Book Review - Journal of French and Francophone Philosophy
... society. Similar ideas about political engagement can also be noticed in Stiegler’s theory, who is of the opinion that the mass media has a double function: to homogenize, but at the same time, to singularize human consciousness. Stiegler explains that the media synchronizes and conditions the activ ...
... society. Similar ideas about political engagement can also be noticed in Stiegler’s theory, who is of the opinion that the mass media has a double function: to homogenize, but at the same time, to singularize human consciousness. Stiegler explains that the media synchronizes and conditions the activ ...
Sophie`s World
... the murderer, others think it was Nielsen or Jensen. The police are sometimes able to solve a real crime. But it is equally possible that they never get to the bottom of it, although there is a solution somewhere. So even if it is difficult to answer a question, there may be one – and only one right ...
... the murderer, others think it was Nielsen or Jensen. The police are sometimes able to solve a real crime. But it is equally possible that they never get to the bottom of it, although there is a solution somewhere. So even if it is difficult to answer a question, there may be one – and only one right ...
philosophy as a second order discipline
... Introduction: Every academic discipline ultimately exists for a purpose the provision of solutions to certain problems affecting human beings. Philosophy is also like every other academic discipline in this regard. It studied and practiced with the belief that it matters for meeting certain human ne ...
... Introduction: Every academic discipline ultimately exists for a purpose the provision of solutions to certain problems affecting human beings. Philosophy is also like every other academic discipline in this regard. It studied and practiced with the belief that it matters for meeting certain human ne ...
The Philosophy of Physics - Trin
... were recognized as masterly. Torretti showed an extraordinary command of the many topics in mathematics, physics and the history and philosophy of science that were involved in these studies. In addition to scholarship, he showed strong acuity about philosophical issues; and had a very graceful pros ...
... were recognized as masterly. Torretti showed an extraordinary command of the many topics in mathematics, physics and the history and philosophy of science that were involved in these studies. In addition to scholarship, he showed strong acuity about philosophical issues; and had a very graceful pros ...
PHILOSOPHY RESEARCH SEMINAR, PHILOSOPHY TEA AND
... Note the irregular times: exceptionally, Phil Soc and the Philosophy Tea will come before the research seminar this week. 2.15 Phil Soc 'The Radical Demand in K. E. Løgstrup's Ethics', followed at 3.15 by Philosophy Tea. Location: W113 (Law Court Building) This talk will introduce the central ideas ...
... Note the irregular times: exceptionally, Phil Soc and the Philosophy Tea will come before the research seminar this week. 2.15 Phil Soc 'The Radical Demand in K. E. Løgstrup's Ethics', followed at 3.15 by Philosophy Tea. Location: W113 (Law Court Building) This talk will introduce the central ideas ...
On philosophical method and Eastern Philosophy as a pdf file
... various meditation techniques to acquire knowledge about Reality. Indeed for these philosophers ultimate knowledge about Reality can be had only through certain kinds of meditation. The second area of philosophical inquiry has become known as Metaphysics. Metaphysics concerns questions about the nat ...
... various meditation techniques to acquire knowledge about Reality. Indeed for these philosophers ultimate knowledge about Reality can be had only through certain kinds of meditation. The second area of philosophical inquiry has become known as Metaphysics. Metaphysics concerns questions about the nat ...
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101 Basic Issues in Philosophy [OC-H] This course is an introduction
... of inquiry. We will draw upon philosophically relevant data arising in fields as diverse as cognitive, experimental, and clinical psychology, literature, psychiatric medicine, neurophysiology, computer science and artificial intelligence, and philosophy itself. This inquiry will confront students wi ...
... of inquiry. We will draw upon philosophically relevant data arising in fields as diverse as cognitive, experimental, and clinical psychology, literature, psychiatric medicine, neurophysiology, computer science and artificial intelligence, and philosophy itself. This inquiry will confront students wi ...
What is Philosophy, Anyway?
... So now we know that philosophy involves a quest for the truth for the sake of wisdom. The next question we have to ask is how do we acquire this truth. Socrates, the father of western philosophy, once said: “The greatest good for human beings is daily to discuss virtue, and all those other things ab ...
... So now we know that philosophy involves a quest for the truth for the sake of wisdom. The next question we have to ask is how do we acquire this truth. Socrates, the father of western philosophy, once said: “The greatest good for human beings is daily to discuss virtue, and all those other things ab ...
CONTENDING WITH STANLEY CAVELL
... it? Seriousness is here exemplified as a form of originality, of which anyone should be capable, a demand for the origination, call it, of one’s utterances. In Wittgenstein’s manner: “What we do is return words from their metaphysical to their everyday use”—which is to say, a use I can own as mine. ...
... it? Seriousness is here exemplified as a form of originality, of which anyone should be capable, a demand for the origination, call it, of one’s utterances. In Wittgenstein’s manner: “What we do is return words from their metaphysical to their everyday use”—which is to say, a use I can own as mine. ...
Can Philosophy Serve a High Purpose
... If science may be said to be blind without philosophy, it is true also that philosophy is virtually empty without science... What confronts the philosopher...is the task of clarifying the concepts of contemporary science. But for him to be able to achieve this, it is essential that he should unders ...
... If science may be said to be blind without philosophy, it is true also that philosophy is virtually empty without science... What confronts the philosopher...is the task of clarifying the concepts of contemporary science. But for him to be able to achieve this, it is essential that he should unders ...
Backgrounds to English Literature
... the last two years of his life: “Philosophy [at Rome] has lain dormant up to now, lacking any illumination in Latin. If I, when I was busy, have been of some service to my fellow citizens, I should also, in my leisure, try to help them by casting light on philosophy and advocating it.” (Tusculan Dis ...
... the last two years of his life: “Philosophy [at Rome] has lain dormant up to now, lacking any illumination in Latin. If I, when I was busy, have been of some service to my fellow citizens, I should also, in my leisure, try to help them by casting light on philosophy and advocating it.” (Tusculan Dis ...
What`s in a word: philosophy, theology and thinking?
... I can see the value for philosophers in having our subject aligned as useful to the education of young people and rational thought in general, as well as the populist philosophers of the ‘consolation’ movement. It is after all not bad publicity. However, it is difficult to recapture this pre- and ea ...
... I can see the value for philosophers in having our subject aligned as useful to the education of young people and rational thought in general, as well as the populist philosophers of the ‘consolation’ movement. It is after all not bad publicity. However, it is difficult to recapture this pre- and ea ...
MUSONIUS RUFUS ON WOMEN AND THE STUDY OF
... uneducated, and one who has studied philosophy than one who has not; and she will not therefore submit to anything shameful because of fear of death or unwillingness to face hardship, and she will not be intimidated by anyone because he is of noble birth, or powerful, or wealthy, no, not even if he ...
... uneducated, and one who has studied philosophy than one who has not; and she will not therefore submit to anything shameful because of fear of death or unwillingness to face hardship, and she will not be intimidated by anyone because he is of noble birth, or powerful, or wealthy, no, not even if he ...
What Does it Mean to Practise Philosophy?
... than merely an academic exercise. His participation in, and his sense of belonging to, the world we call ‘real’ depended on it. Philosophical counselling helped this person clarify his thinking and define reality in a way that lessened his sense of estrangement, reduced his fear of losing control, a ...
... than merely an academic exercise. His participation in, and his sense of belonging to, the world we call ‘real’ depended on it. Philosophical counselling helped this person clarify his thinking and define reality in a way that lessened his sense of estrangement, reduced his fear of losing control, a ...
THE TOUCH OF CLASS: PHILOSOPHY, ARCHITECTURE
... through the production of 'the docile bodies'. Empirical research in the Slovene schools gives us examples of how this mechanism of power works. ...
... through the production of 'the docile bodies'. Empirical research in the Slovene schools gives us examples of how this mechanism of power works. ...
Transition Year Philosophy
... During adolescence, you open your minds up to many larger questions – philosophy will aid you in this • You are forced to face the hypocrisy within society and face many difficult moral dilemmas • Philosophy questions the opinions that you are exposed to on a daily basis, from family, friends, teach ...
... During adolescence, you open your minds up to many larger questions – philosophy will aid you in this • You are forced to face the hypocrisy within society and face many difficult moral dilemmas • Philosophy questions the opinions that you are exposed to on a daily basis, from family, friends, teach ...
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, ...
Studying Latin American Philosophy
... longer such a useful distinction since it was institutionalized in the 1960’s. ...
... longer such a useful distinction since it was institutionalized in the 1960’s. ...
SoccioPP_ch01 - Philosophy 1510 All Sections
... Belief and Ignorance In contrast to knowledge, belief refers to the subjective mental acceptance that a claim is true. But unlike knowledge, beliefs need not actually be true. There is also a difference between an informed belief and “mere belief” – which is when the only evidence for the belief is ...
... Belief and Ignorance In contrast to knowledge, belief refers to the subjective mental acceptance that a claim is true. But unlike knowledge, beliefs need not actually be true. There is also a difference between an informed belief and “mere belief” – which is when the only evidence for the belief is ...
Lecture Notes Intro Fall 03 - U of L Class Index
... o prisoners are chained in a cave, forced to view a shadow play; o they think that it is reality; unaware of their true state, not only because they can’t turn their heads, but because they have no terms of reference or language that would allow them to think about any other possibility o one prison ...
... o prisoners are chained in a cave, forced to view a shadow play; o they think that it is reality; unaware of their true state, not only because they can’t turn their heads, but because they have no terms of reference or language that would allow them to think about any other possibility o one prison ...
A puzzle on the Greek philosophers
... I lived in Athens (BCE 470 – 399). I was a promoter of the art of dialogical reasoning and taught it to a famous student. I left no written record of my philosophy and people are dependent on the early dialogues of a student of mine to give them a sense of my philosophy. My death from hemlock poison ...
... I lived in Athens (BCE 470 – 399). I was a promoter of the art of dialogical reasoning and taught it to a famous student. I left no written record of my philosophy and people are dependent on the early dialogues of a student of mine to give them a sense of my philosophy. My death from hemlock poison ...
Philosophy: The Passion to Understand
... Deals with the nature of reasoning…logic examines the principles that allow us to move from one argument to the next Deduction…the type of reasoning that moves from a general statement to a specific conclusion Induction…the type of reasoning that moves from the particular instance to a general concl ...
... Deals with the nature of reasoning…logic examines the principles that allow us to move from one argument to the next Deduction…the type of reasoning that moves from a general statement to a specific conclusion Induction…the type of reasoning that moves from the particular instance to a general concl ...
