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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
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
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
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
The dilemma in Nigeria's socio-political development over the decades has been widespread religious affinities and spirituality. In the multi-cultural, multi-ethnic and multi-religious environment ... socio-rhetorical lenses to assess Nigeria's socio-political dilemma based on Jer. 30:7. Its findings include a dissonance between religious piety and theo-praxis which crystallises into a complacency
); Life (philosophy of religion). ... supervening folk-philosophical concept, concern and category in contemporary OT scholarship. Keywords: Old Testament scholarship, Life (ordinary language), Life (Old Testament scholarship), Life (philosophy
); Life (philosophy of religion). ... supervening folk-philosophical concept, concern and category in contemporary OT scholarship. Keywords: Old Testament scholarship, Life (ordinary language), Life (Old Testament scholarship), Life (philosophy
); Life (philosophy of religion). ... supervening folk-philosophical concept, concern and category in contemporary OT scholarship. Keywords: Old Testament scholarship, Life (ordinary language), Life (Old Testament scholarship), Life (philosophy
for the nominalist philosophy of mathematics. But in the end it can lead to a serious challenge to the nominalist account of mathematical objectivity if some minimal assumptions about the relation ... mathematical realism on the other. But this attitude is not shared by every nominalist. For instance, in Hellman’s view, the first desideratum of a philosophy of mathematics should “rest on the view that the
Can the Bible, specifically, the Old Testament/Hebrew Bible, contribute to cultural and socio-political issues prevalent in South Africa today? The struggle today can be linked to the inability of ... situation in South Africa? How, in other words, did they navigate some of their cultural and socio-political differences, and what can we learn or gain from their wisdom and practices? This contribution
clash between science and philosophy: Zeno's paradoxes, the Frame Problem, and a recent attempt to experimentally refute skepticism. In all three cases, the relevant science claims to have resolved the ... Problem; Geometric series; Infinity; Knowledge; Relevance; Semantics; Skepticism; Zeno's Paradoxes 1 Introduction This paper provides arguments that three famous philosophy problems are not solved or even
, provides an analysis of political decolonisation in post-apartheid South Africa, in which he identifies two areas of failure within the significant gains made during South Africa' s transition from apartheid ... democracy-socio-economic justice and tribalisation. These two areas are the unfinished business of our substantive decolonisation of the political. In this article, I use Mamdani' s analysis as an exegetical
). Curiously, no overview exclusively devoted to describing relations to philosophy of religion has ever been written. In this paper, the first such account is provided by way of a purely descriptive ... ] Pangle, Thomas L. Political Philosophy and the God of Abraham. Baltimore: John Hopkins University Press, 2003. [ Links ] Parry, Robin, ed., The Bible and Epistemology. Biblical Soundings on the
argue that epistemologies of mathematics ought to account for questions of exposure to and choice of attention to mathematical ideas, and remark on the political relevance of such epistemologies. ... relevance of the DEI literature to the philosophy of mathematics. In Sect. 6 we use this connection to argue for the political relevance of a thick epistemology of mathematics. 3 Background In the last
Fuente Muñiz.Many classical works on “practical philosophy” or ethics could be read as treatises on psychology or psychiatry. They contain “patterns of psychological thought” based on conceptions about ... diversity; the need to “translate” axiological perspectives from individual, institutional, political, and social contexts to adequate professional practices is essential (Lolas, 2002). The papers
for evaluating whether this prospect holds up. Philosophy of perception; Perceptual pluralism; Naïve realism; Cognitive penetrability of perception; Theory-ladenness of observation; Perspectival ... realism 1 Introduction The cognitive penetrability of perception (CPP) is one of the heated current topics lying at the intersection of cognitive science and philosophy. The debate is doubly motivated
2008; Asper 2008) detail how Euclidean style mathematics was designed as a project of social and political distinction along a theory–practice divide. On the one hand, classical Greek geometry ... and manipulative arguments that prevailed in political assemblies, courts of law, and debates among philosophers (even though some the latter attempted to steer clear of the sophistic style, or at least
ethical and bioethical practices.ResultsA broad, comprehensive definition is elaborated of mental health as a field with sociocultural, political, and demographic implications, and of psychiatry as a ... . As a bio-psycho-socio-cultural and spiritual phenomenon, health is conditioned by society’s historical and political evolvements (WHO, 2012; Perales, 2020). The World Health Organization (WHO
“Philosophy and the Future” took place. The first and still best-known definition of Anticipation was given from Rosen: “An anticipatory system is a system containing a predictive model of itself and/or its ... . For surprising it may sound, in the philosophy of time the Future is often neglected, regardless of both which position concerning the nature of time is being defended, and of the explanatory pattern
could aid in resolving issues in the recent discussion concerning Husserl’s noema and the internalism–externalism debate in philosophy of mind. ... debate in philosophy of mind. Edmund Husserl; Noema; Intentionality; Externalism; Internalism; Phenomenology; Epoché; Neutrality modification; Reduction 1 Introduction Few concepts have attracted as