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Mark Timmons on the Analysis and Criticism of the Structural Contextualism in the Justification of Ethical Belief [PDF]

open access: yesاخلاق وحیانی, 2016
It is one of the most important tasks of the contemporary ethical epistemology to answer the skepticism about the justification of ethical belief. Ethical foundationalism and coherentism can be counted among the approaches against ethical skepticism ...
behrooz mohammadi
doaj  

Progress, Objectivism, and Philosophy of History: the Problem of Progress in Critical Theory

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Philosophy, EarlyView.
Abstract In this paper, I evaluate Rahel Jaeggi's theory of progress as outlined in her recent book Fortschritt und Regression. The central question of this paper will be whether Jaeggi's theory of progress in terms of an “accumulating problem‐solving process” can answer the critique of progress put forward by Amy Allen in The End of Progress.
Wouter Wiersma
wiley   +1 more source

Paradigmatic Ideas in the Critique of Historical Reason in Islam [PDF]

open access: yesتاریخ نگری و تاریخ نگاری, 2018
If we accept that any interpretation of the Islamic heritage of thought is based on a framework of ideas and concepts, which is the title of historical reason, then the continuation of the structure of this historical reason leads to the ineffectiveness ...
Abdolah Motevaly   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Infinite Descent [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
Once one accepts that certain things metaphysically depend upon, or are metaphysically explained by, other things, it is natural to begin to wonder whether these chains of dependence or explanation must come to an end.
Dixon, T. Scott
core   +1 more source

REALISM OR IDEALISM? PERSPECTIVES ON THE PHILOSOPHY OF HISTORY FROM A PRACTICING HISTORIAN

open access: yesHistory and Theory, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This review essay argues that the realist philosophy of history, as represented by Adam Timmins in Towards a Realist Philosophy of History, raises interesting questions about the nature of historical writing and challenges some of the foundations of idealist philosophy of history.
Stefan Berger
wiley   +1 more source

Agripa’s problem [PDF]

open access: yesIdeas y Valores, 2005
Agrippa’s Problem: The purpose of this paper is to present the triple problem (trilemma) of Agrippa that questions the possibility of reaching an epistemological justification of empirical knowledge.
Mauricio Zuluaga
doaj  

“That We May Love the As Yet Unknown God”: The Meaning of Analogy in Augustine’s De Trinitate

open access: yesModern Theology, EarlyView.
Abstract Recent interest in the idea of analogy and the analogy of being, along with the apparent invocation of Augustine’s De Trinitate in the definition of Lateran IV, calls for a renewed investigation into the idea of analogy in the aforementioned text. Methodologically, “analogy” in De Trin. names a form of discourse which attempts to see the truth
Samuel J. Korb
wiley   +1 more source

On an “Unintelligible” Idea: Donald Davidson’s Case Against Experiential Foundationalism [PDF]

open access: yes, 2002
Donald Davidson’s epistemology is predicated on, among other things, the rejection of Experiential Foundationalism, which he calls ‘unintelligible’. In this essay, I assess Davidson’s arguments for this conclusion.
Howard-Snyder, Daniel
core   +1 more source

From Tolstoy's Expressionism to Nietzsche's Skepticism of Philosophers' Neutrality—Constructing and Dismantling the Bridge Between Art and Philosophy

open access: yesThe Philosophical Forum, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT According to Tolstoy's theory of art, personal expression plays a crucial role as an essential artistic element since it is associated with originality and emotional communication. Is personal expression also significant in philosophy? We often tend to believe that in a philosophical theory, this element is, or should be, absent in the pursuit
Tiago Sousa
wiley   +1 more source

Foundationalism in ethics from the perspective of Ayatollah Javadi Amoli; review and explanation [PDF]

open access: yesاخلاق وحیانی, 2020
The existence of self-evident theorems and the referral of theoretical theories to them (foundationalist theory) are among the important issues of epistemology. What is their improvisation?
majid abolqasemzade
doaj  

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