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Generality, generalization, and induction in Poincaré’s philosophy

2017
This article examines Henri Poincaré’s philosophical conceptions of generality in mathematics and physics, and more specifically his claim that induction in experimental physics does not consist in extending the domain of a predicate. It first considers Poincaré’s view that generalization is not a means to reach generality and that the issue of ...
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Against generality: Meaning in genetics and philosophy

Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A, 1996
Philosophers have always sought general theories.’ We have sought general theories of truth, knowledge, justice, and beauty, to mention just a few. In The Principles of Morals and Legislation, for example, Bentham says that ‘By the principle of utility is meant that principle which approves or disapproves of every action whatsoever, according to the ...
Robert C. Richardson, Wim J. van der Steen, Richard M. Burian   +2 more
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Relations in General Philosophy

1994
Earlier chapters have demonstrated the close link between analysis and relations in Russell’s mathematical philosophy. Yet, as usually happens in philosophy, developments in one area are not long in spilling over into others. Hence it comes as no surprise to find Russell applying the combination of analysis and relations to a much wider range of ...
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PHILOSOPHICAL SPECIALIZATION AND GENERAL PHILOSOPHY

Metaphilosophy, 1993
La philosophie specialisee (analytique ou post-analytique) est compatible avec la philosophie generale et contribue a son developpement.
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A Treatise of Legal Philosophy and General Jurisprudence [PDF]

Ratio Juris, 2006
Abstract.  “The Notebook Corner,” edited by Enrico Pattaro, makes its first appearance here as a new section of Ratio Juris. This new section can be described in a sense as an offshoot of the project for A Treatise of Legal Philosophy and General Jurisprudence, a work still in progress composed of five theoretical volumes and six historical ones.
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General philosophy and methodology

2006
Introduction There was a rationalist side to Walras's philosophical and methodological thought and, in a certain sense and in certain limited respects, an idealist side, but he was also a realist and an empiricist. He had the latter attributes in the sense that he contended, first, that there is an objective reality independent of ideas about it ...
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The general philosophy of organic nomenclature

Journal of Chemical Education, 1961
A discussion of the underlying principles of nomenclature that are basic to all systems of organic nomenclature.
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The Location(s) of Philosophy: Generating and Questioning New Concepts in African Philosophy

Philosophia Africana, 2014
The life-blood of African philosophy (as with any philosophy) is the generation of new concepts adequate to an intellectual milieu. That milieu includes historical, cultural, politi-cal, and pragmatic elements, among others, as well as the existing concepts that make the milieu philosophically viable. These concepts are both the result and the starting
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A Philosophy for Future Generations

2022
If societies, like institutions, are built to endure, then the bond that exists between generations must be considered. Constructing a framework to establish a philosophy of future generations, Tiziana Andina explores the factors that make it possible for a society to reproduce over time.
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Technological Capital: Bourdieu, Postphenomenology, and the Philosophy of Technology Beyond the Empirical Turn

Philosophy & Technology, 2020
Alberto Romele
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