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agent S has to a fact P that makes P certain for S. I do not take a stand here on precisely what facts we can apprehend. This will largely depend on the outcomes of debates in the philosophy of mind and ... philosophy of mind and perception will differ on what kinds of factors are mentally accessible in this way. In section 1, I developed the concept of apprehension in a way that remains neutral on these debates
democratic nations to approach the current political issues facing them in the 21st century. Though Dewey and Rorty were neither politicians nor Catholics (being liberal thinkers trained in philosophy), their ... little time for religion as part of his political philosophy, arguing for a culture of liberalism ‘which was enlightened, secular […] in which no trace of divinity remained’.8 Yet Catholics need not limit
The contribution of Jacques Maritain to twentieth century political philosophy has been widely noted. This paper explores the implications of Maritain’s work and life for contemporary spirituality ... required – one marked by strong personalist, communal and pluralist dimensions.43 To explore in detail Maritain’s political philosophy is beyond the scope of this essay, which takes instead the spirituality
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in the Tsarist period to show that if they live in times of great hardship, or under arbitrary political rule, political actors and thinkers with conservative sympathies (such as respect for tradition ... developing conservative political philosophy, other parts of history where conservatism?s problems have emerged and have a recognizable connection with the situation today remain of great interest. In
This article discusses the relation between the tradition of the philosophy of science and the tradition of science, technology, and society (STS) studies in Taiwan. The swiftly rising popularity of ... ). Constructing quark: A sociological history of practice physics . Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. Rouse , Joseph ( 1987 ). Knowledge and power: Toward a political philosophy of science . Ithaca, NY
dignity of the person, solidarity, and the common good will be highlighted. The second part of this paper discusses the political applications of the principle, including its ability to inform scholarship ... , with reference to Catholic social teachings. II. Subsidiarity as a Political Philosophy 1. Subsidiarity, Decentralization and Federalism The principle of subsidiarity recognises that individuals must
informing early modern liberal philosophy worked itself out, coming to its full realisation in what is today referred to as ‘anti-essentialism’. The rise of anti-essentialism is concomitant with, if not ... become the basis for a hard and fast epistemology becomes increasingly tenuous, if not dubious. 45 See Joseph Cropsey, ‘Adam Smith’ in History of Political Philosophy, eds. Joseph Cropsey and Leo Strauss
Liberalism and communitarianism have figured prominently in discussions of how to govern forensic DNA practices (forensic DNA typing and databasing). Despite the prominence of these two political ... this article liberal democracy is considered a political philosophy (i.e., liberalism) aimed at protecting individuals from too much interference by state agents through providing the former with
In recent decades, philosophy of science and STS studies have made substantial progress in China, but achievements and problems coexist. In order systematically to sort out this development, the ... chubanshe . Li , Sanhu 李三虎 ( 2006 ). Jishu kongjian he quanli-Mixie'er fuke de jishu zhengzhi zhexue 技術、空間和 權力-米歇爾 . 福柯的技術政治哲學 (Technology, space, and power: Michel Foucaults philosophy of political
Social Anthropology, University of Edinburgh, School of Social and Political Science , CMB, 15A George Square, Edinburgh EH8 9LD , UK Lamenting the absence of fruitful dialogue between philosophers of ... could learn from STS to pay closer attention to the social aspects of scientific activity, to social understandings of what science is, and to the political or ethical implications of scientific practice
effective use of this misinterpretation and has turned it into a tool to call for a wide-ranging reform of Taiwanese philosophy of science. Rather than explaining and rectifying the unfortunate ... misinterpretation, I would now like to help articulate, and perhaps advance a bit, the core issue Professor Chen is concerned with: namely, the “STS challenge to philosophy of science in Taiwan.” When composing the
During the 1990s the dominant research programs from the 1970s and 1980s in both philosophy of science and interdisciplinary science studies seemed to reach dead ends. During the same period, new and
“Philosophy of Science” and “STS Studies” in Mainland China 1 ) Institute of STS, School of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Tsinghua University , Beijing 100084 , China Professor Li Xia's article provides ... an overall picture of the status of philosophy of science and STS studies in mainland China through a detailed overview of their history, their status, and the interactions between them. It must have
relation to universalism in Catholic social thought, one weakness is thrown into specific relief: cosmopolitanism as a personal identity or political doctrine lacks a unified philosophy of the human person ... love; that the Church is not a political entity but a recipient of God’s grace; and that solidarity is the responsibility of each individual.1 Expounding on these ideas in his recent address to the
parental Brewer family. Another fustice, Henry B. Brown, was a classmate of Brewer at Yale, t is thought that Field tried to lead the new justice, who had similar political, economic, and legal philosophy ... interstate commerce. Brewer on the Kansas Supreme Court had argued that the bill of rights clause in the Kansas Constitution for equal and inalienable natural rights and the statement that all political power
Ibid., 9. 13 Aroney, “Subsidiarity in the Writings of Aristotle and Aquinas”, p 14, quoting Aristotle (Politics, III.1). See H. Jaffa, ‘Aristotle’, in History of Political Philosophy, eds. L. Strauss and ... good by securing the ‘dignity’ of self-directing agents that ought to be free from arbitrariness or undue manipulation by those who possess higher political or social powers. The principle stipulates
0 Center for General Education, National Tsing Hua University , No. 101, Sec. 2, Kuang-Fu Rd., Hsinchu 30013 , Taiwan Authors of introductory texts in philosophy of science usually organize the
In this paper I argue that no state should legalise euthanasia, either voluntary or non-voluntary. I begin by outlining three political arguments against such legalisation, by Russell Hittinger ... New Father for the Law and Ethics of Medicine’, in Reason, Morality, and Law: The Philosophy of John Finnis, ed. John Keown and Robert P. George (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013), ch. 18, 296-9. 6
capture the duality of innovation actors in creating novelties and in maintaining regularities of the existing economic and political contexts. Entanglement is characterized by the emergence of new ... presence of new activities to maintain the existing economic and political contexts. This article demonstrates that the transformation of Jatropha-based fuel from invention to commercial transaction was
