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Skeptical Theism and Enlightenment Thinkers in Tracing Epistemological Humility
This study examines the origins and development of skeptical theism a philosophical position that reconciles belief in God with the recognition of human cognitive limitations in understanding divine providence, particularly regarding the problem of evil.
Michael Yurievich Kuznetsov
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Straipsnyje analizuojama šiuolaikinių diskusijų mokslo vertybinio neutralumo klausimais priešistorė. Išskiriami trys mokslo vertybinio neutralumo problemos aspektai: loginis (deskriptyvinių teiginių ir vertinimų dichotomija ir "Hume'o principas ...
Zenonas Norkus
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Black Humanism: Sameness and Difference in Being Human and Being Black in the United Kingdom
Abstract This essay outlines a variety of responses to a central question pertaining to Black humanism: namely, what does it mean to be a Black human, given the existence of systemic racism within the Body of Christ and in many White majority societies in the African Diaspora, in this case, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain?
Anthony G. Reddie
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Hume's Philosophy of Geometry [PDF]
Hume's writings with respect to geometry represent one of the least studied and least understood parts of his philosophy. Commentators have been inclined to view Hume's analysis of geometric knowledge, particularly that in the Treatise, as confused and ...
Dianda, James Joseph
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Nature's Complexity Alive: Farewell to Several Unificatory Cosmological Arguments for Monism
ABSTRACT Throughout history, numerous thinkers have claimed that monism—in the form of priority monism, existence monism, monotheistic monism, or versions that posit an extra‐cosmic ultimate being—theoretically surpasses pluralism, above all by positing a unified universe.
Lok‐Chi Chan
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Speaking for Dionysus: Empathy and choral advocacy in Aristotle and Nietzsche
Abstract This essay argues for an abiding connection between empathy and advocacy by revealing their unrecognized parallels in Aristotle and Nietzsche. The argument makes three new claims. First, I identify an ancient form of sharing emotions, unnamed in but fundamental to Aristotle's Rhetoric, that I call “empathy by analogy.” Next, I show that the ...
Ellwood Wiggins
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Possibilities for Social Equity Budgeting: Critical Insights From Bentham?
ABSTRACT Considering prior ways of seeing and practical mobilisations of Social Equity Budgeting (SEB), we suggest that prior conceptualisation, research and practice can be advanced by reflecting on insights from the philosophical and political literature on equity and justice.
Laurence Ferry +2 more
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Taste as experience in David Hume's Aesthetics
This volume aims to update David Hume's reflections on aesthetics with regard to some central concepts of his thought, namely those of taste and aesthetic experience.
Andrea Gatti
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Doubting the Truth of Hume's Principle
Hume’s Principle (HP) states that for any two (sortal) concepts, F and G, the number of Fs is identical to the number of Gs iff the Fs are one- one correlated with the Gs. Backed by second-order logic HP is supposed to be the starting point for the neo-logicist program of the foundations of arithmetic.
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Politics and Justice: Aristotle, Rawls, and the Case for Realism in Political Theory
ABSTRACT Aristotle's analysis of stasis in Book V of the Politics offers a striking example of “distinctively political thought,” as advocated by Bernard Williams's political realism, and in contrast to the moralist approach exemplified by John Rawls. Aristotle identifies disputes over justice, driven by partial and conflicting conceptions of equality,
Paul Sagar
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