Philosophy 100 Lecture 12 Minds and bodies
... …I will note that mind differs importantly from body in that body is by its nature divisible, while mind is indivisible. When I think about my mind--or, in other words, about myself insofar as I am a thinking thing--I can’t distinguish any parts; I understand myself to be a single, unified thing. Al ...
... …I will note that mind differs importantly from body in that body is by its nature divisible, while mind is indivisible. When I think about my mind--or, in other words, about myself insofar as I am a thinking thing--I can’t distinguish any parts; I understand myself to be a single, unified thing. Al ...
The Logical Argument is not Bankrupt
... Before getting to the meat of the matter, however, some preliminary remarks are in order. The Logical Argument attempts to show that, if evil exists, God could not possibly exist.2 But this may sound strange – surely it’s possible that God exists? And who or what do I mean by ‘God’ here anyway? Answ ...
... Before getting to the meat of the matter, however, some preliminary remarks are in order. The Logical Argument attempts to show that, if evil exists, God could not possibly exist.2 But this may sound strange – surely it’s possible that God exists? And who or what do I mean by ‘God’ here anyway? Answ ...
The Method – Analysis and Criticisms
... Knowing and being certain seem to be different for the following reason. If I know p, I have sufficient justification for believing p to be true. For example, I know it is Wednesday because I have the evidence of the newspapers and the radio and the fact that my students and colleagues are behaving ...
... Knowing and being certain seem to be different for the following reason. If I know p, I have sufficient justification for believing p to be true. For example, I know it is Wednesday because I have the evidence of the newspapers and the radio and the fact that my students and colleagues are behaving ...
-BECOMING X1 - artykuły innych autorów
... come before us as the notion: and it is the notion which Leibniz had in his eye when he spoke of sufficient ground… It is unfair to Leibniz to suppose that he was content with anything so poor as this formal law of the ground." Hegel identifies this formalism with adopting a "mechanical" principle ...
... come before us as the notion: and it is the notion which Leibniz had in his eye when he spoke of sufficient ground… It is unfair to Leibniz to suppose that he was content with anything so poor as this formal law of the ground." Hegel identifies this formalism with adopting a "mechanical" principle ...
Descartes` Epistemology
... Clear and Distinct Standard • “[Since] there [is] nothing at all in the statement ‘I think; therefore, I am’ which assures me of having, thereby, made a true assertion, excepting that I see very clearly that to think is necessarily to be, I came to the general conclusion that I might assume, as a g ...
... Clear and Distinct Standard • “[Since] there [is] nothing at all in the statement ‘I think; therefore, I am’ which assures me of having, thereby, made a true assertion, excepting that I see very clearly that to think is necessarily to be, I came to the general conclusion that I might assume, as a g ...
The Concept Of Soul Or Self In Vedanta
... produces a flash of Self-revelation in us. The ego is transcended only when the luminous Atman manifests in our conscious mind in the wake of strenuous spiritual struggle. The supreme object, according to Vedanta, is to know the Reality through direct intuitive knowledge, which is superior to discur ...
... produces a flash of Self-revelation in us. The ego is transcended only when the luminous Atman manifests in our conscious mind in the wake of strenuous spiritual struggle. The supreme object, according to Vedanta, is to know the Reality through direct intuitive knowledge, which is superior to discur ...
Philosophy 35
... from a medieval world-view that emphasized absolute faith in religion, to a rational one that focused on proved truths and scientific thought. Naturally, the Church felt very threatened by these changes which were driven by the work of scientists, mathematicians and philosophers. Galileo, who believ ...
... from a medieval world-view that emphasized absolute faith in religion, to a rational one that focused on proved truths and scientific thought. Naturally, the Church felt very threatened by these changes which were driven by the work of scientists, mathematicians and philosophers. Galileo, who believ ...
Nagarjuna and Buddhist Emptiness Teaching∗ M
... to be achieved, but the reality already present and in which we live. IV. Attachment and Suffering A. Buddha taught that suffering or lack of satisfaction (dukkha) is rooted in attachment to ...
... to be achieved, but the reality already present and in which we live. IV. Attachment and Suffering A. Buddha taught that suffering or lack of satisfaction (dukkha) is rooted in attachment to ...
Efforts to Explain all Existence
... If so, then G. H. von Wright was wrong to reject the theorem (3x)(Fx v ~Fx) on the grounds that any calculus of predicates based on it 'disagrees with the possibility that the universe may be empty'.1 But was von Wright wrong? I think not. Bergson might have a valid point were he stretching the idea ...
... If so, then G. H. von Wright was wrong to reject the theorem (3x)(Fx v ~Fx) on the grounds that any calculus of predicates based on it 'disagrees with the possibility that the universe may be empty'.1 But was von Wright wrong? I think not. Bergson might have a valid point were he stretching the idea ...
Study Guide: René Descartes
... of properties each time. Descartes then comes to believe that the wax could have infinitely many different sets of properties. This, he claims, is a synthetic proposition known a priori. Although experience (the 2 observations of the wax) is the occasion for coming to believe this, Descartes says th ...
... of properties each time. Descartes then comes to believe that the wax could have infinitely many different sets of properties. This, he claims, is a synthetic proposition known a priori. Although experience (the 2 observations of the wax) is the occasion for coming to believe this, Descartes says th ...
Artificial Intelligence and Artificial Consciousness
... ‘stance-theoretic’ view doesn’t seem to suffice – a heterophenomenological view may go quite a long way towards capturing the complexity of such states; – but on (my interpretation of) the enactive view, our conception of such states (in another) essentially involves an empathetic co-identification ...
... ‘stance-theoretic’ view doesn’t seem to suffice – a heterophenomenological view may go quite a long way towards capturing the complexity of such states; – but on (my interpretation of) the enactive view, our conception of such states (in another) essentially involves an empathetic co-identification ...
CHAPTER 4
... • Some living things have only vegetative functions, and thus a “vegetative soul.” Others have capacities for perception and locomotion, the animal soul. Still others have rational capacities, the rational soul. • To speak of the soul is to speak of certain kinds of powers or capacities that living ...
... • Some living things have only vegetative functions, and thus a “vegetative soul.” Others have capacities for perception and locomotion, the animal soul. Still others have rational capacities, the rational soul. • To speak of the soul is to speak of certain kinds of powers or capacities that living ...
philosophy, god, and aquinas
... me. In this one case, I am not fundamental to my act, but an act is fundamental to me. In Latin, Aquinas refers to a thing’s act of existence as esse and as actus essendi. Existential act characterizes Aquinas’ metaphysical understanding of being as being, ens inquantum ens. Throughout his career Aq ...
... me. In this one case, I am not fundamental to my act, but an act is fundamental to me. In Latin, Aquinas refers to a thing’s act of existence as esse and as actus essendi. Existential act characterizes Aquinas’ metaphysical understanding of being as being, ens inquantum ens. Throughout his career Aq ...
Aquinas on Eternity, Tense, and Temporal Becoming
... here by Creel, I’m going to restrict myself to one question: Did Aquinas believe in the “transiency of the now”? In other words, for Aquinas, is the present the only thing that exists, or are all times on an equal ontological footing? To begin to answer this question it will be helpful to survey a r ...
... here by Creel, I’m going to restrict myself to one question: Did Aquinas believe in the “transiency of the now”? In other words, for Aquinas, is the present the only thing that exists, or are all times on an equal ontological footing? To begin to answer this question it will be helpful to survey a r ...
Modern Western Philosophy
... (a) Mind and matter are two aspects of the same reality (b) The world is made of two radically different kinds of substance, mind and matter. (c) Matter alone is real and mind is only an illusion. (d) Mind creates matter 19. Which one of the following types of substances is NOT admitted by Descartes ...
... (a) Mind and matter are two aspects of the same reality (b) The world is made of two radically different kinds of substance, mind and matter. (c) Matter alone is real and mind is only an illusion. (d) Mind creates matter 19. Which one of the following types of substances is NOT admitted by Descartes ...
God Must Be Evil - Sarah`s ePortfolio
... one’s ability to make a choice. Plantinga’s center argument is that God chose to give us morally significant free will, rather than a world free of evil. Morally significant free will is the ability to act upon a choice that involves morality. We can think of this as a person being faced with three ...
... one’s ability to make a choice. Plantinga’s center argument is that God chose to give us morally significant free will, rather than a world free of evil. Morally significant free will is the ability to act upon a choice that involves morality. We can think of this as a person being faced with three ...
God - Royal Institute Philosophy
... The concept of God has been a focal point for philosophical thinking, writing and discourse since the beginnings of philosophy itself. The branch of the discipline, now referred to as ‘Philosophy of Religion’, draws key questions regarding the existence and nature of ‘God’ from the ancient world, mo ...
... The concept of God has been a focal point for philosophical thinking, writing and discourse since the beginnings of philosophy itself. The branch of the discipline, now referred to as ‘Philosophy of Religion’, draws key questions regarding the existence and nature of ‘God’ from the ancient world, mo ...
God and Physics: From Hawking to Avicenna
... Carl Sagan, in his introduction to A Brief History of Time, argues that Hawking’s cosmology shows us “a universe with no edge in space, no beginning or end in time, and nothing for a Creator to do.”19 One of the more prolific writers on current cosmology is John Barrow, professor of astronomy at th ...
... Carl Sagan, in his introduction to A Brief History of Time, argues that Hawking’s cosmology shows us “a universe with no edge in space, no beginning or end in time, and nothing for a Creator to do.”19 One of the more prolific writers on current cosmology is John Barrow, professor of astronomy at th ...
Why Do Animals Eat Other Animals? Mulla Şadra on Theodicy and
... islôm Araştırmaları Dergisi. Sayı 12. 2004. 55-74 ...
... islôm Araştırmaları Dergisi. Sayı 12. 2004. 55-74 ...
What is Hindu Spirituality
... is the regnant philosophy of our times. The Hindu texts provide a more homespun example, that of chewing the betel. The betel nut is gray in color; it is usually placed on a green leaf with a slight touch of white lime and then consumed as a post-prandial refreshment. Once in the mouth, however, it ...
... is the regnant philosophy of our times. The Hindu texts provide a more homespun example, that of chewing the betel. The betel nut is gray in color; it is usually placed on a green leaf with a slight touch of white lime and then consumed as a post-prandial refreshment. Once in the mouth, however, it ...
Panpsychism | uboeschenstein.ch
... that soul or anima was a fundamental part of the world and Patrizi introduced the actual term "panpsychism" into the philosophical vocabulary. According to Giordano Bruno: "There is nothing that does not possess a soul and that has no vital principle."[3] Platonist ideas like the anima mundi also re ...
... that soul or anima was a fundamental part of the world and Patrizi introduced the actual term "panpsychism" into the philosophical vocabulary. According to Giordano Bruno: "There is nothing that does not possess a soul and that has no vital principle."[3] Platonist ideas like the anima mundi also re ...
1 Historical precedents In this chapter I will briefly discuss the
... What I want to argue for is, rather, that Logical Pantheism is, by definition, compatible with the possibility of Theism, when necessity of the theistic God is understood as local, that is, as necessity within a canonical logical space. The real issue is not whether these views are compatible—they o ...
... What I want to argue for is, rather, that Logical Pantheism is, by definition, compatible with the possibility of Theism, when necessity of the theistic God is understood as local, that is, as necessity within a canonical logical space. The real issue is not whether these views are compatible—they o ...
Not how the world is, is the mystical, but that it is. verseny 07 L
... spend his entire life with philosophical and theological thinking. He had to create the system to be able to transcend it. The scholastic theology was his ladder, indeed very different, but in some sense still suprisingly similar to that of Wittgenstein. We can find exactly the same process more tha ...
... spend his entire life with philosophical and theological thinking. He had to create the system to be able to transcend it. The scholastic theology was his ladder, indeed very different, but in some sense still suprisingly similar to that of Wittgenstein. We can find exactly the same process more tha ...
IOSR Journal Of Humanities And Social Science (IOSR-JHSS)
... found in another. In qualifying body or matter he identifies it with extension and says that it is very much passive in character and is subject to mechanical laws. It has no power of spontaneous activity like thinking, feeling or willing. Just opposite to this extended body there exists a non-exten ...
... found in another. In qualifying body or matter he identifies it with extension and says that it is very much passive in character and is subject to mechanical laws. It has no power of spontaneous activity like thinking, feeling or willing. Just opposite to this extended body there exists a non-exten ...
Monism
Monism is the view that attributes oneness or singleness (Greek:μόνος) to a concept (e.g. existence). Substance monism is the philosophical view that a variety of existing things can be explained in terms of a single reality or substance. Another definition states that all existing things go back to a source which is distinct from them (e.g. in Neoplatonism everything is derived from The One). This is often termed priority monism, and is the view that only one thing is ontologically basic or prior to everything else.Another distinction is the difference between substance and existence monism, or stuff monism and thing monism. Substance monism posits that only one kind of stuff (e.g. matter or mind) exists, although many things may be made out of this stuff. Existence monism posits that, strictly speaking, there exists only a single thing (e.g. the universe), which can only be artificially and arbitrarily divided into many things.