SESSION I: The Social Sciences and the Human Sciences: A
... At the end of the first half of the 20th century, rising up against positivist scientificism and the intellectualism of the philosophies of subjectivity, Maurice Merleau-Ponty wrote a Phenomenology of Perception, a title bearing significance in and of itself, given its contraposition to Hegel’s Phe ...
... At the end of the first half of the 20th century, rising up against positivist scientificism and the intellectualism of the philosophies of subjectivity, Maurice Merleau-Ponty wrote a Phenomenology of Perception, a title bearing significance in and of itself, given its contraposition to Hegel’s Phe ...
CONTENDING WITH STANLEY CAVELL
... be other interesting cases. Suppose we say that the criterion of being a philosopher (after its self-distinction from being a scientist, or a theologian, or an artist) in the absence of objective credentials, is that other philosophers recognize the work as pertinent to their thinking. But is not th ...
... be other interesting cases. Suppose we say that the criterion of being a philosopher (after its self-distinction from being a scientist, or a theologian, or an artist) in the absence of objective credentials, is that other philosophers recognize the work as pertinent to their thinking. But is not th ...
Non-rational human beings, the poverty of philosophy
... William Forest for King’s College London Undergraduate Conference 2014 means is best elucidated by means of example again. In Soviet Russia, large numbers of people were moved from the sattelite states and replaced by Russians, as part of Stalin's policy of Russification. This is a fact in every se ...
... William Forest for King’s College London Undergraduate Conference 2014 means is best elucidated by means of example again. In Soviet Russia, large numbers of people were moved from the sattelite states and replaced by Russians, as part of Stalin's policy of Russification. This is a fact in every se ...
What is Philosophy?
... Engages in the offense and defense of powerful ideas and its consequences Projects into the future as it reflects upon the past. Helps us see what others fail to see Gives us the skills to disagree amiably Motivates us to know what and why we believe what we believe Helps us to connect with what is ...
... Engages in the offense and defense of powerful ideas and its consequences Projects into the future as it reflects upon the past. Helps us see what others fail to see Gives us the skills to disagree amiably Motivates us to know what and why we believe what we believe Helps us to connect with what is ...
Oratory like any other piece of literature is also an art-an art
... the spirit. Swami Vivekananda was the great exponent of the modern Indian Renaissance. He spoke and wrote on religion, philosophy, literature, art and also on social life, on the progress of humanity and almost on every subject he threw new light. During the last century, there has not been another ...
... the spirit. Swami Vivekananda was the great exponent of the modern Indian Renaissance. He spoke and wrote on religion, philosophy, literature, art and also on social life, on the progress of humanity and almost on every subject he threw new light. During the last century, there has not been another ...
What is Philosophy?
... I think it’s thinking fundamentally clearly and well about the nature of reality and our place in it, so as to understand better what goes on around us, and what our contribution is to that reality, and its effect on us.” ~ Barry Smith [Philosophy is] a process of reflection on the deepest concepts, ...
... I think it’s thinking fundamentally clearly and well about the nature of reality and our place in it, so as to understand better what goes on around us, and what our contribution is to that reality, and its effect on us.” ~ Barry Smith [Philosophy is] a process of reflection on the deepest concepts, ...
existentialist philosophies and political decline
... agree with Kierkegaard, and have led in a movement toward neo-orthodox Christianity. Barth, who has influenced profoundly Reinhold Niebuhr, is credited by lelmut Kuhn with having resuscitated Protestant theology in our time. The crisis situation, according to Barth, leads to the enthronement of fait ...
... agree with Kierkegaard, and have led in a movement toward neo-orthodox Christianity. Barth, who has influenced profoundly Reinhold Niebuhr, is credited by lelmut Kuhn with having resuscitated Protestant theology in our time. The crisis situation, according to Barth, leads to the enthronement of fait ...
Are We Really So Modern - Northampton Community College
... Their thought was informed not just by previous philosophy but by politics, religion, and science—the whole intellectual and spiritual life of their times. And it was because these times were so tumultuous that they were able to think in such a radical way. Eras in which everything is up for grabs ...
... Their thought was informed not just by previous philosophy but by politics, religion, and science—the whole intellectual and spiritual life of their times. And it was because these times were so tumultuous that they were able to think in such a radical way. Eras in which everything is up for grabs ...
January 30 Reading - Are We Really So Modern
... and a diplomat. And some were literary writers, like David Hume, who was better known in his lifetime for his “History of England” than for his philosophical works. Usually, they overlapped several categories. One of Gottlieb’s central insights is that, as he wrote in his previous volume, “The Dream ...
... and a diplomat. And some were literary writers, like David Hume, who was better known in his lifetime for his “History of England” than for his philosophical works. Usually, they overlapped several categories. One of Gottlieb’s central insights is that, as he wrote in his previous volume, “The Dream ...
A Filosofie II
... schemes, or perspectives in which judgment of truth or value can be made. No way of seeing the world can be taken as definitively "true“. (But does not necessarily entail that all perspectives are equally valid.) • Physical perspective • Design perspective • Intentional perspective (having wishes, i ...
... schemes, or perspectives in which judgment of truth or value can be made. No way of seeing the world can be taken as definitively "true“. (But does not necessarily entail that all perspectives are equally valid.) • Physical perspective • Design perspective • Intentional perspective (having wishes, i ...
Early Greek Philosophy
... secular elements. From what he described as a divine revelation emerged his achievement of an unprecedentedly rigorous deductive logic. In their search for simplicity in explaining nature, the Ionian philosophers had stated that the world was one thing, but had become many. But in Parmenides' early ...
... secular elements. From what he described as a divine revelation emerged his achievement of an unprecedentedly rigorous deductive logic. In their search for simplicity in explaining nature, the Ionian philosophers had stated that the world was one thing, but had become many. But in Parmenides' early ...
Transition Year Philosophy
... a daily basis, from family, friends, teachers, society and the media • You are essentially concerned with the development of your own identity – this is central to philosophy ...
... a daily basis, from family, friends, teachers, society and the media • You are essentially concerned with the development of your own identity – this is central to philosophy ...
René Descartes - cloudfront.net
... • He presented a geometrical point using a pair of ordered numbers, are now called coordinate geometry to start the time of modern mathematics. • Descartes’ ideas is considered one of the most important in philosophical history. The idea of “cogito ergo sum" translates from Latin to "I think, theref ...
... • He presented a geometrical point using a pair of ordered numbers, are now called coordinate geometry to start the time of modern mathematics. • Descartes’ ideas is considered one of the most important in philosophical history. The idea of “cogito ergo sum" translates from Latin to "I think, theref ...
Can Philosophy Serve a High Purpose
... That is to say, we distinguish between the activity of formulating hypotheses, and the activity of displaying the logical relationship of these hypotheses and defining the symbols which occur in them. It is of no importance whether we call one who is engaged in the latter activity a philosopher or a ...
... That is to say, we distinguish between the activity of formulating hypotheses, and the activity of displaying the logical relationship of these hypotheses and defining the symbols which occur in them. It is of no importance whether we call one who is engaged in the latter activity a philosopher or a ...
-METHOD - dywagacje - LesbijskieStopy
... Â Â Â It is clear then that for this thinker, as for the Biblical tradition, love plays a crowning or omni-determinative role, without which the whole edifice of faith falls. This will be our key for an investigation of what should be finally meant by method, whether in philosophy, in theology or, ...
... Â Â Â It is clear then that for this thinker, as for the Biblical tradition, love plays a crowning or omni-determinative role, without which the whole edifice of faith falls. This will be our key for an investigation of what should be finally meant by method, whether in philosophy, in theology or, ...
Some basic terminology
... Value Theory: (Sometimes this simply called “Ethics” or “Moral Philosophy,” because the kinds of values that get most of the discussion are moral or ethical values. But the more general term, “Value Theory,” also includes artistic or aesthetic value.) What gives things value? What makes them good? ...
... Value Theory: (Sometimes this simply called “Ethics” or “Moral Philosophy,” because the kinds of values that get most of the discussion are moral or ethical values. But the more general term, “Value Theory,” also includes artistic or aesthetic value.) What gives things value? What makes them good? ...
Book Review - Journal of French and Francophone Philosophy
... primacy of perception and the auto-affectivity of the flesh, in Nancy the body is a space of the constitution of the sense, and in Malabou sense is constituted in a neuronal area of our being. It is necessary to point out that most of these thinkers criticize politics as a unifying practice, while a ...
... primacy of perception and the auto-affectivity of the flesh, in Nancy the body is a space of the constitution of the sense, and in Malabou sense is constituted in a neuronal area of our being. It is necessary to point out that most of these thinkers criticize politics as a unifying practice, while a ...
Language sometimes is deceptive
... s/he is saying. In other words, it may seem to the speaker or author that s/he is clear about what s/he thinks, and yet s/he may be clear only because s/he is not aware of variety of meanings which his/her concepts contain. The multiple meanings have a way of swirling around and into each other, unn ...
... s/he is saying. In other words, it may seem to the speaker or author that s/he is clear about what s/he thinks, and yet s/he may be clear only because s/he is not aware of variety of meanings which his/her concepts contain. The multiple meanings have a way of swirling around and into each other, unn ...
Descartes vision of Philosophy Methodic Doubt and the Cogito
... • About method: what is the best/appropriate way to acquire knowledge and learn the truth? Is it by group efforts, based on shared beliefs and common-knowledge, and relying on agreement and universal acceptance? [Socratic Dialectic] Or is it by individual efforts that shun the views of others and bo ...
... • About method: what is the best/appropriate way to acquire knowledge and learn the truth? Is it by group efforts, based on shared beliefs and common-knowledge, and relying on agreement and universal acceptance? [Socratic Dialectic] Or is it by individual efforts that shun the views of others and bo ...
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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 ...
PHILOSOPHY
... Philosophy is an activity – the attempt to understand the general principles and ideas that lie behind various aspects of life. It looks at every area of life and asks the ‘big’ questions e.g. ...
... Philosophy is an activity – the attempt to understand the general principles and ideas that lie behind various aspects of life. It looks at every area of life and asks the ‘big’ questions e.g. ...
Philosophy 35
... and Leyden. Descartes later claimed that his formal education provided little of substance, and that only mathematics provided any real knowledge. Descartes published his major philosophical work, "A Discourse on Method, Meditations on First Philosophy" in 1641, the year before Galileo died and Isaa ...
... and Leyden. Descartes later claimed that his formal education provided little of substance, and that only mathematics provided any real knowledge. Descartes published his major philosophical work, "A Discourse on Method, Meditations on First Philosophy" in 1641, the year before Galileo died and Isaa ...
Josef Früchtl Professor in Philosophy University of Amsterdam
... book Ästhetische Erfahrung und moralisches Urteil [Aesthetic Experience and Moral Judgement] (Frankfurt/M.: Suhrkamp 1996) which was the fundamental work for my Habilitation in February 1995. In this book I took up a philosophical discussion which wasn’t only driven forward by postmodernism but also ...
... book Ästhetische Erfahrung und moralisches Urteil [Aesthetic Experience and Moral Judgement] (Frankfurt/M.: Suhrkamp 1996) which was the fundamental work for my Habilitation in February 1995. In this book I took up a philosophical discussion which wasn’t only driven forward by postmodernism but also ...
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... arguments to support each one. The arguments are then critiqued by other philosophers, who may give rebuttals. Through this process of criticism and judgment, known as dialectic, philosophers attempt to prove the rationality of their beliefs and discover fundamental truths through the ages, philosop ...
... arguments to support each one. The arguments are then critiqued by other philosophers, who may give rebuttals. Through this process of criticism and judgment, known as dialectic, philosophers attempt to prove the rationality of their beliefs and discover fundamental truths through the ages, philosop ...
French philosophy
French philosophy, here taken to mean philosophy in the French language, has been extremely diverse and has influenced Western philosophy as a whole for centuries, from the medieval scholasticism of Peter Abelard, through the founding of modern philosophy by René Descartes, to 20th century existentialism, phenomenology and structuralism.