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Mark Timmons on the Analysis and Criticism of the Structural Contextualism in the Justification of Ethical Belief [PDF]
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
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Progress, Objectivism, and Philosophy of History: the Problem of Progress in Critical Theory
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
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Paradigmatic Ideas in the Critique of Historical Reason in Islam [PDF]
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
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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
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REALISM OR IDEALISM? PERSPECTIVES ON THE PHILOSOPHY OF HISTORY FROM A PRACTICING HISTORIAN
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
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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
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“That We May Love the As Yet Unknown God”: The Meaning of Analogy in Augustine’s De Trinitate
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
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On an “Unintelligible” Idea: Donald Davidson’s Case Against Experiential Foundationalism [PDF]
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
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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
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Foundationalism in ethics from the perspective of Ayatollah Javadi Amoli; review and explanation [PDF]
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
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