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Did any philosopher promote a “pure” pragmatic conception of truth?
William James often associated truth with usefulness (utility), but overall his conception of truth was not pure in this regard. It shares some elements of the correspondence and coherence theory. For ...
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What is the first recorded use of the conditional form in human history?
The conditional form, ⟨ IF ϕ, THEN ψ ⟩, seems to have always been with us, but we don't really know.
So, what is the first attested use of the conditional form in human history?
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Did Popper ever mention Rand and vice versa?
I’ve read a lot of Karl Popper’s writings and a fair amount of Ayn Rand’s.
It seems odd that two of the most influential philosophers of the 20th century never talk about each other or address each ...
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Gnosis vs. Episteme - Is there a change over time periods in Ancient Greek Philosophy?
"Episteme" is the word of choice in Plato, generally (although there are a few instances of "Gnosis" here and there)
By contrast, "Gnosis" is far more frequent among ...
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Which rational thinkers (theologians, philosophers, scientists, mathematicians etc.), prior to 1850, disagreed with Aristotle's logic?
Did any intellectual luminary ever articulate any major disagreement with Aristotle's logic prior to the inception of modern mathematical "classical" logic?
Which rational thinkers, such as ...
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Memory vs. Repetition in Deleuze
In the introduction of Difference and Repetition, Deleuze seems to contrast repetition with memory. How does this really cash out? Does this mean Deleuze is making the claim that memory is a kind of ...
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Kant's commentary on the faculty of judgment: did he anticipate things like incompleteness/halting/truth-undefinability?
First, to cite the (Meiklejohn) version of the argument:
If understanding in general be defined as the faculty of laws or rules, the faculty of judgement may be termed the faculty of subsumption ...
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Definitions of fairness
I am not a philosophy scholar, but I'm looking for - relatively recent and well-accepted - definitions of the notion of fairness. John Rawls, for example, outlines what he believes is fair in "A ...
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What arguments does Plato's Lysis put forth from 216 to 223?
I don't understand this part. He seems to go back and forth on whether they support one another and whether they are actually successful. Some serious clarification is needed.
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What does Spinoza mean by Acquiescentia in se ipso?
In Part V of Spinoza’s Ethics the pinnacle of human freedom and understanding is discussed as the viewpoint from eternal blessedness. How are we to characterize or interpret this doctrine of ...
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What are the main differences between ancient and modern scepticism?
What would the main differences be between 'ancient' and 'modern' scepticism?
Specifically, how could one contrast the writings of Sextus Empiricus vs Pascal & Montaigne?
Any insight would be ...
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What's the role of logic in logical positivism?
I'm reading up on a bit of the ideas of logical positivism. It seems that the main components were the distinction of synthetic and analytic statements, and the verification principle. Without giving ...
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Has there been systematic studies of how historical contexts and social factors influenced various philosophers?
While I learn a lot from philosophers, I can't help but think that their minds (just like mine) are somewhat tied to the exact times they were born into. The historical context and social factors ...
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What did Aristotle and Plato think of each other?
Since Plato was a teacher of Aristotle and was living until Aristotle was 36 years old I was wondering of what kind of opinion Aristotle had of Plato's personality and work and vice versa
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What are the reasons as to why many important ancient philosophers ascribed to stoicism whereas few ancient philosophers were epicurians?
It seems to me that there were relatively few prominent ancient (if not prominent at least with wikipedia entries with their names) philosophers that espoused Epicureanism while there were many ...
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