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On Whether It Is and What It Is

This dialogue, taking place between Prof. Whether and Prof. What, focuses on the nature of the relationship between ontology, conceived as the branch of philosophy concerned with the question of what ... the complementary part of philosophy that seeks to explain, of those entities, what they are. Most philosophers claim that it is not possible to address the first question without at the same time

Three Kinds of Arguments for Panpsychism

known from the history of philosophy mainly due to the fact that the former is often combined with so-called Russellian monism. According to Russellian monism, the intrinsic properties of physical things ... Terminological Preliminaries Within the last 100 years, the analytic philosophy of mind has been dominated by materialism, a view that one can fully account for mental phenomena in purely physical terms, such as

Replies to the Critics of Knowing and Checking: an Epistemological Investigation

Investigation (Routledge 2019), hereinafter abbreviated as KC. These papers resulted from a workshop organized by the department of philosophy of the University of Maribor. I am very thankful to the organizers of ... . Admittedly, there is some plausibility to claiming that we can check by using Newtonian physics. However, this is a general problem within the philosophy of science and not a problem for checking in particular

Tricky Truths: How Should Alethic Pluralism Accommodate Racial Truths?

Department of Philosophy, Stellenbosch University , Stellenbosch , South Africa 2 Department of Philosophy, Macquarie University , North Ryde , Australia Some alethic pluralists maintain that there are two ... accommodate such a notion. Philosophy of truth; Determination Pluralism; Douglas Edwards; Crispin Wright; Michael Lynch; Metaphysics of race 1 Introduction The important question of whether we should

Justified Evidence Resistance

to Mylan Engel, Thomas Grundmann, Paul Silva Jr, Mona Simion, Tom Sorell, and Luis Rosa. I have benefitted from being a Senior Research Associate at the African Centre for Epistemology and Philosophy ... an intellectual virtue? Royal Institute of Philosophy Supplement , 84 , 23 - 45 . Bernecker , S. ( 2021 ). An epistemic defense of news abstinence . In S. Bernecker, A. Flowerree , & T. Grundmann (Eds

Virtue, Self-Narratives, and the Causes of Action

Journal of Philosophy , 13 ( 1 ), 11 - 20 . Ulatowski , J. , & Lumsden , D. ( 2023 ). Do political convictions infect every fibre of our being? Social Epistemology , 1 - 17 . https://doi.org/10.1080 ... of moral value are caused by virtues cultivated by a person over time. This is a notion that not only has relevance to popular thinking about virtues but also, within academic philosophy, has currency

THE SUBVERSION OF ANCIENT THOUGHT: STRAUSS’S INTERPRETATION OF THE MODERN PHILOSOPHIC PROJECT

political order through the abandonment of traditional esotericism and a radical politicization of philosophy, involves an ideal of rationalization of human life that is ultimately problematic for both ... University of São João del-Rei Department of Philosophy São João del-Rei - M. G. Brazil Abstract The problem of modernity occupies a central place in the political reflection carried out by Leo

Value Pluralism versus Value Monism

history of philosophy, is defended only by a few contemporary authors (Dworkin, 2012; Hurka, 1996; Klocksiem, 2011; Moen, 2016; Regan, 1997) ,1 is based on the opposing metaphysical thesis: namely, that ... among deliberators that such conflicts allow for reasoned choices. In fact, the very notion of political deliberation is underpinned by the presupposition of comparability. For if choices between freedom

El concepto de cultura en la ensayística de Georg Simmel

This article analyzes Georg Simmel’s concept of culture by reconstructing the genealogy of his theory within its historical, political, and economic context. It examines to what extent Simmel’s ideas ... significantly biased by a subjective theory of value, which entails apologetic traits. Keywords: philosophy of life; alienation; subjective theory of value 1 Introducción Se persigue en estas líneas

The Concept of Culture in Georg Simmel’s Essays

This article analyzes Georg Simmel’s concept of culture by reconstructing the genealogy of his theory within its historical, political, and economic context. It examines to what extent Simmel’s ideas ... significantly biased by a subjective theory of value, which entails apologetic traits. Keywords: philosophy of life; alienation; subjective theory of value 1 Introducción Se persigue en estas líneas

The Kantian foundations of Walter Benjamin’s philosophy of language

of language, in line with the propositions of a thinker like Humboldt - develops a philosophy of language at the same time natural and theological. After having demonstrated textually the existence of ... from this point on. Keywords: Benjamin; Kant; Philosophy of language; Theory of translation I Em 1917, Walter Benjamin desiste de propor como tema para sua tese de doutoramento um estudo

Non-Factualist Interpretation of the Skeptical Solution and the Self-Refutation Argument

and logic . Victor Gollancz Ltd. Barber , A. ( 1998 ). The pleonasticity of talk about concepts . Philosophical Studies: An International Journal for Philosophy in the Analytic Tradition , 89 ( 1 ), 53 ... . ( 2017 ). Semantic non-factualism in Kripke's Wittgenstein . Journal for the History of Analytical Philosophy , 5 ( 9 ), 1 - 13 . Byrne , A. ( 1996 ). Misinterpreting Kripke's Wittgenstein. Philosophy and

BOOK REVIEW: GUYER, PAUL. Kant on the Rationality of Morality (Cambridge University Press, 2019, 73p. )

I discuss Paul Guyer’s contribution to the Cambridge Elements: The Philosophy of Immanuel Kant series. The author argues that Kant derives the fundamental principle and the object of morality from ... the result of the application of some constructive procedure? The latter position was famously defended by John Rawls, who labeled the method employed in his political philosophy Kantian

A relação entre ética e direito na filosofia política de Kant

This article discusses the relationship between law and ethics in Kantian political philosophy. Unlike the dominant interpretation, I attempt to show that, in order for politics to achieve its goals ... present. Two theses are defended here: first, that there is no gap between the political theses of the 1780s and those of the 1790s regarding an abandonment of the need for good will in the field of

BOOK REVIEW: LINNEBO, Ø., Philosophy of Mathematics (Princeton Universisty Press, 2017, 216, pages)

We review Linnebo's Philosophy of Mathematics, briefly describing the content of the book.Keywords : Philosophy of Mathematics; Ontology; Epistemology; Set Theory. ...  ALBARELLI2  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3646-7553 1University of Campinas. Department of Philosophyv. Brazil. 2University of Campinas. Department of Philosophy. Brazil. LINNEBO, Ø

A relação entre ética e direito na filosofia política de Kant

This article discusses the relationship between law and ethics in Kantian political philosophy. Unlike the dominant interpretation, I attempt to show that, in order for politics to achieve its goals ... present. Two theses are defended here: first, that there is no gap between the political theses of the 1780s and those of the 1790s regarding an abandonment of the need for good will in the field of

Slurs and Expressive Commitments

and Lepore Noûs 47(1), 25–48, 2013a, Analytic Philosophy 54(3), 350–363, 2013b; Bolinger Nous, 51(3), 439–462, 2017), giving them a firmer conceptual basis. It supports a distinction between derogation ... Nunberg's analysis (and incorporates elements of other pragmatic accounts, cf. Anderson and Lepore Nouˆs 47(1), 25-48, 2013a, Analytic Philosophy 54(3), 350-363, b; Bolinger Nous, 51(3), 439-462, 2017

Two Concepts of Truthmaking: a Compatibilist Solution to the Controversy Between Substantive and Deflationary Approach

neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Armstrong , D. M. ( 1997 ). A world of states of affairs . In Cambridge studies in philosophy. Cambridge ... . Philosophy and Phenomenological Research , 101 ( 3 ), 567 - 590 . https://doi.org/10.1111/phpr.12605 Baron , S. , Chua , R. M. , Miller , K. , & Norton , J. ( 2022 ). Much ado about aboutness . Inquiry , 65

Partially Autonomous Belief

read at every truck stop. Tom is interested in political issues, and he tries to think the arguments from each party through. The contents of the arguments by themselves are not enough to convince him ... Empirical Knowledge . Midwest Studies in Philosophy , 5 ( 1 ), 53 - 73 . Carter , A. J. ( 2022 ). Autonomous Knowledge . Oxford University Press. Clark , A. , & Chalmers , D. J. ( 1998 ). The extended mind

PASSIONS AND EVIL IN KANT'S PHILOSOPHY

In this paper, I aim at relating passions to evil in Kant's philosophy. I begin by explaining the difference between affects and passions in the textAnthropology from a Pragmatic Point of View. Kant ... ethical community as a way to overcome the evil, which goes beyond political and anthropological solutions suggested by Kant. 1 I will use the following abbreviations: G for Groundwork , TL for Doctrine of