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Moral Realism and Anti-Realism in Later Wittgenstein

open access: yesMetaphysics, 2011
By emphasis on cognitive aspect of moral realism, this article surveys various divisions in moral realism and anti-realism and, regarding later Wittgenstein's courses, it explores his views about this matter.
A Sabramiz, S Dabagh
doaj  

Defining Determinism [PDF]

open access: yesarXiv
Determinism is the thesis that the past determines the future, but efforts to define it precisely have exposed deep methodological disagreements. Standard possible-worlds formulations of determinism presuppose an "agreement" relation between worlds, but this relation can be understood in multiple ways -- none of which is particularly clear.
arxiv  

Personality and a Metaphysics of Value

open access: bronze, 1910
Joseph A. Leighton
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Narrative Understanding

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Philosophy, EarlyView.
Abstract Much work in history, anthropology, sociology, and political science has a narrative form — the events described are emplotted into stories. A number of recent critics of narrative have argued that the story form is a poor vehicle for social scientific explanation, as it often misleads us about the causal structure of the social world ...
Alexander Prescott‐Couch
wiley   +1 more source

Substantial :union: or Substantial Distinction of Mind and Body in Descartes\' Metaphysics

open access: yesMetaphysics, 2009
According to Descartes’ metaphysics there are two different kinds of substances in the world of creatures: “thinking substance” and “extended substance” or soul and matter.
f Jamei, m Akrami
doaj  

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