Luc Bovens, `Interview.` In: Epistemology: 5 Questions. Edited by
... But the challenge remained whether we could give a precise account of what it means for one story to be more coherent than another. I became wary of even the sufficiency condition for pairs of propositions that we had laid out in the Mind 2000 article, and before the article went into print I insist ...
... But the challenge remained whether we could give a precise account of what it means for one story to be more coherent than another. I became wary of even the sufficiency condition for pairs of propositions that we had laid out in the Mind 2000 article, and before the article went into print I insist ...
Trying to keep philosophy honest
... what we do or do not have a right to say is raised and settled in those particular situations. The idea that there might be some standard for the correct use of our expressions independent of their actual use is an illusion. The ultimate aim of the philosophical activity is to make us recognize tha ...
... what we do or do not have a right to say is raised and settled in those particular situations. The idea that there might be some standard for the correct use of our expressions independent of their actual use is an illusion. The ultimate aim of the philosophical activity is to make us recognize tha ...
Aristotelian Background I
... Similarly, what is after the change is new It is a “coming-to-be” or a generation We will return to (1) - qualitative change - below ...
... Similarly, what is after the change is new It is a “coming-to-be” or a generation We will return to (1) - qualitative change - below ...
From The Philosophy of Ernst Cassirer, edited by
... felt most deeply the challenge of things which were new in their age. It is the new that calls urgently for interpretation; and a true philosopher is a person to whom something in the weary old world always appears new and uncomprehended. There are certain “dead periods” in the history of philosophy ...
... felt most deeply the challenge of things which were new in their age. It is the new that calls urgently for interpretation; and a true philosopher is a person to whom something in the weary old world always appears new and uncomprehended. There are certain “dead periods” in the history of philosophy ...
Contemplation of the Variety of the World
... doubt that in religious matters the personal and the philosophical can be distinguished from each other so sharply as Phillips sometimes seems to do. (For a recent discussion on this theme, see Schönbausmfeld 2007, Chapter 2.) However, we can still make a distinction between ‘understanding religion’ ...
... doubt that in religious matters the personal and the philosophical can be distinguished from each other so sharply as Phillips sometimes seems to do. (For a recent discussion on this theme, see Schönbausmfeld 2007, Chapter 2.) However, we can still make a distinction between ‘understanding religion’ ...
connectedness
... neither out of themselves, 2. nor out of something else, 3. nor out of both, 4. nor without a cause. (tetralemma: a figure in Ancient Greek and Eastern logic with four possibilities.) This kind of tetralemma refutes the four modern views of reality as above mentioned. This shows that Kumarajiva/Naga ...
... neither out of themselves, 2. nor out of something else, 3. nor out of both, 4. nor without a cause. (tetralemma: a figure in Ancient Greek and Eastern logic with four possibilities.) This kind of tetralemma refutes the four modern views of reality as above mentioned. This shows that Kumarajiva/Naga ...
Grendel BY John gardner
... He says, “I alone exist…I create the whole universe, blink by blink.” After arriving back in his cave, Grendel says, “The world is all pointless accident…I exist, nothing else.” ...
... He says, “I alone exist…I create the whole universe, blink by blink.” After arriving back in his cave, Grendel says, “The world is all pointless accident…I exist, nothing else.” ...
Socrates and Plato - Metaphysics and Epistemology
... rather than live in disgrace, he killed Hector and died with honor. In my case, if you offered to free me if I stopped practicing philosophy in my honest and truthful way, I would reject your offer. As long as I live, I shall obey God and continue to tell the truth to anyone I encounter. Of course, ...
... rather than live in disgrace, he killed Hector and died with honor. In my case, if you offered to free me if I stopped practicing philosophy in my honest and truthful way, I would reject your offer. As long as I live, I shall obey God and continue to tell the truth to anyone I encounter. Of course, ...
Thesis Abstract
... account of the inner (the status of imagination, the objects of inquiry, their account of the inner sense, etc.), to which commentators generally failed to give appropriate attention. B. Two philosophical “pairs” (Locke & Reid vs. Berkeley & Hume) Although these philosophers exemplify notable diver ...
... account of the inner (the status of imagination, the objects of inquiry, their account of the inner sense, etc.), to which commentators generally failed to give appropriate attention. B. Two philosophical “pairs” (Locke & Reid vs. Berkeley & Hume) Although these philosophers exemplify notable diver ...
ume and the Modern View of Human Nature
... insists that we can’t begin by assuming anything about the ultimate structure of reality of our place in it, but must rather start with what we are given: experience, as we experience it. ◦ Any conclusions we make must be appropriate generalizations from this immediate data. ...
... insists that we can’t begin by assuming anything about the ultimate structure of reality of our place in it, but must rather start with what we are given: experience, as we experience it. ◦ Any conclusions we make must be appropriate generalizations from this immediate data. ...
Being and Time Introduction Chapter One
... Aristotle’s Metaphysics IV.1 • “There is a science that studies being insofar as it is being, and also the properties of being in its own right. It is not the same as any of the socalled special sciences. For none of them considers being quite generally, insofar as it is being; rather, each of them ...
... Aristotle’s Metaphysics IV.1 • “There is a science that studies being insofar as it is being, and also the properties of being in its own right. It is not the same as any of the socalled special sciences. For none of them considers being quite generally, insofar as it is being; rather, each of them ...
Purva Mimamsa and Vedanta
... non-operation [or non-application] of the (five) means of congition (described above) is ... what brings about the cognition that ‘it does not exist.’ ... That is, in a case where sense perception and the other means of cognition are not found to be operative towards bringing about the notion of the ...
... non-operation [or non-application] of the (five) means of congition (described above) is ... what brings about the cognition that ‘it does not exist.’ ... That is, in a case where sense perception and the other means of cognition are not found to be operative towards bringing about the notion of the ...
Cosmological Certainty - Philsci
... this latest version of the assumption will fall by the wayside in the future, and will be replaced by something quite different.7 Thus, even if there is some kind of unity of physical law in nature, almost certainly it is not the specific kind of unity presupposed at any given stage in the developme ...
... this latest version of the assumption will fall by the wayside in the future, and will be replaced by something quite different.7 Thus, even if there is some kind of unity of physical law in nature, almost certainly it is not the specific kind of unity presupposed at any given stage in the developme ...
Cosmological Certainty
... this latest version of the assumption will fall by the wayside in the future, and will be replaced by something quite different.7 Thus, even if there is some kind of unity of physical law in nature, almost certainly it is not the specific kind of unity presupposed at any given stage in the developme ...
... this latest version of the assumption will fall by the wayside in the future, and will be replaced by something quite different.7 Thus, even if there is some kind of unity of physical law in nature, almost certainly it is not the specific kind of unity presupposed at any given stage in the developme ...
The different meanings of `being` according to Aristotle and
... uram (on kata phys in). It is necessary to insist, though, that the application of these four criteria of classification does not fence off certain meanings of being that should be completely independent the one from the other. According to the order put forward, one goes from the least basic to the ...
... uram (on kata phys in). It is necessary to insist, though, that the application of these four criteria of classification does not fence off certain meanings of being that should be completely independent the one from the other. According to the order put forward, one goes from the least basic to the ...
L. Notes - School of Computing
... believed that the moral principle could be summed up in what he called the Categorical Imperative. He had two formulations of this Imperative: 1) "Act only according to that maxim by which you can at the same time will that it should become a universal law" (this is very close to the Golden Rule of ...
... believed that the moral principle could be summed up in what he called the Categorical Imperative. He had two formulations of this Imperative: 1) "Act only according to that maxim by which you can at the same time will that it should become a universal law" (this is very close to the Golden Rule of ...
HOLISM AND REALISM - Jacques Maritain Center
... a time. Explicitly rejecting the idea that science is a set of models that yield predictions by reflecting nature, Duhem proposed that scientific theories are networks of theoretical facts that can be more or less coherent but which are not composed of individual generalizations or descriptions of p ...
... a time. Explicitly rejecting the idea that science is a set of models that yield predictions by reflecting nature, Duhem proposed that scientific theories are networks of theoretical facts that can be more or less coherent but which are not composed of individual generalizations or descriptions of p ...
Phil Rees: Scientific Anti
... etc4. But the subject matter of quantum theory is beyond the scope of human observation. It is largely an abstract mathematical system for predicting effects that we can observe at the microscopic level. To do this it postulates the existence of various theoretical and unobservable particles which h ...
... etc4. But the subject matter of quantum theory is beyond the scope of human observation. It is largely an abstract mathematical system for predicting effects that we can observe at the microscopic level. To do this it postulates the existence of various theoretical and unobservable particles which h ...
Evolution and Logic
... evolutionary biologists, has even proposed a unification of all knowledge where the social sciences and humanities are integrated with the natural sciences by the theory of biological evolution (Wilson 1998). But still, does evolution help us in answering the fundamental questions of philosophy like ...
... evolutionary biologists, has even proposed a unification of all knowledge where the social sciences and humanities are integrated with the natural sciences by the theory of biological evolution (Wilson 1998). But still, does evolution help us in answering the fundamental questions of philosophy like ...
The Emergence of Conventionalism - Philsci
... implicit definition, holism and conceptual relativity, all of which can be linked to Poincare's writings (even if not under those very names) have become central to philosophy. This essay explores the impact of some of these notions on twentieth century philosophy of science. In addition to inspirat ...
... implicit definition, holism and conceptual relativity, all of which can be linked to Poincare's writings (even if not under those very names) have become central to philosophy. This essay explores the impact of some of these notions on twentieth century philosophy of science. In addition to inspirat ...
CONCEPTUAL ANALYSIS
... He wants to know what being ‘is’ and not what the sense is of what’s it all about (for instance figuring out why there is something rather than nothing). Within philosophy the question of being has come to be forgotten. There are three reasons for this ‘forgetfulness of being’ (Seinsvergessenh ...
... He wants to know what being ‘is’ and not what the sense is of what’s it all about (for instance figuring out why there is something rather than nothing). Within philosophy the question of being has come to be forgotten. There are three reasons for this ‘forgetfulness of being’ (Seinsvergessenh ...
Action research, stories and practical philosophy
... as much control as we can expect of our future(s) we are moving towards social justice. I would suggest that Renuka Vithal gives us powerful tools with which to analyse the narratives we produce. I would also argue that the exploration of narrative using these tools is both pedagogical and a model ...
... as much control as we can expect of our future(s) we are moving towards social justice. I would suggest that Renuka Vithal gives us powerful tools with which to analyse the narratives we produce. I would also argue that the exploration of narrative using these tools is both pedagogical and a model ...
Inquiry Systems of Upanishads: A Comment
... embrace any one of these opinions without careful thought and consideration; for failing to comprehend the true natures of Brahman and the Self and the true relationship between them may well bar us from the bliss of spiritual liberation. For these reasons, an inquiry into the nature of Brahman and ...
... embrace any one of these opinions without careful thought and consideration; for failing to comprehend the true natures of Brahman and the Self and the true relationship between them may well bar us from the bliss of spiritual liberation. For these reasons, an inquiry into the nature of Brahman and ...
-BECOMING X1 - artykuły innych autorów
... what he elsewhere calls Spinoza's "acosmism". Hegel's solution to the problems posed by Kantian dualism is thus in certain respects or, which is the same, a qualified return to the monistic position of Spinoza and, above all, Leibniz. Of Spinoza he says that he "defrauds the principle of difference ...
... what he elsewhere calls Spinoza's "acosmism". Hegel's solution to the problems posed by Kantian dualism is thus in certain respects or, which is the same, a qualified return to the monistic position of Spinoza and, above all, Leibniz. Of Spinoza he says that he "defrauds the principle of difference ...
