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Faith and Philosophy, 2000 It is clear from both his writings and lectures on religion that Wittgenstein thought that there are many differences in the standards and forms of justification informing religious and scientific discourses. However, the evidence of such differences can be used to support two quite different and conflicting lines of argument. On one apparently realist
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Wittgenstein vs. Socrates: Wittgenstein and Plato
JoLMA, 2022 Wittgenstein opposes Socrates’ insistence that words should have an essentialist definition. Wittgenstein also stands with Euthyphro in his discussion with Socrates over whether God’s commands make an action good. While Socrates values the examined life, Wittgenstein wonders how we can stop the demand for more explanation.
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Sartre's Private Language Argument
European Journal of Philosophy, EarlyView.Abstract Various commentators have noted striking parallels between Wittgenstein's reflections on privacy and Sartre's discussions of the body in Being and Nothingness. Nevertheless, these aspects of Sartre's thought have seldom been explored in detail.
Alex Englander
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Genres of Paradoxical IS Theorising: Of Chaos–Puzzles and Spear–Shields
Information Systems Journal, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Paradox is a powerful lens for theorising information systems (IS) phenomena. However, as scholars apply the term to fundamentally different phenomena, ‘paradox’ risks dilution. Much confusion stems from conflating two concepts under the same English label ‘paradox’: chaos–puzzles (seemingly impossible ideas, aligned with the Chinese term ‘bei
Blair Wang +2 more
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Cohort fertility and educational expansion in the Czech Republic during the 20th century
Demographic Research, 2018 Background: During the 20th century the Czech Republic went through profound changes in female employment, gender roles, population and family policies, and public childcare. The educational structure of the female population changed tremendously. At the
Krystof Zeman
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How feedback works in practice: Insights from a rapid realist review
Medical Education, EarlyView.Abstract Background Feedback is essential in health professions education, yet its diversity makes it difficult to study and theorize beyond specific instances. Building on their prior theoretical framing of feedback, the authors undertook a focused pattern informed realist exploration of how it might work, for whom, and under what circumstances, in ...
Catherine Patocka +3 more
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Metaphilosophy, EarlyView.Abstract This paper presents the case of Margaret Macdonald's (1903–1956) posthumous treatment of Susan Stebbing (1885–1943). After Stebbing's death, Macdonald—her Ph.D. student and collaborator—wrote an early history of analytic philosophy in which Stebbing's work is credited to Bertrand Russell (specifically, her account of ‘directional analysis ...
Peter West
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, 2017 The Big Typescript is the one of the last works of Wittgenstein where we can find a strong support for the project of a “phenomenology” as it was formulated in 1930 in the Philosophische Bemerkungen. It is in chapters 94 through 107 of the Big Typescript that we find in its most accomplished form the project of a phenomenology as the grammar of our ...
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Modern Theology, EarlyView.Abstract Examining work by Rowan Williams, this essay explores what he often refers to as the ‘difficulty’ of writing theology. The difficulty of theology lies in engaging the ruse of having ultimate answers to ultimate questions. The stakes are high: ‘God‐talk’ must concern itself with truth, with reality.
Graham Ward
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Duplicitous Remembrance: Confessing Self‐Deception with Augustine
Modern Theology, EarlyView.Abstract While self‐deception has long been a topic of interest in psychology and analytic philosophy—and increasingly in the academic study of theology and religion—direct engagement with Augustine on self‐deception remains underexplored in contemporary scholarship.
Abraham S‐C Wu
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