Truth and Friendship: The Importance of the Conversation of Friends
... Conversation between friends provides the natural context for pursuing wisdom. Friends, first of all, make one another more aware of what the human good is. In "living together" or being together with a friend, each is drawn, indeed inspired, to focus on what is most important. Who has not had the e ...
... Conversation between friends provides the natural context for pursuing wisdom. Friends, first of all, make one another more aware of what the human good is. In "living together" or being together with a friend, each is drawn, indeed inspired, to focus on what is most important. Who has not had the e ...
Nietzsche on eternal return
... However, we can question whether the idea of eternal return has the significance Nietzsche gives it. We are being asked to imagine our response to the thought that everything will recur, just as it has. One response is ‘so what?’. If everything happens again identically, then just as we have no kno ...
... However, we can question whether the idea of eternal return has the significance Nietzsche gives it. We are being asked to imagine our response to the thought that everything will recur, just as it has. One response is ‘so what?’. If everything happens again identically, then just as we have no kno ...
A unified account of causal relata
... to Davidson, we can specify the whole cause of some event, even when we have not wholly specified it (1967b, p. 156): if some person, say Smith, dies while climbing a rockface, we can specify the whole cause of the death by means of the singular term 'Smith's fall', even though this definite descrip ...
... to Davidson, we can specify the whole cause of some event, even when we have not wholly specified it (1967b, p. 156): if some person, say Smith, dies while climbing a rockface, we can specify the whole cause of the death by means of the singular term 'Smith's fall', even though this definite descrip ...
Ancient and medival philosophy of dreams
... which interact and gather to constitute visible, ordinary objects. These objects emit a continuous stream of images, or films, or effluences. Perception arises from the impact of these images on the sensory organs, whereas thought occurs when images penetrate the pores of the body, bypassing the sen ...
... which interact and gather to constitute visible, ordinary objects. These objects emit a continuous stream of images, or films, or effluences. Perception arises from the impact of these images on the sensory organs, whereas thought occurs when images penetrate the pores of the body, bypassing the sen ...
Induction Synonyms epagōgē, inductio Abstract How induction was
... animal chews by moving the lower jaw; that animal does; the other animal does. If we conclude that all animals chew by moving the lower jaw, the conclusion will be overturned when we discover the Nile crocodile, for it moves the upper jaw. For an example of a reliable induction, Ockham (c. 1287–134 ...
... animal chews by moving the lower jaw; that animal does; the other animal does. If we conclude that all animals chew by moving the lower jaw, the conclusion will be overturned when we discover the Nile crocodile, for it moves the upper jaw. For an example of a reliable induction, Ockham (c. 1287–134 ...
PATOČKA`S CONCEPTION OF THE SUBJECT OF HUMAN RIGHTS
... tion,” to give them “an existence independent of a spirit.xii” Does this mean that a spirit, in order to be, has to be perceived? This is the difficulty. As Berkeley remarks, “A spirit is … [an] active being ... Hence there can be no idea formed of a soul or spirit; for all ideas whatever being pass ...
... tion,” to give them “an existence independent of a spirit.xii” Does this mean that a spirit, in order to be, has to be perceived? This is the difficulty. As Berkeley remarks, “A spirit is … [an] active being ... Hence there can be no idea formed of a soul or spirit; for all ideas whatever being pass ...
Being and Time Introduction Chapter One
... • We must first determine the Being of Dasein • But we are investigating Being through an investigation of Dasein • So how can we understand Being through an investigation of Dasein when we first must understand the Being of Dasein? • Answer: We have a pre-investigative understanding of the Being of ...
... • We must first determine the Being of Dasein • But we are investigating Being through an investigation of Dasein • So how can we understand Being through an investigation of Dasein when we first must understand the Being of Dasein? • Answer: We have a pre-investigative understanding of the Being of ...
Problems Of Metaphysical Philosophy
... Chiedozie Okoro University of Lagos Introduction The word problem as used in this context is a noun and it could mean difficulty, puzzle or question to which answer or solution has to be given. When we therefore speak of the problems of metaphysical philosophy we have in mind those recurrent issues ...
... Chiedozie Okoro University of Lagos Introduction The word problem as used in this context is a noun and it could mean difficulty, puzzle or question to which answer or solution has to be given. When we therefore speak of the problems of metaphysical philosophy we have in mind those recurrent issues ...
An Aristotelian View of Marx`s Method Nathaniel Cline William
... “[t]he speculative philosophy of Aristotle simply means the direction of thought on all kinds of objects, thus transforming these into thoughts; hence, in being thoughts, they exist in truth. The meaning of this is not, however, that natural objects have thus themselves the power of thinking, but as ...
... “[t]he speculative philosophy of Aristotle simply means the direction of thought on all kinds of objects, thus transforming these into thoughts; hence, in being thoughts, they exist in truth. The meaning of this is not, however, that natural objects have thus themselves the power of thinking, but as ...
Donald Davidson, Subjective, Intersubjective, Objective
... puzzling against the background of a theory of action like Davidson’s, according to which nothing is an action unless it is caused by reasons of the agent which rationalize it. Rationality is built into the concept of agency. How then can irrationality arise? Several important themes emerge in David ...
... puzzling against the background of a theory of action like Davidson’s, according to which nothing is an action unless it is caused by reasons of the agent which rationalize it. Rationality is built into the concept of agency. How then can irrationality arise? Several important themes emerge in David ...
Chapter 5 Cosmology and Epistemology: A
... Ptolemaic astronomy of being at odds with natural philosophy since it renounced physical tenability for computational convenience. His contemporary al-Bitruji (known by his Latinized name Alpetragius) even sought to reform mathematical astronomy in accordance with homocentrism, that is, he reduced a ...
... Ptolemaic astronomy of being at odds with natural philosophy since it renounced physical tenability for computational convenience. His contemporary al-Bitruji (known by his Latinized name Alpetragius) even sought to reform mathematical astronomy in accordance with homocentrism, that is, he reduced a ...
41essay 3 2017 -- oedipus
... 1. Why is Oedipus still relevant? That is, what enduring themes or timeless, universal lessons does it contain? For example, have there been other headstrong, passionate, stubborn heads of state whose refusal to listen to wise counsel leads to their downfall or the downfall of the country? ...
... 1. Why is Oedipus still relevant? That is, what enduring themes or timeless, universal lessons does it contain? For example, have there been other headstrong, passionate, stubborn heads of state whose refusal to listen to wise counsel leads to their downfall or the downfall of the country? ...
Confucian Ethics in the Analects as Virtue Ethics
... of the year or era in which it was born. A horse is a horse regardless of what it eats, who sired it, and what accidents or good fortune it may encounter. Should the horse become lame, it remains a horse because it retains its core essence even though its incidental qualities have changed. A horse w ...
... of the year or era in which it was born. A horse is a horse regardless of what it eats, who sired it, and what accidents or good fortune it may encounter. Should the horse become lame, it remains a horse because it retains its core essence even though its incidental qualities have changed. A horse w ...
Peter Ramus - ENGL 4103 - Rhetoric and Persuasion
... Not necessarily opposed to Christian thought. Emphasized individual capacity and potential. ...
... Not necessarily opposed to Christian thought. Emphasized individual capacity and potential. ...
12 Substances
... At this point the reader might well expect Aristotle to give a brief answer, referring to the Categories: substances are, e.g., individual horses, tigers, trees, etc. (and, in a secondary way, the kinds – horse, tiger, tree, etc. – to which they belong). But it turns out that the answer is not so si ...
... At this point the reader might well expect Aristotle to give a brief answer, referring to the Categories: substances are, e.g., individual horses, tigers, trees, etc. (and, in a secondary way, the kinds – horse, tiger, tree, etc. – to which they belong). But it turns out that the answer is not so si ...
KEN 10.4 london
... mitments that grow out of the way people respond to certain situations in light of their particular emotional and affective dispositions–their particular psychological economy. They are also the sort of commitments one can have before one is capable of offering a justification for them. Nevertheless ...
... mitments that grow out of the way people respond to certain situations in light of their particular emotional and affective dispositions–their particular psychological economy. They are also the sort of commitments one can have before one is capable of offering a justification for them. Nevertheless ...
Explanations of Meaningful Actions
... According to this approach, the nexus of meaning of an action to be grasped is more complex. The actor avails of many goals that he orders in a ranking according to his preferences, and he chooses the course of action that he expects will improve his position. It has become a quite standard practice ...
... According to this approach, the nexus of meaning of an action to be grasped is more complex. The actor avails of many goals that he orders in a ranking according to his preferences, and he chooses the course of action that he expects will improve his position. It has become a quite standard practice ...
Aristotle`s Account of the Virtue of Courage in
... further restricts temperance to pleasures of touch (1118al6-27). Similarly, Aristotle not only uses the doctrine of disjoint spheres to eliminate honesty and dishonesty with respect to agreements from the sphere of truthfulness (1127a33-bl), he also restricts truthfulness to things which bring exter ...
... further restricts temperance to pleasures of touch (1118al6-27). Similarly, Aristotle not only uses the doctrine of disjoint spheres to eliminate honesty and dishonesty with respect to agreements from the sphere of truthfulness (1127a33-bl), he also restricts truthfulness to things which bring exter ...
Nowadays when we hear the term “prudence”
... confident that cultivating and exercising the virtues is something that belongs to our nature, and thus is in itself a great good, quite apart from the worldly things it gets us. On the other hand, they have special conceptions of what our ultimate end is: in Aristotle, it is the divine activity of ...
... confident that cultivating and exercising the virtues is something that belongs to our nature, and thus is in itself a great good, quite apart from the worldly things it gets us. On the other hand, they have special conceptions of what our ultimate end is: in Aristotle, it is the divine activity of ...
Another Argument for Animalism: The Argument from Causal Powers
... each have the following structure: X is sufficiently explained by M and N, on their own. Thus, if we want to avoid gratuitous causal overdetermination, then we should conclude either that M’s just are identical to N’s, or eliminate either M’s or N’s. That is, these arguments share the following clai ...
... each have the following structure: X is sufficiently explained by M and N, on their own. Thus, if we want to avoid gratuitous causal overdetermination, then we should conclude either that M’s just are identical to N’s, or eliminate either M’s or N’s. That is, these arguments share the following clai ...
Thales
... A fuller interpretation of the above necessarily takes one outside of the historically confirmable; yet one must propose some interpretation beyond the hard evidence if later fabrications are to be discarded. On the basis of Aristotle’s cautious remarks it can be inferred that Thales thought of the ...
... A fuller interpretation of the above necessarily takes one outside of the historically confirmable; yet one must propose some interpretation beyond the hard evidence if later fabrications are to be discarded. On the basis of Aristotle’s cautious remarks it can be inferred that Thales thought of the ...
Cognitive Science, Moral Responsibility And
... by the agent’s body, i.e. by everything that is contained in the skin. According to the psychological conception, only an agent’s mental states and psychological processes—her memories, convictions, aspirations, etc.—constitute her self. According to the executive conception, the self is a kind of c ...
... by the agent’s body, i.e. by everything that is contained in the skin. According to the psychological conception, only an agent’s mental states and psychological processes—her memories, convictions, aspirations, etc.—constitute her self. According to the executive conception, the self is a kind of c ...
Beauty as harmony of the soul: the aesthetic of the Stoics
... The Stoics implicitly treat the passions not as irreducible aspects of experience but as responses built upon certain beliefs or interpretations of events. The Stoics (in particular Chrysippus, Panaetius, Seneca and Epictetus) saw passions as resting on an evaluation of external events. When they ta ...
... The Stoics implicitly treat the passions not as irreducible aspects of experience but as responses built upon certain beliefs or interpretations of events. The Stoics (in particular Chrysippus, Panaetius, Seneca and Epictetus) saw passions as resting on an evaluation of external events. When they ta ...
Philosophy 324A Philosophy of Logic 2016 Note Eighteen
... Over time there have been different namings of the various habitations at that site. It turns out that, like everything else in human life, names have life-spans. If Sally wants to know whether there is jet-service to Istanbul on Thursday afternoon at 5:00, she’ll be doing herself no good by asking ...
... Over time there have been different namings of the various habitations at that site. It turns out that, like everything else in human life, names have life-spans. If Sally wants to know whether there is jet-service to Istanbul on Thursday afternoon at 5:00, she’ll be doing herself no good by asking ...