Ethan Frome - Stephen Hicks, Ph.D.
... This is not yet to introduce Heidegger’s strong social and political collectivism, which is also part of his inheritance from the main lines of German philosophy. Nor is it to make explicit, as Heidegger did, his strong anti-science and anti-technology views.19 Nor is it yet to discuss his anti-huma ...
... This is not yet to introduce Heidegger’s strong social and political collectivism, which is also part of his inheritance from the main lines of German philosophy. Nor is it to make explicit, as Heidegger did, his strong anti-science and anti-technology views.19 Nor is it yet to discuss his anti-huma ...
African Philosophy
... phy has culminated in two broad camps, which may be characterized as the universalists and the particularists. The particularists are also sometimes characterized as anti-universalists or nationalists. The universalist camp, which is represented by the works of P. O. Bodunrin, Kwasi Wiredu, Kwane An ...
... phy has culminated in two broad camps, which may be characterized as the universalists and the particularists. The particularists are also sometimes characterized as anti-universalists or nationalists. The universalist camp, which is represented by the works of P. O. Bodunrin, Kwasi Wiredu, Kwane An ...
Averroes - The Incoherence of the Incoherence
... often regarded as a feature of the Oriental soul. In the Qur’an, however, there is no definite theory about free will. Muhammad was not a philosopher. The definition of will in man given by the Ash‘arites, as the instrument of unalterable fate and the unalterable law of God, is Stoic both in idea an ...
... often regarded as a feature of the Oriental soul. In the Qur’an, however, there is no definite theory about free will. Muhammad was not a philosopher. The definition of will in man given by the Ash‘arites, as the instrument of unalterable fate and the unalterable law of God, is Stoic both in idea an ...
Philosophy as Quest - Oregon State University
... Philosophy as Quest Notes to the Introductory Philosophy Student Part I The word philosophy comes from ancient Greek; philos = love and sophos = wisdom. Philosophy has roots in an ancient idea of “the love of wisdom.” Of course, people have ever disagreed over what counts as wisdom. Due to such disa ...
... Philosophy as Quest Notes to the Introductory Philosophy Student Part I The word philosophy comes from ancient Greek; philos = love and sophos = wisdom. Philosophy has roots in an ancient idea of “the love of wisdom.” Of course, people have ever disagreed over what counts as wisdom. Due to such disa ...
Transcendentalism
... principles: principles not based on, or falsifiable by, sensuous experience, but deriving from the inner, spiritual or mental essence of the human. Immanuel Kant had called "all knowledge transcendental which is concerned not with objects but with our mode of knowing objects." The transcendentalists ...
... principles: principles not based on, or falsifiable by, sensuous experience, but deriving from the inner, spiritual or mental essence of the human. Immanuel Kant had called "all knowledge transcendental which is concerned not with objects but with our mode of knowing objects." The transcendentalists ...
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... that our best description right now is in terms of Lagrangian field theory in any sense determined by some deeper principle? Could it have been otherwise? (and what exactly does the “could” mean?). Again, is the observation that were the constants of nature different by even a very small amount from ...
... that our best description right now is in terms of Lagrangian field theory in any sense determined by some deeper principle? Could it have been otherwise? (and what exactly does the “could” mean?). Again, is the observation that were the constants of nature different by even a very small amount from ...
Kantianism, Pragmatism, and Autonomy Phillip McReynolds Although
... Moreover, biological theory has benefited from developments in other fields such as systems theory and second order cybernetics that did not exist when Dewey wrote. An important development in this direction has been the concept of “autopoiesis” contributed by Chilean biologists Humberto Maturana an ...
... Moreover, biological theory has benefited from developments in other fields such as systems theory and second order cybernetics that did not exist when Dewey wrote. An important development in this direction has been the concept of “autopoiesis” contributed by Chilean biologists Humberto Maturana an ...
Asouzu`s Critique of Philosophy of Essence and Its Implication for
... verifiability criterion of logical positivism as against metaphysical principles. The foregoing though paves way for the growth of positivism in science. Thus, the adoption of the following principles by the positivist for a theory is to be termed scientific: (1). Science is the only authentic and v ...
... verifiability criterion of logical positivism as against metaphysical principles. The foregoing though paves way for the growth of positivism in science. Thus, the adoption of the following principles by the positivist for a theory is to be termed scientific: (1). Science is the only authentic and v ...
contents
... The material world was regarded as eternal; the philosophy of the Charvacas was thus directed against religion, against an idealist world outlook. The Charvacas also opposed dualism of the philosophical school of the Sankhya which held that the prime cause of the world was both a material and a spir ...
... The material world was regarded as eternal; the philosophy of the Charvacas was thus directed against religion, against an idealist world outlook. The Charvacas also opposed dualism of the philosophical school of the Sankhya which held that the prime cause of the world was both a material and a spir ...
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... advances in each field are helping make rigorously testing particular hypotheses against reasonable alternatives easier. Stefan Linquist, Department of Philosophy, Duke University Evolutionary psychology, not as Panglossian as they say. There is a rather stark discrepancy between the image evolution ...
... advances in each field are helping make rigorously testing particular hypotheses against reasonable alternatives easier. Stefan Linquist, Department of Philosophy, Duke University Evolutionary psychology, not as Panglossian as they say. There is a rather stark discrepancy between the image evolution ...
1. The Opening Sentence
... them to organise the presentation of an already exisiting science, but to discover this science itself for the first time.” (emphases added) Here is some background that may illuminate the opening sentence. Göttingen Review.1 Kant reacted angrily and hurt to this 1782 review of the CPR. He accuses t ...
... them to organise the presentation of an already exisiting science, but to discover this science itself for the first time.” (emphases added) Here is some background that may illuminate the opening sentence. Göttingen Review.1 Kant reacted angrily and hurt to this 1782 review of the CPR. He accuses t ...
FORMAL METHODS AND SCIENCE IN PHILOSOPHY
... Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University, Warsaw, Institute of Philosophy Matter is one of the crucial, classical categories that have been used in various philosophical attempts at rational explanation of the world. Despite its long history (or, possibly, because of this rich tradition) an answer to t ...
... Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University, Warsaw, Institute of Philosophy Matter is one of the crucial, classical categories that have been used in various philosophical attempts at rational explanation of the world. Despite its long history (or, possibly, because of this rich tradition) an answer to t ...
Details - Indian Council of Philosophical Research
... This is the way of constructing a grand-narrative, where all differentiations and complexities are shed down. A grand-narrative always refuses to hold in itself the concreteness of reality. It reminds us of: Parmenides preference to move away from opinions to abstract truths, Aristotle avoidance of ...
... This is the way of constructing a grand-narrative, where all differentiations and complexities are shed down. A grand-narrative always refuses to hold in itself the concreteness of reality. It reminds us of: Parmenides preference to move away from opinions to abstract truths, Aristotle avoidance of ...
Handout - John Provost, PhD
... involved. In terms of death, Epicurus turned to the atomic theories of the pre-Socratic philosophers of Ionia for his answers. He believed that both our bodies and souls were a temporary constellation of atoms that came together during our life and then were scattered upon our death. And thus death ...
... involved. In terms of death, Epicurus turned to the atomic theories of the pre-Socratic philosophers of Ionia for his answers. He believed that both our bodies and souls were a temporary constellation of atoms that came together during our life and then were scattered upon our death. And thus death ...
Session 4: Doing philosophy: fallacies
... Premise 1: You can’t proof that not-X Premise 2: Things that you cannot proof are not true Conclusion: not-X is not true Premise 1: not-X is not true Premise 2: Either X is true or not-X is true Conclusion: X is true ...
... Premise 1: You can’t proof that not-X Premise 2: Things that you cannot proof are not true Conclusion: not-X is not true Premise 1: not-X is not true Premise 2: Either X is true or not-X is true Conclusion: X is true ...
existentialist philosophies and political decline
... This emotional experience, or crisis situation, is the fundamental assertion of the school. Divergence among the existentialists begins with its assessment. All agree that itis the instrument which lifts the existent being from the caterory of Everyman. Kierkegaard saw it as containing the conversio ...
... This emotional experience, or crisis situation, is the fundamental assertion of the school. Divergence among the existentialists begins with its assessment. All agree that itis the instrument which lifts the existent being from the caterory of Everyman. Kierkegaard saw it as containing the conversio ...
Trying to keep philosophy honest
... his own aphorism that philosophy may in no way interfere with the actual use of language but can only describe it. Now those who attribute this view to Wittgenstein have simply read this remark carelessly (under the influence, perhaps, of the “ordinary language” school of thought).4 There is no sug ...
... his own aphorism that philosophy may in no way interfere with the actual use of language but can only describe it. Now those who attribute this view to Wittgenstein have simply read this remark carelessly (under the influence, perhaps, of the “ordinary language” school of thought).4 There is no sug ...
View/Open
... Also in the intercultural debate to which has been given considerable attention over the past decades, the Western voice tends to impose, willfully or not, its universal standards. This attitude, resulting from the assumption that we are all basically the same, has often been a source of irritation ...
... Also in the intercultural debate to which has been given considerable attention over the past decades, the Western voice tends to impose, willfully or not, its universal standards. This attitude, resulting from the assumption that we are all basically the same, has often been a source of irritation ...
Excerpt from Deborah L
... assumption among Islamic philosophers that Aristotle's Rhetoric and Poetics are parts of his logical Organon. This assumption was inherited by the Islamic tradition from the Greek commentators, and it was used by them in part to account for the differences between philosophical and popular modes of ...
... assumption among Islamic philosophers that Aristotle's Rhetoric and Poetics are parts of his logical Organon. This assumption was inherited by the Islamic tradition from the Greek commentators, and it was used by them in part to account for the differences between philosophical and popular modes of ...
Ch. VI. Sociology of Science 1. We mentioned previously that an
... If we carefully consider the way in which the validity of a scientific theory is judged, according to the pragmatic theory of knowledge, we notice that in case of very general theories the answer cannot be “yes” or “no.” A compromise has to be worked out as to what weight is to be given to each diff ...
... If we carefully consider the way in which the validity of a scientific theory is judged, according to the pragmatic theory of knowledge, we notice that in case of very general theories the answer cannot be “yes” or “no.” A compromise has to be worked out as to what weight is to be given to each diff ...
This dissertation is a critique of three strands of recent
... than a traditional program stems from the alleged failure of foundationalism and the inevitability of indeterminacy of translation (underpinned by the underdetermination thesis). First, I argue that looking at the wider context of scientific practice challenges the underdetermination thesis, because ...
... than a traditional program stems from the alleged failure of foundationalism and the inevitability of indeterminacy of translation (underpinned by the underdetermination thesis). First, I argue that looking at the wider context of scientific practice challenges the underdetermination thesis, because ...
Performance Philosophy: Figures of Doing
... theatre as the art of appearances and illusion that could not be further removed from the truth-seeking often used to identify itself, philosophy seemed to have located new value in engaging with its former nemesis. And much more than this besides, there were also working groups being formed, intern ...
... theatre as the art of appearances and illusion that could not be further removed from the truth-seeking often used to identify itself, philosophy seemed to have located new value in engaging with its former nemesis. And much more than this besides, there were also working groups being formed, intern ...
So What`s All This Then About Logic?
... • Why are we doing logic in Minds & Machines? • 3 answers: – Logic as Method • If we want to discover truths about the mind, we are going to have to make and evaluate arguments, and logic will help us with that • Relevant course: Methods of Reasoning ...
... • Why are we doing logic in Minds & Machines? • 3 answers: – Logic as Method • If we want to discover truths about the mind, we are going to have to make and evaluate arguments, and logic will help us with that • Relevant course: Methods of Reasoning ...
Virtuism: Philosophy and the Aesthetics of Virtue
... various relativistic philosophies today that state there is no such thing as good or evil. The statement that there is no good or evil is itself seen as a good axiom by the person making it. Usually, when examined linguistically, such people who believe there is no such thing as good and evil have i ...
... various relativistic philosophies today that state there is no such thing as good or evil. The statement that there is no good or evil is itself seen as a good axiom by the person making it. Usually, when examined linguistically, such people who believe there is no such thing as good and evil have i ...
Action research, stories and practical philosophy
... I will tell these stories in full during the session and I would ask the reader to revisit the criteria offered earlier as one form of analysis. I also ask the reader to ask themselves how they ‘feel’ about these stories as exemplars of ‘what it is like to be here’. However it is not enough to simp ...
... I will tell these stories in full during the session and I would ask the reader to revisit the criteria offered earlier as one form of analysis. I also ask the reader to ask themselves how they ‘feel’ about these stories as exemplars of ‘what it is like to be here’. However it is not enough to simp ...
History of philosophy in Poland
The history of philosophy in Poland parallels the evolution of philosophy in Europe in general. Polish philosophy drew upon the broader currents of European philosophy, and in turn contributed to their growth. Among the most momentous Polish contributions were made, in the thirteenth century, by the Scholastic philosopher and scientist Witelo, and, in the sixteenth century, by the Renaissance polymath Nicolaus Copernicus.Subsequently, the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth partook in the intellectual ferment of the Enlightenment, which for the multi-ethnic Commonwealth ended not long after the partitions and political annihilation that would last for the next 123 years, until the collapse of the three partitioning empires in World War I.The period of Messianism, between the November 1830 and January 1863 Uprisings, reflected European Romantic and Idealist trends, as well as a Polish yearning for political resurrection. It was a period of maximalist metaphysical systems.The collapse of the January 1863 Uprising prompted an agonizing reappraisal of Poland's situation. Poles gave up their earlier practice of ""measuring their resources by their aspirations,"" and buckled down to hard work and study. ""[A] Positivist,"" wrote the novelist Bolesław Prus' friend, Julian Ochorowicz, was ""anyone who bases assertions on verifiable evidence; who does not express himself categorically about doubtful things, and does not speak at all about those that are inaccessible.""The twentieth century brought a new quickening to Polish philosophy. There was growing interest in western philosophical currents. Rigorously trained Polish philosophers made substantial contributions to specialized fields—to psychology, the history of philosophy, the theory of knowledge, and especially mathematical logic. Jan Łukasiewicz gained world fame with his concept of many-valued logic and his ""Polish notation."" Alfred Tarski's work in truth theory won him world renown.After World War II, for over four decades, world-class Polish philosophers and historians of philosophy such as Władysław Tatarkiewicz continued their work, often in the face of adversities occasioned by the dominance of a politically enforced official philosophy.The phenomenologist Roman Ingarden did influential work in esthetics and in a Husserl-style metaphysics; his student Karol Wojtyła acquired a unique influence on the world stage as Pope John Paul II.