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The Philosophy of Pluralism

metaphysics is to be traced to the great poem of Parmenides,who sets againstthis multiplicity of appearancesan eternal and uniform reality conformingto the demandsof reason.Parmenides' philosophy takes the form ... imaginationt,heir interestsand theirpassions.Spin­ oza's phHosophy,a prototype of a monist philosophy,stat>esin Ethics (Book IV, proposition69) that he is freewho isled by reasonaloneandsincefr eedom is

Inventing Philosophy

It is often suggested that Americans do not have a culture of their own, or a philosophy of their own. However, this charge assumes a European model of culture and philosophy, which Americans need ... . These sophisticated realiz:ations, these evolutions in political consciousness which uotstrip American primitivismh,ave occurred, providentially enuogh, just as all chsoe colonies werebeing lsot. Noc

Racism and the Discourse of Phobias: Negrophobia, Xenophobia, and More—Dialogue with Kim and Sundstrom

progress in exploring connections between racism and the discourses of non-clinical and often political phobic classification. The hope is thus to shed some light on what racism is and what it isn’t by ... ties all “political discrimination” to xenophobia, which she understands as fear of, being apprehensive about, “certain kinds of strangers, namely those who do not conform to one’s preconceptions about

Preservation is Political: Enacting Contributive Justice and Decolonizing Transnational Archival Collaborations

Reviewed  CC BY 4.0  Accepted on 03 Oct 2018            Submitted on 17 Mar 2018 Introduction The work of preserving and presenting the past is inherently political, whether

Transcendental Semiotics and the Paradigms of First Philosophy

TRANSCENDENTALSEMIOTICS AND THE PARADIGMS OF FIRST PHILOSOPHY* by KARL-OTTOAIPEL I. Exposition** nI order to expose the main purpose of my lecture, I must point out that I do not intend to give a historical account of ... First Philosophy. I intend rather to display the systematical conception of transcendentalsemiotics as First Philosophy. I shall try torealize that aim throughan ideal-typical reconstruction and critique

Pragmatism in Philosophy: The Hidden Alternative

Epistemology Commons, Metaphysics Commons, and the Philosophy of Mind Repository Citation Article 1 Commons Simon Blackburn Pragmatism in Philosophy: the Hidden Alternative Simon Blackburn Pragmatism is an ... alternative to the analytic tradition, which dominated AngloAmerican philosophy in the twentieth century, and which still dictates the major part of work in many departments of philosophy. It is a real

Pragmatism in Philosophy: The Hidden Alternative

Epistemology Commons, Metaphysics Commons, and the Philosophy of Mind Repository Citation Article 1 Commons Simon Blackburn Pragmatism in Philosophy: the Hidden Alternative Simon Blackburn Pragmatism is an ... alternative to the analytic tradition, which dominated AngloAmerican philosophy in the twentieth century, and which still dictates the major part of work in many departments of philosophy. It is a real

God and Science in the Public Schools

controversy raises important questions in the philosophy of science, as well as questions about public education in a democracy. This paper considers some of the arguments on both sides of this debate. ... Exchange: Vol. 30 : No. 1 , Article 4. Available at: Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.brockport.edu/phil_ex Part of the Ethics and Political Philosophy Commons, and the Philosophy

Philosophy of Perception and the Phenomenology of Visual Space

philosophy of perception, direct realism has come into vogue. Philosophical authors assert and assume that what their readers want, and what anyone should want, is some form of direct realism.1 There are

Polar Terms and Interdependent Concepts

The notion of polarity, of polar terms and concepts, has been extensively used in the history of philosophy. However, there has never been a careful analysis or elucidation of the very concept of ... (.."lolarn.·laroinships. hsa been extensivelyused and widely appliedl,x)th in the history of philosophy nad in more recent times. Particularlyprom inenr examplesare Heraclitus's theroy of the war of opposites

Conceptual Analysis and its Limits

My topic is conceptual analysis and its limits. I will start by sketching what I mean by ‘conceptual analysis’, and saying a bit about how it is used in contemporary philosophy. Then I will point out ... paper, but you could have picked a different article, or chosen not to read a philosophy paper today at all. So your action is free because you could have acted differently. Now, if that’s what it means

Preference by Race is Neither Just Nor Wise

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Comment on Dewart's Language and Religion

Philosophy Commons, Feminist Philosophy Commons, History of Philosophy Commons, Logic and Foundations of Mathematics Commons, Metaphysics Commons, Philosophy of Mind Commons, and the Philosophy of Science ... Commons - Associate Professor of Philosophy S.U. C.Brocl .•porl COMMENT ON DEWART'S LANGUAGE AND RELIGION by Professor Dewart's paper is an aLtemptto criticize a prolo-phenomenalcon­ CP.pLionor the

Tradition and Innovation: Metaphor in Philosophy and Philosophy of Religion

Philosophy aspires to be a radical discipline, with the power to critique existing social structures. However, the practice of philosophy as a discipline seems to be quite conservative, especially ... ://digitalcommons.brockport.edu/phil_ex Part of the Continental Philosophy Commons, Epistemology Commons, and the History of Philosophy Commons Repository Citation - Article 4 Duhan Kaplan: Tradition and Innovation: Metaphor in

Tradition and Innovation: Metaphor in Philosophy and Philosophy of Religion

Philosophy aspires to be a radical discipline, with the power to critique existing social structures. However, the practice of philosophy as a discipline seems to be quite conservative, especially ... ://digitalcommons.brockport.edu/phil_ex Part of the Continental Philosophy Commons, Epistemology Commons, and the History of Philosophy Commons Repository Citation - Article 4 Duhan Kaplan: Tradition and Innovation: Metaphor in

Aristotle and Darwin: Antagonists or Kindred Spirits?

Aristotle’s essentialism as it is actually displayed in his philosophy of biology and in his biological practice. It has nothing to do with the ‘mythic’ version. We then turn to what Darwin was really up ... defenders. I am not the first to make this claim2, but I will go about my task informed both by four decades of study of Aristotle’s zoological inquiries and the philosophy that made those inquiries possible

Declassified: Unintended Consequences of Racial Classifications

produces increased racial consciousness.36 This increased racial consciousness has been shown to increase racial division by causing non-Hispanic whites to adopt a victim status, perceiving the political ... act Black.42 Highly accomplished Black figures such as Clarence Thomas,43 Condoleezza Rice,44 and Larry Elder45 have been attacked as race traitors due to their political beliefs. President Joe Biden

Lear and Nature

Number Lear and Nature Marshall Cohen 0 Philosophy Commons 0 0 Th e Rockefeller University Part of the Esthetics Commons; Ethics and Political Philosophy Commons; and the History of - S. MARSHALL

Ethical and Epistemic Dilemmas of Behaviorism and the Identity Thesis

- GEORGl: J . STACK Professor of Philosophy State University Col lege at Brockport 50 Published by Digital Commons @Brockport, 1971 ETHICAL AND EPISTE MICDILEMMASOF BEHAVIORISM AND THE IDENTITY THESIS by

Remarks on Violence and Paying the Penalty

and Political Philosophy Commons Repository Citation - Article 3 AKI NIELSEN Prof! < ssor of f' /11/osophy Univresity of Ca lgary REMARKSON VIOLENCE ANDPAYING THE PENALTY by KAI NIELSEN l labor ... Cohen and then very briefly dis­ cuss violence as a political tactic.The latterJS relevantto our deliber· ations here,for it is now feltby many thatover such major issues as tile oppression of the blacks