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Comparative Study of the Concept of Space in Aristotle, Descartes and Heidegger
Metaphysics, 2011 The concept of ''place'' depends on the modern understanding of Being. Today, we regard place simply as a mathematical and measurable space which contains things.
MJ safiyan, n Momeni
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Retrieving Your Concepts: Iris Murdoch on Original Sin
European Journal of Philosophy, EarlyView.Abstract In The Sovereignty of Good, Iris Murdoch argues that our moral thinking will be impoverished until it possesses a secular conception of original sin. Such a notion would need to remove unacceptable Christian baggage while retaining a genuine claim to be a descendant of the original Christian concept.
Samuel Filby
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Richard Rorty: From Anti-metaphysical Neo-Pragmatism to Rejection of Philosophy
Metaphysics, 2010 Richard Rorty is a neo-Pragmatist philosopher. For three decades, he has attacked the traditional philosophy (from Plato to Kant) as well as any other epistemology searching for truth or claiming to mirror the nature in his philosophical works.
M Akrami, M Mahmudi
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European Journal of Philosophy, EarlyView.Abstract Immanent critique is often presented as a distinctive approach to political and social philosophy. But Rachel Fraser argues that immanent critique cannot satisfy three plausible criteria that characterise it as a distinctive approach: it cannot be normatively significant, social, and make no appeal to external standards.
Michael O'Connor
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Husserl – Derrida: Dispute over Language
Metaphysics, 2010 As Derrida points out, Husserl needs the logical purity of meaning to constitute phenomenology, and he assures this by differentiating expressive and indicative signs.
H. Fathzadeh
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Speculative Unity in Hegel's Restrictive Identity Claim
European Journal of Philosophy, EarlyView.Abstract Hegel identifies thought with the ‘in itself’ of things. It is common to read the statement as an unrestricted claim regarding Hegel's metaphysical view of reality. I argue it should be read as the expression of what speculative truth achieves.
Ana Vieyra
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Philosophy of Suffering: Metaphysics, Value, and Normativity [PDF]
, 2019 Suffering is a central component of our lives. We suffer pain. We fall ill. We fail and are failed. Our loved ones die. It is a commonplace to think that suffering is, always and everywhere, bad. But might suffering also be good?
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Virtue and Happiness in Socrates’ Moral Thought
Metaphysics, 2013 The question of “what is happiness?” is among the most important questions of Greek philosophy. In those early works of Plato that very likely represent the views of Socrates, Socrates mainly focuses on moral issues and tries to get close to an ...
H Mahboobi Arani
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