What should we make of Wittgenstein`s paradoxical claim at the end
... meant to help us see that to ask “How can I justify such and such a belief?” is to ask the wrong question. In the previous example, Ian is trying to think of all the possible sources of worry and hopes not to find any but, through the paradoxical statement in (4), his friend points out that to do s ...
... meant to help us see that to ask “How can I justify such and such a belief?” is to ask the wrong question. In the previous example, Ian is trying to think of all the possible sources of worry and hopes not to find any but, through the paradoxical statement in (4), his friend points out that to do s ...
1 - David Papineau
... like empirical science. For one thing, philosophers do not generate empirical data in the way that scientists do. Philosophers do not engage in systematic observation and experiment. By contrast, nearly all scientists regard the production of new empirical data as essential to their enterprise. My r ...
... like empirical science. For one thing, philosophers do not generate empirical data in the way that scientists do. Philosophers do not engage in systematic observation and experiment. By contrast, nearly all scientists regard the production of new empirical data as essential to their enterprise. My r ...
read - daniel tarr
... the Buddhist tradition, philosophical analysis was seen as the way to treat the prevalent forms of 'misknowledge' by applying criticism to the conceptual knots of the day.” (p.2) The level of sophistication of the application varied according to the sophistication of the ‘philosophical knots’, resu ...
... the Buddhist tradition, philosophical analysis was seen as the way to treat the prevalent forms of 'misknowledge' by applying criticism to the conceptual knots of the day.” (p.2) The level of sophistication of the application varied according to the sophistication of the ‘philosophical knots’, resu ...
CONCEPTUAL ANALYSIS
... a direct and therefore truthful understanding of the object of research. John Locke > language as “a mist before our eyes.” Nowadays philosophers see language not only as a medium, but as an object of research. Linguistic turn in philosophy > language becomes the object and tool to clarify and ...
... a direct and therefore truthful understanding of the object of research. John Locke > language as “a mist before our eyes.” Nowadays philosophers see language not only as a medium, but as an object of research. Linguistic turn in philosophy > language becomes the object and tool to clarify and ...
Against Fantology - Buffalo Ontology Site
... A similar thesis already underlies the picture theory of the Tractatus, where the syntax of first-order predicate logic is, as one says, a “great mirror” (Feibleman 1958). It underlies the logical atomism of Bertrand Russell, including the central thesis according to which all form is logical form – ...
... A similar thesis already underlies the picture theory of the Tractatus, where the syntax of first-order predicate logic is, as one says, a “great mirror” (Feibleman 1958). It underlies the logical atomism of Bertrand Russell, including the central thesis according to which all form is logical form – ...
Asouzu`s Critique of Philosophy of Essence and Its Implication for
... (3). The method of philosophy is not different from that of science. (4). The main business of philosophy is to identify general principle’s common to all science and as the basics of social organization. (Uduigwomen, 195) In view of the above characteristics of positivism, the logical positivist st ...
... (3). The method of philosophy is not different from that of science. (4). The main business of philosophy is to identify general principle’s common to all science and as the basics of social organization. (Uduigwomen, 195) In view of the above characteristics of positivism, the logical positivist st ...
FORMAL METHODS AND SCIENCE IN PHILOSOPHY
... theories describe, however, is not adequately given by the application of standard possible world semantics. As developed by Lewis and others, this semantics depends on entertaining possible worlds with miracles, worlds in which laws of nature, as described by science, are violated. This is clearly ...
... theories describe, however, is not adequately given by the application of standard possible world semantics. As developed by Lewis and others, this semantics depends on entertaining possible worlds with miracles, worlds in which laws of nature, as described by science, are violated. This is clearly ...
III The lecture on Ethics
... uncertainty about what to do, and in this respect to no longer find the situation problematic. As Wittgenstein put it earlier in the Tractatus: “The solution of the problem of life is seen in vanishing of the problem. (Is not this the reason why those who found after a long period of doubt that the ...
... uncertainty about what to do, and in this respect to no longer find the situation problematic. As Wittgenstein put it earlier in the Tractatus: “The solution of the problem of life is seen in vanishing of the problem. (Is not this the reason why those who found after a long period of doubt that the ...
The Emergence of Conventionalism - Philsci
... These ideas are connected via the concept of discretion. When theories are underdetermined by fact, we can have alternative theories that differ in their content, or are even inconsistent with one another, but are, nevertheless, equally satisfactory in terms of the predictions they yield. Such theor ...
... These ideas are connected via the concept of discretion. When theories are underdetermined by fact, we can have alternative theories that differ in their content, or are even inconsistent with one another, but are, nevertheless, equally satisfactory in terms of the predictions they yield. Such theor ...
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 ...
Performance Philosophy: Figures of Doing
... theatre as the art of appearances and illusion that could not be further removed from the truth-seeking often used to identify itself, philosophy seemed to have located new value in engaging with its former nemesis. And much more than this besides, there were also working groups being formed, intern ...
... theatre as the art of appearances and illusion that could not be further removed from the truth-seeking often used to identify itself, philosophy seemed to have located new value in engaging with its former nemesis. And much more than this besides, there were also working groups being formed, intern ...
Action research, stories and practical philosophy
... as much control as we can expect of our future(s) we are moving towards social justice. I would suggest that Renuka Vithal gives us powerful tools with which to analyse the narratives we produce. I would also argue that the exploration of narrative using these tools is both pedagogical and a model ...
... as much control as we can expect of our future(s) we are moving towards social justice. I would suggest that Renuka Vithal gives us powerful tools with which to analyse the narratives we produce. I would also argue that the exploration of narrative using these tools is both pedagogical and a model ...
Kinds of Things—Towards a Bestiary of the
... of chmess as there are of chess, namely, an infinity of them. And no doubt they would be roughly as difficult to discover and to prove as the higherorder truths of chess. There are people who make a living working out the truths of chess and certainly it’s been a big avocation for many other people. B ...
... of chmess as there are of chess, namely, an infinity of them. And no doubt they would be roughly as difficult to discover and to prove as the higherorder truths of chess. There are people who make a living working out the truths of chess and certainly it’s been a big avocation for many other people. B ...
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... the level of the everyday practice of technical physics I am probably more prone to ask such questions than many of my colleagues. Here is a mundane example: you will find many experimental papers in condensed matter physics whose titles start “Direct observation of ...” or “Direct evidence for ...” ...
... the level of the everyday practice of technical physics I am probably more prone to ask such questions than many of my colleagues. Here is a mundane example: you will find many experimental papers in condensed matter physics whose titles start “Direct observation of ...” or “Direct evidence for ...” ...
Print this article - Wittgenstein Repository, ed. Wittgenstein Archives
... is in disagreement with the analysis of language as a psychological mechanism. His conception of the meaning of a word derives from the use that is made of it on a daily basis. The philosophical analysis of language is restricted to the description of its grammatical nature. In The Blue and Brown Bo ...
... is in disagreement with the analysis of language as a psychological mechanism. His conception of the meaning of a word derives from the use that is made of it on a daily basis. The philosophical analysis of language is restricted to the description of its grammatical nature. In The Blue and Brown Bo ...
Eleven Reasons Why Philosophy is Important
... highly speculative areas of philosophy involving the nature of reality, mental causation, the nature of mathematics, the nature of morality, and controversial applied ethics involves a great deal of knowledge. In particular, we can realize that certain hypotheses are untenable even when we have no w ...
... highly speculative areas of philosophy involving the nature of reality, mental causation, the nature of mathematics, the nature of morality, and controversial applied ethics involves a great deal of knowledge. In particular, we can realize that certain hypotheses are untenable even when we have no w ...
What is Philosophy? Minds and Machines
... • 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 whether the original belief ...
... • 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 whether the original belief ...
What is Philosophy?
... • 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 whether the original belief ...
... • 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 whether the original belief ...
Does Comparative Philosophy have a Fusion Future? Responses
... ii. What is This Thing Called "Philosophic Buddhism?" Other challenges present themselves to someone taking a purely philosophical reading of a text in the canon. First, the Buddha was quite original, so he did not always follow the unspoken rules of conventional Vedic discourse, nor even ask the sa ...
... ii. What is This Thing Called "Philosophic Buddhism?" Other challenges present themselves to someone taking a purely philosophical reading of a text in the canon. First, the Buddha was quite original, so he did not always follow the unspoken rules of conventional Vedic discourse, nor even ask the sa ...
Virtuism: Philosophy and the Aesthetics of Virtue
... One: What is Virtuism? What is Virtuism? Virtuism first started in the mid-1980’s as an aesthetic philosophy that also reflected on ethics and metaphysics. It states that acts of virtue produce the aesthetic experience, and this fact was one proof of the objective value of living a virtuous life. T ...
... One: What is Virtuism? What is Virtuism? Virtuism first started in the mid-1980’s as an aesthetic philosophy that also reflected on ethics and metaphysics. It states that acts of virtue produce the aesthetic experience, and this fact was one proof of the objective value of living a virtuous life. T ...
Päivi Mehtonen, Obscure Language, Unclear Literature: Theory and
... to develop interpretative tools to bring clarity to obscure texts, not the opposite. Considering the time span and materials it covers, this is, at only 220 pages, a rather short book. I therefore find that it lacks discussions of movements in history which have been accused of being obscure, such a ...
... to develop interpretative tools to bring clarity to obscure texts, not the opposite. Considering the time span and materials it covers, this is, at only 220 pages, a rather short book. I therefore find that it lacks discussions of movements in history which have been accused of being obscure, such a ...
Intro to Philosophy
... Are there other ways in which a belief or proposition can be rationally indefensible? I don't know. Can you think of any? ...
... Are there other ways in which a belief or proposition can be rationally indefensible? I don't know. Can you think of any? ...
Contemplation of the Variety of the World
... views or perspectives is a condition of human existence? I do not see why Phillips or anyone else should see conditions of understanding in this way at all. Of course our religious and ethical perspectives differ in many ways, and sometimes these differences and distances between us are so huge that ...
... views or perspectives is a condition of human existence? I do not see why Phillips or anyone else should see conditions of understanding in this way at all. Of course our religious and ethical perspectives differ in many ways, and sometimes these differences and distances between us are so huge that ...
Metaphysics As Speculative Nonsense
... He argues that metaphysical claims are, in the end, products of people’s values. Nietzsche diagnoses the origin of this false belief in a world that transcends the world of the senses in a moral belief, viz. that what is of value – truth, goodness, altruism, wisdom – cannot have its origins in its o ...
... He argues that metaphysical claims are, in the end, products of people’s values. Nietzsche diagnoses the origin of this false belief in a world that transcends the world of the senses in a moral belief, viz. that what is of value – truth, goodness, altruism, wisdom – cannot have its origins in its o ...
Masses of Formal Philosophy `Interview`
... That medication was provided by philosophy, and I found it first during my Masters at the University of Western Ontario, working with Bill Harper, and then during my Ph.D. at Princeton, working with Bas van Fraassen, David Lewis, and Richard Jeffrey—all deft practitioners of formal methods. I found ...
... That medication was provided by philosophy, and I found it first during my Masters at the University of Western Ontario, working with Bill Harper, and then during my Ph.D. at Princeton, working with Bas van Fraassen, David Lewis, and Richard Jeffrey—all deft practitioners of formal methods. I found ...