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Limits, Limitations, and Necessity in Margaret Macdonald
European Journal of Philosophy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT I offer a contribution to recent work on Margaret Macdonald (1903–1956), a prolific though largely unknown figure in the history of analytic philosophy who applied Wittgensteinian insights to a broad range of issues. Here I examine the development of Macdonald's views with respect to idealism and conventionalism, through the application of a ...
Oliver Thomas Spinney
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Two-Dimensional Theory of Scientific Representation
Metaphysics, 2013 Scientific representation is an interesting topic for philosophers of science, many of whom have recently explored it from different points of view. There are currently two competing approaches to the issue: cognitive and non-cognitive, and each of them ...
A Yaghmaie, H Sheikh Rezaee
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Self‐Knowledge and the Capacity to Judge
European Journal of Philosophy, EarlyView.Abstract Several philosophers have sought to explain certain features of self‐knowledge our beliefs on the basis of the relation which holds between them and our judgments. Typically, these philosophers presuppose that there is just a single relation between these, for instance the relation of identity.
Matthew Parrott
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European Journal of Philosophy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Making sense of the world often requires one to come up with new ideas, including ideas one had previously been unable to think of. How and when should this be done? I propose and defend a norm of rationality linking wondering, belief, and abilities to conceive: one must not both wonder a question and reject all answers to it that one can ...
Michael Deigan
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Animal in Nietzsche's Philosophy: A Prolegomena to the Naturalisation of Human Values [PDF]
Metaphysics, 2014 Articulating his philosophical aims, Nietzsche has exploited animal similes and metaphors (i.e. fables, in a more technical term). It should be noted that he has not stepped on this style with the mere intention of splurge or embellishing his work with ...
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Relativistic Constraints for a Naturalistic Metaphysics of Time [PDF]
, 2012 The traditional metaphysical debate between static and dynamic views in the philosophy of time is examined in light of considerations concerning the nature of time in physical theory.
Evans, Peter W.
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Kant's Dialectic of Enlightenment
European Journal of Philosophy, EarlyView.Abstract Kant's moral thought emphasizes both our ability to make adequate, immediate moral judgment, as well as our deep‐seated forms of self‐entrapment. Strikingly, these forms of self‐entrapment are not simply the result of reason being overpowered by forces external to it, but arise out of reason itself, as pathological versions of otherwise ...
Laurenz Ramsauer
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Metaphysics, 2010 Concept of “collection” as a group of things that lack real composition and do not end in a new situation and configuration is one of the fundamental elements of some philosophical problems.
V. Khademzadeh, M. Saeedi mehr
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Towards general spatial intelligence [PDF]
, 2008 The goal of General Spatial Intelligence is to present a unified theory to support the various aspects of spatial experience, whether physical or cognitive.
Domingue, John, Tanasescu, Vlad
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Kant's Solution to the Trilemma of Concept Formation
European Journal of Philosophy, EarlyView.Abstract According to a widespread assumption, Kant's logical account of concept formation starts with comparison, where the latter involves concepts. On this assumption, the formation of a concept presupposes other concepts, so that the argument is threatened either by circularity, regress, or break‐off.
Daniel Erlewein
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