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... philosophical achievements and offers an “eschatological metaphysics.” He distinguishes eschatology from teleology arguing against teleology, noting that only a “personalist” eschatology can solve the problems of dualism and objectification. Blumenberg differs from Heidegger and Berdyaev by offering ...
... philosophical achievements and offers an “eschatological metaphysics.” He distinguishes eschatology from teleology arguing against teleology, noting that only a “personalist” eschatology can solve the problems of dualism and objectification. Blumenberg differs from Heidegger and Berdyaev by offering ...
Eschatology in a Secular Age - Scholar Commons
... philosophical achievements and offers an “eschatological metaphysics.” He distinguishes eschatology from teleology arguing against teleology, noting that only a “personalist” eschatology can solve the problems of dualism and objectification. Blumenberg differs from Heidegger and Berdyaev by offering ...
... philosophical achievements and offers an “eschatological metaphysics.” He distinguishes eschatology from teleology arguing against teleology, noting that only a “personalist” eschatology can solve the problems of dualism and objectification. Blumenberg differs from Heidegger and Berdyaev by offering ...
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 ...
The Principle of Four-Cornered Negation in Indian Philosophy P.T.
... Of course, he would not say, "there is not reality"; that is, he would not assert a negative proposition, because even that could be denied. Denying a proposition would no be, for him, the assertion of his opposite or its negative. But one may say also, "there is reality, but every form of our cogni ...
... Of course, he would not say, "there is not reality"; that is, he would not assert a negative proposition, because even that could be denied. Denying a proposition would no be, for him, the assertion of his opposite or its negative. But one may say also, "there is reality, but every form of our cogni ...
2.1.1 Spinoza on the extreme subtlety called “possibility”
... 2.1.1 Spinoza on the extreme subtlety called “possibility” In the context of Spinoza’s argument that possibility (or contingency, which was the same thing in his view) is not a real quality of things but merely a reflexion of our ignorance of reality, he argued that there cannot be any middle catego ...
... 2.1.1 Spinoza on the extreme subtlety called “possibility” In the context of Spinoza’s argument that possibility (or contingency, which was the same thing in his view) is not a real quality of things but merely a reflexion of our ignorance of reality, he argued that there cannot be any middle catego ...
Modaaliteoria
... being F, then x necessarily has F at t. Because Spinoza is a substance monist what he has to prove is that his only substance God exists necessarily and that God has all its properties necessarily. Spinoza attributes necessary existence to God in 1p11. God exists necessarily because God is a substan ...
... being F, then x necessarily has F at t. Because Spinoza is a substance monist what he has to prove is that his only substance God exists necessarily and that God has all its properties necessarily. Spinoza attributes necessary existence to God in 1p11. God exists necessarily because God is a substan ...
Heidegger, Žižek and Revolution
... at alleviating the excesses of capitalism as futile or even counterproductive, as such attempts only prop up the system. Neither Heidegger nor Žižek stand for slow, stepwise reformation. This revolutionary extremism is clear in Heidegger’s attitude towards ecological questions. A technological delay ...
... at alleviating the excesses of capitalism as futile or even counterproductive, as such attempts only prop up the system. Neither Heidegger nor Žižek stand for slow, stepwise reformation. This revolutionary extremism is clear in Heidegger’s attitude towards ecological questions. A technological delay ...
Hobbes, Signification, and Insignificant Names
... that primarily signify, there is a secondary sense in which names signify. One possible such view is this. (4) The secondary idea signification view. No name signifies per se, as a name is not an act of communication. However, when a name is in a sentence, it contributes the idea to which it is rela ...
... that primarily signify, there is a secondary sense in which names signify. One possible such view is this. (4) The secondary idea signification view. No name signifies per se, as a name is not an act of communication. However, when a name is in a sentence, it contributes the idea to which it is rela ...
Getting Priority Straight
... idea, these explanations thereby confer ontological sparsity. The priority theorist holds that, since the existence and features of raindrops can be explained solely by reference to the existence and features of other things, the world is no more ontologically lush for containing raindrops than it i ...
... idea, these explanations thereby confer ontological sparsity. The priority theorist holds that, since the existence and features of raindrops can be explained solely by reference to the existence and features of other things, the world is no more ontologically lush for containing raindrops than it i ...
Existential Semiotics and Cultural Psychology
... During the transcendental journey, the world may have in the meantime developed into a new direction. Subject does not return at home but to a quite different world from that which he left. As far as we take Dasein as a collective entity, which consists of subjects and objects, of Others, we encounte ...
... During the transcendental journey, the world may have in the meantime developed into a new direction. Subject does not return at home but to a quite different world from that which he left. As far as we take Dasein as a collective entity, which consists of subjects and objects, of Others, we encounte ...
The Incoherence of the Incoherence
... should possess, according to Aristotle, the highest evidence and that God, as being the highest principle, should stand at the beginning of the system, as in Spinoza. In fact, Aristotle could not have sought God if he had not found Him. For Aristotle all necessary reasoning is deductive and exclusiv ...
... should possess, according to Aristotle, the highest evidence and that God, as being the highest principle, should stand at the beginning of the system, as in Spinoza. In fact, Aristotle could not have sought God if he had not found Him. For Aristotle all necessary reasoning is deductive and exclusiv ...
Scotus_God_First_Principle_et_al
... evident. The minor is proved thus: Every proper agent acts for the sake of an end, for it does nothing in vain. Aristotle settles this point as regards nature where it is even less apparent [than it is as regards an intelligent cause]. Consequently, no proper cause effects anything save for the sak ...
... evident. The minor is proved thus: Every proper agent acts for the sake of an end, for it does nothing in vain. Aristotle settles this point as regards nature where it is even less apparent [than it is as regards an intelligent cause]. Consequently, no proper cause effects anything save for the sak ...
Constructing and Representing Reality: Hegel and the Making of
... classical Greek myths, legends, and heroes. Hegel thought, “Reason is the Sovereign of the World”; hence, “the history of the world . . . presents us with a rational process” (Philosophy of History 9). Likewise, literary history in Mimesis is based on rationality or “the rise of more extensive and s ...
... classical Greek myths, legends, and heroes. Hegel thought, “Reason is the Sovereign of the World”; hence, “the history of the world . . . presents us with a rational process” (Philosophy of History 9). Likewise, literary history in Mimesis is based on rationality or “the rise of more extensive and s ...
ESSENTIALISM IN PARMENIDES OF ELEA
... appearance’, ‘mere names’, ‘a deceitful ordering of words’, which have no real existence whatsoever (Kirk and Raven 1960: 269): The other [path], that it is-not and needs must not-be, that I tell thee is a path altogether unthinkable. For thou couldst not know that which is-not nor utter it. And fur ...
... appearance’, ‘mere names’, ‘a deceitful ordering of words’, which have no real existence whatsoever (Kirk and Raven 1960: 269): The other [path], that it is-not and needs must not-be, that I tell thee is a path altogether unthinkable. For thou couldst not know that which is-not nor utter it. And fur ...
ABSOLUTE - Polskie Towarzystwo Tomasza z Akwinu
... The One is identical to the Good. The One is the essence of the Good. The Good is the One, and the One is the highest measure of everything. The Absolute — the One (the Good) determines the Dyad at different levels and creates being, the knowability of each thing, the intellect and the value of eac ...
... The One is identical to the Good. The One is the essence of the Good. The Good is the One, and the One is the highest measure of everything. The Absolute — the One (the Good) determines the Dyad at different levels and creates being, the knowability of each thing, the intellect and the value of eac ...
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 discussion of Aristotle`s De Anima
... and work through page by page until ? Should we coordinate editions and such? The easiest thing for non-Greek-readers would probably be to use the Barnes collected works (they’re good and common enough that the local library should have a set if one doesn’t want to purchase a set). We probably wan ...
... and work through page by page until ? Should we coordinate editions and such? The easiest thing for non-Greek-readers would probably be to use the Barnes collected works (they’re good and common enough that the local library should have a set if one doesn’t want to purchase a set). We probably wan ...
HOBBES AND THE WOLF MAN: MELANCHOLY AND ANIMALITY
... man than in an oyster […] hath not the reason or understanding of a man in him.”20 Hobbes’s contemporaries saw in his work an animalization of man that was, to them, provocative. Why is it so no longer provocative to us? I will suggest that the threshold between humanity and animality should continu ...
... man than in an oyster […] hath not the reason or understanding of a man in him.”20 Hobbes’s contemporaries saw in his work an animalization of man that was, to them, provocative. Why is it so no longer provocative to us? I will suggest that the threshold between humanity and animality should continu ...
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 ...
Existentialism – A Definition
... and of the way humans find themselves existing in the world. The notion is that humans exist first and then each individual spends a lifetime changing their essence or nature. In simpler terms, existentialism is a philosophy concerned with finding self and the meaning of life through free will, choi ...
... and of the way humans find themselves existing in the world. The notion is that humans exist first and then each individual spends a lifetime changing their essence or nature. In simpler terms, existentialism is a philosophy concerned with finding self and the meaning of life through free will, choi ...
Irwin`s Routledge Encyclopedia article on Aristotle
... their view not about the order in which the works were written, but about the order in which they should be studied. This entry generally follows the order of the corpus, except that it discusses On the Soul after the Metaphysics (see §17), not among the works on natural philosophy (where it appears ...
... their view not about the order in which the works were written, but about the order in which they should be studied. This entry generally follows the order of the corpus, except that it discusses On the Soul after the Metaphysics (see §17), not among the works on natural philosophy (where it appears ...
Heidegger, “World Judaism,” and Modernity
... that makes the meaning of that thinking fruitless, even castrates it. I will come directly to the argument. Von Hermann writes: “With respect to the thirty-four notebooks, the very few passages relating to Judaism, taking part in no greater context, are completely irrelevant and thus superfluous for ...
... that makes the meaning of that thinking fruitless, even castrates it. I will come directly to the argument. Von Hermann writes: “With respect to the thirty-four notebooks, the very few passages relating to Judaism, taking part in no greater context, are completely irrelevant and thus superfluous for ...
The Relevance of Kant's Objection to Anselm's Ontological Argument
... well – the object simply fails to exist there. So the object would have no greatness there either. Then (2) could be true without it being possible that an object has some properties (such as omniscience and omnipotence) while lacking existence. I want instead to focus on (1), the assumption that Go ...
... well – the object simply fails to exist there. So the object would have no greatness there either. Then (2) could be true without it being possible that an object has some properties (such as omniscience and omnipotence) while lacking existence. I want instead to focus on (1), the assumption that Go ...
Heidegger`s Method: Philosophical Concepts as Formal Indications
... of the method of phenomenological and "a methodical explication" . . . fundamental sense of all philosophical That "funda concepts." as mental of philosophical sense" insofar concepts they are "formal is based ...
... of the method of phenomenological and "a methodical explication" . . . fundamental sense of all philosophical That "funda concepts." as mental of philosophical sense" insofar concepts they are "formal is based ...
Alexander of Aphrodisias`s Account of Universals and
... their existence. When we understand his definition of a universal in light of the Categories, then it follows that universals cannot exist independently of particulars of which they are predicated. Stated otherwise, they cannot exist uninstantiated. However, Aristotle’s denial of the existence of un ...
... their existence. When we understand his definition of a universal in light of the Categories, then it follows that universals cannot exist independently of particulars of which they are predicated. Stated otherwise, they cannot exist uninstantiated. However, Aristotle’s denial of the existence of un ...
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.""