Reality and Appearance
... Enlightenment, in which “reason” itself took on a meaning foreign to Greek thought. This state of affairs means that many of the most important concepts and terms used by Plato, and also the Presocratics, no longer have their original meaning in modern thinking. Indeed, “thought” itself has changed ...
... Enlightenment, in which “reason” itself took on a meaning foreign to Greek thought. This state of affairs means that many of the most important concepts and terms used by Plato, and also the Presocratics, no longer have their original meaning in modern thinking. Indeed, “thought” itself has changed ...
Communitarianism and Confucianism – In Search of
... life. But virtues - they are practical wisdom (phronesis), justice, courage, and prudence - are not just means to an end, the good life itself is nothing but the practice of virtues. ...
... life. But virtues - they are practical wisdom (phronesis), justice, courage, and prudence - are not just means to an end, the good life itself is nothing but the practice of virtues. ...
The Dominant Islamic Philosophy of Knowledge
... knowledge, Al-Ghazali was able to account for the existence of an active God, who constantly creates and designs the whole universe and everything within it [4]. Al-Ghazali represents the traditionalist school of Islamic philosophy due to the fact that he defended the view that Islam has the highest ...
... knowledge, Al-Ghazali was able to account for the existence of an active God, who constantly creates and designs the whole universe and everything within it [4]. Al-Ghazali represents the traditionalist school of Islamic philosophy due to the fact that he defended the view that Islam has the highest ...
A Philosophical Background for Masonic Symbolism
... community was thinking at the time Freemasonry came into being. That seems to be a likely frame of reference for starting to understand the intentions of our founders. “Speculative Masonry”, in the sense that we understand the term today, seems to appear first in the early-to-mid-seventeenth century ...
... community was thinking at the time Freemasonry came into being. That seems to be a likely frame of reference for starting to understand the intentions of our founders. “Speculative Masonry”, in the sense that we understand the term today, seems to appear first in the early-to-mid-seventeenth century ...
PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION G581
... Christian writer Pseudo-Dionysius speaks about God as being beyond assertion or description. Making positive statements results in anthropomorphic ideas Jewish emphasise VN where pos statements improper & disrespectful by bringing him down to human level, only pos statement is that he exists eve ...
... Christian writer Pseudo-Dionysius speaks about God as being beyond assertion or description. Making positive statements results in anthropomorphic ideas Jewish emphasise VN where pos statements improper & disrespectful by bringing him down to human level, only pos statement is that he exists eve ...
View - Fr. Anthony Akinwale, OP
... physical. It is ultimately existential. And even as useful as techniques may be, life is lived in the realm of meaning and not just techniques. The achievements of science and technology have made life more livable, and the planet more habitable, even if we were to take into account the problem of e ...
... physical. It is ultimately existential. And even as useful as techniques may be, life is lived in the realm of meaning and not just techniques. The achievements of science and technology have made life more livable, and the planet more habitable, even if we were to take into account the problem of e ...
IS THERE ANY REAL RIGHT OR WRONG
... that there is no objective moral truth regarding action A. It may very well be that culture X is correct and culture Y is wrong about action A, or vice versa. Relativity in moral belief does not entail relativity in moral truth.iii Belief doesn't change truth. Not believing in gravity does not chang ...
... that there is no objective moral truth regarding action A. It may very well be that culture X is correct and culture Y is wrong about action A, or vice versa. Relativity in moral belief does not entail relativity in moral truth.iii Belief doesn't change truth. Not believing in gravity does not chang ...
The idea of God in Spinoza`s philosophy
... human experience, and this necessity is laid down in itself and therefore it is possible to say that God is causa sui. But all these demonstrations of God’s existence are doubtable. It tackles a methodological problem, linked with the geometrical demonstration: the logic is perfect, only if the read ...
... human experience, and this necessity is laid down in itself and therefore it is possible to say that God is causa sui. But all these demonstrations of God’s existence are doubtable. It tackles a methodological problem, linked with the geometrical demonstration: the logic is perfect, only if the read ...
Mimamsa Philosophy
... • They are universal forms or archetypes like Platonic ideas. • They are not the sound of the actual spoken language. ...
... • They are universal forms or archetypes like Platonic ideas. • They are not the sound of the actual spoken language. ...
Edwards on the Will: A Century of American Theological Debate
... of New England Calvinism and New England identity. One hundred and ten years after the first appearance of "Edwards on the Will," Rowland Hazard, the amateur Quaker-born philosopher, helplessly acknowledged that "by common consent" it was "deemed impregnable." In Scotland, Thomas Chalmers lauded it ...
... of New England Calvinism and New England identity. One hundred and ten years after the first appearance of "Edwards on the Will," Rowland Hazard, the amateur Quaker-born philosopher, helplessly acknowledged that "by common consent" it was "deemed impregnable." In Scotland, Thomas Chalmers lauded it ...
Contemporary Existentialism and the Concept of Naturalness in
... does not seek it outside; ··By directly pointing into the mind one gains sudden enlightenment." Ch'an offers a way that is direct and immediate. Truth must be seized with bare hands, with no gloves on.35 Broadly speaking, Ch'an masters despise those who indulge in word -or idea-mongering,36 which on ...
... does not seek it outside; ··By directly pointing into the mind one gains sudden enlightenment." Ch'an offers a way that is direct and immediate. Truth must be seized with bare hands, with no gloves on.35 Broadly speaking, Ch'an masters despise those who indulge in word -or idea-mongering,36 which on ...
Simplicity - Heythrop College Publications
... Other than in the premodern tradition of apophatic theology, this account of the divine mystery was still based on an analytic, functional account of the relationship between body and soul. This becomes most evident if we compare the romantic concept of simplicity and unity with Nicholas of Cusa’s s ...
... Other than in the premodern tradition of apophatic theology, this account of the divine mystery was still based on an analytic, functional account of the relationship between body and soul. This becomes most evident if we compare the romantic concept of simplicity and unity with Nicholas of Cusa’s s ...
For someone interested more in post
... possibility open that at some point in history what is now non-decidable will become decidable. In this interpretation, you can take the above mentioned phrases more or less literally10, the upshot being the possibility that the question of the truth of religion will be decided in a time to come. Si ...
... possibility open that at some point in history what is now non-decidable will become decidable. In this interpretation, you can take the above mentioned phrases more or less literally10, the upshot being the possibility that the question of the truth of religion will be decided in a time to come. Si ...
Socratic Knowledge, Christian Love, Confucian Virtue
... of religions that have arisen from charismatic individuals such as Krishna, Buddha, Moses, Jesus and Muhammad. The founders of great philosophies have also had major influence on the thinking, values and cultures of many civilizations. Such people as Lao-tzu, Confucius, Mencius, Socrates, Plato, Ar ...
... of religions that have arisen from charismatic individuals such as Krishna, Buddha, Moses, Jesus and Muhammad. The founders of great philosophies have also had major influence on the thinking, values and cultures of many civilizations. Such people as Lao-tzu, Confucius, Mencius, Socrates, Plato, Ar ...
PDF, 120kb - Early Modern Texts
... where it can’t be shown that there were certain previous circumstances that have constantly been followed by such an event. And even if it were certain that •every event we have been able to observe had a cause, it wouldn’t follow that •every event must have a cause; for it is contrary to the rules ...
... where it can’t be shown that there were certain previous circumstances that have constantly been followed by such an event. And even if it were certain that •every event we have been able to observe had a cause, it wouldn’t follow that •every event must have a cause; for it is contrary to the rules ...
Can God Choose a World at Random?
... possible: combinations of devices and procedures. Accordingly, it seems extremely plausible to grant that there is more than one randomizer on IMUW. I now turn to Strickland’s second undefended claim: that some randomizers are unsurpassable. How might one defend such a claim? Randomizers, like othe ...
... possible: combinations of devices and procedures. Accordingly, it seems extremely plausible to grant that there is more than one randomizer on IMUW. I now turn to Strickland’s second undefended claim: that some randomizers are unsurpassable. How might one defend such a claim? Randomizers, like othe ...
Polkinghorne and Cartwright on Pluralism and Metaphysics
... upsets a number of traditional conceptual resources, but none more than the notion of fundamental laws. Unlike a previous generation of empiricists, though, Cartwright’s philosophy of science does not shy away from metaphysics. The metaphysical view that arises from her work has emerged through seve ...
... upsets a number of traditional conceptual resources, but none more than the notion of fundamental laws. Unlike a previous generation of empiricists, though, Cartwright’s philosophy of science does not shy away from metaphysics. The metaphysical view that arises from her work has emerged through seve ...
Doctrine of Forms
... that he “may fall into a bottomless pit of nonsense and perish.” B. Traditional Interpretation of Plato’s Doctrine of Forms: The objects that we apprehend in universal concepts are objective Ideas or subsistent Universals, existing in a transcendental world of their own– somewhere “out there” – apa ...
... that he “may fall into a bottomless pit of nonsense and perish.” B. Traditional Interpretation of Plato’s Doctrine of Forms: The objects that we apprehend in universal concepts are objective Ideas or subsistent Universals, existing in a transcendental world of their own– somewhere “out there” – apa ...
The Method – Analysis and Criticisms
... Of course, one obvious way to check whether I’m right is to ask someone else. Philosophy and science are best done co-operatively. But since Descartes has committed himself to doubting that physical bodies – hence, human beings – exist, he cannot do this. Descartes says that we cannot doubt anything ...
... Of course, one obvious way to check whether I’m right is to ask someone else. Philosophy and science are best done co-operatively. But since Descartes has committed himself to doubting that physical bodies – hence, human beings – exist, he cannot do this. Descartes says that we cannot doubt anything ...
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... since the dawn of the modern era. It is so engrained in our culture, that the sentence “to find a scientific explanation” usually means “to point to an antecedent situation, which ...
... since the dawn of the modern era. It is so engrained in our culture, that the sentence “to find a scientific explanation” usually means “to point to an antecedent situation, which ...
Slide 1
... 1. First, we might mean that conduct is right because God commands it. For example, in Exodus 20:16, we read that God commands us to be truthful. On this option, the reason we should be truthful is simply that God requires it. Apart from the divine command, truth telling is neither good nor bad. It ...
... 1. First, we might mean that conduct is right because God commands it. For example, in Exodus 20:16, we read that God commands us to be truthful. On this option, the reason we should be truthful is simply that God requires it. Apart from the divine command, truth telling is neither good nor bad. It ...
Word
... and others have developed a revised foundationalism in which the basic propositions are defeasible, capable of being refuted by additional knowledge. In general, then, the philosophical trend today is opposed to the idea of absolute certainty; and that opposition is rampant among deconstructionists ...
... and others have developed a revised foundationalism in which the basic propositions are defeasible, capable of being refuted by additional knowledge. In general, then, the philosophical trend today is opposed to the idea of absolute certainty; and that opposition is rampant among deconstructionists ...
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... The other philosophy native to China is Confucianism. Both Taoism and Confucianism began at about the same time, around the sixth century B.C. China’s third great religion, Buddhism, came to China from India around the second century of the common era. Together, these three faiths have shaped Chines ...
... The other philosophy native to China is Confucianism. Both Taoism and Confucianism began at about the same time, around the sixth century B.C. China’s third great religion, Buddhism, came to China from India around the second century of the common era. Together, these three faiths have shaped Chines ...
Faith and Reason
... = 6) must be justified. There must be a good reason for believing what you believe. If I were to ask you why you believe 3 + 3 = 6 and you replied, “I don’t know, I just do,” you would not have knowledge that 3 + 3 = 6. You believe it does, but you do not know it does. What you believe happens to be ...
... = 6) must be justified. There must be a good reason for believing what you believe. If I were to ask you why you believe 3 + 3 = 6 and you replied, “I don’t know, I just do,” you would not have knowledge that 3 + 3 = 6. You believe it does, but you do not know it does. What you believe happens to be ...
The Epistemological Objection to Divine Command
... come to know just what God has commanded. For all the theory says, it might be that we can come to know what God has commanded by first coming to know what is obligatory and forbidden. After all, it is a philosophical truism that the causal order and the order of learning need not be the same. Even ...
... come to know just what God has commanded. For all the theory says, it might be that we can come to know what God has commanded by first coming to know what is obligatory and forbidden. After all, it is a philosophical truism that the causal order and the order of learning need not be the same. Even ...