuitionists of the seventeenth century (for example, Ralph Cudworth and Samuel Clarke). According t o these philosophers, as they are commonly understood, reason is ...
... ural here to conceive of the relation between practical knowledge and its cognitive object in the way it was viewed by the rational intuitionists of the seventeenth century (for example, Ralph Cudworth and Samuel Clarke). According t o these philosophers, as they are commonly understood, reason is ...