Likeness To Truth

Author : G. Oddie
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9789400946583

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Likeness to Truth by G. Oddie Pdf

The concept of likeness to truth, like that of truth itself, is fundamental to a realist conception of inquiry. To demonstrate this we need only make two rather modest aim of an inquiry, as an inquiry, is realist assumptions: the truth doctrine (that the the truth of some matter) and the progress doctrine (that one false theory may realise this aim better than another). Together these yield the conclusion that a false theory may be more truthlike, or closer to the truth, than another. It is the aim of this book to give a rigorous philosophical analysis of the concept of likeness to truth, and to examine the consequences, some of them no doubt surprising to those who have been unduly impressed by the (admittedly important) true/false dichotomy. Truthlikeness is not only a requirement of a particular philosophical outlook, it is as deeply embedded in common sense as the concept of truth. Everyone seems to be capable of grading various propositions, in different (hypothetical) situations, according to their closeness to the truth in those situations. And (if my experience is anything to go by) there is remarkable unanimity on these pretheoretical judge ments. This is not proof that there is a single coherent concept underlying these judgements. The whole point of engaging in philosophical analysis is to make this claim plausible.

Author : I. Niiniluoto
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 542 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9789400937390

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Truthlikeness by I. Niiniluoto Pdf

The modern discussion on the concept of truthlikeness was started in 1960. In his influential Word and Object, W. V. O. Quine argued that Charles Peirce's definition of truth as the limit of inquiry is faulty for the reason that the notion 'nearer than' is only "defined for numbers and not for theories". In his contribution to the 1960 International Congress for Logic, Methodology, and Philosophy of Science at Stan ford, Karl Popper defended the opposite view by defining a compara tive notion of verisimilitude for theories. was originally introduced by the The concept of verisimilitude Ancient sceptics to moderate their radical thesis of the inaccessibility of truth. But soon verisimilitudo, indicating likeness to the truth, was confused with probabilitas, which expresses an opiniotative attitude weaker than full certainty. The idea of truthlikeness fell in disrepute also as a result of the careless, often confused and metaphysically loaded way in which many philosophers used - and still use - such concepts as 'degree of truth', 'approximate truth', 'partial truth', and 'approach to the truth'. Popper's great achievement was his insight that the criticism against truthlikeness - by those who urge that it is meaningless to speak about 'closeness to truth' - is more based on prejudice than argument.

Author : Jenny Bryan
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 219 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : History
ISBN : 9780521762946

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Likeness and Likelihood in the Presocratics and Plato by Jenny Bryan Pdf

Studies the philosophical development of the meaning of the Greek word eoikos, which can be used to describe similarity, plausibility or even suitability. It focuses on Xenophanes, Parmenides and Plato's Timaeus and shows how such a study serves to enhance our understanding of their epistemology and methodology.

Author : Theo A. F. Kuipers
Publisher : Rodopi
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Knowledge, Theory of
ISBN : 9062035094

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What is Closer-to-the-truth? by Theo A. F. Kuipers Pdf

Author : Edward Sri
Publisher : Ignatius Press
Page : 145 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2018-07-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781681497976

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Into His Likeness by Edward Sri Pdf

In the ancient disciple-rabbi relationship, the disciple would follow the rabbi so closely that he would be covered in the dust kicked up from his rabbi's feet. Thousands of years later, though we walk on roads of pavement and not dust, we are still called to be disciples—to follow our Rabbi, Jesus Christ, so closely that we are covered with his life, changed, and made new. Into His Likeness provides an approachable but in-depth exploration of how to live as a disciple and experience the transformation Jesus wants to work in our lives. We might desire to live more like Christ, but we know we fall short. This book simply helps us follow those initial promptings of the Holy Spirit, so that we may more intentionally encounter Jesus anew each day and be more disposed to his grace changing us ever more into his likeness.

Author : Christian D. Larson
Publisher : Jazzybee Verlag
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783849623463

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The Pathway Of Roses (Annotated Edition) by Christian D. Larson Pdf

This is a book of delightful idealism, sane, awakening, life-giving. There are in it twenty-eight chapters, each concluded with a page of lovable, inspiring precept or philosophy. In the midst of it all are but three poems, the rest is solid matter, refreshing to mind and soul. To some this may sound like "little drops of water," but this book will instill a soul-quality into the nature of whoever reads it in devotion to God. It is full of beautiful Christian spirit that takes the "staleness" out of life-and guile and complaint, and gives vim and wholesomeness. If you are morbid or discontented or fearful or off the Path, read this book. This is the annotated edition including an essay about the author and the New Thought Movement in Cincinnati, which he founded

Author : John Henry Wilbrandt Stuckenberg
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2024-04-18
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783385421332

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Christian Sociology by John Henry Wilbrandt Stuckenberg Pdf

Reprint of the original, first published in 1881.

Author : John Parker
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2018-07-05
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780801463549

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The Aesthetics of Antichrist by John Parker Pdf

In Dr. Faustus, Christopher Marlowe wrote a profoundly religious drama despite the theater's newfound secularism and his own reputation for anti-Christian irreverence. The Aesthetics of Antichrist explores this apparent paradox by suggesting that, long before Marlowe, Christian drama and ritual performance had reveled in staging the collapse of Christianity into its historical opponents—paganism, Judaism, worldliness, heresy. By embracing this tradition, Marlowe's work would at once demonstrate the theatricality inhering in Christian worship and, unexpectedly, resacralize the commercial theater. The Antichrist myth in particular tells of an impostor turned prophet: performing Christ's life, he reduces the godhead to a special effect yet in so doing foretells the real second coming. Medieval audiences, as well as Marlowe's, could evidently enjoy the constant confusion between true Christianity and its empty look-alikes for that very reason: mimetic degradation anticipated some final, as yet deferred revelation. Mere theater was a necessary prelude to redemption. The versions of the myth we find in Marlowe and earlier drama actually approximate, John Parker argues, a premodern theory of the redemptive effect of dramatic representation itself. Crossing the divide between medieval and Renaissance theater while drawing heavily on New Testament scholarship, Patristics, and research into the apocrypha, The Aesthetics of Antichrist proposes a wholesale rereading of pre-Shakespearean drama.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 536 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1896
Category : Christian literature, Early
ISBN : STANFORD:36105010306517

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A Select Library of Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers of the Christian Church: St. Ambrose: Select works and letters. 1896 by Anonim Pdf

Author : Lydia Schumacher
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 341 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2021-10-25
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783110684834

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Early Thirteenth-Century English Franciscan Thought by Lydia Schumacher Pdf

Herausgegeben von Michael Schmaus†, Werner Dettloff, Richard Heinzmann, Ulrich Horst Das Grabmann-Institut ist eine im deutschsprachigen Raum einzigartige Einrichtung zur Erforschung und Lehre der Theologiegeschichte. Es wurde 1953 von Michael Schmaus als Institut zur Erforschung der mittelalterlichen Theologie und Philosophie gegründet, das die Forschungen und die Tradition des Vorgängers von Schmaus auf dem Münchener Lehrstuhl für Dogmatik, Martin Grabmann, fortführen soll. In der Reihe „Veröffentlichungen des Grabmann-Instituts“ werden Editionen und Studien publiziert, die entweder am Grabmann-Institut selbst entstanden sind oder einen wertvollen Beitrag zu dessen Forschungsschwerpunkten beinhalten. Das Schwergewicht der Publikationsreihe liegt auf der mittelalterlichen Theologie, wobei sich der zeitliche Bogen aber von der ausgehenden Antike bis in die Neuzeit spannt. Das historische Interesse verbindet sich mit dem systematischen Blickwinkel. In den Bänden werden Themen der Dogmengeschichte (etwa Sakramententheologie, Christologie) behandelt, sowie herausragende und bisher weniger bekannte Theologen mit ihren Werken und ihrem Einfluss vorgestellt. Gebührende Berücksichtigung finden auch die Gebiete Philosophie und Spiritualität (z.B. ordensspezifische Ausprägungen, Texte der Mystik, der christlichen Dichtung und Liturgie), die wesentlich zur mittelalterlichen Theologie gehören. Zum Martin-Grabmann-Forschungsinstitut für Mittelalterliche Theologie und Philosophie: http://www.kaththeol.uni-muenchen.de/einrichtungen/stud_for_einh/grabmann/index.html

Author : Andrew John JUKES
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1875
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0026646353

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The Types of Genesis Briefly Considered as Revealing the Development of Human Nature in the World Within, and Without, and in the Dispensations by Andrew John JUKES Pdf

Author : Andrew John Jukes
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1875
Category : Bible
ISBN : HARVARD:HNU74T

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The types of Genesis briefly considered as revealing the development of human nature by Andrew John Jukes Pdf

Author : Hans Blumenberg
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2011-04-27
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 080147695X

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Paradigms for a Metaphorology by Hans Blumenberg Pdf

What role do metaphors play in philosophical language? Are they impediments to clear thinking and clear expression, rhetorical flourishes that may well help to make philosophy more accessible to a lay audience, but that ought ideally to be eradicated in the interests of terminological exactness? Or can the images used by philosophers tell us more about the hopes and cares, attitudes and indifferences that regulate an epoch than their carefully elaborated systems of thought? In Paradigms for a Metaphorology, originally published in 1960 and here made available for the first time in English translation, Hans Blumenberg (1920-1996) approaches these questions by examining the relationship between metaphors and concepts. Blumenberg argues for the existence of "absolute metaphors" that cannot be translated back into conceptual language. "Absolute metaphors" answer the supposedly naïve, theoretically unanswerable questions whose relevance lies quite simply in the fact that they cannot be brushed aside, since we do not pose them ourselves but find them already posed in the ground of our existence. They leap into a void that concepts are unable to fill. An afterword by the translator, Robert Savage, positions the book in the intellectual context of its time and explains its continuing importance for work in the history of ideas.

Author : Charles L. Griswold Jr.
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2010-11-01
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780271044903

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Self-Knowledge in Plato's Phaedrus by Charles L. Griswold Jr. Pdf

Originally published: New Haven: Yale University Press, 1986. With new preface and supplementary bibliography.

Author : Donald M. Borchert
Publisher : Thomson Gale/MacMillan Reference USA
Page : 904 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0028657896

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Encyclopedia of Philosophy by Donald M. Borchert Pdf

This volume, covering entries from "Shaftesbury, Third Earl of" to "Zubiri, Xavier," presents articles on Eastern and Western philosophies, medical and scientific ethics, the Holocaust, terrorism, censorship, biographical entries, and much more.