T - Philosophy at Hertford College
... “But as this interruption of their existence is contrary to their perfect identity, and makes us regard the first impression as annihilated, and the second as newly created, we find ourselves somewhat at a loss, and are involv’d in a kind of contradiction. In order to free ourselves from this diffi ...
... “But as this interruption of their existence is contrary to their perfect identity, and makes us regard the first impression as annihilated, and the second as newly created, we find ourselves somewhat at a loss, and are involv’d in a kind of contradiction. In order to free ourselves from this diffi ...
Death On The Grand Scale
... work. In the Phenomenology of Spirit, the famous pages on "Self-consciousness" had argued that mutual recognition would never have arisen if there had not been, at a more primordial stage of history, and at a more primordial level of spiritual self-consciousness, a battle to the death betweeen two s ...
... work. In the Phenomenology of Spirit, the famous pages on "Self-consciousness" had argued that mutual recognition would never have arisen if there had not been, at a more primordial stage of history, and at a more primordial level of spiritual self-consciousness, a battle to the death betweeen two s ...
MARTIN HEIDEGGER Being, Beings, and Truth
... and tidy product. Not only do these metaphysical approaches to truth support our “forgetfulness of Being”, they’re philosophical traps in their own right. So Heidegger’s attempts to “overcome metaphysics” by “thinking” the ontological difference between Being and beings is of a piece with his attemp ...
... and tidy product. Not only do these metaphysical approaches to truth support our “forgetfulness of Being”, they’re philosophical traps in their own right. So Heidegger’s attempts to “overcome metaphysics” by “thinking” the ontological difference between Being and beings is of a piece with his attemp ...
Reality and Appearance
... their methods on the empirical sciences. This is how modern thinking assimilates reality and relates to it. In itself this is a very fascinating area for philosophical enquiry, and some philosophers have been bold enough to explore it. What Greek thought sought in reality is altogether different fro ...
... their methods on the empirical sciences. This is how modern thinking assimilates reality and relates to it. In itself this is a very fascinating area for philosophical enquiry, and some philosophers have been bold enough to explore it. What Greek thought sought in reality is altogether different fro ...
introduction: the task of thinking reality
... However, knowledge is not of oneself, but of an object, a determinate something that can be apprehended by the intellect. It is this object that is taken up into the human mind with respect to its intelligible nature. For Maritain, following Aristotle and Thomas, the knower becomes the object in the ...
... However, knowledge is not of oneself, but of an object, a determinate something that can be apprehended by the intellect. It is this object that is taken up into the human mind with respect to its intelligible nature. For Maritain, following Aristotle and Thomas, the knower becomes the object in the ...
Kant`s Critique of the Ontological Argument: FAIL
... and second, that whatever is conceptually necessary is logically necessary. Since the concept of God, unlike that of a square circle or something older than itself, is apparently conceivable without contradiction, the proponent of the argument takes it to be the case that God, unlike a square circl ...
... and second, that whatever is conceptually necessary is logically necessary. Since the concept of God, unlike that of a square circle or something older than itself, is apparently conceivable without contradiction, the proponent of the argument takes it to be the case that God, unlike a square circl ...
WHAT DO „AFFECTIONS IN THE SOUL” RESEMBLE?2 Aristotle`s
... norms, but the vocabularies that have been constantly updated, enriched or eliminated. The conventional character of linguistic expressions is particularly noticeable in the case of naming children and new structures, and in coming up with new names for some classes of things that had not been previ ...
... norms, but the vocabularies that have been constantly updated, enriched or eliminated. The conventional character of linguistic expressions is particularly noticeable in the case of naming children and new structures, and in coming up with new names for some classes of things that had not been previ ...
Ethan Frome - Stephen Hicks, Ph.D.
... and anguished feelings of dread and guilt—he could approach Being. And like all good German philosophers, Heidegger agreed that when we get to the core of Being we will find conflict and contradiction at the heart of things. So what is new? Heidegger’s distinctiveness was his use of phenomenology to ...
... and anguished feelings of dread and guilt—he could approach Being. And like all good German philosophers, Heidegger agreed that when we get to the core of Being we will find conflict and contradiction at the heart of things. So what is new? Heidegger’s distinctiveness was his use of phenomenology to ...
Essay 96 Topic II ´´Death and life, survival and perishing, success
... Zhuangzi presented his argument by opposing fundamental principles of one’s existencedeath versus life, survival versus perishing, success versus failure, poverty versus wealth, superiority versus inferiority and so on and so forth. He is, basically, opposing those therms in a system of anthinomy. H ...
... Zhuangzi presented his argument by opposing fundamental principles of one’s existencedeath versus life, survival versus perishing, success versus failure, poverty versus wealth, superiority versus inferiority and so on and so forth. He is, basically, opposing those therms in a system of anthinomy. H ...
Simplicity - Heythrop College Publications
... attempt to deny this unhappy feature of human encounters would have been perceived as an unenlightened form of self-deception. Cusa would have agreed with the Romantics that our comparative rationality is bound to fail whenever it tries to relate to the principle of unity that holds everything toge ...
... attempt to deny this unhappy feature of human encounters would have been perceived as an unenlightened form of self-deception. Cusa would have agreed with the Romantics that our comparative rationality is bound to fail whenever it tries to relate to the principle of unity that holds everything toge ...
J.N. Chubb, "Spinoza`s Arguments for the Existence of God,"
... words in the' .se~~~~,tha.t_\heir use presupposes the application of a criterion~ --···F:rirther, the criterion is not purely logical in the sense ·of beiiig .neutral and common to all thinking but is built into the system which a philosopher adopts and develops and derives its specific character fr ...
... words in the' .se~~~~,tha.t_\heir use presupposes the application of a criterion~ --···F:rirther, the criterion is not purely logical in the sense ·of beiiig .neutral and common to all thinking but is built into the system which a philosopher adopts and develops and derives its specific character fr ...
Handout
... A: what correctness isn’t: Heidegger’s first move is to reject two traditional ways of defining this correspondence. 1: The first bad traditional view is that correctness is just identity. This, however, cannot be the case since that would make the number 6 (not the statement 6=16-10) correct simply ...
... A: what correctness isn’t: Heidegger’s first move is to reject two traditional ways of defining this correspondence. 1: The first bad traditional view is that correctness is just identity. This, however, cannot be the case since that would make the number 6 (not the statement 6=16-10) correct simply ...
Stanisław Judycki
... possible total nonexistence or against the background of ‘absolute nothingness’. Not only Kant’s real thalars but also his possible thalars, i.e. possible as only thought by some thinking subject, or possible in the sense of being ‘objectively possible’ - all these ‘things’ already exist, which mean ...
... possible total nonexistence or against the background of ‘absolute nothingness’. Not only Kant’s real thalars but also his possible thalars, i.e. possible as only thought by some thinking subject, or possible in the sense of being ‘objectively possible’ - all these ‘things’ already exist, which mean ...
`Among contemporaries the most exciting thinker, masterful
... technique demands a serious concentration on the nature of lived experience. The same could be said not only of all philosophy, but also of literature and poetry, and it is no accident that the best-known results of the method are the literary works of Sartre or Camus rather than the philosophical w ...
... technique demands a serious concentration on the nature of lived experience. The same could be said not only of all philosophy, but also of literature and poetry, and it is no accident that the best-known results of the method are the literary works of Sartre or Camus rather than the philosophical w ...
12 Substances
... was “most distinctive” of substances. And since matter is also the primary subject of predication (“the predicates other than substance are predicated of substance, and substance is predicated of matter,” 1029a23–4) it certainly has a prima facie claim, in the context of a hylomorphic analysis that ...
... was “most distinctive” of substances. And since matter is also the primary subject of predication (“the predicates other than substance are predicated of substance, and substance is predicated of matter,” 1029a23–4) it certainly has a prima facie claim, in the context of a hylomorphic analysis that ...
Death - Philosophy
... It’s interesting to note that TT has been invoked on both sides of the debate about the evil of death. Death is not an evil: Epicurus et al. claim (approximately) that since we cease to exist when we die, and nothing can harm us when we don’t exist, death cannot harm us. Thus, it is irrational to f ...
... It’s interesting to note that TT has been invoked on both sides of the debate about the evil of death. Death is not an evil: Epicurus et al. claim (approximately) that since we cease to exist when we die, and nothing can harm us when we don’t exist, death cannot harm us. Thus, it is irrational to f ...
Metaphysics as the First Philosophy
... of the various ways that ontological dependence could manifest itself (Corkum 2008, 75). So, although Aristotle can sometimes be seen to use a modal characterization of ontological dependence (for instance in Categories 14a30–35), this does not mean that such a characterization is always correct. In ...
... of the various ways that ontological dependence could manifest itself (Corkum 2008, 75). So, although Aristotle can sometimes be seen to use a modal characterization of ontological dependence (for instance in Categories 14a30–35), this does not mean that such a characterization is always correct. In ...
three logicians: aristotle, saccheri, frege
... Demonstrativa, first printed in 16921. This is a marvellous book that seems to have exerted absolutely no influence until it was rediscovered early in this century. Saccheri points out that the proofs of the statements of non-implication customary in the traditional, Aristotelian logic, presuppose t ...
... Demonstrativa, first printed in 16921. This is a marvellous book that seems to have exerted absolutely no influence until it was rediscovered early in this century. Saccheri points out that the proofs of the statements of non-implication customary in the traditional, Aristotelian logic, presuppose t ...
Prelude
... compartments: self-consciousness on the one side, and everything else on the other. This division opens up a deep and problematic rift between the humane and the scientific perspectives: a rift between the self’s first-person perspective on a world of thought and intelligence, and the scientist’s th ...
... compartments: self-consciousness on the one side, and everything else on the other. This division opens up a deep and problematic rift between the humane and the scientific perspectives: a rift between the self’s first-person perspective on a world of thought and intelligence, and the scientist’s th ...
Text - UT College of Liberal Arts - The University of Texas at Austin
... Demonstrativa, first printed in 16921. This is a marvellous book that seems to have exerted absolutely no influence until it was rediscovered early in this century. Saccheri points out that the proofs of the statements of non-implication customary in the traditional, Aristotelian logic, presuppose t ...
... Demonstrativa, first printed in 16921. This is a marvellous book that seems to have exerted absolutely no influence until it was rediscovered early in this century. Saccheri points out that the proofs of the statements of non-implication customary in the traditional, Aristotelian logic, presuppose t ...
What is Existential-Phenomenology
... in his concrete situation, including his culture, history, relations with others, and above all, the meaning of personal existence." --David Stewart & Algis Mickunas, Exploring Phenomenology, p. 63 "The very notion that existentialism is something that can be defined in a catch phrase, orthat one ca ...
... in his concrete situation, including his culture, history, relations with others, and above all, the meaning of personal existence." --David Stewart & Algis Mickunas, Exploring Phenomenology, p. 63 "The very notion that existentialism is something that can be defined in a catch phrase, orthat one ca ...
Problems Of Metaphysical Philosophy
... philosophy. And because metaphysics is meant to solve certain problems that are fundamentally metaphysical, we say that metaphysics as a core branch of philosophy is an action theory intended for problem solving. “Problem solving is a basic intellectual process that has been refined and systematized ...
... philosophy. And because metaphysics is meant to solve certain problems that are fundamentally metaphysical, we say that metaphysics as a core branch of philosophy is an action theory intended for problem solving. “Problem solving is a basic intellectual process that has been refined and systematized ...
Previous Final Examination Questions
... 4. What was Gaunilo’s objection to Anselm’s claim that a being than which none greater can be thought must exist? 5. How did Aquinas explain how God’s existence is compatible with the existence of evil in the world? 6. Why did Descartes think it necessary to prove that God exists? 7. In what sense d ...
... 4. What was Gaunilo’s objection to Anselm’s claim that a being than which none greater can be thought must exist? 5. How did Aquinas explain how God’s existence is compatible with the existence of evil in the world? 6. Why did Descartes think it necessary to prove that God exists? 7. In what sense d ...
The different meanings of `being` according to Aristotle and
... present in the grounded, so then the latter senses are present in the earlier ones: in (I) reside the senses (2), (3) and (4); in (2) the senses (3) and (4); in (3) only (4 ), and none in this last one. This presence of some senses of being in others has not been systematically dealt with by the Gre ...
... present in the grounded, so then the latter senses are present in the earlier ones: in (I) reside the senses (2), (3) and (4); in (2) the senses (3) and (4); in (3) only (4 ), and none in this last one. This presence of some senses of being in others has not been systematically dealt with by the Gre ...
Existence is a real
... Miller was aware that most philosophers in the Western tradition going back to Greek philosophy have denied that existence is a real property; the only period in which that view was widely held was the high middle ages. (The historical point is developed in The Fullness of Existence, p. 10-17.) Neve ...
... Miller was aware that most philosophers in the Western tradition going back to Greek philosophy have denied that existence is a real property; the only period in which that view was widely held was the high middle ages. (The historical point is developed in The Fullness of Existence, p. 10-17.) Neve ...
Being
Being is an extremely broad concept encompassing objective and subjective features of reality and existence. Anything that partakes in being is also called a ""being"", though often this use is limited to entities that have subjectivity (as in the expression ""human being""). So broad a notion has inevitably been elusive and controversial in the history of philosophy, beginning in western philosophy with attempts among the pre-Socratics to deploy it intelligibly.As an example of efforts in recent times, Martin Heidegger (who himself drew on ancient Greek sources) adopted German terms like Dasein to articulate the topic. Several modern approaches build on such continental European exemplars as Heidegger, and apply metaphysical results to the understanding of human psychology and the human condition generally (notably in the Existentialist tradition).By contrast, in mainstream Analytical philosophy the topic is more confined to abstract investigation, in the work of such influential theorists as W. V. O. Quine, to name one of many. One most fundamental question that continues to exercise philosophers is put by William James: ""How comes the world to be here at all instead of the nonentity which might be imagined in its place? ... from nothing to being there is no logical bridge.""