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Summary: Papers within this category include work about 20th century philosophy and major philosophical works from the twentieth century. They are organised according to proper names, with many of the most famous 20th century philosophers having entries.Abstract. The metaphysical doctrine of emergence continues to exert a powerful pull on philosophers and metaphysically inclined scientists. This paper focuses on a recent account of emergence advanced by Jessica Wilson in Metaphysical Emergence, but the discussion has the broader aim of making explicit some of the underlying themes that inspire ...133 found. The View From Nowhere. Thomas Nagel - 1986 - New York: Oxford University Press. Human beings have the unique ability to view the world in a detached way: We can think about the world in terms that transcend our own experience or interest, and consider the world from a vantage point that is, in Nagel's words, "nowhere in particular".
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Abstract. Knowledge and its Limits presents a systematic new conception of knowledge as a kind of mental stage sensitive to the knower's environment. It makes a major contribution to the debate between externalist and internalist philosophies of mind, and breaks radically with the epistemological tradition of analyzing knowledge in terms of ... PhilPapers · Search for the record(s) you wish to export. Below each result, click Export Citation . Then, click EndNote . If prompted, save the file; it will ...Passions and Actions: Deleuze's Cinematographic Cogito. Richard Rushton - 2008 - Deleuze and Guatarri Studies 2 (2):121-139. Chapter 9 Violence and Laughter: Paradoxes of Nomadic Thought in Postcolonial Cinema. Patricia Pisters - 2010 - In Simone Bignall & Paul Patton (eds.), Deleuze and the Postcolonial. Edinburgh University Press. pp. 201-219.Science and values is a multifaceted discussion in the philosophy of science, as there are a variety of ways the conjunction of the two can be understood. Two major theses in this area are (1) that scientific inquiry, rather than being a simple matter of evidence and logic or rule-governed inference, requires a variety of value judgments, and ...Aesthetics is the philosophical study of art and the aesthetic. The aesthetic comprises, among other things, aesthetic properties (for example, beauty), aesthetic judgments, aesthetic concepts, aesthetic experiences, aesthetic pleasure, and aesthetic sensitivity or taste. Alexander Baumgarten (1714-1762) is usually credited for having given the ...The method of Smith recommends anchors a Marxist materialism, based in people's activities, to a woman's stand-point based in experience. She uses this method in a radically original way to explore ideology and objectified knowledge as the conceptual practices of ruling. Smith is equally concerned with the application of sociological ideology ...Psychological research as the formulation, demonstration, and critique of psychological theories. Jack Martin - 1996 - Journal of Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology 16 (1):1-18. Realism and folk psychology in the ascription of concepts. Bradley Franks - 1992 - Philosophical Psychology 5 (4):369-390. Participants' understanding of the ...303. A Nonideal Theory of Sexual Consent. Quill R. Kukla - 2021 - Ethics 131 (2):270-292. Our autonomy can be compromised by limitations in our capacities, or by the power relationships within which we are embedded. If we insist that real consent requires full autonomy, then virtually no sex will turn out to be consensual.The Conscious Mind: In Search of a Fundamental Theory (2nd edition). David J. Chalmers - 1996 - Oxford University Press. The Evolution of Morality. Richard Joyce - 2005 - Bradford. The Meta-Problem of Consciousness. David Chalmers - 2018 - Journal of Consciousness Studies 25 (9-10):6-61. A Darwinian dilemma for realist theories of value.Judith Shklar, Bernard Williams and political realism. Katrina Forrester - 2012 - European Journal of Political Theory 11 (3):247-272. The semiotics of culture and the phenomenology of fear. Mihhail Lotman - 2001 - Sign Systems Studies 29 (2):417-439. Review: Liberalism and Fear. [REVIEW] Lida Maxwell - 2006 - Political Theory 34 (4):506 - 509.The Extended Self. Eric T. Olson - 2011 - Minds and Machines 21 (4):481-495. The extended-mind thesis says that mental states can extend beyond one's skin. Clark and Chalmers infer from this that the subjects of such states also extend beyond their skin: the extended-self thesis.Schrodinger's Cat in Philosophy of Physical Science. Special Relativity in Philosophy of Physical Science. Uncertainty Principle in Philosophy of Physical Science. Wave-Particle Duality in Philosophy of Physical Science. $69.99 new $73.25 used View on Amazon.com. Direct download Export citation Bookmark.Experience without the head. Alva Noë - 2006 - In Tamar Gendler & John Hawthorne (eds.), Perceptual Experience. Oxford University Press. pp. 411--433. The Many Bubble Interpretation, externalism, the extended mind of David Chalmers and Andy Clark, and the work of Alva Noe in connection with Experimental Philosophy and Dreamwork. Rae Langton - 2016 - Criminal Law and Philosophy 10 (4):865-873. Rawls, Dewey, and Constructivism: On the Epistemology of Justice. Eric Thomas Weber - 2010 - London: Continuum International Publishing Group. Epistemic Justice as a Virtue of Social Institutions. Elizabeth Anderson - 2012 - Social Epistemology 26 (2):163-173.12 jun 2018 ... PhilPapers is a great place to start, even if it's just to get a feel for relevant publications. If it's not available for free on ...Abstract. This report reviews what quantum physics and information theory have to tell us about the age-old question, How come existence? No escape is evident from four conclusions: (1) The world cannot be a giant machine, ruled by any preestablished continuum physical law. (2) There is no such thing at the microscopic level as space or time or ...Commodities and Capabilities presents a set of inter-related theses concerning the foundations of welfare economics, and in particular about the assessment of personal well-being and advantage. The argument presented focuses on the capability to function, i.e. what a person can do or can be, questioning in the process the more standard emphasis ...
Abstract. Auditory perception is traditionally conceived as the perception of sounds — a friend's voice, a clap of thunder, a minor chord. However, daily life also seems to present us with experiences characterized by the absence of sound — a moment of silence, a gap between thunderclaps, the hush after a musical performance.PhilPapers logo by Andrea Andrews and Meghan Driscoll. This site uses cookies and Google Analytics (see our terms & conditions for details regarding the privacy implications). Use of this site is subject to terms & conditions .In this chapter, I assess the relation between Marx's early idea of "true democracy" and Spinozist democracy, both the historical influence and the theoretical affinity. Drawing on Marx's student notebooks on Spinoza's Theological-Political Treatise, I show there was a historical influence.PhilArchive is the largest open access e-print archive in philosophy. Formerly known as the PhilPapers Archive, it is built on and integrated with the PhilPapers database. Access to items on PhilArchive is free without a user account. PhilArchive is a non-profit project supported by the PhilPapers Foundation.
Jason Baehr - 2009 - In Adrian Haddock, Alan Millar & Duncan Pritchard (eds.), Epistemic Value. Oxford University Press. pp. 42--59. Reliability and the value of knowledge. Wayne D. Riggs - 2002 - Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 64 (1):79-96. Why to believe weakly in weak knowledge: Goldman on knowledge as mere true belief.PhilPapers logo by Andrea Andrews and Meghan Driscoll. This site uses cookies and Google Analytics (see our terms & conditions for details regarding the privacy implications). Use of this site is subject to terms & conditions .…
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"PHIL" Papers. Paper Code, Year, Title, Points, Teaching period. PHIL101, 2024, Mind and Reality, 18, Semester 1. PHIL103, 2024, Ethical Issues, 18, Semester 2.133. Plantinga on the Free Will Defense. Hugh LaFollette - 1980 - International Journal for Philosophy of Religion 11 (2):123 - 132. International Journal for Philosophy of Religion, Spring, 1980, 123-32. Free Will, Misc in Philosophy of Action. Philosophy of Religion, Misc in Philosophy of Religion.
Philosophy of Biology (43,008) Manolo Martínez. Philosophy of Cognitive Science (114,346) Philosophy of Computing and Information (8,862) Giuseppe Primiero. Philosophy of Mathematics (25,405) Øystein Linnebo. Philosophy of Physical Science (40,756) Hans Halvorson. Philosophy of Social Science (70,863) Michiru Nagatsu. Plato (ca. 427-347 B.C.E.) was an Athenian philosopher who is widely recognized among the most important philosophers of the Western world. Plato can be plausibly credited with the invention of philosophy as we understand it today – the rational, rigorous, and systematic study of fundamental questions concerning ethics, politics, psychology ...
Schrodinger's Cat in Philosophy of Physical Science. Spec PhilPapers logo by Andrea Andrews and Meghan Driscoll. This site uses cookies and Google Analytics (see our terms & conditions for details regarding the privacy implications). Use of this site is subject to terms & conditions .This is an edited transcript of a lecture given at the LSE in March 2023. The lecture introduces the "meaning of life" question via Tolstoy's Confession, then considers the strengths and limitations of religious and secular answers to the question. Mental Evolution and the Universal Meaning of Life. In the summer of 2016, the University of DTheorizing untranslatability: Temporalities and a A collection of essays by prominent scholars from many disciplines on the construction of public memories The study of public memory has grown rapidly across numerous disciplines in recent years, among them American studies, history, philosophy, sociology, architecture, and communications. As scholars probe acts of collective remembrance, they ...Abstract. There is a strong probabilistic case that human cognitive abilities, memories, personalities, thoughts, emotions, conscious awareness, and self-awareness are dependent upon the brain to occur/exist and thus cannot survive the death of the brain. This paper a broad overview of the general lines of evidence that even the highest mental ... PhilPapers is a comprehensive index and bibliograph Government and Democracy in Social and Political Philosophy. History of Western Philosophy, Misc. Meta-Ethics. Other Academic Areas, Misc. Philosophical Methods in Metaphilosophy. Political Science in Social Sciences. The Role of Philosophy in Metaphilosophy. $52.95 new View on Amazon.com.Truth and method. Hans-Georg Gadamer - 1982 - New York: Continuum. Edited by Joel Weinsheimer & Donald G. Marshall. PHIL 470: Seminar: Metaphysics & Epistemology Truth and Reality. Donald Davidson - unknown. Realism, method and truth. Howard Sankey - 2002 - In Michele Marsonet (ed.), The Problem of Realism. Aldershot: Ashgate. pp. 64-81. Abstract. This volume in the Oxford Readings in335. Deflationism and the Function of Truth. Lavinia Picollo &PhilPapers is a comprehensive index and bibliography of philosophy ma Abstract. Phenotypic plasticity integrates the insights of ecological genetics, developmental biology, and evolutionary theory. Plasticity research asks foundational questions about how living organisms are capable of variation in their genetic makeup and in their responses to environmental factors. For instance, how do novel adaptive ... Linda Elder & Richard Paul - 2009 - The Foundation fo Abstract. This book is a defense of modal realism; the thesis that our world is but one of a plurality of worlds, and that the individuals that inhabit our world are only a few out of all the inhabitants of all the worlds. Lewis argues that the philosophical utility of modal realism is a good reason for believing that it is true. Roger Penrose - 2014 - Foundations of Physics 44 (5):557-575. This p[Abstract. Jeff McMahan appeals to what he calls the “TAbstract. ETHICS: A PLURALISTIC APPROACH TO MORAL THEORY, FIFTH E Ontology. Edited by T. Parent (Nazarbayev University) About this topic. Summary. Following Quine, ontology is here understood as the study of what there is. (Re: neo-Aristotelian ontology, the study of what grounds what, see the "Fundamentality" category.) Our focus is on the existence of the most generic things that populate many philosophers ...Jerry A. Fodor - 1978 - The Monist 61 (October):501-23. Some philosophers hold that philosophy is what you do to a problem until it's clear enough to solve it by doing science. Others hold that if a philosophical problem succumbs to empirical methods, that shows it wasn't really philosophical to begin with.