Sometimes I despair of my philosophical colleagues
... indefensible view that our intuitive large-scale picture of the mind is somehow insulated against any threat from by scientific findings. I myself have recently become interested a rather different way in which recent scientific findings threaten to overturn our everyday view of the world. Here the ...
... indefensible view that our intuitive large-scale picture of the mind is somehow insulated against any threat from by scientific findings. I myself have recently become interested a rather different way in which recent scientific findings threaten to overturn our everyday view of the world. Here the ...
Session 4: Doing philosophy: fallacies
... Introduction to Philosophy Doing Philosophy: Fallacies Subtypes of the ad hominem fallacy Poisoning the well – presenting adverse information about a target person with the intention of discrediting everything that the target person says. Appeal to motive – dismissing an idea by questioning the mot ...
... Introduction to Philosophy Doing Philosophy: Fallacies Subtypes of the ad hominem fallacy Poisoning the well – presenting adverse information about a target person with the intention of discrediting everything that the target person says. Appeal to motive – dismissing an idea by questioning the mot ...
The Vindication of St. Thomas
... Thomas and Thomistic Aristotelianism in Catholic higher education and, more generally, in Catholic intellectual life throughout the 1960's and into the early 1970's. I begin my presentation with this tale mainly in order to discuss its lasting consequences rather than to dwell on its causes. As for ...
... Thomas and Thomistic Aristotelianism in Catholic higher education and, more generally, in Catholic intellectual life throughout the 1960's and into the early 1970's. I begin my presentation with this tale mainly in order to discuss its lasting consequences rather than to dwell on its causes. As for ...
Non-rational human beings, the poverty of philosophy
... is a fact in every sense that the word normally signifies, but what that fact means to you depends on whether you are Will Forrest, a peasant in 1930s Ukraine, or Joseph Stalin, even before you have assigned a moral value to the fact. There is no standard by which this fact can be fit into a narrati ...
... is a fact in every sense that the word normally signifies, but what that fact means to you depends on whether you are Will Forrest, a peasant in 1930s Ukraine, or Joseph Stalin, even before you have assigned a moral value to the fact. There is no standard by which this fact can be fit into a narrati ...
Performance Philosophy: Figures of Doing
... the sea where even the trails become thoughtful. Our first questions about the value of a book, of a human being, or a musical composition are: Can they walk? Even more, can they dance?”. For Nietzsche, ways of life or modes of embodiment enable distinctive qualities of thought – for which his own p ...
... the sea where even the trails become thoughtful. Our first questions about the value of a book, of a human being, or a musical composition are: Can they walk? Even more, can they dance?”. For Nietzsche, ways of life or modes of embodiment enable distinctive qualities of thought – for which his own p ...
Action research, stories and practical philosophy
... the particular context which enables critique; transformacy – this offers the potential for such a description to effect transformative change in the reader, both in thought and action; generativity – this is the potential the description has for generating theory and informing new practices; and fi ...
... the particular context which enables critique; transformacy – this offers the potential for such a description to effect transformative change in the reader, both in thought and action; generativity – this is the potential the description has for generating theory and informing new practices; and fi ...
ANALYTIC PHILOSOPHY—a trend in contemporary philosophy with
... naturalistic analytic philosophers phenomenology is only a systematic expression of a prescientific “popular” way of seeing the world. There is a firm opposition between analytic philosophy and some other currents of continental philosophy, i.e., existentialism, hermeneutics, the philosophy of dialo ...
... naturalistic analytic philosophers phenomenology is only a systematic expression of a prescientific “popular” way of seeing the world. There is a firm opposition between analytic philosophy and some other currents of continental philosophy, i.e., existentialism, hermeneutics, the philosophy of dialo ...
Week III Philosophy Excerpts- Mr F`s Philosophy Class Hindu
... incarnations. The Purāṇa literature comes down to us from a time that post dates the composition of the Vedas, though their precise dates of composition are not known (cf. Thapar p.29). There are many Purāṇas, though the most famous is likely the Bhāgavata Purāṇa. The term “dharmaśāstra” literally m ...
... incarnations. The Purāṇa literature comes down to us from a time that post dates the composition of the Vedas, though their precise dates of composition are not known (cf. Thapar p.29). There are many Purāṇas, though the most famous is likely the Bhāgavata Purāṇa. The term “dharmaśāstra” literally m ...
Eleven Reasons Why Philosophy is Important
... believing whatever “seems reasonable” in an intuitive sense. Learning to be more reasonable can be aided by an understanding of good argumentation, formal logic (argument structure), informal logic (common unjustified assumptions and other fallacies), reading philosophical arguments, writing philos ...
... believing whatever “seems reasonable” in an intuitive sense. Learning to be more reasonable can be aided by an understanding of good argumentation, formal logic (argument structure), informal logic (common unjustified assumptions and other fallacies), reading philosophical arguments, writing philos ...
Contemplation of the Variety of the World
... Several kinds of questions arise from Phillips’s allegedly neutral and descriptive approach to philosophy of religion. One of them has to do with the philosopher’s ability to understand perspectives other than his own. According to Richard Amesbury, Phillips seems to hold that fair-minded philosophe ...
... Several kinds of questions arise from Phillips’s allegedly neutral and descriptive approach to philosophy of religion. One of them has to do with the philosopher’s ability to understand perspectives other than his own. According to Richard Amesbury, Phillips seems to hold that fair-minded philosophe ...
Theme 3
... Sophists - the teachers of wisdom - were not only political and legal technology activities, and at the same time taught and the philosophy. It is important to emphasize that the sophists have focused on social issues, on the person and on the problems of communication, teaching public speaking and ...
... Sophists - the teachers of wisdom - were not only political and legal technology activities, and at the same time taught and the philosophy. It is important to emphasize that the sophists have focused on social issues, on the person and on the problems of communication, teaching public speaking and ...
What is Philosophy
... study the great works of the past not only to learn from them but also to avoid their mistakes. Especially in philosophy, it seems to be true that those who do not know the past are condemned to repeat it. For most of the problems that the present day philosopher confronts do not differ from the pro ...
... study the great works of the past not only to learn from them but also to avoid their mistakes. Especially in philosophy, it seems to be true that those who do not know the past are condemned to repeat it. For most of the problems that the present day philosopher confronts do not differ from the pro ...
Class #2
... intellect, but a power from which no man can abstain. Anyone can say that he dispenses with a view of reality, knowledge, the good, but no one can implement this credo. The reason is that man, by his nature as a conceptual being, cannot function at all without some form of philosophy to serve as his ...
... intellect, but a power from which no man can abstain. Anyone can say that he dispenses with a view of reality, knowledge, the good, but no one can implement this credo. The reason is that man, by his nature as a conceptual being, cannot function at all without some form of philosophy to serve as his ...
Class #2 - 3-18-13
... Dualism is the view that all of reality is divided into two kinds of things. Thus, if you believe that all of reality is divided between the realm of God and the physical universe, or that there is a "higher world" and a "lower world", or that reality is composed of spirit and matter, you are a dual ...
... Dualism is the view that all of reality is divided into two kinds of things. Thus, if you believe that all of reality is divided between the realm of God and the physical universe, or that there is a "higher world" and a "lower world", or that reality is composed of spirit and matter, you are a dual ...
(2.3) spirituality in the peripatetic philosophical traditions of islam
... cosmology of Neo-Platonism can still be sustainable, even at an inspirational suggestive level, in our age of modern techno-science. It is accepted as a convention in the esotericism of modern traditionalist writing to use the symbolic devices of rhetoric and poetics in view of retaining the NeoPlat ...
... cosmology of Neo-Platonism can still be sustainable, even at an inspirational suggestive level, in our age of modern techno-science. It is accepted as a convention in the esotericism of modern traditionalist writing to use the symbolic devices of rhetoric and poetics in view of retaining the NeoPlat ...
Was Wittgenstein Right?
... The singular achievement of the controversial early 20th century philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein was to have discerned the true nature of Western philosophy — what is special about its problems, where they come from, how they should and should not be addressed, and what can and cannot be accomplishe ...
... The singular achievement of the controversial early 20th century philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein was to have discerned the true nature of Western philosophy — what is special about its problems, where they come from, how they should and should not be addressed, and what can and cannot be accomplishe ...
Does Comparative Philosophy have a Fusion Future? Responses
... the Buddhists' ultimate concern, could not be) a philosophical conception about which we may calmly converse in sovereign detachment will indicate that we are at the gateway to an understanding of it." 14 Modern philosophy is decidedly text-centered, but Buddhist texts are not primarily philosophica ...
... the Buddhists' ultimate concern, could not be) a philosophical conception about which we may calmly converse in sovereign detachment will indicate that we are at the gateway to an understanding of it." 14 Modern philosophy is decidedly text-centered, but Buddhist texts are not primarily philosophica ...
An Emerson Mood
... not something that a normal human being can submit to all the time…Philosophical questions…I should like to speak in this connection of the mood of philosophy… “ ...
... not something that a normal human being can submit to all the time…Philosophical questions…I should like to speak in this connection of the mood of philosophy… “ ...
this PDF file
... not the best choice for beginners in philosophy. As someone with a background in archaeology, I sometimes found it difficult to follow some of the concepts presented. That being said, Maffie offers simplified metaphors that guide the reader along a path of comprehension. It is certainly worth the in ...
... not the best choice for beginners in philosophy. As someone with a background in archaeology, I sometimes found it difficult to follow some of the concepts presented. That being said, Maffie offers simplified metaphors that guide the reader along a path of comprehension. It is certainly worth the in ...
What is Philosophy? Minds and Machines
... Being Critical: What it is • Being critical about a certain belief means to think about that belief, and to decide whether to accept it, reject it, or suspend judgment on that belief. • Thus, you consider alternative beliefs, and you make arguments for or against any of those beliefs to figure out ...
... Being Critical: What it is • Being critical about a certain belief means to think about that belief, and to decide whether to accept it, reject it, or suspend judgment on that belief. • Thus, you consider alternative beliefs, and you make arguments for or against any of those beliefs to figure out ...
What is Philosophy?
... Being Critical: What it is • Being critical about a certain belief means to think about that belief, and to decide whether to accept it, reject it, or suspend judgment on that belief. • Thus, you consider alternative beliefs, and you make arguments for or against any of those beliefs to figure out ...
... Being Critical: What it is • Being critical about a certain belief means to think about that belief, and to decide whether to accept it, reject it, or suspend judgment on that belief. • Thus, you consider alternative beliefs, and you make arguments for or against any of those beliefs to figure out ...
Class #2
... What is Philosophy? “We can help one another to find out the meaning of life. But in the last analysis , the individual person is responsible for living his own life and for ‘finding himself.’ Others can give you a name or a number, but they can never tell you who you really are. That is something ...
... What is Philosophy? “We can help one another to find out the meaning of life. But in the last analysis , the individual person is responsible for living his own life and for ‘finding himself.’ Others can give you a name or a number, but they can never tell you who you really are. That is something ...
philosophy
... Epistemology is the study of our method of acquiring knowledge. It answers the question, "How do we know?" It encompasses the nature of concepts, the constructing of concepts, the validity of the senses, logical reasoning, as well as thoughts, ideas, memories, emotions, and all things mental. It is ...
... Epistemology is the study of our method of acquiring knowledge. It answers the question, "How do we know?" It encompasses the nature of concepts, the constructing of concepts, the validity of the senses, logical reasoning, as well as thoughts, ideas, memories, emotions, and all things mental. It is ...
01. Philosophy, its main categories and problems
... Epistemology is the study of our method of acquiring knowledge. It answers the question, "How do we know?" It encompasses the nature of concepts, the constructing of concepts, the validity of the senses, logical reasoning, as well as thoughts, ideas, memories, emotions, and all things mental. It is ...
... Epistemology is the study of our method of acquiring knowledge. It answers the question, "How do we know?" It encompasses the nature of concepts, the constructing of concepts, the validity of the senses, logical reasoning, as well as thoughts, ideas, memories, emotions, and all things mental. It is ...
Class #1
... Monism is the view that all of reality is one kind of thing. If, for example, you believe that all of reality is matter, or that God is the only reality, then you are a monist. The first philosophers (Pre-Socratics) like Thales (c. 600 BCE) Pythagoras (c. 550 BCE) and Heraclitus (c. 500 BCE), were m ...
... Monism is the view that all of reality is one kind of thing. If, for example, you believe that all of reality is matter, or that God is the only reality, then you are a monist. The first philosophers (Pre-Socratics) like Thales (c. 600 BCE) Pythagoras (c. 550 BCE) and Heraclitus (c. 500 BCE), were m ...