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Author : James McCosh
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 106 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1894
Category : Philosophy, Modern
ISBN : UCAL:$B286722
Author : James McCosh
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2016-07-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 153519703X
From the PREFACE. THIS little work embraces the article I read at the great exhibition at Chicago on "Reality: What Place it should hold in Philosophy." It also contains my little work, "The Prevailing Types of Philosophy: Can they logically reach Reality?" The work is, to some extent, negative and undermining; it points out a chasm in modern philosophy. I would not give it to the public were it not that I have previously presented the positive and constructive side in my larger work on "First and Fundamental Truth." I wish the two works to go together, as constituting what I have been able to do for fundamental philosophy. Agnosticism is upheld and propagated in the present day by several influential men, such as Mr. Herbert Spencer and Professor Huxley. It is in the air, and our young men have to breathe it and suffer the consequences. It is evidently exercising a relaxing influence on the faith and doctrinal convictions of the rising generation. It is in my view the grand office, at present, of the higher philosophy, to meet and expose this doubting spirit. The question is, are the philosophies of the day fitted to do this? With our eyes open, we are apt to look on the scene at some distance, rather than on things that are pressingly near and supposed to be known. So it is with modern metaphysicians (it was different with the ancient Greeks); they direct their attention to more remote objects rather than those which are close to us, such as Reality. We know self and certain things around us as Real; Ens, Being, Existence. Now this Reality requires to be carefully considered by students of the First Philosophy, as Aristotle happily called it. I am to show that Reality is a truth to be assumed, and that no attempt need or should be made to establish it by mediate proof. Of those who have made the attempt, it will be found that they have more in the conclusion than they have in the premises, and that in fact they have assumed reality in order to prove it. Mr. Spencer, the most comprehensive speculator of the day, has brought philosophy to a crisis. He is doing for later speculation, especially that of Kant and Hamilton, what Hume did for the systems of Descartes, Locke, and Berkeley, that is, bringing them to a reductio ad absurdum by showing that they deprive us of all knowledge of the nature of things. Philosophy has to start anew on the track of realism. I am not satisfied with the agnostic position of Spencer; I am also dissatisfied with the replies commonly made to him;" they have tried to prove reality, instead of showing that we are entitled to assume it. I am aware that the realistic views presented in this work are so different from the prevailing ones-are, in fact, so revolutionary - that it will be needful to press them upon the attention of thinkers before they are adopted. This will have to be done by men who have greater influence among metaphysicians than I have been able to attain. Of the ultimate reception of these views on Reality (it may be somewhat modified) I have not a remaining doubt.
Author : James McCosh
Publisher : Palala Press
Page : 90 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2016-05-16
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1356664172
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Author : James McCosh
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 90 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2019-08-28
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1689008547
From the PREFACE. THIS little work embraces the article I read at the great exhibition at Chicago on "Reality: What Place it should hold in Philosophy." It also contains my little work, "The Prevailing Types of Philosophy: Can they logically reach Reality?" The work is, to some extent, negative and undermining; it points out a chasm in modern philosophy. I would not give it to the public were it not that I have previously presented the positive and constructive side in my larger work on "First and Fundamental Truth." I wish the two works to go together, as constituting what I have been able to do for fundamental philosophy. Agnosticism is upheld and propagated in the present day by several influential men, such as Mr. Herbert Spencer and Professor Huxley. It is in the air, and our young men have to breathe it and suffer the consequences. It is evidently exercising a relaxing influence on the faith and doctrinal convictions of the rising generation. It is in my view the grand office, at present, of the higher philosophy, to meet and expose this doubting spirit. The question is, are the philosophies of the day fitted to do this? With our eyes open, we are apt to look on the scene at some distance, rather than on things that are pressingly near and supposed to be known. So it is with modern metaphysicians (it was different with the ancient Greeks); they direct their attention to more remote objects rather than those which are close to us, such as Reality. We know self and certain things around us as Real; Ens, Being, Existence. Now this Reality requires to be carefully considered by students of the First Philosophy, as Aristotle happily called it. I am to show that Reality is a truth to be assumed, and that no attempt need or should be made to establish it by mediate proof. Of those who have made the attempt, it will be found that they have more in the conclusion than they have in the premises, and that in fact they have assumed reality in order to prove it. Mr. Spencer, the most comprehensive speculator of the day, has brought philosophy to a crisis. He is doing for later speculation, especially that of Kant and Hamilton, what Hume did for the systems of Descartes, Locke, and Berkeley, that is, bringing them to a "reductio ad absurdum" by showing that they deprive us of all knowledge of the nature of things. Philosophy has to start anew on the track of realism. I am not satisfied with the agnostic position of Spencer; I am also dissatisfied with the replies commonly made to him;" they have tried to prove reality, instead of showing that we are entitled to assume it. I am aware that the realistic views presented in this work are so different from the prevailing ones-are, in fact, so revolutionary - that it will be needful to press them upon the attention of thinkers before they are adopted. This will have to be done by men who have greater influence among metaphysicians than I have been able to attain. Of the ultimate reception of these views on Reality (it may be somewhat modified) I have not a remaining doubt.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1894
Category : United States
ISBN : MSU:31293006340693
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 972 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1895
Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
ISBN : UIUC:30112033765972
Author : Jeannette Leonard Gilder,Joseph Benson Gilder
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 556 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1894
Category : Electronic
ISBN : HARVARD:HNXXCD
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 944 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1895
Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
ISBN : UCSD:31822032737686
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 950 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1895
Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
ISBN : STANFORD:36105121155019
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 934 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1895
Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
ISBN : NWU:35556000683805
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 954 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1890
Category : American literature
ISBN : WISC:89064882988
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1895
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UOM:39015010791690
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 580 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1893
Category : Electronic
ISBN : WISC:89101990364
Author : Francis Landey Patton,Howard Crosby Butler,Varnum Lansing Collins
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 490 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1896
Category : Science
ISBN : CHI:095582160
Author : David J. Chalmers
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2022-01-25
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780393635812
A leading philosopher takes a mind-bending journey through virtual worlds, illuminating the nature of reality and our place within it. Virtual reality is genuine reality; that’s the central thesis of Reality+. In a highly original work of “technophilosophy,” David J. Chalmers gives a compelling analysis of our technological future. He argues that virtual worlds are not second-class worlds, and that we can live a meaningful life in virtual reality. We may even be in a virtual world already. Along the way, Chalmers conducts a grand tour of big ideas in philosophy and science. He uses virtual reality technology to offer a new perspective on long-established philosophical questions. How do we know that there’s an external world? Is there a god? What is the nature of reality? What’s the relation between mind and body? How can we lead a good life? All of these questions are illuminated or transformed by Chalmers’ mind-bending analysis. Studded with illustrations that bring philosophical issues to life, Reality+ is a major statement that will shape discussion of philosophy, science, and technology for years to come.
