18 Unconventional Essays on the Nature of Mathematics
... asked, “Do we really have to choose between a formalism that is falsified by our everyday experience, and a Platonism that postulates a mythical fairyland where the uncountable and the inaccessible lie waiting to be observed by the mathematician whom God blessed with a good enough intuition? It is ...
... asked, “Do we really have to choose between a formalism that is falsified by our everyday experience, and a Platonism that postulates a mythical fairyland where the uncountable and the inaccessible lie waiting to be observed by the mathematician whom God blessed with a good enough intuition? It is ...
Translation and greening!
... present government in Iran claims we need) importing our “precious tradition” to other corners of the world or trying blindly to absorb these thinkers in the western local studies? What is interesting and to some extent unique about Deleuze is his style, but here style (like a lot of other common wo ...
... present government in Iran claims we need) importing our “precious tradition” to other corners of the world or trying blindly to absorb these thinkers in the western local studies? What is interesting and to some extent unique about Deleuze is his style, but here style (like a lot of other common wo ...
M METHO ODOL LOGY
... Objectivity in the subjective world Auguste Comte, considered the founding father of sociology, advocated positivism. He called for a shift from social philosophy to social sciences. Emile Durkheim, a French sociologist, contributed to the emergence of sociology as a scientific discipline. The start ...
... Objectivity in the subjective world Auguste Comte, considered the founding father of sociology, advocated positivism. He called for a shift from social philosophy to social sciences. Emile Durkheim, a French sociologist, contributed to the emergence of sociology as a scientific discipline. The start ...
On the Possibility of Feminist Philosophy of Physics
... philosophy of physics. They provide the foundations and metaphysical implications of the science itself, as well as “how things work” in this particular science. Some of these TM practices have a logical or mathematical justification (e.g., using a consistent, unbiased statistical estimator); others ...
... philosophy of physics. They provide the foundations and metaphysical implications of the science itself, as well as “how things work” in this particular science. Some of these TM practices have a logical or mathematical justification (e.g., using a consistent, unbiased statistical estimator); others ...
DERRIDA/CIXOUS, CIXOUS/DERRIDA Prof. Claire Colebrook
... Not only did this transformation have a direct effect on bodies, for it became no longer possible to talk about women, femininity, sex or sexuality in a literal and referential manner, one might also say that new sexual relations were possible, and that there was something seductive about theory. D ...
... Not only did this transformation have a direct effect on bodies, for it became no longer possible to talk about women, femininity, sex or sexuality in a literal and referential manner, one might also say that new sexual relations were possible, and that there was something seductive about theory. D ...
First Name Surname Nationality Key Theories Key
... presumed to be less serious. The Divine Comedy explores the realms of hell, purgatory and heaven and provided the medieval view of the Christian afterlife, which prevailed for centuries. Examined in detail the differences between theology, philosophy and science. Believed the great truths are usuall ...
... presumed to be less serious. The Divine Comedy explores the realms of hell, purgatory and heaven and provided the medieval view of the Christian afterlife, which prevailed for centuries. Examined in detail the differences between theology, philosophy and science. Believed the great truths are usuall ...
Confucianism as Humanism - University of Central Arkansas
... relationships to the natural world, its inhabitants, and the universe. The main difference is the internal tension of whether to accept or reject the existence of the supernatural; Kongzi (Confucius) himself didn’t reject the supernatural, rather he chose to focus and emphasis the development of the ...
... relationships to the natural world, its inhabitants, and the universe. The main difference is the internal tension of whether to accept or reject the existence of the supernatural; Kongzi (Confucius) himself didn’t reject the supernatural, rather he chose to focus and emphasis the development of the ...
Ernest Gellner: A Philosopher as Anthropologist
... also the one to which I was temperamentally the most suited.2 There were other personal reasons for the appeal that anthropology made to him. His hobby was mountaineering, and climbing in the Atlas mountains in Morocco he had become curious about the Berbers. Also, he had come to the conclusion tha ...
... also the one to which I was temperamentally the most suited.2 There were other personal reasons for the appeal that anthropology made to him. His hobby was mountaineering, and climbing in the Atlas mountains in Morocco he had become curious about the Berbers. Also, he had come to the conclusion tha ...
The Influence and Application of Eastern Philosophy
... The fourth movement, which introduces man, is the first place in the music to contain a vocal part, and the text nicely depicts the fundamental suffering that Schopenhauer associates with existence: “the world is deep... deeps is its woe.” The text is taken from a poem by Friedrich Nietzsche, whose ...
... The fourth movement, which introduces man, is the first place in the music to contain a vocal part, and the text nicely depicts the fundamental suffering that Schopenhauer associates with existence: “the world is deep... deeps is its woe.” The text is taken from a poem by Friedrich Nietzsche, whose ...
Richard Bernstein, “Beyond Objectivism and Relativism: An Overview.”
... contrasts that indicate the same underlying anxiety: rationality versus irrationality, objectivity versus subjectivity, realism versus antirealism. Contemporary thinking has moved between these and other, related extremes. Even the attempts that some have made to break ...
... contrasts that indicate the same underlying anxiety: rationality versus irrationality, objectivity versus subjectivity, realism versus antirealism. Contemporary thinking has moved between these and other, related extremes. Even the attempts that some have made to break ...
Logos and Forms in Phaedo 96a-102a
... Cebes perceive ›death‹ as the termination of life. This perception is shared by the Orpheans and the Pythagoreans (σῶμα-σῆμα), as well as by so-called public opinion and by the »genuine philosophers« (66b-67b). Socrates, in contrast, by asking »in what sense?« and »what kind?«, takes some distance f ...
... Cebes perceive ›death‹ as the termination of life. This perception is shared by the Orpheans and the Pythagoreans (σῶμα-σῆμα), as well as by so-called public opinion and by the »genuine philosophers« (66b-67b). Socrates, in contrast, by asking »in what sense?« and »what kind?«, takes some distance f ...
PDF - Jeffrey C. King
... academic philosophy was very bad, so I planned to get my Ph.D. in philosophy and get on with my life after that by pursuing some other career. It didn’t turn out that way. You’re a top philosopher of language. A key area you’ve thought about is the nature of propositions. Before saying what you thin ...
... academic philosophy was very bad, so I planned to get my Ph.D. in philosophy and get on with my life after that by pursuing some other career. It didn’t turn out that way. You’re a top philosopher of language. A key area you’ve thought about is the nature of propositions. Before saying what you thin ...
Philosophy as an Art of Living
... little to do with being embodied, the later points are inseparable from it. Besides its theoretical and pragmatic branches, somaesthetics, as Shusterman envisions it, also encompasses a practical component, which involves actually engaging in programs of disciplined, reflective corporeal practice ai ...
... little to do with being embodied, the later points are inseparable from it. Besides its theoretical and pragmatic branches, somaesthetics, as Shusterman envisions it, also encompasses a practical component, which involves actually engaging in programs of disciplined, reflective corporeal practice ai ...
The Self and Its World: Husserlian Contributions to a Metaphysics of
... and contemporary philosophy cross paths? Can Einstenian relativity and Quantum physics find a sort of grounding/ foundation through Husserl’s Transcendental Phenomenology? This paper will center on the points of convergence between contemporary philosophy and contemporary science (in early 20th cen ...
... and contemporary philosophy cross paths? Can Einstenian relativity and Quantum physics find a sort of grounding/ foundation through Husserl’s Transcendental Phenomenology? This paper will center on the points of convergence between contemporary philosophy and contemporary science (in early 20th cen ...
johannes bronkhorst trv murti`s reason
... ‘thought’. Chapter twelve seems to equate Reason with the knowing mind.7 There can be no doubt that ‘thought’ and ‘knowing mind’ can at best be seen as approximations of what Murti understand by ‘Reason’. It just does not work to put ‘thought’ or ‘knowing mind’ in the place of ‘Reason’ in all passag ...
... ‘thought’. Chapter twelve seems to equate Reason with the knowing mind.7 There can be no doubt that ‘thought’ and ‘knowing mind’ can at best be seen as approximations of what Murti understand by ‘Reason’. It just does not work to put ‘thought’ or ‘knowing mind’ in the place of ‘Reason’ in all passag ...
The Contemporary Relevance of Aristotle`s Thought
... connection or to describe his own position as “neo-aristotelian.”15 But the contemporary relevance of Aristotle is not merely evident from the survival of certain fundamental concepts and distinctions that were developed in the context of his logic, his physics, and his metaphysics. For his “practic ...
... connection or to describe his own position as “neo-aristotelian.”15 But the contemporary relevance of Aristotle is not merely evident from the survival of certain fundamental concepts and distinctions that were developed in the context of his logic, his physics, and his metaphysics. For his “practic ...
Problems Of Metaphysical Philosophy
... generalis and metaphysica specialis. A. Ontological Problems in Metaphysics: The problems discussed here include: Being, Being and non-Being, Human Being, Existence and Essence, and Transcendence and Immanence. Problem of Being: Like Heidegger pointed out in Being and Time, in the history of Western ...
... generalis and metaphysica specialis. A. Ontological Problems in Metaphysics: The problems discussed here include: Being, Being and non-Being, Human Being, Existence and Essence, and Transcendence and Immanence. Problem of Being: Like Heidegger pointed out in Being and Time, in the history of Western ...
Protagoras
... Objects of the senses are of such a character that they cannot become the subject of true and universal knowledge while on ethical values are of such a kind that they can become the subject of true and universal knowledge. [Perhaps more the view of Plato than Protagoras] Then again, in the Thea ...
... Objects of the senses are of such a character that they cannot become the subject of true and universal knowledge while on ethical values are of such a kind that they can become the subject of true and universal knowledge. [Perhaps more the view of Plato than Protagoras] Then again, in the Thea ...
James Warren, Facing Death, Epicurus and his Critics (Book Review)
... and health care.3 Even if the child raised in the less developed country never perceives the harm, in comparison to the life she or he might have lived elsewhere such lowered access to resources seems to be a "harm". But, although the case of children being raised with different levels of access to ...
... and health care.3 Even if the child raised in the less developed country never perceives the harm, in comparison to the life she or he might have lived elsewhere such lowered access to resources seems to be a "harm". But, although the case of children being raised with different levels of access to ...
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
... identity. It can be said then, that Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is not an entertainment piece, but a philosophical thought experiment that argues about personal identity, specifically that a person’s memory does not define who they are. The most monumental illustration within Eternal Sunsh ...
... identity. It can be said then, that Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is not an entertainment piece, but a philosophical thought experiment that argues about personal identity, specifically that a person’s memory does not define who they are. The most monumental illustration within Eternal Sunsh ...
Ionian Philosophers
... epistemology, which could provide certainty in a very uncertain world was of primary interest to philosophers. 2. Philosophers did not have far to look for an epistemological system that seemed to guarantee certainty and success— Science. a. The Scientific Method was beginning to take shape during t ...
... epistemology, which could provide certainty in a very uncertain world was of primary interest to philosophers. 2. Philosophers did not have far to look for an epistemological system that seemed to guarantee certainty and success— Science. a. The Scientific Method was beginning to take shape during t ...
RealistsvsNominalists
... c. But the common features in particular objects can be attended to in detachment from the features perceived by the senses. To attend to the common elements in abstraction from sensibly perceived objects is to think. 2. The mark of a Universal is the presence of elements which appear in a number of ...
... c. But the common features in particular objects can be attended to in detachment from the features perceived by the senses. To attend to the common elements in abstraction from sensibly perceived objects is to think. 2. The mark of a Universal is the presence of elements which appear in a number of ...
Informetrics needs a foundation in the theory of science
... The terms “bibliometrics”, “informetrics” and “scientometrics” are—unless otherwise specified—in this paper considered synonymous. They refer to quantitative studies of documents, collections of documents, and derived patterns (e.g., maps based on co-citations or bibliographic coupling, or evaluativ ...
... The terms “bibliometrics”, “informetrics” and “scientometrics” are—unless otherwise specified—in this paper considered synonymous. They refer to quantitative studies of documents, collections of documents, and derived patterns (e.g., maps based on co-citations or bibliographic coupling, or evaluativ ...
Cicero: the philosophical works
... single man to whom Cicero is referring here is, of course, Julius Caesar. A second reason that Cicero wrote his dialogues was to teach Greek philosophy to Roman citizens and thereby induce them to engage in philosophy in the Latin tongue. Cicero’s education suited him perfectly to take on this task, ...
... single man to whom Cicero is referring here is, of course, Julius Caesar. A second reason that Cicero wrote his dialogues was to teach Greek philosophy to Roman citizens and thereby induce them to engage in philosophy in the Latin tongue. Cicero’s education suited him perfectly to take on this task, ...
View PDF - Andrew.cmu.edu
... We attend less to a property and it disappears. By making one characteristic after another disappear, we get more and more abstract concepts. . . Inattention is a most efficacious logical faculty; presumably this accounts for the absentmindedness of professors. [5, pp. 84–85] The extent to which Hu ...
... We attend less to a property and it disappears. By making one characteristic after another disappear, we get more and more abstract concepts. . . Inattention is a most efficacious logical faculty; presumably this accounts for the absentmindedness of professors. [5, pp. 84–85] The extent to which Hu ...