Contemplation of the Variety of the World
... perspectives as radically incompatible. The inability to understand religion is not a general condition of adopting atheism. It is possible that in some cases an atheist has a better understanding of religious beliefs than those who regard themselves as believers. In fact, Phillips claims that Nietz ...
... perspectives as radically incompatible. The inability to understand religion is not a general condition of adopting atheism. It is possible that in some cases an atheist has a better understanding of religious beliefs than those who regard themselves as believers. In fact, Phillips claims that Nietz ...
Non-rational human beings, the poverty of philosophy
... twelve categories — comes afterwards" - so wrote Albert Camus in his essay on the matter. The man who contemplated suicide himself - was so preoccupied by the question that it formed a good part of his life's philosophical work. Like most post-enlightenment thinkers, he had consulted the reason, and ...
... twelve categories — comes afterwards" - so wrote Albert Camus in his essay on the matter. The man who contemplated suicide himself - was so preoccupied by the question that it formed a good part of his life's philosophical work. Like most post-enlightenment thinkers, he had consulted the reason, and ...
What is Philosophy
... confidence in what follows them. Thus, we might think that people with a great deal of self-confidence might say that they knew, while those with somewhat less confidence, might say only that they believed. From this one might come to think that believing and knowing, i.e., those states of mind refe ...
... confidence in what follows them. Thus, we might think that people with a great deal of self-confidence might say that they knew, while those with somewhat less confidence, might say only that they believed. From this one might come to think that believing and knowing, i.e., those states of mind refe ...
Are We Really So Modern - Northampton Community College
... behave in such a way that they seem to be interacting. This “pre-established harmony” is guaranteed by a beneficent God. If philosophy is defiance of common sense, then Leibniz’s ideas are very philosophical indeed—too much so even for most of his fellowphilosophers. (Hegel called them “a metaphysi ...
... behave in such a way that they seem to be interacting. This “pre-established harmony” is guaranteed by a beneficent God. If philosophy is defiance of common sense, then Leibniz’s ideas are very philosophical indeed—too much so even for most of his fellowphilosophers. (Hegel called them “a metaphysi ...
January 30 Reading - Are We Really So Modern
... even thousands of years earlier. This is why, Gottlieb observes, people complain that philosophy never seems to be making progress: “Any corner of it that comes generally to be regarded as useful soon ceases to be called philosophy.” Therefore, philosophy shouldn’t be considered a kind of centuries- ...
... even thousands of years earlier. This is why, Gottlieb observes, people complain that philosophy never seems to be making progress: “Any corner of it that comes generally to be regarded as useful soon ceases to be called philosophy.” Therefore, philosophy shouldn’t be considered a kind of centuries- ...
Masses of Formal Philosophy `Interview`
... right for their intrinsic interest, but often they are regarded as structurally similar to some target subject matter of interest to us, and they are studied to gain insights about that. They often, but not invariably, have an axiomatic basis; they sometimes have associated soundness and completenes ...
... right for their intrinsic interest, but often they are regarded as structurally similar to some target subject matter of interest to us, and they are studied to gain insights about that. They often, but not invariably, have an axiomatic basis; they sometimes have associated soundness and completenes ...
Becky Clay Dr. Doug Deaver 4-14
... With four main branches of philosophy, it is important to first know what the etymological definition of the term is, as well as who originally devised it. Because each branch of philosophy serves a specific function, each entails its own list of indicative questions and topics. And although each br ...
... With four main branches of philosophy, it is important to first know what the etymological definition of the term is, as well as who originally devised it. Because each branch of philosophy serves a specific function, each entails its own list of indicative questions and topics. And although each br ...
Intro to Philosophy
... that has good reasons supporting it. The support may be so strong as to remove all doubt (& thus prove with certainty) that the claim is true. However, the reasons supporting the claim may only remove all reasonable doubt (not all doubt) from our minds; or they may be just strong enough to make it m ...
... that has good reasons supporting it. The support may be so strong as to remove all doubt (& thus prove with certainty) that the claim is true. However, the reasons supporting the claim may only remove all reasonable doubt (not all doubt) from our minds; or they may be just strong enough to make it m ...
What is Philosophy? Minds and Machines
... us uncritical of our beliefs in 2 ways: – 1. We hate to find out that in the past we have acted on bad beliefs, since as such we may have to admit that we have done harm. – 2. We hate to change our daily routines as the result of changing our beliefs (laziness), especially if they seem to work fine ...
... us uncritical of our beliefs in 2 ways: – 1. We hate to find out that in the past we have acted on bad beliefs, since as such we may have to admit that we have done harm. – 2. We hate to change our daily routines as the result of changing our beliefs (laziness), especially if they seem to work fine ...
What is Philosophy?
... us uncritical of our beliefs in 2 ways: – 1. We hate to find out that in the past we have acted on bad beliefs, since as such we may have to admit that we have done harm. – 2. We hate to change our daily routines as the result of changing our beliefs (laziness), especially if they seem to work fine ...
... us uncritical of our beliefs in 2 ways: – 1. We hate to find out that in the past we have acted on bad beliefs, since as such we may have to admit that we have done harm. – 2. We hate to change our daily routines as the result of changing our beliefs (laziness), especially if they seem to work fine ...
Philosophy, Spoken Word, Written Text and Beyond
... justification to that given by Theuth, the inventor of writing in Plato’s myth. What is striking is the fact that although the technology employed in each case is radically different, the functional justification seems to be similar. It was, however, only twenty years later that Ted Nelson inspired ...
... justification to that given by Theuth, the inventor of writing in Plato’s myth. What is striking is the fact that although the technology employed in each case is radically different, the functional justification seems to be similar. It was, however, only twenty years later that Ted Nelson inspired ...
Eleven Reasons Why Philosophy is Important
... (aged approximately ten years) were given one hour per week of philosophical-inquiry based lessons for 16 months. Compared with 72 control children, the philosophy children showed significant improvements on tests of their verbal, numerical and spatial abilities at the end of the 16month period rela ...
... (aged approximately ten years) were given one hour per week of philosophical-inquiry based lessons for 16 months. Compared with 72 control children, the philosophy children showed significant improvements on tests of their verbal, numerical and spatial abilities at the end of the 16month period rela ...
Sometimes I despair of my philosophical colleagues
... philosophical ideas, they are congenitally suspicious of intellectual innovation. In their eyes, a good philosophical theory is one that agrees with the views found on the Clapham omnibus. Few philosophers, in the English-speaking world at least, think of philosophy as a source of radical new ideas. ...
... philosophical ideas, they are congenitally suspicious of intellectual innovation. In their eyes, a good philosophical theory is one that agrees with the views found on the Clapham omnibus. Few philosophers, in the English-speaking world at least, think of philosophy as a source of radical new ideas. ...
ANALYTIC PHILOSOPHY—a trend in contemporary philosophy with
... in precise terms. Most of the representatives of this school (including K. Ajdukiewicz, S. Leśniewski, J. Łukasiewicz, and A. Tarski) were inclined to think that the tools of formal logic were best suited for the purpose of increasing precision. This idea brought the Polish school of analytic philos ...
... in precise terms. Most of the representatives of this school (including K. Ajdukiewicz, S. Leśniewski, J. Łukasiewicz, and A. Tarski) were inclined to think that the tools of formal logic were best suited for the purpose of increasing precision. This idea brought the Polish school of analytic philos ...
Historical Context and Background to Transcendentalism
... attention on the human spirit. They also had a deep interest in the natural world and its relationship to humanity. Through the careful observation of nature, they believed that the human spirit is reflected in the natural world. This led them to the conclusion that formed the heart of their beliefs ...
... attention on the human spirit. They also had a deep interest in the natural world and its relationship to humanity. Through the careful observation of nature, they believed that the human spirit is reflected in the natural world. This led them to the conclusion that formed the heart of their beliefs ...
MORAL PHILOSOPHY (Philo 12) - Law, Politics, and Philosophy
... we feel these things and make these moral judgments about them. Although there are numerous accounts that explain our moral experiences, one can simply categorize them into two general theories: “Moral Subjectivism” and “Moral Objectivism.” On the one hand, Moral Subjectivism states that moral judgm ...
... we feel these things and make these moral judgments about them. Although there are numerous accounts that explain our moral experiences, one can simply categorize them into two general theories: “Moral Subjectivism” and “Moral Objectivism.” On the one hand, Moral Subjectivism states that moral judgm ...
Does Comparative Philosophy have a Fusion Future? Responses
... products of other cultures glimpses of a "foreign country," where they "do things differently" and even may "see different things" 11 is to lose valuable opportunities to reflect upon the various peculiar and distressing ways that human beings have arranged themselves within social orders over time. ...
... products of other cultures glimpses of a "foreign country," where they "do things differently" and even may "see different things" 11 is to lose valuable opportunities to reflect upon the various peculiar and distressing ways that human beings have arranged themselves within social orders over time. ...
Theme 3
... industrial and commercial center were those cities that were at the crossroads of trade children. In one of the largest cities of Miletus in the late VII-VI centuries. O.E. and there were first philosophies. The first ancient Greek philosopher and the founder of the Milesian school was Thales (from ...
... industrial and commercial center were those cities that were at the crossroads of trade children. In one of the largest cities of Miletus in the late VII-VI centuries. O.E. and there were first philosophies. The first ancient Greek philosopher and the founder of the Milesian school was Thales (from ...
(2.3) spirituality in the peripatetic philosophical traditions of islam
... way of life, and not only as the kernel of demonstrative reasoning, which merely seeks the rational discursive production of knowledge in the composition of theoretical and logical treatises. Philosophy also becomes phenomenological in the way it calls for getting to things themselves. This maxim, w ...
... way of life, and not only as the kernel of demonstrative reasoning, which merely seeks the rational discursive production of knowledge in the composition of theoretical and logical treatises. Philosophy also becomes phenomenological in the way it calls for getting to things themselves. This maxim, w ...
Was Wittgenstein Right?
... startling discoveries to be made of facts, not open to the methods of science, yet accessible “from the armchair” through some blend of intuition, pure reason and conceptual analysis. Indeed the whole idea of a subject that could yield such results is based on confusion and wishful thinking. This a ...
... startling discoveries to be made of facts, not open to the methods of science, yet accessible “from the armchair” through some blend of intuition, pure reason and conceptual analysis. Indeed the whole idea of a subject that could yield such results is based on confusion and wishful thinking. This a ...
-METHOD - dywagacje - LesbijskieStopy
... apparentia indeed, phenomena, that, in general, which merely appears, although this philosophical term does not appear(!) in the Greek text here. Texts are indeed themselves phenomenal, they pass away (“are temporal―). To these thoughts correspond exactly the first two chapters, on sensecertaint ...
... apparentia indeed, phenomena, that, in general, which merely appears, although this philosophical term does not appear(!) in the Greek text here. Texts are indeed themselves phenomenal, they pass away (“are temporal―). To these thoughts correspond exactly the first two chapters, on sensecertaint ...
New Pragmatism
... Stout PHILOSOPHICAL BASIS PLATONISM (transcendental philosophy) PRAGMATISM POSITIVISM (empirical philosophy) Continental (metaphysical) philosophy Anglo-Saxon (analytic) philosophy William James’s rejection of metaphysical pseudo-problems … [T]he pragmatic method is primarily a method of settl ...
... Stout PHILOSOPHICAL BASIS PLATONISM (transcendental philosophy) PRAGMATISM POSITIVISM (empirical philosophy) Continental (metaphysical) philosophy Anglo-Saxon (analytic) philosophy William James’s rejection of metaphysical pseudo-problems … [T]he pragmatic method is primarily a method of settl ...
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.