1 Philosophy of New Times. Rationalism and empiricism
... that he thought could not coherently be denied: I think, therefore I am (often given in his original Latin: Cogito ergo sum). From this principle, Descartes went on to construct a complete system of knowledge (which involves proving the existence of God, using, among other means, a version of the on ...
... that he thought could not coherently be denied: I think, therefore I am (often given in his original Latin: Cogito ergo sum). From this principle, Descartes went on to construct a complete system of knowledge (which involves proving the existence of God, using, among other means, a version of the on ...
Anaxagoras 500 - 428, came to Athens in 480
... First to raise the question of the ultimate, fundamental nature of the world. First to raise the notion of Unity in Difference. Aristotle, the major source for Thales's philosophy and science, identified Thales as the first person to investigate the basic principles, the question of the originating ...
... First to raise the question of the ultimate, fundamental nature of the world. First to raise the notion of Unity in Difference. Aristotle, the major source for Thales's philosophy and science, identified Thales as the first person to investigate the basic principles, the question of the originating ...
Some Notes on the Philosophy of Science
... synthetic. An analytic judgment is one in which the concept of the predicate is contained the concept of the subject: e.g., “a bachelor is an unmarried male.” This is analytic because the concept bachelor contains the idea of a being an unmarried male. In other words, analytic truths are true by vir ...
... synthetic. An analytic judgment is one in which the concept of the predicate is contained the concept of the subject: e.g., “a bachelor is an unmarried male.” This is analytic because the concept bachelor contains the idea of a being an unmarried male. In other words, analytic truths are true by vir ...
Ch. VI. Sociology of Science 1. We mentioned previously that an
... by any definite rule from the data of experience…” as we have seen.[note 3] This holds, in particular, if we consider very general propositions concerning which we cannot be certain whether they belong to science or to its philosophical interpretations. Polanyi stresses the point that there will alw ...
... by any definite rule from the data of experience…” as we have seen.[note 3] This holds, in particular, if we consider very general propositions concerning which we cannot be certain whether they belong to science or to its philosophical interpretations. Polanyi stresses the point that there will alw ...
Class #2 - 3-18-13
... universe, or that there is a "higher world" and a "lower world", or that reality is composed of spirit and matter, you are a dualist. In general, most Christians are dualists. They hold that reality is divided into two parts. Our souls are eternal and non-material; our bodies, like the physical univ ...
... universe, or that there is a "higher world" and a "lower world", or that reality is composed of spirit and matter, you are a dualist. In general, most Christians are dualists. They hold that reality is divided into two parts. Our souls are eternal and non-material; our bodies, like the physical univ ...
Sometimes I despair of my philosophical colleagues
... Sometimes I despair of my philosophical colleagues. They are so conservative. I don’t mean this in a political sense. In conventional party-political terms, most professional philosophers are probably well to the left of centre. As a group, they have a strong sense of fairness and little commitment ...
... Sometimes I despair of my philosophical colleagues. They are so conservative. I don’t mean this in a political sense. In conventional party-political terms, most professional philosophers are probably well to the left of centre. As a group, they have a strong sense of fairness and little commitment ...
Sophie`s World
... What is the most important thing in life? If we ask someone living on the edge of starvation, the answer is food. If we ask someone dying of cold, the answer is warmth. If we put the same question to someone who feels lonely and isolated, the answer will probably be the company of other people. But ...
... What is the most important thing in life? If we ask someone living on the edge of starvation, the answer is food. If we ask someone dying of cold, the answer is warmth. If we put the same question to someone who feels lonely and isolated, the answer will probably be the company of other people. But ...
What`s in a word: philosophy, theology and thinking?
... study, it nevertheless reveals a lack of references to other traditions. Within religious discourse, whilst individual religions have their own positions, there has emerged a broader discourse of ‘faith’ that seeks to negotiate some of the more problematic aspects of different traditions and approac ...
... study, it nevertheless reveals a lack of references to other traditions. Within religious discourse, whilst individual religions have their own positions, there has emerged a broader discourse of ‘faith’ that seeks to negotiate some of the more problematic aspects of different traditions and approac ...
Class #2
... universe, or that there is a "higher world" and a "lower world", or that reality is composed of spirit and matter, you are a dualist. In general, most Christians are dualists. They hold that reality is divided into two parts. Our souls are eternal and non-material; our bodies, like the physical univ ...
... universe, or that there is a "higher world" and a "lower world", or that reality is composed of spirit and matter, you are a dualist. In general, most Christians are dualists. They hold that reality is divided into two parts. Our souls are eternal and non-material; our bodies, like the physical univ ...
Lesson Plan: Empiricism
... though, doesn’t lead to materialism but to idealism which means that our mind imposes what and how we experience things. David Hume (1711 – 1776) claimed that any idea can be reduced to some sense experience. He questioned the connection between cause and effect. We observe events which seem causall ...
... though, doesn’t lead to materialism but to idealism which means that our mind imposes what and how we experience things. David Hume (1711 – 1776) claimed that any idea can be reduced to some sense experience. He questioned the connection between cause and effect. We observe events which seem causall ...
Kant`s Epistemology
... objects of sense as mere appearances, confess, thereby, that [the appearances] are based upon a thing in itself, though we know not this thing as it is in itself, but only know its appearances, namely, the way in which our senses are affected by this ...
... objects of sense as mere appearances, confess, thereby, that [the appearances] are based upon a thing in itself, though we know not this thing as it is in itself, but only know its appearances, namely, the way in which our senses are affected by this ...
PHILOSOPHY RESEARCH SEMINAR, PHILOSOPHY TEA AND
... his text embodies in its understanding of men, women and the animality of human life. 4.00 Philosophy Tea followed by 4.30 Phil Soc: ‘On the Meaning of Life in Recent Analytical Philosophy’ In recent years, there has been a fair amount of work in analytic philosophy that seeks to explore the questio ...
... his text embodies in its understanding of men, women and the animality of human life. 4.00 Philosophy Tea followed by 4.30 Phil Soc: ‘On the Meaning of Life in Recent Analytical Philosophy’ In recent years, there has been a fair amount of work in analytic philosophy that seeks to explore the questio ...
Class #2
... universe, or that there is a "higher world" and a "lower world", or that reality is composed of spirit and matter, you are a dualist. In general, most Christians are dualists. They hold that reality is divided into two parts. Our souls are eternal and non-material; our bodies, like the physical univ ...
... universe, or that there is a "higher world" and a "lower world", or that reality is composed of spirit and matter, you are a dualist. In general, most Christians are dualists. They hold that reality is divided into two parts. Our souls are eternal and non-material; our bodies, like the physical univ ...
Theme 3
... predefined contradiction between observation and attempt their interpretation in terms. As an example, the first proposition: a flying arrow is at rest (as it is at every moment, that rests in a place). "The flying boom is stationary," for "me time ¬ consists of separate" now. " Around the same time ...
... predefined contradiction between observation and attempt their interpretation in terms. As an example, the first proposition: a flying arrow is at rest (as it is at every moment, that rests in a place). "The flying boom is stationary," for "me time ¬ consists of separate" now. " Around the same time ...
What Does it Mean to Practise Philosophy?
... clearly lend value to these things. Between these two poles philosophers can be found on ethics or standards committees, or in roles where critical and moral analysis is deemed important. However, when I wonder about the value of Practical Philosophy to the individual, the matter is not so clear. So ...
... clearly lend value to these things. Between these two poles philosophers can be found on ethics or standards committees, or in roles where critical and moral analysis is deemed important. However, when I wonder about the value of Practical Philosophy to the individual, the matter is not so clear. So ...
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... male/female (p. 137). These pairs do not represent opposing forces but rather ends of a spectrum or dual aspects of a single force. This cyclical struggle is necessary for balance, which itself is not a state but a process much like walking: a series of temporary imbalances that work together and re ...
... male/female (p. 137). These pairs do not represent opposing forces but rather ends of a spectrum or dual aspects of a single force. This cyclical struggle is necessary for balance, which itself is not a state but a process much like walking: a series of temporary imbalances that work together and re ...
Asian Philosophy (CH. 1 of AP)
... Traditionally these are questions for philosophy, but philosophy is dead. Philosophy has not kept up with modern developments in science, particularly physics. Scientists have become the bearers of the torch of discovery in our quest for knowledge. ...
... Traditionally these are questions for philosophy, but philosophy is dead. Philosophy has not kept up with modern developments in science, particularly physics. Scientists have become the bearers of the torch of discovery in our quest for knowledge. ...
CONTENDING WITH STANLEY CAVELL
... be capable, a demand for the origination, call it, of one’s utterances. In Wittgenstein’s manner: “What we do is return words from their metaphysical to their everyday use”—which is to say, a use I can own as mine. Conant several times recurs to the American tropism toward Europe for ratification of ...
... be capable, a demand for the origination, call it, of one’s utterances. In Wittgenstein’s manner: “What we do is return words from their metaphysical to their everyday use”—which is to say, a use I can own as mine. Conant several times recurs to the American tropism toward Europe for ratification of ...
Classical Chinese Philosophies - Fort Thomas Independent Schools
... What if reality is not made up of Material Objects (stuff), but immaterial objects (thoughts, minds, ideas, numbers, etc.)? ...
... What if reality is not made up of Material Objects (stuff), but immaterial objects (thoughts, minds, ideas, numbers, etc.)? ...
My first university was in my home town, Durban, in the mid
... premise. Given the prevalent ‘use’ theories of meaning, this seemed unavoidable. Of course scientists’ theories determine the way they use words. The challenge was to show how science can still be rational despite this barrier to communication. Kripke’s Naming and Necessity offered a different way o ...
... premise. Given the prevalent ‘use’ theories of meaning, this seemed unavoidable. Of course scientists’ theories determine the way they use words. The challenge was to show how science can still be rational despite this barrier to communication. Kripke’s Naming and Necessity offered a different way o ...
-METHOD - dywagacje - LesbijskieStopy
... Divine Comedy III). This method is in fact “the specific consciousness― of the value of the logical “moments― of “the system of logic―. It is, that is to say, itself the Good or Mind, nous, infinite as free, inasmuch as it is necessity itself, identified by Aristotle with God (Gk. ho the ...
... Divine Comedy III). This method is in fact “the specific consciousness― of the value of the logical “moments― of “the system of logic―. It is, that is to say, itself the Good or Mind, nous, infinite as free, inasmuch as it is necessity itself, identified by Aristotle with God (Gk. ho the ...
The Philosophy of Physics - Trin
... and Geometry (1983), and Creative Understanding: Philosophical Re ections on Physics (1990). As the rst two titles suggest, his forte is the history and philosophy of geometry and spacetime physics, especially from the nineteenth century onwards. These two books were recognized as masterly. Torrett ...
... and Geometry (1983), and Creative Understanding: Philosophical Re ections on Physics (1990). As the rst two titles suggest, his forte is the history and philosophy of geometry and spacetime physics, especially from the nineteenth century onwards. These two books were recognized as masterly. Torrett ...
Book Review - Journal of French and Francophone Philosophy
... society. Similar ideas about political engagement can also be noticed in Stiegler’s theory, who is of the opinion that the mass media has a double function: to homogenize, but at the same time, to singularize human consciousness. Stiegler explains that the media synchronizes and conditions the activ ...
... society. Similar ideas about political engagement can also be noticed in Stiegler’s theory, who is of the opinion that the mass media has a double function: to homogenize, but at the same time, to singularize human consciousness. Stiegler explains that the media synchronizes and conditions the activ ...
PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE - ALEXIS KARPOUZOS
... of they theory-ladenness of observation has some interesting consequences on the role of observation in the choice of theory. It is an obvious fact, according to this concept, that observations cannot function as objective referees in the choice of theory, when at the same time, the importance and ...
... of they theory-ladenness of observation has some interesting consequences on the role of observation in the choice of theory. It is an obvious fact, according to this concept, that observations cannot function as objective referees in the choice of theory, when at the same time, the importance and ...
Metaphysics
... by what is it made? (4) for what end is it made? b. The responses to these questions represent Aristotle’s four causes (note: a cause in this view is an explanation). For example: taking an object of art, the four causes might be (1) a statue, (2) of marble, (3) by a sculpture, and (4) for a decorat ...
... by what is it made? (4) for what end is it made? b. The responses to these questions represent Aristotle’s four causes (note: a cause in this view is an explanation). For example: taking an object of art, the four causes might be (1) a statue, (2) of marble, (3) by a sculpture, and (4) for a decorat ...