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Gellner's Philosophy of History - Interpretations and Problems [PDF]

open access: yesCzech Sociological Review, 2001
The major part of Ernest Gellner's work ranks among the few contemporary attempts at a global theory of the development of mankind, or, in his words, 'the structure of human history.' Gellner's theory is based on two main assumptions: first, the succession of three radically & generically different types of societies: (1) hunter-gatherer society, (2 ...
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Mechanistic Interpretability Needs Philosophy

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Mechanistic interpretability (MI) aims to explain how neural networks work by uncovering their underlying causal mechanisms. As the field grows in influence, it is increasingly important to examine not just models themselves, but the assumptions, concepts and explanatory strategies implicit in MI research.
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Humanity And Divinity In The Interpretation Of Eastern Philosophy

open access: yesThe American Journal of Social Science and Education Innovations, 2020
The article examines the issue of humanity and divinity in Eastern philosophy. The views of Eastern and Western scholars in this regard are at this point comparable in terms of philosophy, all branches of science, in terms of ...
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The problem of understanding and interpretation of African philosophy

open access: yesRUDN Journal of Philosophy, 2020
This article is devoted to the problem of interpretation and understanding of African philosophy as a phenomenon of intercultural communication. It is a question of the presence of stereotypes in perception and assessments of African philosophy: from the assertion of its interiority and non-philosophical character to the propaganda of its primacy in ...
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On the Proper Interpretation of Hobbes’s Philosophy [PDF]

open access: possibleJournal of the History of Philosophy, 1996
Abstract This chapter responds to Edwin Curley’s criticisms of the author’s interpretation of Thomas Hobbes’s philosophy. The author discusses the importance of the intellectual context for understanding an author’s thought. Hobbes’s context is the political and religious doctrines of King James I.
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Nietzsche on Philosophy, Interpretation and Truth [PDF]

open access: possibleNoûs, 1984
“Interpretation” according to Nietzsche, has always been the actual — if generally unacknowledged — activity of philosophers and other thinkers, at least to the extent that they have been more than mere philosophical and intellectual “laborers” content to work within and with the framework of interpretations developed by others.
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On the Interpretation Circle of Philosophy

Chinese Studies in Philosophy, 1992
Philosophy is considered a very difficult field of knowledge and yet probably no other field of knowledge is as confused and muddle-headed as philosophy. As one of the oldest fields of knowledge of the human race it has existed for several thousand years.
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Interpreting Indian Philosophy

2015
This chapter explores some of the challenges of interpreting Indian philosophy by examining three exemplary puzzles: the manner in which philosophical authors employed the idea of the Cārvāka system, a school of thought said to be at once skeptical, hedonistic, and materialist; the meaning of “freedom” in classical India; and the limits of reason as ...
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