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Analysis of Bernard Williams' idealist interpretation of Wittgenstein's later philosophy [PDF]
Metaphysics, 2015 Among various readings of Wittgenstein's later philosophy, Bernard Williams' interpretation has been noteworthy and a matter of controversy among commentators.
Mahdi Hoseinzadeh Yazdi
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On Schopenhauer's Debt to Spinoza1
European Journal of Philosophy, Volume 34, Issue 2, Page 656-672, June 2026.Abstract Schopenhauer offers ‘nature is not divine but demonic’ as a direct rebuttal of Spinoza's pantheism, his identification of ‘nature’ with ‘God’. And so, one would think, he ought to have been immune to the ‘Spinozism’ that became, as Heine called it, ‘the unofficial religion’ of the age.
Julian Young
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Skepticism and Ontological Parsimony
Pacific Philosophical Quarterly, Volume 107, Issue 2, Page 86-98, June 2026.ABSTRACT External world skepticism is often thought to entail that we should suspend judgment about the existence of the external world. I challenge this orthodoxy by arguing that, when combined with a plausible principle of ontological parsimony, the skeptical challenge intensifies into an argument for outright disbelief in the external world.
James H. McIntyre
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Goodman, solipsism, and immaterialism
, 2022 Open peer commentary on the article “A Defence of Starmaking Constructivism: The Problem of Stuff” by Bin Liu. Abstract: I consider two problems arising in the context of Goodmanian constructivism as discussed by Bin Liu: the question of solipsism and ...
Westerhoff, Jan
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Quantum mechanics refutes solipsism: A proof of the existence of an external world [PDF]
, 2023 Solipsism asserts that only one’s mind exists, and everything else in the world is a mere construction of the mind. In this paper, I present a new and more conclusive argument against solipsism based on an ontological analysis of quantum ...
Gao, Shan
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Foreign Language Annals, Volume 59, Issue 1, Page 103-122, Spring 2026.Abstract After working at a university as a language teacher educator for 20 years, I returned to the P‐12 setting to coteach an inclusive high school Spanish class. The purpose of this return was to relearn to teach and to better understand current challenges in language education, student engagement, and inclusive instruction.
Beth Wassell
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Felsefe Dünyası, 2003 In this investigation we tried to give a brief introduction about Wittgenstein's "private language arqument". At the begining we wanted to show why this subject is important for philosophy. Later on we defined the concept of "private language". The main
Şeref Günday
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The Distinction and Relationship between Ontology and Epistemology
Politikon, 2014 In the social sciences, a distinction is generally drawn between ontology and epistemology, usually accompanied by the assumption that some relationship exists between ontology and epistemology. In this regard several issues arise.
Sarita-Louise Kant
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Aspect perception and rule‐following in Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations
Philosophical Investigations, Volume 49, Issue 1, Page 74-96, January 2026.Abstract This paper aims to highlight a distinctive, projective, mode of aspect perception within Wittgenstein's philosophy that has gone underappreciated in the scholarly literature. Although it bears a family resemblance to other instances of the phenomenon Wittgenstein describes as ‘noticing an aspect’ in PI Part II §113, it is distinctive in that ...
James Connelly
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