Metaphysical Dependence and Set Theory
... is a plausible one, and that it is the conception that captures the dependence that holds between sets and their members. One immediate question is: Why do this? Why go to great lengths to articulate a notion of metaphysical dependence that holds between sets and their members? I offer three reasons ...
... is a plausible one, and that it is the conception that captures the dependence that holds between sets and their members. One immediate question is: Why do this? Why go to great lengths to articulate a notion of metaphysical dependence that holds between sets and their members? I offer three reasons ...
Schopenhauer`s Theory of Justice
... but little or nothing about his philosophy. If pressed, many would identify him as a precursor of some aspects of fascism or Hitlerism, and perhaps he might have been, but his philosophy was not. The truth is that we would all be much better off if we knew something about his philosophy, but forgot ...
... but little or nothing about his philosophy. If pressed, many would identify him as a precursor of some aspects of fascism or Hitlerism, and perhaps he might have been, but his philosophy was not. The truth is that we would all be much better off if we knew something about his philosophy, but forgot ...
Kant`s Schematism and the Foundations of Mathematics
... two chapters shows how the geometrical schemata and Euclid’s postulates go hand in hand. The geometrical schemata are the part of Kant’s schematism which is best explored in the literature. In this thesis, this chapter on the geometrical schemata functions mostly as an introduction to schematism and ...
... two chapters shows how the geometrical schemata and Euclid’s postulates go hand in hand. The geometrical schemata are the part of Kant’s schematism which is best explored in the literature. In this thesis, this chapter on the geometrical schemata functions mostly as an introduction to schematism and ...
A `CLOUD OF METAPHySICS` IN PINDAR: THE OPENING OF
... because Bundy conveniently sets out problems in reading Pindar which I propose to view from the opposite end of the spectrum. Bundy writes at the end of Studia Pindarica: “in the determination of sense and effect as they subserve the harmony of the whole, convention rules. Language which admits, on ...
... because Bundy conveniently sets out problems in reading Pindar which I propose to view from the opposite end of the spectrum. Bundy writes at the end of Studia Pindarica: “in the determination of sense and effect as they subserve the harmony of the whole, convention rules. Language which admits, on ...
CLEMENS, JUSTIN Title - Minerva Access
... plenitude but rather utterly void. Philosophy neither produces nor pronounces Truth; it deploys the category, but does not fill it with any content. As Badiou himself puts it: "who can cite a single philosophical statement of which it makes any sense to say that it is 'true,?,,9 But it is also becau ...
... plenitude but rather utterly void. Philosophy neither produces nor pronounces Truth; it deploys the category, but does not fill it with any content. As Badiou himself puts it: "who can cite a single philosophical statement of which it makes any sense to say that it is 'true,?,,9 But it is also becau ...
maimon and deleuze: the viewpoint of internal genesis and the
... understanding and sensibility are two entirely different sources of representation, “which could judge about things with objective validity only in conjunction” (A 271/B 327). Therefore, a special act of synthesis is required through which a manifold of intuition is united in accordance with the a p ...
... understanding and sensibility are two entirely different sources of representation, “which could judge about things with objective validity only in conjunction” (A 271/B 327). Therefore, a special act of synthesis is required through which a manifold of intuition is united in accordance with the a p ...
The Rise of History: Kant, Herder, and the End of the Enlightenment
... change: the different periods of his life are tales of transformations, and the whole species is one continued metamorphosis.”26 The change from generation to generation is an essential aspect of the Herder’s new history. As in This Too, climate and environment remain significant forces. The ‘one sp ...
... change: the different periods of his life are tales of transformations, and the whole species is one continued metamorphosis.”26 The change from generation to generation is an essential aspect of the Herder’s new history. As in This Too, climate and environment remain significant forces. The ‘one sp ...
Angelaki Differential cruelty
... committed prior to human existence and preindividual guilt which genera of beings higher than human have taken upon themselves.12 Aristotle, however, not only employs the Etruscan torture as a metaphysical model for the first time but he also explicates the composite of body–soul with regard to the ...
... committed prior to human existence and preindividual guilt which genera of beings higher than human have taken upon themselves.12 Aristotle, however, not only employs the Etruscan torture as a metaphysical model for the first time but he also explicates the composite of body–soul with regard to the ...
Platonic Meditations: The Work of Alain Badiou
... plenitude but rather utterly void. Philosophy neither produces nor pronounces Truth; it deploys the category, but does not fill it with any content. As Badiou himself puts it: "who can cite a single philosophical statement of which it makes any sense to say that it is 'true,?,,9 But it is also becau ...
... plenitude but rather utterly void. Philosophy neither produces nor pronounces Truth; it deploys the category, but does not fill it with any content. As Badiou himself puts it: "who can cite a single philosophical statement of which it makes any sense to say that it is 'true,?,,9 But it is also becau ...
TYPOLOGY OF NOTHING: HEIDEGGER, DAOISM AND BUDDHISM
... ―nothing does not remain the indeterminate opposite of beings but unveils itself as belonging to the being of beings‖. (Heidegger 1978, 120; 1998, 94) Furthermore, he states that ―[i]n the being of beings the nihilation (Nichten) of nothing occurs‖. (Heidegger 1978, 115; 1998, 91) We can infer from ...
... ―nothing does not remain the indeterminate opposite of beings but unveils itself as belonging to the being of beings‖. (Heidegger 1978, 120; 1998, 94) Furthermore, he states that ―[i]n the being of beings the nihilation (Nichten) of nothing occurs‖. (Heidegger 1978, 115; 1998, 91) We can infer from ...
Recovering Play: On the Relationship Between Leisure and
... was that new forms of technology, with machines replacing humans, would decrease work and increase leisure. Philosophers like John Stuart Mill and Karl Marx envisioned a leisure society where material abundance would reduce the need for busy workdays and free up time for more authentic—creative and ...
... was that new forms of technology, with machines replacing humans, would decrease work and increase leisure. Philosophers like John Stuart Mill and Karl Marx envisioned a leisure society where material abundance would reduce the need for busy workdays and free up time for more authentic—creative and ...
6 S Being and Being Grounded
... without reason.11 While Leibniz seems to think that the principle of sufficient reason, together with the principle of contradiction, holds for all true propositions, he distinguishes the scope of what depends upon it from the scope of what depends upon the principle of contradiction. Thus, in The P ...
... without reason.11 While Leibniz seems to think that the principle of sufficient reason, together with the principle of contradiction, holds for all true propositions, he distinguishes the scope of what depends upon it from the scope of what depends upon the principle of contradiction. Thus, in The P ...
A Companion to Philosophy in the Middle Ages
... but also one of the richest and more complex. Its roots go back to ancient philosophy and we are still living with some of its consequences today. Indeed, a very large part of our philosophical vocabulary, whether in English, Spanish, or any other western European language, was developed in the Midd ...
... but also one of the richest and more complex. Its roots go back to ancient philosophy and we are still living with some of its consequences today. Indeed, a very large part of our philosophical vocabulary, whether in English, Spanish, or any other western European language, was developed in the Midd ...
dubos and hume on the paradox of tragedy
... paradox—this is, after all, a Hume conference and I would like to introduce this reading primarily as a means to clarifying the question of what’s at issue between Dubos and Hume—here is Dubos’ solution, as I understand it: First of all, as noted above, he thinks that “one of the greatest wants of m ...
... paradox—this is, after all, a Hume conference and I would like to introduce this reading primarily as a means to clarifying the question of what’s at issue between Dubos and Hume—here is Dubos’ solution, as I understand it: First of all, as noted above, he thinks that “one of the greatest wants of m ...
Merleau-Ponty`s transcendental theory of perception - SAS
... aim is to determine the kind of theory that is offered by Merleau-Ponty, I will not enter into detailed discussion of Merleau-Ponty's highly original treatments of particular topics in the theory of perception, such as sensation, spatial awareness, or the role of the body. Instead I will argue that ...
... aim is to determine the kind of theory that is offered by Merleau-Ponty, I will not enter into detailed discussion of Merleau-Ponty's highly original treatments of particular topics in the theory of perception, such as sensation, spatial awareness, or the role of the body. Instead I will argue that ...
The Metaphysics of John Dewey, Part II
... the coils of traditional pseudo-problems concerning how a conscious subject can have any cognitive relation with an extramental reality and having our moral initiative sapped by a bifurcation between man and nature. In contrast, the purpose of Dewey’s real but unannounced metaphysics was to enable u ...
... the coils of traditional pseudo-problems concerning how a conscious subject can have any cognitive relation with an extramental reality and having our moral initiative sapped by a bifurcation between man and nature. In contrast, the purpose of Dewey’s real but unannounced metaphysics was to enable u ...
penultimate draft - U
... Fundamental theories are supposed to be metaphysically perspicuous representations of this ultimate structure, so they will need to represent it as including multiple ontological structures. But pluralism qua pluralism need not take a stand on what linguistic resources a fundamental language ought t ...
... Fundamental theories are supposed to be metaphysically perspicuous representations of this ultimate structure, so they will need to represent it as including multiple ontological structures. But pluralism qua pluralism need not take a stand on what linguistic resources a fundamental language ought t ...
Ph 205 Historical Introduction to Philosophy
... the beholder or is there an objective standard? Aquinas & Existence of God: Should nonCatholic sources of knowledge be used in theology? ...
... the beholder or is there an objective standard? Aquinas & Existence of God: Should nonCatholic sources of knowledge be used in theology? ...
Why did Hume call his Enquiry concerning the Principles of Morals
... He does, however, remark that he, being the author, really ought not to judge on this subject. As he disregards this caveat, he suggests that he has particular reason to do so. One obvious reason for this would be that this opinion is not generally held, or more precisely that it is generally not h ...
... He does, however, remark that he, being the author, really ought not to judge on this subject. As he disregards this caveat, he suggests that he has particular reason to do so. One obvious reason for this would be that this opinion is not generally held, or more precisely that it is generally not h ...
Hegel on Language and Communication
... in the threatening or loving company of others. That the self's "interior" is largely hidden from others grounds worries about the (im)possibility of communication. That you do not know what I really think or feel "inside" is the privilege I may claim (but to do so is, for Hegel, an affront to "the ...
... in the threatening or loving company of others. That the self's "interior" is largely hidden from others grounds worries about the (im)possibility of communication. That you do not know what I really think or feel "inside" is the privilege I may claim (but to do so is, for Hegel, an affront to "the ...
A Conception of Philosophical Progress
... pessimistic positions and ignored the more nuanced versions that philosophers actually advocate. For example, by employing epistemic criteria such as logical coherence or absence of fallacies we could have a legitimate idealistic position for judging progress on the path to truth, or a legitimate pe ...
... pessimistic positions and ignored the more nuanced versions that philosophers actually advocate. For example, by employing epistemic criteria such as logical coherence or absence of fallacies we could have a legitimate idealistic position for judging progress on the path to truth, or a legitimate pe ...
Afterword: Being, Thinking, Acting, or, Untimely Meditations on the
... to ascribe a moral value—whether good or bad—to being qua being in a fashion that would more properly have to be called religious or theological, but rather the specific orientation given to the impasse or aporia that keeps the discourse of being qua being from ever achieving full closure. Badiou’s ...
... to ascribe a moral value—whether good or bad—to being qua being in a fashion that would more properly have to be called religious or theological, but rather the specific orientation given to the impasse or aporia that keeps the discourse of being qua being from ever achieving full closure. Badiou’s ...
What Does the Scientist of Man Observe?
... impressions causes the liveliness of the idea that preserves that order. But nothing about this theorizing prevents us, or the scientist of man, from asking for the grounds of the scientist’s claim to have observed this constant conjunction, and as long as we can ask that question, the original scep ...
... impressions causes the liveliness of the idea that preserves that order. But nothing about this theorizing prevents us, or the scientist of man, from asking for the grounds of the scientist’s claim to have observed this constant conjunction, and as long as we can ask that question, the original scep ...
Beyond the organicist metaphor: Media ecology
... Instead of “media ecology”, let us provisionally use the term “ecologies of media” as our operational concept. For there is a fundamental difference between the well-known theoretical field that sprung out of New York University in the 1970s and the concrete areas of intensity where different media ...
... Instead of “media ecology”, let us provisionally use the term “ecologies of media” as our operational concept. For there is a fundamental difference between the well-known theoretical field that sprung out of New York University in the 1970s and the concrete areas of intensity where different media ...
Constructing and Representing Reality: Hegel and the Making of
... vice versa; hence, history signifies the rise and progress of human consciousness. Auerbach also shared Hegel’s view that the art of mimesis produces an image of a reality, in contrast to Plato, who thought a work of art is a resemblance opposed to reality. This paper analyzes the influence of Hegel ...
... vice versa; hence, history signifies the rise and progress of human consciousness. Auerbach also shared Hegel’s view that the art of mimesis produces an image of a reality, in contrast to Plato, who thought a work of art is a resemblance opposed to reality. This paper analyzes the influence of Hegel ...