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Towards a Terrestrially Ontological Philosophy of Technology

Technologies are undeniably having a decisive, transformative impact on Earth, yet the currently prevailing empirically orientated approaches in the philosophy of technology seem unable to get to ... method as well as its key elements and structure. Elucidating Blok's emphasis on the experience of climate change, the paper clarifies his call for a terrestrial turn in the philosophy of technology. This

Why Philosophy Makes No Progress

This paper offers an explanation for why some parts of philosophy have made no progress. Philosophy has made no progress because it cannot make progress. And it cannot because of the nature of the ... . This version is the Problem of the Subjective and Objective. Then it is argued that the unsolvability of this latter problem is why there are other unsolvable philosophy problems. Consciousness; Mind

The Ideal of Global Philosophy in an Age of Deglobalization

circle . In: Philosophical papers 1913- 1946 . Springer, Dordrecht, pp. 48 - 51 Parekh B ( 1991 ) Nehru and the national philosophy of India . Econ Political Weekly 26 ( 1-2 ): 35 -48 Sokolov AV ... the affirmation of intercultural philosophy and internationalism but it goes well beyond cultural and geographic cosmopolitanism. To embrace global philosophy is to reject any approach to philosophy

Does Logic Have a History at All?

in a broader context of the history and philosophy of science, and that Kant and his supporters never advocated the logical monism that they are still said to hold today. ... monism that they are still said to hold today. History of logic; Kantian logic; Philosophy of science; Methodology; Logical pluralism 1 Introduction Ever since the monumental works of Bocheński or the

Deleuze’s Conception of Virtuality Versus Virtual Computer Objects

Is Gilles Deleuze’s concept of virtuality sufficiently close to the concept of virtuality used in informatics and the philosophy of information for computer-created objects and virtual reality to ... most commonly found in the philosophy of information and debates on the digital revolution, and precisely this is the aim of this paper. By analysing the virtuality concept outlined in The Actual and the

The Use of Examples in Philosophy of Technology

This paper is a contribution to a discussion in philosophy of technology by focusing on the epistemological status of the example. Of the various developments in the emerging, inchoate field of ... question as to whether philosophy still has a proper object of study is a broader problematic within academic philosophy. One answer is: No, philosophy of language is fundamental linguistics, political

Physicalism Without the Idols of Mathematics

. “Mathematical concepts” are just idols, that philosophy can completely deny and physics can completely ignore. ... more complicated than this, and there are two basic reasons for this. On the one hand, those strands of the philosophy of mathematics that deny in principle the existence of mental or abstract

The Janus-Faced Nature of Philosophy of Science: Eleven Theses

Elsewhere I have tried to provide the justification of both the irreducible (transcendental) distinction of science and philosophy and their inevitable (naturalistic) complementarity. Unlike ... decades, we need a new concept of philosophy of science, which must not only recur to epistemology, formal logic and philosophy of language, but also to ethics, social and political philosophy, axiology

Clothing and the Discovery of Science

-gatherer communities where nakedness remained the norm. This novel perspective aims to advance the history and philosophy of science, revealing the emergence of science as a situated phenomenon contingent on ... stress is on ensuring a disconnection from immediate experience to achieve reliability. In its ultimate formulation, analytic philosophy, even the most objective observations must be distrusted along with

Where’s the Body?: Victimhood as the Wrongmaker in Abortion

Much of the work in moral philosophy and the political debate on abortion has focused on when in human development personhood begins. In this article, using a variant of Derek Parfit’s view on ... criteria proposed by philosophers, legal theorists and political activists to answer the question—when, if ever, is abortion permissible? Entering into this moral and political fray means one must generally

Connecting Things in the Setting of Foundations and Philosophy of Science: Introduction to the special issue

of this special issue is broad in scope, since its contributions range over different topics in logic and philosophy of science. Following Sellars' idea that “the aim of philosophy, abstractly ... among all of these. To better understand those connections, the Italian Society for Logic and Philosophy of Sciences (SILFS) organized its 4th Postgraduate Conference. The conference took place in Urbino

The Influence of Quantum Physics on Philosophy

We ponder the question whether quantum physics has had any influence on philosophy, and if not, whether it ought to have had any. Answers to these questions are provided, and they turn out to depend ... reach philosophy? Has the Quantum Revolution had any influence on philosophy? If it had not had any influence, should it have had any influence? These questions are the topic of this paper. A

Epidemiological Models and Epistemic Perspectives: How Scientific Pluralism may be Misconstrued

political leaders seeking to justify their political decisions (Devlin  & Boseley, 2020) . This has raised understandable concerns about transparency surrounding the use of scientific outcomes to inform ... implicated in policy design processes, how politics intertwine with science in informing effective policies, and the role and relative influence of scientists in complex political decision-making processes

Relativism Versus Absolutism in Linguistics

Whether truth is absolute or relative has been a widely discussed topic for over two thousand years in epistemology and the philosophy of science. However, this issue has not yet been discussed ... , and categories, get in touch with the deep foundational problems which exist in their discipline. Although relativism has been one of the most challenging topics in epistemology and the philosophy of

The Transcendental and the Agonistic: A Media Philosophy Perspective

This critical response to Dominic Smith’s ‘Taking Exception: Philosophy of Technology as a Multidimensional Problem Space’ begins by outlining the key contributions of his essay, namely his ... Smith's essay provides a number of exciting questions for the philosophy of technology, none the least suggesting new images with which we should describe our practice of theory development and ideas of

Why Finance Needs Philosophy (and Vice Versa): Some Epistemic and Methodological Issues

rethinking requires a new look at the theories of finance that is philosophical in kind. In effect, as Martha Nussbaum claims, if the absence of philosophy in economics is arguably one of the main reasons for ... flaws in our theories on financial systems. In this paper I discuss the mutual relations and benefits between finance and philosophy. First, I examine the contribution that philosophy can offer to finance

Taking Exception: Philosophy of Technology as a Multidimensional Problem Space

philosophy in general and philosophy of technology in particular. Part two outlines the concept of ‘exceptional technologies’. These are artefacts and practices that show up as limit cases for our received ... in my 2018 book, Exceptional Technologies. The claims are that philosophy of technology stands to benefit from: (1) a renewed sense of the transcendental as an approach to argument or method; (2

The ‘Empirical’ in the Empirical Turn: A Critical Analysis

critics, one should study technologies empirically in order to fully understand them. They developed several strategies to empirically inform the philosophy of technology and called their new approach the ... /0270467604270259 Svensson , F. ( 1979 ). The technological challenge to political theory . In G. Bugliarello & D. B. Doner (Eds.), The history and philosophy of technology (pp. 294 - 308 ). University of Illinois

We are All Rationalists, but it is not Enough: Ways of Explaining the Social Acceptance of a Theory

acceptance or rejection of a theory. The analytical perspectives will be contextualized within a broader theoretical discussion in philosophy and social sciences about the role of different factors that ... . Therefore, the recent debate about the interpretation of the continental-drift controversy serves as a unique opportunity for the philosophy and sociology of science to revise its recurrent discussions about

Operationalism: An Interpretation of the Philosophy of Ancient Greek Geometry

analogous to core tenets of 20th-century operationalist/positivist/constructivist/intuitionist philosophy of science and mathematics. Operationalism provides coherent answers to a range of traditional ... been recognised. Geometrical constructions; Conic compass; Euclid; Archytas; Diocles; Cissoid; Superposition; Philosophy of geometry 1 Introduction 1.1 The Question Ancient Greek geometers were