Epistemological Vs - Birkbeck, University of London
... But why all this creative reconstruction, all this make believe? The stimulation of his sensory receptors is all the evidence anybody has had to go on, ultimately, in arriving at his picture of the world. Why not just see how this construction really proceeds? Why not settle for psychology! (Quine ( ...
... But why all this creative reconstruction, all this make believe? The stimulation of his sensory receptors is all the evidence anybody has had to go on, ultimately, in arriving at his picture of the world. Why not just see how this construction really proceeds? Why not settle for psychology! (Quine ( ...
Angelaki Differential cruelty
... or indirectly in connection with or arising out of the use of this material. ...
... or indirectly in connection with or arising out of the use of this material. ...
AN ARGUMENT AGAINST EPIPHENOMENALISM
... Second, one might object that the argument seems to work well for certain types of qualia but not for others. It seems there is a certain fit between, say, pain or happiness and the behavior they cause, but such a fit is less obvious with other types of qualia. That is, perhaps with some types of qu ...
... Second, one might object that the argument seems to work well for certain types of qualia but not for others. It seems there is a certain fit between, say, pain or happiness and the behavior they cause, but such a fit is less obvious with other types of qualia. That is, perhaps with some types of qu ...
Searle`s Ontology of the Mind and the Universe
... interprets the problematic character of his analogy to be a difficulty with “picturing”. In my opinion, however, the difficulty lies not on the level of picturing but on the level of conceptual conceivability: Solidity, liquidity, photosynthesis, etc. are macro-features explicable by features of ph ...
... interprets the problematic character of his analogy to be a difficulty with “picturing”. In my opinion, however, the difficulty lies not on the level of picturing but on the level of conceptual conceivability: Solidity, liquidity, photosynthesis, etc. are macro-features explicable by features of ph ...
FROM FICTION TO PHRONÉSIS A critical dialogue with Martha
... I share my concern to acknowledge the above mentioned characteristics as important aspects of our human ethical existence with many thinkers, of which the most prominent one is undoubtedly Aristotle. In his Nicomachean Ethics Aristotle gives great priority to the fact that we have unique value syste ...
... I share my concern to acknowledge the above mentioned characteristics as important aspects of our human ethical existence with many thinkers, of which the most prominent one is undoubtedly Aristotle. In his Nicomachean Ethics Aristotle gives great priority to the fact that we have unique value syste ...
dubos and hume on the paradox of tragedy
... divine providence?) a taste for having artificial versions of real passions. And part of what distinguishes the artificial emotions is that they occupy our minds, thereby pleasing us by gratifying a basic want, and they do so without afflicting us or getting us into trouble. Finally, and most import ...
... divine providence?) a taste for having artificial versions of real passions. And part of what distinguishes the artificial emotions is that they occupy our minds, thereby pleasing us by gratifying a basic want, and they do so without afflicting us or getting us into trouble. Finally, and most import ...
Ethical Encounter - sikkim university library
... done. Then what is at issue in that way of speaking is neither simply object-related nor simply subject-related. And it cannot be understood as a combination of those two possibilities. To speak of the meaning of what was done prescinds from that division.9 I shall bring what I mean by that into cle ...
... done. Then what is at issue in that way of speaking is neither simply object-related nor simply subject-related. And it cannot be understood as a combination of those two possibilities. To speak of the meaning of what was done prescinds from that division.9 I shall bring what I mean by that into cle ...
predication theory: classical vs modern
... "predication". (My distinction seems to correspond to that between "linguistic" and "metaphysic" predication in Bogen, Introduction, in Bogen 1985). It is in the ontological sense that one may say, with Cocchiarella, that "predication has been a central, if not the central, issue in philosophy since ...
... "predication". (My distinction seems to correspond to that between "linguistic" and "metaphysic" predication in Bogen, Introduction, in Bogen 1985). It is in the ontological sense that one may say, with Cocchiarella, that "predication has been a central, if not the central, issue in philosophy since ...
Pragma-dialectics fallacies of relevance - UvA-DARE
... B1: Because Carl insulted John’s mother. B2: Human kind is violent sometimes. B3: Why Not?7 B4: Why are two and two four?8 ...
... B1: Because Carl insulted John’s mother. B2: Human kind is violent sometimes. B3: Why Not?7 B4: Why are two and two four?8 ...
Persuasion, Manipulation, and Responsibility
... Not all types of advertising use the same sort of persuasion, and therefore, it would seem that not all sorts of advertising carry the same amount of moral responsibility. If our question is about the partial responsibility of advertisers in the decisions of consumers, then one must focus on the que ...
... Not all types of advertising use the same sort of persuasion, and therefore, it would seem that not all sorts of advertising carry the same amount of moral responsibility. If our question is about the partial responsibility of advertisers in the decisions of consumers, then one must focus on the que ...
Two Interpretations of Two Stoic Conditionals
... and only if the corresponding Philonian conditional is true at all these ‘worlds’. This gives another interpretation to the necessity operator: we may read it as ‘it is true at all temporal stages that’. T is not, however, a logical necessity operator, and the picture we have just presented is quit ...
... and only if the corresponding Philonian conditional is true at all these ‘worlds’. This gives another interpretation to the necessity operator: we may read it as ‘it is true at all temporal stages that’. T is not, however, a logical necessity operator, and the picture we have just presented is quit ...
Alexander of Aphrodisias`s Account of Universals and
... in order to exist. If one holds that a universal is one which, by nature, is such that it can be predicated of many, then it is not clear why we should assume that it must be actually predicated of something at all. If a universal may hold of a plurality of things, even if there is, now, only one in ...
... in order to exist. If one holds that a universal is one which, by nature, is such that it can be predicated of many, then it is not clear why we should assume that it must be actually predicated of something at all. If a universal may hold of a plurality of things, even if there is, now, only one in ...
Many-Valued Logic
... logic. But it is opened by larger environment of possible worlds or situations and therewith by the global environment introduced via many-valued logic. Many-valued logic has the possibility to assign several additional values to the cases in question and so it is appropriate for leading the inquiry ...
... logic. But it is opened by larger environment of possible worlds or situations and therewith by the global environment introduced via many-valued logic. Many-valued logic has the possibility to assign several additional values to the cases in question and so it is appropriate for leading the inquiry ...
06_chapter 2
... then we can know that whatever is A must be B 7 Aristotle maintained by means of this reasoning that we can estabhsh universal propositions of unrestricted generalisation. Aristotle thought that we can apprehend intuitively a necessary and universal connection as implicit in a particular case. Thus ...
... then we can know that whatever is A must be B 7 Aristotle maintained by means of this reasoning that we can estabhsh universal propositions of unrestricted generalisation. Aristotle thought that we can apprehend intuitively a necessary and universal connection as implicit in a particular case. Thus ...
1. Armstrong and Aristotle There are two main reasons for not
... «Further, of the more accurate arguments, some leads to Ideas of relations, of which we say there is no independent class, and others introduce the third man»15. Armstrong as well distinguishes between two forms of regress, the Object regress and the Relation regress, w ...
... «Further, of the more accurate arguments, some leads to Ideas of relations, of which we say there is no independent class, and others introduce the third man»15. Armstrong as well distinguishes between two forms of regress, the Object regress and the Relation regress, w ...
VIRTUE IS KNOWLEDGE, MCDOWELL AND ARISTOTLE
... discerned by comparison, then novel moral situations accordingly do not fit into the knowledge paradigm. In this way, the objection goes, there must be something else (perhaps an orectic state) besides knowledge determining the course of action. The last objection I raise is the case of the “no-brai ...
... discerned by comparison, then novel moral situations accordingly do not fit into the knowledge paradigm. In this way, the objection goes, there must be something else (perhaps an orectic state) besides knowledge determining the course of action. The last objection I raise is the case of the “no-brai ...
Kim`s Pairing Problem and the Viability of Substance Dualism
... appropriately pair the two relata together. Initially he examines two different ways one could provide a proper explanation of cause and effect pairing for two events. The first way is to trace a continuous causal chain between the two events in question. The second way is to construct a pairing rel ...
... appropriately pair the two relata together. Initially he examines two different ways one could provide a proper explanation of cause and effect pairing for two events. The first way is to trace a continuous causal chain between the two events in question. The second way is to construct a pairing rel ...
Cosmopolitanism, Stoicism, and Liberalism
... The nexus and succession of these [all the causes] is fate, knowledge, truth, and an inevitable and inescapable law of what exists. In this way everything in the world is excellently organized as in a perfectly ordered society.23 Things with organization are rational structures - i.e. they are under ...
... The nexus and succession of these [all the causes] is fate, knowledge, truth, and an inevitable and inescapable law of what exists. In this way everything in the world is excellently organized as in a perfectly ordered society.23 Things with organization are rational structures - i.e. they are under ...
REVIEW David Couzens Hoy, The Time of Our Lives: A Critical
... the present as a separate mode of temporality. The present needs to be understood in relation to other modes of temporality, namely the past and the future. Here, Hoy aligns with Derrida, against Heidegger, in saying that any distinction between time and temporality is not only difficult, but also a ...
... the present as a separate mode of temporality. The present needs to be understood in relation to other modes of temporality, namely the past and the future. Here, Hoy aligns with Derrida, against Heidegger, in saying that any distinction between time and temporality is not only difficult, but also a ...
Discussion of `Four Case Studies on Chance in Evolution
... ontological (and not the epistemological) one; i.e., determinism is the view that given the complete state of the world at a particular point in time, for any given future point in time, only one state is possible, whereas indeterminism is the view that given the complete state of the world at a par ...
... ontological (and not the epistemological) one; i.e., determinism is the view that given the complete state of the world at a particular point in time, for any given future point in time, only one state is possible, whereas indeterminism is the view that given the complete state of the world at a par ...
Morality and Virtue In Poetry and Philosophy
... order to see how a literary work of art can provide a different perspective that can well accommodate the complex nature of morality and ethics. It should be emphasised that the interpretation of the Iliad given here does not show that the Iliad is a work on moral philosophy. The moral or, in a wide ...
... order to see how a literary work of art can provide a different perspective that can well accommodate the complex nature of morality and ethics. It should be emphasised that the interpretation of the Iliad given here does not show that the Iliad is a work on moral philosophy. The moral or, in a wide ...
Being free by losing control: What Obsessive
... we are immersed in our actions, which is rather the opposite experience of deliberation. In fact, Heidegger argues, we only deliberate when something goes wrong: for instance, when a tool we want to use is broken or missing; or when there are other tasks waiting for us that distract us from our pres ...
... we are immersed in our actions, which is rather the opposite experience of deliberation. In fact, Heidegger argues, we only deliberate when something goes wrong: for instance, when a tool we want to use is broken or missing; or when there are other tasks waiting for us that distract us from our pres ...
Introduction - davidhume.org
... David Hume (1711-1776) was one of the great philosophers (arguably the greatest) of that prodigiously fruitful era known as the early modern period. During the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, scholastic Aristotelianism, a world-view which had dominated thought for many hundreds of years, final ...
... David Hume (1711-1776) was one of the great philosophers (arguably the greatest) of that prodigiously fruitful era known as the early modern period. During the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, scholastic Aristotelianism, a world-view which had dominated thought for many hundreds of years, final ...
Searle Essay Research Paper Solving the MindBody
... and again, because the dualists could never explain how the mind and brain interact. With evident skepticism, Searle asks, “Are we supposed to think that our thoughts and feelings can somehow produce chemical effects on our brains and the rest of our nervous system? How could such a thing occur? Ar ...
... and again, because the dualists could never explain how the mind and brain interact. With evident skepticism, Searle asks, “Are we supposed to think that our thoughts and feelings can somehow produce chemical effects on our brains and the rest of our nervous system? How could such a thing occur? Ar ...