Things Facts And Events

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2022-04-19
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9789004457812

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Things, Facts and Events by Anonim Pdf

The volume deals with ontological and semantical issues concerning things, facts and events. Ontology tells us about what there is, whereas semantics provides answers to how we refer to what there is. Basic ontological categories are commonly accepted along with basic linguistic types, and linguistic types are accepted as basic if and because they refer to acknowledged ontological categories. In that sense, both disciplines are concerned with structure - the structure of the world and the structure of our language. An extended introduction overviews the topic as a whole, presenting in detail its history and the main contemporary approaches and discussions. More than 20 contributions by internationally acknowledged scholars make the volume a comprehensive study of some very fundamental philosophical entities.

Author : William Hirstein
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2012-01-26
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780199231904

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Mindmelding by William Hirstein Pdf

In this important and controversial new book, William Hirstein argues that it is possible for one person to directly experience the conscious states of another, by way of what he calls mindmelding. Drawing on a range of research from neuroscience, psychology, and philosophy, he presents a highly original new account of consciousness.

Author : David NASMITH (Barrister-at-Law)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 504 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1873
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0026542016

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The Institutes of English Public Law, Etc by David NASMITH (Barrister-at-Law) Pdf

Author : John Austin,Sarah Austin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 548 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1869
Category : Law
ISBN : UOM:35112105231320

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Lectures on Jurisprudence, Or, The Philosophy of Positive Law by John Austin,Sarah Austin Pdf

Author : Noah Webster
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1120 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1842
Category : English language
ISBN : CHI:085139761

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An American Dictionary of the English Language by Noah Webster Pdf

Author : Jürgen Ritsert
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2023-03-13
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9789004457195

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Models and Concepts of Ideology by Jürgen Ritsert Pdf

Author : Rüdiger Bittner,Professor of Philosophy Rudiger Bittner
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780195143645

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Doing Things for Reasons by Rüdiger Bittner,Professor of Philosophy Rudiger Bittner Pdf

People do things for reasons, but what are reasons and how are they related to the resulting actions? Bittner explores this question and proposes an answer: a reason is a response to that state of affairs.

Author : Gustavo E. Romero
Publisher : Springer
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2018-11-02
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783319976310

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Scientific Philosophy by Gustavo E. Romero Pdf

This textbook presents the basics of philosophy that are necessary for the student and researcher in science in order to better understand scientific work. The approach is not historical but formative: tools for semantical analysis, ontology of science, epistemology, and scientific ethics are presented in a formal and direct way. The book has two parts: one with the general theory and a second part with application to some problems such as the interpretation of quantum mechanics, the nature of mathematics, and the ontology of spacetime. The book addresses questions such as "What is meaning?", "What is truth?", "What are truth criteria in science?", "What is a theory?", "What is a model?" "What is a datum?", "What is information?", "What does it mean to understand something?", "What is space?", "What is time?", "How are these concepts articulated in science?" "What are values?" "What are the limits of science?", and many more. The philosophical views presented are "scientific" in the sense that they are informed by current science, they are relevant for scientific research, and the method adopted uses the hypothetical-deductive approach that is characteristic of science. The results and conclusions, as any scientific conclusion, are open to revision in the light of future advances. Hence, this philosophical approach opposes to dogmatic philosophy. Supported by end-of-chapter summaries and a list of special symbols used, the material will be of interest for students and researchers in both science and philosophy. The second part will appeal to physicists and mathematicians.

Author : Gerald A. Press
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2003-09-10
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780773563971

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Development of the Idea of History in Antiquity by Gerald A. Press Pdf

An extensive scholarly literature, written in the past century holds that in ancient Greek and Roman thought history is understood as circular and repetitive - a consequence of their anti-temporal metaphysics - in contrast with Judaeo-Christian thought, which sees history as linear and unique - a consequence of their messianic and hence radically temporal theology. Gerald Press presents a more general view - that the Graeco-Roman and Judaeo-Christian cultures were fundamentally alien and opposed cultural forces and that, therefore, Christianity's victory over paganism included the replacement or supersession of one intellectual world by another - and then shows that, contrary to this view, there was substantial continuity between "pagan" and Christian ideas of history in antiquity, rather than a striking opposition between cyclic and linear patterns. He finds that the foundation of the Christian view of history as goal-directed lies in the rhetorical rather than the theological motives of early Christian writers.

Author : Mario Bunge
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2015-01-15
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781442621954

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Chasing Reality by Mario Bunge Pdf

Chasing Reality deals with the controversies over the reality of the external world. Distinguished philosopher Mario Bunge offers an extended defence of realism, a critique of various forms of contemporary anti-realism, and a sketch of his own version of realism, namely hylorealism. Bunge examines the main varieties of antirealism - Berkeley's, Hume's, and Kant's; positivism, phenomenology, and constructivism - and argues that all of these in fact hinder scientific research. Bunge's realist contention is that genuine explanations in the sciences appeal to causal laws and mechanisms that are not directly observable, rather than simply to empirical generalisations. Genuine science, in his view, is objective even when it deals with subjective phenomena such as feelings of fear. This work defends a realist view of universals, kinds, possibilities, and dispositions, while rejecting contemporary accounts of these that are couched in terms of modal logic and 'possible worlds.'

Author : Charles John Smith
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 808 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1889
Category : English language
ISBN : HARVARD:HWP732

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Synonyms Discriminated by Charles John Smith Pdf

Author : James Bradley Thayer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 710 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1898
Category : Evidence (Law)
ISBN : HARVARD:32044057638116

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A Preliminary Treatise on Evidence at the Common Law by James Bradley Thayer Pdf

Author : Anthony M. Quinton
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 573 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2019-03-07
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780429514241

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The Nature of Things by Anthony M. Quinton Pdf

Originally published in 1973. In this systematic treatise, Anthony Quinton examines the concept of substance, a philosophical refinement of the everyday notion of a thing. Four distinct, but not unconnected, problems about substance are identified: what accounts for the individuality of a thing; what confers identity on a thing; what is the relation between a thing and its appearances; and what kind of thing is fundamental, in the sense that its existence is logically independent of that of any other kind of thing? In Part 1, the first two problems are discussed, while in Part 2, the third and fourth are considered. Part 3 examines four kinds of thing that have been commonly held to be in some way non-material: abstract entities; the un-observable entities of scientific theory; minds and their states; and, finally, values. The author argues that theoretical entities and mental states are, in fact, material. He gives a linguistic account of universals and necessary truths and advances a naturalistic theory of value.

Author : Mariana Imaz-Sheinbaum
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2023-10-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000987966

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Historical Narratives by Mariana Imaz-Sheinbaum Pdf

This book explains some of the psychological processes that go into narrative construction and why it is that we have so much variability of historical accounts about a single historical event. A central focus of this book is how historians go from having unconnected units of data to having a coherent, structured, and organized flow of experiences. The author argues that the way these connections are established responds to certain Gestalt psychological principles that allow us to understand not only how histories are constructed but also how this construction can be rather different depending on how these principles are applied. To illustrate how these principles are present in histories, the author analyzes classic historical writers such as Burckhardt, Huizinga, Vico, and Marx. As well as an explanation of why historical multiplicity happens, the book also offers a way to evaluate different historical narratives about the same historical event. To illustrate how the evaluative framework is at play, the author analyzes two views about the so-called discovery of America. The first one explains what happens in 1492 by using the term "discovery." The second one uses the notion of "invention" to talk about the same set of circumstances. The book provides an important epistemic tool to evaluate these different accounts—one that can be applied not only to this case but also others. This book appeals to scholars, graduate students, and upper-level undergraduate students of history and philosophy. In addition, the book may also attract intellectuals, generally considered, who are interested in how philosophy can inform and question historical practice.

Author : Naomi Scheman
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2011-10-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780199745630

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Shifting Ground by Naomi Scheman Pdf

This volume of essays by Naomi Scheman brings together her views on epistemic and socio-political issues, views that draw on a critical reading of Wittgenstein as well as on liberatory movements and theories, all in the service of a fundamental reorientation of epistemology. For some theorists, epistemology is an essentially foundationalist and hence discredited enterprise; for others-particularly analytic epistemologists--it remains rigorously segregated from political concerns. Scheman makes a compelling case for the necessity of thinking epistemologically in fundamentally altered ways. Arguing that it is an illusion of privilege to think that we can do without usable articulations of concepts such as truth, reality, and objectivity, she maintains (as in the title of one of her essays) that epistemology needs to be "resuscitated" as an explicitly political endeavor, with trustworthiness at its heart. While each essay contributes to a specific conversation, taken together they argue for addressing theoretical questions as they arise concretely. Truth, reality, objectivity, and other concepts that problematically rest on shifting ground are more than philosophical toys, and the ground-shifting these essays enact is a move away from abstruse theorizing-analytic and post-structuralist alike. Following Wittgenstein's injunctions to just look, to attend to the "rough ground" of everyday practices, Scheman argues for finding philosophical insight in such acts of attention and in the difficulties that beset them. These essays are an attempt to grasp something in particular, to get a handle on a set of problems, and collectively they represent a fresh model of passionate philosophical engagement.