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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
BOOK REVIEW Understanding human health in relation to the global political economy Jonathan JansenDepartment of Education Policy Studies, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa. Email ... , South Africa. Email: Book Title: Covid-19 and the global political economy: Crises in the 21st century Authors: Tim Di Muzio and Matt Dow ISBN: 9781032168197 (paperback, 316 pp
SIGNIFICANCE: In effective developmental states, technocrats are 'embedded' in the political system with sufficient autonomy to undertake their tasks. South Africa's current electricity crisis is ... Africa's current electricity crisis is attributed here, in part, to an initial mistrust between the country's new political leadership and its 'old-order' technocrats following the political transition of
a world after critique, as part of the Conversations with Global Thinkers series of Science Forum South Africa 2020.Keywords : metaphysics; democracy; philosophy; de-postcolonialism; criticalisation ... what is wrong with de-postcolonial.6 The de-postcolonial theory is constructed out of the resources and the political intention of the auto-critique which appeared in philosophy in the 20th century which
-colonialism. Lamola claims that 'as a philosophy emanating from the historical milieu of a traumatised people, (African) philosophy still has to make peace with the searing challenge of the psycho-political ... psycho-political effects of language in all its varied implications and complexities as raised by Fanon and Ngugi'; concluding that 'professional African philosophy remains an intractable defective
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
Rural landscapes in South Africa experience high conversion rates due to intense land use; however, the changes are site specific and depend on the socio-economic and political history of the area ... -economic and political history of the area. Land cover change (LCC) was assessed in response to socio-economic and political factors in uThukela Municipal District, KwaZulu-Natal, using Landsat imagery from
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
INVITED COMMENTARY More eyes on COVID-19: Perspectives from Philosophy - How philosophy bears on COVID-19 Thaddeus MetzDepartment of Philosophy, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South ... , Johannesburg, South Africa Correspondence Keywords: COVID-19, humanities, philosophy, ethics, epistemology Philosophy is rational enquiry that addresses fundamental matters of human life
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
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
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
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
INVITED COMMENTARY More eyes on COVID-19: Perspectives from Political Science - Insights from the political management of COVID-19 Adam HabibVice-Chancellor and Principal, University of the ... , University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa Correspondence Keywords: COVID-19, South Africa, social sciences, humanities, political science It is often said that crises
“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
collecting data to show that load shedding impacts the prevalence of mental disorders. While it may make superficial strategic sense for activists to link load shedding to mental health as a political strategy ... needed to prove such assertions. We highlight how linking mental health to load shedding might further political ends (such as normalising mental illness), while also arguing that claiming such links in
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
Philosophy of Science, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens , Athens , Greece The Scientific Realism Debate (SRD) has been accused of going around in circles without reaching a consensus, so that ... circular in the sense that there is no science-like progress. Rather SRD is characterized by the eternal recurrence of the same seemingly unsolvable problems, which is typical of philosophy and is echoed by
