Courses and research in cognitive science in Bratislava
... modeling of mental development in an embodied cognitive agent Slovak Grant Agency for Science (2014-2016, Farkaš et al.) ...
... modeling of mental development in an embodied cognitive agent Slovak Grant Agency for Science (2014-2016, Farkaš et al.) ...
Asian Philosophy (CH. 1 of AP)
... Traditionally these are questions for philosophy, but philosophy is dead. Philosophy has not kept up with modern developments in science, ...
... Traditionally these are questions for philosophy, but philosophy is dead. Philosophy has not kept up with modern developments in science, ...
The Enlightenment and Romanticism
... THE SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION • In the late Renaissance (1550 – 1700) we see an intellectual movement take form that changes history and the way we approach the search for Truth. • Movement gives rise to empiricism and the scientific method. • This time period and the ideas = the scientific revolution ...
... THE SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION • In the late Renaissance (1550 – 1700) we see an intellectual movement take form that changes history and the way we approach the search for Truth. • Movement gives rise to empiricism and the scientific method. • This time period and the ideas = the scientific revolution ...
Phil Rees: Scientific Anti
... concerned with explanation, and he believed that theories that refer to unobservable entities - including atomic theory – may actually impede inquiry. They should be eliminated where possible in favour of theories involving ‘direct descriptions’ of phenomena. Mach claimed to be a scientist, not a ph ...
... concerned with explanation, and he believed that theories that refer to unobservable entities - including atomic theory – may actually impede inquiry. They should be eliminated where possible in favour of theories involving ‘direct descriptions’ of phenomena. Mach claimed to be a scientist, not a ph ...
Book Review: New Heavens and a New Earth: The
... Some implications of this book are that given the test case of the Rabbinic reception of Copernicanism, how might future historians of science, religion, and intellectual history map out the reception of Darwinian evolution in Rabbinic circles? What does rabbinic resistance to Nosson Slifkon’s tryin ...
... Some implications of this book are that given the test case of the Rabbinic reception of Copernicanism, how might future historians of science, religion, and intellectual history map out the reception of Darwinian evolution in Rabbinic circles? What does rabbinic resistance to Nosson Slifkon’s tryin ...
The Impact of Science Studies on Political Philosophy Author(s
... consider completed science, science off the assembly line, after people are convinced, then some of themwill be said to have natureon theirside while others will be said to have society on theirs. But if you take science in the making, no such dichotomyis feasible. Everyone is engaged in a collectiv ...
... consider completed science, science off the assembly line, after people are convinced, then some of themwill be said to have natureon theirside while others will be said to have society on theirs. But if you take science in the making, no such dichotomyis feasible. Everyone is engaged in a collectiv ...
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... thought, a sort of thought that will be found to be of the utmost service throughout the study of logic. It can hardly be said to involve reasoning; for reasoning reaches a conclusion, and asserts it to be true however matters may seem; while in Phenomenology there is no assertion except that there ...
... thought, a sort of thought that will be found to be of the utmost service throughout the study of logic. It can hardly be said to involve reasoning; for reasoning reaches a conclusion, and asserts it to be true however matters may seem; while in Phenomenology there is no assertion except that there ...
Kant on wheels - UChicago Philosophy
... of the scientists themselves. This is not a commonsensical view, but it has a distinguished philosophical pedigree, associated most strongly with Kant. The Kantian view is that the truths we can know are truths about a ‘phenomenal’ world that is the joint product of the ‘things in themselves’ and th ...
... of the scientists themselves. This is not a commonsensical view, but it has a distinguished philosophical pedigree, associated most strongly with Kant. The Kantian view is that the truths we can know are truths about a ‘phenomenal’ world that is the joint product of the ‘things in themselves’ and th ...
Sometimes I despair of my philosophical colleagues
... Sometimes I despair of my philosophical colleagues. They are so conservative. I don’t mean this in a political sense. In conventional party-political terms, most professional philosophers are probably well to the left of centre. As a group, they have a strong sense of fairness and little commitment ...
... Sometimes I despair of my philosophical colleagues. They are so conservative. I don’t mean this in a political sense. In conventional party-political terms, most professional philosophers are probably well to the left of centre. As a group, they have a strong sense of fairness and little commitment ...
What is Pragmatism - Valdosta State University
... very few deny that at least some form of evolution takes place, but even assuming that it does settles very little in that there a number of different theories of evolution (for instance): o teleological theories the change is directed by some internal or external agent or mechanism o non-teleol ...
... very few deny that at least some form of evolution takes place, but even assuming that it does settles very little in that there a number of different theories of evolution (for instance): o teleological theories the change is directed by some internal or external agent or mechanism o non-teleol ...
Language sometimes is deceptive
... For example, there are a number of philosophical traditions and topics that I have so little understanding of, that it makes me wonder just what we share as philosophers. Some philosophy journals and books contain far more mathematical and logical symbols than they do prose, and many philosophers wo ...
... For example, there are a number of philosophical traditions and topics that I have so little understanding of, that it makes me wonder just what we share as philosophers. Some philosophy journals and books contain far more mathematical and logical symbols than they do prose, and many philosophers wo ...
Philosophy of Science Summary Chapter 1: Rationalism and
... Francis Bacon: no scientific experiments, but wrote everything down clearly. Literary gift. Warned against the idols (characteristic errors) that deceive your perception: o Idols of the tribe: innate, shared by all human beings. Jumping to premature conclusion. We tend to focus exclusively on the ev ...
... Francis Bacon: no scientific experiments, but wrote everything down clearly. Literary gift. Warned against the idols (characteristic errors) that deceive your perception: o Idols of the tribe: innate, shared by all human beings. Jumping to premature conclusion. We tend to focus exclusively on the ev ...
Transition Year Philosophy
... questions – philosophy will aid you in this • You are forced to face the hypocrisy within society and face many difficult moral dilemmas • Philosophy questions the opinions that you are exposed to on a daily basis, from family, friends, teachers, society and the media • You are essentially concerned ...
... questions – philosophy will aid you in this • You are forced to face the hypocrisy within society and face many difficult moral dilemmas • Philosophy questions the opinions that you are exposed to on a daily basis, from family, friends, teachers, society and the media • You are essentially concerned ...
Lecture 1
... the success story of Newton, they believed that it was necessary to practice literally Newton‟s inductivist message. Since inductivism was cult of observations, the followers of Newton like Hales, Boarhaave and Cotes attempted to construct purely observational physics, observational chemistry and ob ...
... the success story of Newton, they believed that it was necessary to practice literally Newton‟s inductivist message. Since inductivism was cult of observations, the followers of Newton like Hales, Boarhaave and Cotes attempted to construct purely observational physics, observational chemistry and ob ...
Powerpoint - History and Philosophy of Science @ UCD
... to seek and find truth, are ultimately only instruments of the mind, whose only sanction and validity come from other mental acts. Newman, 1870 Grammar of Assent ...
... to seek and find truth, are ultimately only instruments of the mind, whose only sanction and validity come from other mental acts. Newman, 1870 Grammar of Assent ...
Kitcher Should We Accept the Traditional Contrast Between Science
... organisms (individuals carrying genes that give them a reproductive or survival advantage leave more descendants/“individual selection”). Some evolutionists think selection can operate at higher levels, like populations (group selection) or species (species selection). What is the relative importanc ...
... organisms (individuals carrying genes that give them a reproductive or survival advantage leave more descendants/“individual selection”). Some evolutionists think selection can operate at higher levels, like populations (group selection) or species (species selection). What is the relative importanc ...
Kitcher Should We Accept the Traditional Contrast Between Science
... "Once we have appreciated the fallibility of natural science and recognized its sources, we can move beyond the simple opposition of proof and faith. Between these extremes lies the vast field of cases in which we believe something on the basis of good–even excellent–but inconclusive evidence." (250 ...
... "Once we have appreciated the fallibility of natural science and recognized its sources, we can move beyond the simple opposition of proof and faith. Between these extremes lies the vast field of cases in which we believe something on the basis of good–even excellent–but inconclusive evidence." (250 ...
What is Philosophy?
... Helps us to connect with what is meaningful and enriching, personally and collectively Gives us skills in applying knowledge to changing situations. Keeps the mind alive and sharp Frees us from mundane living, short-sightedness, and dwarfed goals Assists in building interpersonal relationships… go b ...
... Helps us to connect with what is meaningful and enriching, personally and collectively Gives us skills in applying knowledge to changing situations. Keeps the mind alive and sharp Frees us from mundane living, short-sightedness, and dwarfed goals Assists in building interpersonal relationships… go b ...
Was Wittgenstein Right?
... startling discoveries to be made of facts, not open to the methods of science, yet accessible “from the armchair” through some blend of intuition, pure reason and conceptual analysis. Indeed the whole idea of a subject that could yield such results is based on confusion and wishful thinking. This a ...
... startling discoveries to be made of facts, not open to the methods of science, yet accessible “from the armchair” through some blend of intuition, pure reason and conceptual analysis. Indeed the whole idea of a subject that could yield such results is based on confusion and wishful thinking. This a ...
2. Scientific Renaissance in the sixteenth century: Renewing ancient
... Materia medica: something from which medical remedies can be prepared. Mechanical philosophy: a term coined by the English Robert Boyle to describe any general explanatory system of the physical world that treated its phenomena as due to nothing but pieces of inert matter interaction with one anothe ...
... Materia medica: something from which medical remedies can be prepared. Mechanical philosophy: a term coined by the English Robert Boyle to describe any general explanatory system of the physical world that treated its phenomena as due to nothing but pieces of inert matter interaction with one anothe ...
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... The nature of philosophy Thales, Anaximader, and Anaximenes .Prior to the first set of philosophers there were no doubt, some set of explanations but these explanations were mythical mysterious, or religious in nature. The milesian philosophers departed radically from the kind of explanations that p ...
... The nature of philosophy Thales, Anaximader, and Anaximenes .Prior to the first set of philosophers there were no doubt, some set of explanations but these explanations were mythical mysterious, or religious in nature. The milesian philosophers departed radically from the kind of explanations that p ...
What is Philosophy, Anyway?
... sound arguments and not on opinions, feelings or beliefs. Of course, there is nothing wrong with having opinions, feeling or beliefs about important matters, but the discipline of philosophy asks us to be able to justify why we hold these opinions, feelings or beliefs. If we want to be engaged in ph ...
... sound arguments and not on opinions, feelings or beliefs. Of course, there is nothing wrong with having opinions, feeling or beliefs about important matters, but the discipline of philosophy asks us to be able to justify why we hold these opinions, feelings or beliefs. If we want to be engaged in ph ...
Metaphysics
... philosophy’ because it examines questions that lie at the heart of many other areas of philosophy. For example, take this epistemological question: “What can I know?” Metaphysicians would say that people should determine what knowing I – the self – really is. ...
... philosophy’ because it examines questions that lie at the heart of many other areas of philosophy. For example, take this epistemological question: “What can I know?” Metaphysicians would say that people should determine what knowing I – the self – really is. ...
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... another. This requires rejecting the geometry and the conception of space and time upon which Newtonian science was based. Although Einstein’s ability to resolve this anomaly was not one of his reasons for believing in his theory, it did play a part in persuading others to accept the revolution he ...
... another. This requires rejecting the geometry and the conception of space and time upon which Newtonian science was based. Although Einstein’s ability to resolve this anomaly was not one of his reasons for believing in his theory, it did play a part in persuading others to accept the revolution he ...
Synopsis - PhilPapers
... reasoning is infallible and universal. This paper argues that while scientific reasoning is infallible, it is so only with regard to the objects of knowledge in science. And because objects of knowledge are not the same across disciplines, claims that scientific reasoning is universal in its applica ...
... reasoning is infallible and universal. This paper argues that while scientific reasoning is infallible, it is so only with regard to the objects of knowledge in science. And because objects of knowledge are not the same across disciplines, claims that scientific reasoning is universal in its applica ...
Philosophy of science
Philosophy of science is a branch of philosophy concerned with the foundations, methods, and implications of science. The central questions of this study concern what qualifies as science, the reliability of scientific theories, and the ultimate purpose of science. This discipline overlaps with metaphysics, ontology, and epistemology, for example, when it explores the relationship between science and truth.There is no consensus among philosophers about many of the central problems concerned with the philosophy of science, including whether science can reveal the truth about unobservable things and whether scientific reasoning can be justified at all. In addition to these general questions about science as a whole, philosophers of science consider problems that apply to particular sciences (such as biology or physics). Some philosophers of science also use contemporary results in science to reach conclusions about philosophy itself.While relevant philosophical thought dates back at least to the time of Aristotle, philosophy of science emerged as a distinct discipline only in the middle of the 20th century in the wake of the logical positivism movement, which aimed to formulate criteria for ensuring all philosophical statements' meaningfulness and objectively assessing them. Thomas Kuhn's book The Structure of Scientific Revolutions (1962) brought into the mainstream the word ""paradigm"", meaning the set of concepts that define a scientific discipline in a particular period. In his book, Kuhn challenged the established view of ""scientific progress as a gradual, cumulative acquisition of knowledge based on rationally chosen experimental frameworks"".In the 21st century, someTemplate:Which? thinkers seek to ground science in axiomatic assumptions, such as the uniformity of nature. Many philosophers of science, however, take a coherentist approach to science, in which a theory is validated if it makes sense of observations as part of a coherent whole. Still others, and Paul Feyerabend (1924-1994) in particular, argue that there is no such thing as the ""scientific method"", so all approaches to science should be allowed, including explicitly supernatural ones. (Feyerabend remains in the minority among philosophers of science.) Another approach to thinking about science involves studying how knowledge is created from a sociological perspective, an approach represented by scholars like David Bloor and Barry Barnes. Finally, a tradition in Continental philosophy approaches science from the perspective of a rigorous analysis of human experience.Philosophies of the particular sciences range from questions about the nature of time raised by Einstein's general relativity, to the implications of economics for public policy. A central theme is whether one scientific discipline can be reduced to the terms of another. That is, can chemistry be reduced to physics, or can sociology be reduced to individual psychology? The general questions of philosophy of science also arise with greater specificity in some particular sciences. For instance, the question of the validity of scientific reasoning is seen in a different guise in the foundations of statistics. The question of what counts as science and what should be excluded arises as a life-or-death matter in the philosophy of medicine. Additionally, the philosophies of biology, of psychology, and of the social sciences explore whether the scientific studies of human nature can achieve objectivity or are inevitably shaped by values and by social relations.