UNIVERSITY OF CALICUT SCHOOL OF DISTANCE EDUCATION. (2011 Admn. onwards) VI Semester B.A. PHILOSOPHY CORE COURSE CONTEMPORARY WESTERN PHILOSOPHY
|
|
- Harold Gibson
- 5 years ago
- Views:
Transcription
1 UNIVERSITY OF CALICUT SCHOOL OF DISTANCE EDUCATION (2011 Admn. onwards) VI Semester B.A. PHILOSOPHY CORE COURSE CONTEMPORARY WESTERN PHILOSOPHY Question Bank & Answer Key Choose the correct Answer from the bracket. 1. The founder of phenomenological movement is (a) Husserl (b) Hegel (c) Kant (d) Brentano 2 Brentano belongs to movement (a) Feminist (b) Materialist (c) Existentialist (d) Phenomenologist 3 Ideas: A General Introduction to Pure Phenomenology is a work o (a) Brentano (b) Husserl (c) Sartre (d) Aristotle 4 The task of phenomenology is to study --- (a) Moral acts (b) Science (c) Emotions (d) Consciousness 5. The phenomenological reduction is by (a) Husserl (b) Brentano (c) Ponty (d) Sartre 6 Transcendental phenomenology, according to Husserl, was the study of (a) Spirit (c) Transcendental Consciousness (b) Logic (d) Science subscribes to slogan To the things themselves. (a) Husserl (b) Sartre (c) Heidegger (d) Empiricist 8. Which philosophy is emphasizing the study of consciousness by the method of reduction (a) Existentialism (b) Phenomenology (c) Psychology (d) None of the above 9. Who wrote the work Logical Investigations? (a) Heidegger (b) Sartre (c) Merleau-Ponty (d) Husserl 10. Who was the first to employ the term phenomenology? (a) Leibnitz (b) Leucippus (c) Lambert (d) Bertano Contemporary Western Philosophy 1
2 11. Descriptive psychology and had its origins in the project of (a) Brentano. (b) Husserl (c) Heidegger (d) Meinong 12 Whose conviction that philosophy is a rigorous science? (a) Kant (b) Brentano (c) Aristotle (d) Husserl 13. phenomenology emphasizes the concept of (a) Self-evidence (b)anticipation (c) Existence (d) Science 14. Brentano contrasts empirical psychology with (a) Gestalt psychology (c) genetic psychology (b) Clinical psychology (d) all are false is a concept in phenomenology borrowed from Brentano (a) Intentionality (b) De anima, (c) cognition (d) consciousness 16. Who laid great stress on phenomenology s principle of presuppositionlessness in Phenomenology? (a) Heidegger (b) Meinong (c) Brentano (d) Husserl 17. Which of the following is true to Husserl? (a) The suspension of the natural attitude (c) Eidetic and transcendental reductions (b) The phenomenological epoché, (d) All are true meant that all scientific, philosophical, cultural, and everyday assumptions had to be put aside. (a) Positivism (b) bracketing (c) empiricism (d) descriptivism 19. Psychology from an Empirical Standpoint is the work of (a) Brentano (b) Husserl (c) Heidegger (d) Sartre 20. Who contrasts empirical psychology with genetic psychology? (a) Carnap (b) Meinong (c) Brentano (d) Husserl 21 Phenomenological movement dedicated to describing the structures of experience as they present themselves to (a)description (b) Bracketing (c) Intentionality (d) Consciousness 22 The term phenomenology, invented by the German eighteenth-century Mathematician, J.H.Lambert to describe the science of a. Appearances (b) Ideas (c) Concepts (d) all are true 23 The word phenomenology had been used by Hegel in his work on the nature of the (a) Object (b) Evolution (c) Spirit (d) none of the above 24 According to phenomenology, the intentional object is that which is present to (a) Natural attitude (b) consciousnesses Contemporary Western Philosophy 2
3 (c) material reality (d) all are true 25 Cartesian Meditations is the famous work of (a) Carnap (b) Descartes (c) Brentano (d) Husserl is the doctrine that every mental act is related to some object. (a) Objectivity (b) Intentionality (c) Reduction (d) Bracketing 27 Phenomenology had been criticized as an essentially method, (a) Empirical (b) Science (c) Solipsistic (d) Relative 28. Husserl as a transcendental philosopher deferrers from (a) Descartes (b) Socrates (c) Aristotle (d) Kant 29. Who distinguished between phenomena and noumena? (a) Kant (b) Brentano (c) Sartre (d) Berkeley 30. Whose transcendental philosophy is known as transcendental phenomenology? (a) Brentano (b) Husserl (c) Sartre (d) Heidegger reduction brackets the question of existence and attempts to focus on the essence. (a) Eidetic (b) Transcendental (c) Phenomenological (d) All are true 32 Epoché in phenomenology means (a) Existence (b) Essence (c) Reduction (d) Description 33. According to Kierkegaard, truth is (a) Subjectivity (b) God (c) Transcendental (d) Particular 34. Who said that existence precedes essence? (a) Husserl (b) Plato (c) Descartes (d) Sartre 35 Being and Time is the work of (a) Nietzsche (b) Plato (c) Heidegger (d) Sartre 36. Who said that "God is dead"? (a) Heidegger (b) Nietzsche (c) Sartre (d) Kierkegaard philosophers give importance to the term existence? (a) Existentialists (b) Phenomenologist (c) Empiricists (d) Rationalists 38. Existentialism is a philosophical (a) Idealism (b) Movement (c) Pragmatics (d) Science 39 Existentialism emphasizing individual existence, freedom, and ---- (a) God (b) Religion (c) Objectivity (d) subjectivity Contemporary Western Philosophy 3
4 40. Who is regarded as the founder of modern existentialism? (a) Sartre (b) Heidegger (c) Kierkegaard (d) Nietzsche 41 Who claimed the word nausea for the individual's recognition (a) Husserl (b) Sartre (c) Heidegger (d) Nietzsche 42 One of the following is an atheist existentialist (a) Descartes (b) Karl Jaspers (c) Gabriel Marcel (d) Sartre 43 Who wrote the book Thus Spake Zarathustra? (a) Nietzsche (b) Sartre (c) Brentano (d) Aristotle 44 Superman is the philosophical concept of (a) Sartre (b) Nietzsche (c) Heidegger (d) Husserl 45 Being and Time is the work of (a) Sartre (b) Husserl (c) Heidegger (d) Descartes 46 According to Heidegger, Dasein means (a) God (b) becoming (c) being- that (d) being- there 47 In Heidegger the fundamental ontology means the study of (a) being (b) non -being (c) becoming (d) logic 48. Being and Nothingness is the work of (a) Husserl (b) Sartre (c) Brentano (d) Heidegger 49. Man is condemned to be free, is the statement of ---- (a) Nietzsche (b) Husserl (c) Sartre (d) Heidegger 50. Sartre's philosophy is explicitly and pessimistic (a) Religious (b) Catholic (c) Theistic (d) Atheistic 51. Heidegger is an philosopher. (a) Agnostic (b) ancient (c) analytic (d) existential 52 Sartre tried to reconcile existentialist concepts with a analysis of society and history. (a) Samos (b) Marxist (c) Religious (d) all are false 53. Nietzsche is an existentialist philosopher. (a) Atheistic (b) Atomists (c) Theistic (d) Phenomenological is a religious Existentialist philosopher (a) Sartre (b) Nietzsche (c) Socrates (d Kierkegaard 55. A number of existentialist philosophers used to convey their thought. (a)ethics (b) Hermeneutics (c) literary forms (d) god Contemporary Western Philosophy 4
5 56. Existentialism is century philosophical movement. (a)18 th (b)20 th (c)21 st (d)5 th 57. All existentialists have followed in stressing the importance of individual action in deciding questions of both morality and truth (a) Husserl (b) Nietzsche (c) Brentano (d) Kierkegaard 58. Existentialists have argued that no objective and principles can be found for moral decisions. (a) Rational (b) innate (c) axiomatic (d) subjective who claimed to have worked out a total rational understanding of humanity and history. (a) Hegel (b) Nietzsche (c) Husserl (d) Kierkegaard 60. All the existentialist thinkers suggest major themes and stress on concrete existence. (a) ontological (b) metaphysical (c) individual (d) theological 61 The centre of the movement called logical empiricism was a. Germany (b) Vienna Circle (c) England (d) Austria 62 Who was the first to hold the Chair in the Philosophy of logical empiricism? a. Carnap (b) A.J Ayer (c) Neurath (d) Moritz Schlick 63 Logical positivism is a philosophy developed by the Vienna Circle during the (a) 1950s (b) 1980s (c) 1920s (d) 1960s 64 The most famous doctrine of logical positivism is its principle (a) Verifiability (b) metaphysical (c) Ethical (d) all are false 65 According to logical positivism, the validity and meaning of any proposition is dependent upon whether or not it can be a. theological (b) verified (c)not observed (d) ethical 66 A statement which cannot be verified is held to be.. (a) True (b) valid (c) meaningless (d) idealist 67 Logical positivists attack on statement of , theology and religion (a) logical (b) verifiable (c) empirical (d) metaphysics 68. Leading members of the Vienna circle included M. Schlick, R. Carnap, O. Neurath, and (a) Berkeley (b) Descartes (c) Waismann (d) Husserl 69. Who wrote the book Language, Truth and Logic? (a) Frege (b) A. J. Ayer (c) Carnap (d) Hume Contemporary Western Philosophy 5
6 distinguished between meaningful and meaningless statements? (a) Logical positivists (b) Husserl (c) Heidegger d) Sartre 71. According to logical positivists, all statements are meaningless. (a) logical (b) mathematical (c) metaphysical (d) empirical 72 Wittgenstein's famous work is called (a) Language, Truth and Logic (b) Logic (c) Investigation (d) Tractatus was a scientist and philosopher, frequently regarded as the father of logical positivism. (a) Russell (b) Ernst Mach (c) Hume (d) A J Ayer 74. All the statements in mathematics and logic are true by itself and no need of verification according to the (a) Logical positivists (b) Pragmatism (c) phenomenology (d) Heidegger 75 The central idea of logical positivism is the Principle of (a) metaphysics (b)language (c) epistemology (d) Verification 76. A. J.Ayer argued that all metaphysical statements such as God is omnipotent are ruled out as by his criterion. (a)meaningful (b) True (c) meaningless (d) valid is a prominent figure in the philosophical movement known as logical positivism or logical empiricism. (a) Rudolf Carnap (b) John Dewey (c) Sartre (d) Locke 78. The Logical Syntax of Language is the work of (a) C S Peirce (b) Rudolf Carnap (c) A. J.Ayer (d) Husserl 79 The philosophy of language deals with the problem of the distinction between and semantics. (a) logic (b) ethics (c) syntax (d) values 80. The major issue of language of philosophy is the relationships between language and -- (a) word (b) world (c) thought (d) logic 81. An influential type of philosophy of language developed out of generative grammar. (a) Husserl (b) A. J.Ayer (c) C S Peirce (d) Chomsky is a central figure in the philosophy of language. (a) Brentano (b) Wittgenstein (c) Meinong (d) Husserl 83 The business of includes questions about the meanings of subject expressions like the present king of France is bald. (a) Idealism (b) dialectics (c) semantics (d) logic Contemporary Western Philosophy 6
7 84. In the The Logical Syntax of Language, Carnap discussed (a) Logical syntax (b) Phenomenology (c) virtue (d) existentialism 85 In Logical Syntax of Language, Carnap accepted Tarski s techniques, (a) Logical b) ethical (c) semantical (d) all are false 86 The central program of Carnap s Logical Syntax of Language is the notion of framework. (a) Ethical (b) pragmatic (c) Existential (d) linguistic 87 Meinong claimed to have discovered a new a priori science, the theory of (a) analytics (b) ideas (c) objects (d) subjects 88 Who made the distinction between objects may either exist (such as physical objects) or subsist(such as mathematical entities). (a) Hussel (b) Meinong (c) Brentano (d) Sartre 89. On the Theory of Objects and Psychology is the work of (a) Meinong (b) Sartre (c) Heidegger (d) Brentano 90. Every object is independent of its being. Some exist and others (for e g., golden mountains) do not exist is the philosophy of (a) Heidegger (b) Meinong (c) Husserl (d) C S Peirce stated that object as round square have no type of being at all, they are homeless objects, to be found not even in heaven. (a) Frege s (b) Brentano s (c) Heidegger s (d) Meinong 92. According to , the two statements the round square is round and the mountain I am thinking of is golden are true statements about nonexistent objects (a)sartre (b) Russell (c) Meinong, (d) Plato 93 Who accepted Brentano's thesis of the intentionality of the mental but modified it in a realistic direction, distinguishing between the content and object of a mental act? (a) Meinong (b) Husserl (c) Carnap (d) A.J Ayer 94 Who derives the term 'theory of objects' which he preferred as 'metaphysics' and 'ontology'? (a) Schlick (b) Meinong (c) Hume (d) Heidegger 95 The property of objects corresponding to the truth of judgments,according to Meinong is (a)intentionality (b) Ideas (c) Relation (d) factuality 96 Pragmatism is a philosophical movement and it has a major impact on culture from the late 19th century to the present. a. German (b) Greek (c) American (d) Indian Contemporary Western Philosophy 7
8 97 Pragmatists claim that truth, knowledge, morality, and politics must be tested in a. Theory b) practice (c) Lab (d) all are false influenced developments in psychology, sociology, education, semiotics (the study of signs and symbols), and scientific method, as well as philosophy, cultural criticism, and social reform movements in France, England and Italy (a) Pragmatism (b) Hermeneutics (c) Positivism (d) all are false 99 The most important pragmatists are American philosophers Charles Sanders Peirce, William James, and a. Bentham (b) J S Mill (c) Chomsky (d) John Dewey 100 Peirce developed pragmatism as a theory of meaning in particular, the meaning of concepts used in (a) Religion (b) Science (c) Ethics (d) Metaphysics 101. Logical positivists, who have been influenced by Peirce, believed that truth is closed to (a) axioms (b) norms (c) facts (d) ideas 102 Logical positivists emphasize the importance of scientific verification, rejecting the assertion of personal experience (a) Subjective (b) objective (c) empirical (d) factual 103 Dewey s philosophy can be described as a version of philosophical (a)formalism (b) idealism (c) absolutism (d) naturalism 104 The pragmatic traditions were revitalized in the 1980s by American philosopher (a) C S Peirce (b) Dewey (c) Richard Rorty (d) Anselm defends social experimentation as a means of improving society, and accepts pluralism and rejects dead dogmas. (a) Phenomenology (b) pragmatism (c) Empiricism (d) Absolutism is an American philosopher, physicist, mathematician and the founder of Pragmatism. a. Peirce (b) Frege (c) J S Mill (d) Dewey never published books in his lifetime. But his greatest contributions were in the field of mathematical logic in many ways. (a) Dewey (b) Compte (c) Peirce (d) James 108 Peirce s was first elaborated in a series of illustrations of the Logic of Science in the Popular Science Monthly in (a) Axiology (b) Atheism (c) Idealism (d) Pragmatism 109 Peirce acknowledges pragmatism is a kind of (a)universal (b) logic (c) positivism (d) innate idea Contemporary Western Philosophy 8
9 110 The role of the pragmatic maxim is to reveal that almost every proposition of ontological metaphysics.. (a)meaningful (b) impossible (c) possible (d) relative 111 Peirce says that in order to grasp a term need aspects of understanding. (a) Threefold (b) twofold (c) relative (d) semantic 112 Peirce states his objection to the theory by labeling it a transcendental account of truth (a)meinong s (b) coherence (c) correspondence (d) semantic is a leader of the philosophical movement of Pragmatism and of the psychological movement of functionalism. a. C S Peirce (b) William James (c) Dewey (d) Compte 114 Who held the metaphysical perspective of Pragmatism and also made the distinction between science and metaphysics? (a) Compte (b) Peirce (c)dewey (d) James 115 Truth and falsity apply not to objects but only to our ideas of objects. Our ideas of objects are mutable in the sense that we can modify ideas or replace one idea by another. Who stated the above statement? (a) James (b) Dewey (c) Neurath (d) Carnap became actively interested in the reform of educational theory and practice. (a) James (b) Peirce (c) Dewey (d) Anselm philosophy called either instrumentalism or experimentalism, stems from the pragmatism of James a. Peirce s (b) Dewey s (c) Compte s (d) Husserl s 118 Dewey's own version of pragmatism was called (a) positivism (b) Relativism (c) absolutism (d) instrumentalism 119 Dewey says that the problem must be defined before you can reach a Solution and need steps for solving problems. (a) Five (b) four (c) three (d) six 120 Dewey insists that truth is of thought to existence. (a) semantic (b) coherence (c) correspondence (d) all are false is a system of philosophy based on experience and empirical knowledge of natural phenomena. They regarded metaphysics and theology is inadequate and imperfect systems of knowledge. (a) Relativism (b) Positivism (c) Intentionality (d) Consciousness 122 The doctrine was first called positivism by the 19th-century French mathematician and philosopher Contemporary Western Philosophy 9
10 a. Husserl (b) Peirce (c) Dewey (d) Auguste Comte 123 Who argued that historical processes need empirical study? a. Comte (b) Husserl (c) Heidegger (d) None of the above 124 Compte reveals a law of stages that govern human development and he analyzed these stages in his major work. (a)two (b) three (c) four (d) all are false 125 According to Comte the first stage is called (a) Polytheism (b) monotheism (c) teliological (d) intellectual 126 Matter is known as our sensations of colour, figure, hardness and the like is the philosophy of (a) pragmatism (b) Idealism (c) Utilitarianism (d) Existentialism is the twentieth century philosophy. (a) Idealism (b) Rationalism (c) Deontology (d)pragmatism 128 John Dewey preferred to call his own philosophy as (a) formalism (b) idealism (c) Experimentalism (d) naturalism 129 Essays in Experimental Logic is the work of (a) C S Peirce (b) Dewey (c) Richard Rorty (d) Anselm 130 A postmodern version of pragmatism developed by the American philosopher----- a. C S Peirce (b) Hume (c) Richard Rorty (d) Dewey 131. Pragmatism rejects (a) Abstraction (b) Action (c) Facts (d) concreteness French philosopher and the founder of positivism. (a) Dewey (b) Comte (c) Peirce (d) James 133 The slogan of logical positivism represents tradition in the history of Western philosophy. a. Idealistic (b) Theistic (c) anti-metaphysical (d) Ethical 134 Wittgenstein s Tractatus.influenced PhilosophY. (a) Universal (b) Agnostic (c) Logical positivists (d) Idealist 135 Pseudo-words or pseudo statements violating the rules of positivism (a) Legel (b) Logical (c) Comte s (d) All are false 136 Who said that science is not about verifying hypotheses or theories, but falsifying them? (a) Carnap (b) Sartre (c) Husserl (d) Popper Contemporary Western Philosophy 10
11 137 Who was not a major proponent of logical positivism in the Vienna Circle? (a) Meinong (b) Carnap (c) Wittgenstein (d) A J Ayer 138 The positivists today have rejected the so-called school of philosophy prefer to call themselves logical empiricists. (A) Wolffian (b) Vienna (c) Existentialists (d)hermeneutical 139 The founder of legal positivism was (a) Compte (b) Peirce (c) Dewey (d) Jeremy Bentham 140 The philosophy of the Vienna Circle is broadly equivalent to (a) James (b) Dewey (c) logical positivism. (d) Carnap divides all meaningful propositions into two categories: analytic propositions and synthetic propositions. (a) Logical positivism (b) Existentialist (c) Phenomenologist (d) Positivist 142 Logical positivism confines knowledge to a Metaphysics (b) Religion (c) Ethics (d) Science. 143 Ernst Mach is an philosopher. (a) Relative (b) Empiricist (c) Rationalist (d) Instrumentalist Austrian sociologist and philosopher and a founding member of the Vienna Circle. a. Hume (b) Otto Neurath (c)russell (d) Husserl 145 In the United States, rejected the distinction between analytic and synthetic propositions that was essential to early analytic philosophy. (a) Sartre (b) Russell (c) Quine (d) Carnap 146 In philosophy of language, who adapted the theory of truth for formalized languages to provide a semantic theory of meaning for natural languages? (a) Russell (b) Tarski (c) Sartre (d) Carnap 147 Russell s important article refers to definite and indefinite descriptions. (a) On Denoting (b) Logical Atomism (c) Mathematica (d) All are false 148 Who said that elementary propositions which give language the fundamental capacity to picture the world consist of names. a. Comte (b) Husserl (c) Heidegger (d) Wittgenstein 149 Who analysis the experience of death which has been a chief concern for existentialist analysis of Dasein. (a) Sartre (b) Husserl (c) Heidegger s (d) Nietzsche 150 Existentialism generally divided into existentialists. (a) Polytheistic (c) subjective and objective (b) monotheistic and pluralistic (d) Christian and atheistic Contemporary Western Philosophy 11
12 Answer key 1) a 2) d 3) b 4) d 5) a 6) c 7) a 8) b 9) d 10) c 11) a 12) d 13) a 14) c 15) a 16) d 17) d 18) b 19) a 20) c 21) d 22) a 23) c 24) b 25) d 26) b 27) c 28) d 29) a 30) b 31) a 32) c 33) a 34) d 35) c 36) b 37) a 38) b 39) d 40) c 41)b 42) d 43)a 44) b 45)c 46) d 47) a 48) b 49) c 50) d 51)a 52) b 53) a 54)d 55) c 56) b 57) d 58) a 59) a 60) c 61) b 62) d 63) c 64) a 65) b 66) c 67)d 68) c 69) b 70) a 71) c 72) d 73) b 74) a 75) d 76) c 77) a 78)b 79) c 80) b 81) d 82) b 83) c 84) a 85) c 86) d 87) c 88) b 89) a 90) b 91) d 92) c 93)b 94) b 95) d 96) c 97) b 98) a 99) d 100) b 101) c 102) a 103) d 104) c 105) b 106) a 107) c 108) d 109) c 110) b 111) a 112) b 113) b 114) d 115)a 116) c 117) b 118)d 119)a 120) c 121) b 122) d 123)a 124) b 125) c 126) a 127) d 128) c 129) b 130) c 131) a 132)b 133)c 134)c 135)b 136)d 137)a 138)b 139) d 140) c 141)a 142)d 143)b 144)b 145)c 146) b 147) a 148)d 149)c 150)d Reserved Contemporary Western Philosophy 12
145 Philosophy of Science
Logical empiricism Christian Wüthrich http://philosophy.ucsd.edu/faculty/wuthrich/ 145 Philosophy of Science Vienna Circle (Ernst Mach Society) Hans Hahn, Otto Neurath, and Philipp Frank regularly meet
More informationPHILOSOPHY IAS MAINS: QUESTIONS TREND ANALYSIS
VISION IAS www.visionias.wordpress.com www.visionias.cfsites.org www.visioniasonline.com Under the Guidance of Ajay Kumar Singh ( B.Tech. IIT Roorkee, Director & Founder : Vision IAS ) PHILOSOPHY IAS MAINS:
More informationUNIVERSITY OF CALICUT SCHOOL OF DISTANCE EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF CALICUT SCHOOL OF DISTANCE EDUCATION BA PHILOSOPHY CORE COURSE II SEM PY II B 02 METHODOLOGY OF PHILOSOPHY QUESTION BANK Choose the correct answer 1. ------------------- is a vital instrument
More informationNORTON ANTHOLOGY OF WESTERN PHILOSOPHY: AFTER KANT TABLE OF CONTENTS. Volume 2: The Analytic Tradition. Preface Acknowledgments GENERAL INTRODUCTION
NORTON ANTHOLOGY OF WESTERN PHILOSOPHY: AFTER KANT TABLE OF CONTENTS Volume 2: The Analytic Tradition Preface Acknowledgments GENERAL INTRODUCTION I. THE 19 TH CENTURY AND EARLY 20 TH CENTURY BACKGROUND
More informationChapter 31. Logical Positivism and the Scientific Conception of Philosophy
Chapter 31 Logical Positivism and the Scientific Conception of Philosophy Key Words: Vienna circle, verification principle, positivism, tautologies, factual propositions, language analysis, rejection of
More informationCourse Text. Course Description. Course Objectives. StraighterLine Introduction to Philosophy
Introduction to Philosophy Course Text Moore, Brooke Noel and Kenneth Bruder. Philosophy: The Power of Ideas, 7th edition, McGraw-Hill, 2008. ISBN: 9780073535722 [This text is available as an etextbook
More informationPHILOSOPHICAL RAMIFICATIONS: THEORY, EXPERIMENT, & EMPIRICAL TRUTH
PHILOSOPHICAL RAMIFICATIONS: THEORY, EXPERIMENT, & EMPIRICAL TRUTH PCES 3.42 Even before Newton published his revolutionary work, philosophers had already been trying to come to grips with the questions
More informationV3301 Twentieth-Century Philosophy PHIL V TR 2:40pm-3:55pm- 516 Hamilton Hall - Fall Professor D. Sidorsky
V3301 Twentieth-Century Philosophy PHIL V3751 - TR 2:40pm-3:55pm- 516 Hamilton Hall - Fall 2009 - Professor D. Sidorsky The course in 20 th Century Philosophy seeks to provide a perspective of the rise,
More informationA Major Matter: Minoring in Philosophy. Southeastern Louisiana University. The unexamined life is not worth living. Socrates, B.C.E.
The unexamined life is not worth living. Socrates, 470-399 B.C.E., Apology A Major Matter: Minoring in Philosophy Department of History & Political Science SLU 10895 Hammond, LA 70402 Telephone (985) 549-2109
More informationI SEMESTER B. A. PHILOSOPHY PHL1B 01- INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY QUESTION BANK FOR INTERNAL ASSESSMENT. Multiple Choice Questions
I SEMESTER B. A. PHILOSOPHY PHL1B 01- INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY QUESTION BANK FOR INTERNAL ASSESSMENT Multiple Choice Questions 1. The total number of Vedas is. a) One b) Two c) Three d) Four 2. Philosophy
More informationMY PURPOSE IN THIS BOOK IS TO PRESENT A
I Holistic Pragmatism and the Philosophy of Culture MY PURPOSE IN THIS BOOK IS TO PRESENT A philosophical discussion of the main elements of civilization or culture such as science, law, religion, politics,
More informationPhilosophy Courses-1
Philosophy Courses-1 PHL 100/Introduction to Philosophy A course that examines the fundamentals of philosophical argument, analysis and reasoning, as applied to a series of issues in logic, epistemology,
More informationPhilosophy Courses-1
Philosophy Courses-1 PHL 100/Introduction to Philosophy A course that examines the fundamentals of philosophical argument, analysis and reasoning, as applied to a series of issues in logic, epistemology,
More information10/24/2017 Philosophy Master Course List with Descriptions
Philosophy Master Course List with Descriptions 11000 Introduction to Philosophy The basic problems and types of philosophy, with special emphasis on the problems of knowledge and the nature of reality.
More informationHas Logical Positivism Eliminated Metaphysics?
International Journal of Humanities and Social Science Invention ISSN (Online): 2319 7722, ISSN (Print): 2319 7714 Volume 3 Issue 11 ǁ November. 2014 ǁ PP.38-42 Has Logical Positivism Eliminated Metaphysics?
More informationPHI2391: Logical Empiricism I 8.0
1 2 3 4 5 PHI2391: Logical Empiricism I 8.0 Hume and Kant! Remember Hume s question:! Are we rationally justified in inferring causes from experimental observations?! Kant s answer: we can give a transcendental
More informationWilhelm Dilthey and Rudolf Carnap on the Foundation of the Humanities. Christian Damböck Institute Vienna Circle University of Vienna
Wilhelm Dilthey and Rudolf Carnap on the Foundation of the Humanities Christian Damböck Institute Vienna Circle University of Vienna This talk is part of an ongoing research project on Wilhelm Dilthey
More informationAyer and the Vienna Circle
Ayer and the Vienna Circle Richard Zach October 29, 2010 1/20 Richard Zach Ayer and the Vienna Circle Outline 1 The Vienna Circle 2 Ayer s Logical Positivism 3 Truth and Analyticity 4 Language, Truth and
More information(INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY)
UNIVERSITY OF CALICUT SCHOOL OF DISTANCE EDUCATION (2014 Admn. onwards) CORE COURSE B.A. PHILOSOPHY (INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY) I Semester Question Bank & Answer Key Module I 1. Anaximander has considered
More informationPhilosophy (PHILOS) Courses. Philosophy (PHILOS) 1
Philosophy (PHILOS) 1 Philosophy (PHILOS) Courses PHILOS 1. Introduction to Philosophy. 4 Units. A selection of philosophical problems, concepts, and methods, e.g., free will, cause and substance, personal
More informationLENT 2018 THEORY OF MEANING DR MAARTEN STEENHAGEN
LENT 2018 THEORY OF MEANING DR MAARTEN STEENHAGEN HTTP://MSTEENHAGEN.GITHUB.IO/TEACHING/2018TOM THE EINSTEIN-BERGSON DEBATE SCIENCE AND METAPHYSICS Henri Bergson and Albert Einstein met on the 6th of
More informationPHILOSOPHY (PHIL) Philosophy (PHIL) 1
Philosophy (PHIL) 1 PHILOSOPHY (PHIL) PHIL 101 Introduction to Philosophy (3 crs) An introduction to philosophy through exploration of philosophical problems (e.g., the nature of knowledge, the nature
More informationDEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGIOUS STUDIES
Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies 1 DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGIOUS STUDIES John Sarnecki, Department Chair Philosophy AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO Philosophy at the University of Toledo
More informationCh V: The Vienna Circle (Moritz Schlick, Rudolf Carnap, and Otto Neurath)[title crossed out?]
Part II: Schools in Contemporary Philosophy Ch V: The Vienna Circle (Moritz Schlick, Rudolf Carnap, and Otto Neurath)[title crossed out?] 1. The positivists of the nineteenth century, men like Mach and
More informationCommunicating Christ in a Multicultural World
8. Western Thought Lesson Objectives Understand what the main Christian-related cults teach, how people are drawn to then, and how to reach followers with the Gospel. Introduction "See to it that no one
More informationIntroduction to Philosophy: The Big Picture
Course Syllabus Introduction to Philosophy: The Big Picture Course Description This course will take you on an exciting adventure that covers more than 2,500 years of history! Along the way, you ll run
More informationAspects of Western Philosophy Dr. Sreekumar Nellickappilly Department of Humanities and Social Sciences Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
Aspects of Western Philosophy Dr. Sreekumar Nellickappilly Department of Humanities and Social Sciences Indian Institute of Technology, Madras Module - 28 Lecture - 28 Linguistic turn in British philosophy
More informationCory Juhl, Eric Loomis, Analyticity (New York: Routledge, 2010).
Cory Juhl, Eric Loomis, Analyticity (New York: Routledge, 2010). Reviewed by Viorel Ţuţui 1 Since it was introduced by Immanuel Kant in the Critique of Pure Reason, the analytic synthetic distinction had
More informationPhenomenology: a historical perspective. The purpose of this session is to explain the historical context in which
1 Phenomenology: a historical perspective The purpose of this session is to explain the historical context in which phenomenology arises as a philosophy in the twentieth century. Etymology is the study
More informationEXAM PREP (Semester 2: 2018) Jules Khomo. Linguistic analysis is concerned with the following question:
PLEASE NOTE THAT THESE ARE MY PERSONAL EXAM PREP NOTES. ANSWERS ARE TAKEN FROM LECTURER MEMO S, STUDENT ANSWERS, DROP BOX, MY OWN, ETC. THIS DOCUMENT CAN NOT BE SOLD FOR PROFIT AS IT IS BEING SHARED AT
More informationPHILOSOPHY (PHIL) PHIL Courses. Philosophy (PHIL) 1
Philosophy (PHIL) 1 PHILOSOPHY (PHIL) PHIL Courses PHIL 101. Introduction to Philosophy. 4 units Foundational methods and central issues in contemporary philosophy including logic, epistemology, metaphysics
More informationPhilosophy Courses. Courses. Philosophy Courses 1
Philosophy Courses 1 Philosophy Courses Courses PHIL 1301. Introduction to Philosophy (C). Introduction to Philosophy (3-0) This course introduces students to some of the major issues in philosophy. The
More informationKey definitions Action Ad hominem argument Analytic A priori Axiom Bayes s theorem
Key definitions Action Relates to the doings of purposive agents. A key preoccupation of philosophy of social science is the explanation of human action either through antecedent causes or reasons. Accounts
More informationCourses providing assessment data PHL 202. Semester/Year
1 Department/Program 2012-2016 Assessment Plan Department: Philosophy Directions: For each department/program student learning outcome, the department will provide an assessment plan, giving detailed information
More informationClass #17: October 25 Conventionalism
Philosophy 405: Knowledge, Truth and Mathematics Fall 2010 Hamilton College Russell Marcus Class #17: October 25 Conventionalism I. A Fourth School We have discussed the three main positions in the philosophy
More informationPHILOSOPHY (PHIL) Explanation of Course Numbers
PHILOSOPHY (PHIL) Explanation of Course Numbers Courses in the 1000s are primarily introductory undergraduate courses Those in the 2000s to 4000s are upper-division undergraduate courses that can also
More informationDepartment of Philosophy
The University of Alabama at Birmingham 1 Department of Philosophy Chair: Dr. Gregory Pence The Department of Philosophy offers the Bachelor of Arts degree with a major in philosophy, as well as a minor
More informationVerificationism. PHIL September 27, 2011
Verificationism PHIL 83104 September 27, 2011 1. The critique of metaphysics... 1 2. Observation statements... 2 3. In principle verifiability... 3 4. Strong verifiability... 3 4.1. Conclusive verifiability
More informationPhilosophy A465: Introduction to Analytic Philosophy Loyola University of New Orleans Ben Bayer Spring 2011
Philosophy A465: Introduction to Analytic Philosophy Loyola University of New Orleans Ben Bayer Spring 2011 Course description At the beginning of the twentieth century, a handful of British and German
More informationREFERENCE AND MODALITY. An Introduction to Naming and Necessity
REFERENCE AND MODALITY An Introduction to Naming and Necessity A BON-BON FROM RORTY Since Kant, philosophers have prided themselves on transcending the naive realism of Aristotle and of common sense. On
More informationWednesday, April 20, 16. Introduction to Philosophy
Introduction to Philosophy In your notebooks answer the following questions: 1. Why am I here? (in terms of being in this course) 2. Why am I here? (in terms of existence) 3. Explain what the unexamined
More informationTheories of the mind have been celebrating their new-found freedom to study
The Nature of Consciousness: Philosophical Debates edited by Ned Block, Owen Flanagan and Güven Güzeldere Cambridge: Mass.: MIT Press 1997 pp.xxix + 843 Theories of the mind have been celebrating their
More informationQué es la filosofía? What is philosophy? Philosophy
Philosophy PHILOSOPHY AS A WAY OF THINKING WHAT IS IT? WHO HAS IT? WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A WAY OF THINKING AND A DISCIPLINE? It is the propensity to seek out answers to the questions that we ask
More informationGROUP A WESTERN PHILOSOPHY (40 marks)
GROUP A WESTERN PHILOSOPHY (40 marks) Chapter 1 CONCEPT OF PHILOSOPHY (4 marks allotted) MCQ 1X2 = 2 SAQ -- 1X2 = 2 (a) Nature of Philosophy: The word Philosophy is originated from two Greek words Philos
More informationPhilosophy. College of Humanities and Social Sciences 508 CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, FULLERTON CATALOG
Philosophy College of Humanities and Social Sciences INTRODUCTION Philosophy began when people first questioned the accounts poets and priests had handed down about the structure of the world and the meaning
More informationPhilosophy Catalog. REQUIREMENTS FOR A MAJOR IN PHILOSOPHY: 9 courses (36 credits)
Philosophy MAJOR, MINOR ASSOCIATE PROFESSORS: James Patrick, Michael VISITING ASSISTANT PROFESSOR: Charles The Hollins University philosophy major undertakes 1) to instruct students in the history of philosophy,
More informationPHILOSOPHY (PHIL) Philosophy (PHIL) 1. PHIL 56. Research Integrity. 1 Unit
Philosophy (PHIL) 1 PHILOSOPHY (PHIL) PHIL 2. Ethics. 3 Units Examination of the concepts of morality, obligation, human rights and the good life. Competing theories about the foundations of morality will
More informationPhilosophy MAJORING IN PHILOSOPHY STANDARD MAJOR
Philosophy Office: 105 Newcomb Hall Phone: (504) 865-5305 Fax: (504) 862-8714 Website: www.tulane.edu/~phil/ Professors Radu J. Bogdan, Ph.D., Stanford Ronna C. Burger, Ph.D., New School for Social Research
More informationPHILOSOPHY DEPARTMENT FALL SEMESTER 2009 COURSE OFFERINGS
PHILOSOPHY DEPARTMENT FALL SEMESTER 2009 COURSE OFFERINGS INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY (PHIL 100W) MIND BODY PROBLEM (PHIL 101) LOGIC AND CRITICAL THINKING (PHIL 110) INTRODUCTION TO ETHICS (PHIL 120) CULTURE
More informationSydenham College of Commerce & Economics. * Dr. Sunil S. Shete. * Associate Professor
Sydenham College of Commerce & Economics * Dr. Sunil S. Shete * Associate Professor Keywords: Philosophy of science, research methods, Logic, Business research Abstract This paper review Popper s epistemology
More informationPHILOSOPHY. Chair: Karánn Durland (Fall 2018) and Mark Hébert (Spring 2019) Emeritus: Roderick Stewart
PHILOSOPHY Chair: Karánn Durland (Fall 2018) and Mark Hébert (Spring 2019) Emeritus: Roderick Stewart The mission of the program is to help students develop interpretive, analytical and reflective skills
More informationHigher National Unit Specification. General information for centres. Unit title: Philosophy C: An Introduction to Analytic Philosophy
Higher National Unit Specification General information for centres Unit code: D7PN 35 Unit purpose: This Unit aims to develop knowledge and understanding of the Anglo- American analytic tradition in 20
More informationUNIVERSITY OF CALICUT QUESTION BANK
UNIVERSITY OF CALICUT SCHOOL OF DISTANCE EDUCATION B.A PHILOSOPHY (2011 ADMISSION ONWARDS) VI SEMESTER CORE COURSE MODERN WESTERN PHILOSOPHY QUESTION BANK Unit-1: Spirit of Modern Philosophy 1. Who among
More informationA. Aristotle D. Descartes B. Plato E. Hume
A. Aristotle D. Kant B. Plato E. Mill C. Confucius 1....pleasure, and freedom from pain, are the only things desirable as ends. 2. Courage is not only the knowledge of the hopeful and the fearful, but
More informationA History of Western Thought Why We Think the Way We Do. Summer 2016 Ross Arnold
A History of Western Thought Why We Think the Way We Do Summer 2016 Ross Arnold A History of Western Thought Why We Think the Way We Do Videos of lectures available at: www.litchapala.org under 8-Week
More informationRemarks on the philosophy of mathematics (1969) Paul Bernays
Bernays Project: Text No. 26 Remarks on the philosophy of mathematics (1969) Paul Bernays (Bemerkungen zur Philosophie der Mathematik) Translation by: Dirk Schlimm Comments: With corrections by Charles
More information24.01 Classics of Western Philosophy
1 Plan: Kant Lecture #2: How are pure mathematics and pure natural science possible? 1. Review: Problem of Metaphysics 2. Kantian Commitments 3. Pure Mathematics 4. Transcendental Idealism 5. Pure Natural
More informationDepartment of Philosophy
Department of Philosophy Phone: (512) 245-2285 Office: Psychology Building 110 Fax: (512) 245-8335 Web: http://www.txstate.edu/philosophy/ Degree Program Offered BA, major in Philosophy Minors Offered
More informationVision IAS
Vision IAS www.visionias.cfsites.org www.visionias.wordpress.com INTERACTIVE IAS MAIN TEST SERIES PROGRAMME Expert Guidance, Feedback & Telephonic Discussion ANSWER WRITING EVALUATION PROGRAMME MAINS TEST
More informationTABLE OF CONTENTS. A. "The Way The World Really Is" 46 B. The First Philosophers: The "Turning Point of Civilization" 47
PREFACE IX INTRODUCTION: PHILOSOPHY 1 A. Socrates 1 B. What Is Philosophy? 10 C. A Modern Approach to Philosophy 15 D. A BriefIntroduction to Logic 20 1. Deductive Arguments 21 2. Inductive Arguments 26
More informationPHILOSOPHY (PHIL) Philosophy (PHIL) 1. PHIL HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY Short Title: HIST INTRO TO PHILOSOPHY
Philosophy (PHIL) 1 PHILOSOPHY (PHIL) PHIL 100 - PROBLEMS OF PHILOSOPHY Short Title: PROBLEMS OF PHILOSOPHY Description: An introduction to philosophy through such fundamental problems as the basis of
More informationRecap. Contents EMPIRICISM. Reductionism and Idealism. Early Carnap. Game plan. Reading and final essay. Recap: Russell s phenomenalism
Contents EMPIRICISM PHIL3072, ANU, 2015 Jason Grossman http://empiricismxenynet Game plan Recap Russell, Einstein, and Idealism Early Carnap lecture 10: 29 September Reductionism and Idealism Early Carnap
More informationPositive Philosophy, Freedom and Democracy. Roger Bishop Jones
Positive Philosophy, Freedom and Democracy Roger Bishop Jones Started: 3rd December 2011 Last Change Date: 2011/12/04 19:50:45 http://www.rbjones.com/rbjpub/www/books/ppfd/ppfdpam.pdf Id: pamtop.tex,v
More informationA Brief Introduction to Phenomenology and Existentialism MARK A. WRATHALL AND HUBERT L. DREYFUS
a brief introduction to phenomenology and existentialism 1 A Brief Introduction to Phenomenology and Existentialism MARK A. WRATHALL AND HUBERT L. DREYFUS Phenomenology and existentialism are two of the
More informationHPS 1653 / PHIL 1610 Introduction to the Philosophy of Science
HPS 1653 / PHIL 1610 Introduction to the Philosophy of Science Logical positivism/empiricism Adam Caulton adam.caulton@gmail.com Wednesday 27 August 2014 Maybe of interest... Bad Science blog www.badscience.net
More informationDenis Seron. Review of: K. Mulligan, Wittgenstein et la philosophie austro-allemande (Paris: Vrin, 2012). Dialectica
1 Denis Seron. Review of: K. Mulligan, Wittgenstein et la philosophie austro-allemande (Paris: Vrin, 2012). Dialectica, Volume 70, Issue 1 (March 2016): 125 128. Wittgenstein is usually regarded at once
More informationA HOLISTIC VIEW ON KNOWLEDGE AND VALUES
A HOLISTIC VIEW ON KNOWLEDGE AND VALUES CHANHYU LEE Emory University It seems somewhat obscure that there is a concrete connection between epistemology and ethics; a study of knowledge and a study of moral
More informationClass 33 - November 13 Philosophy Friday #6: Quine and Ontological Commitment Fisher 59-69; Quine, On What There Is
Philosophy 240: Symbolic Logic Fall 2009 Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays: 9am - 9:50am Hamilton College Russell Marcus rmarcus1@hamilton.edu I. The riddle of non-being Two basic philosophical questions are:
More informationDOMINICAN UNIVERSITY COLLEGE
DOMINICAN UNIVERSITY COLLEGE PHILOSOPHY UNDERGRADUATE COURSES 2017-2018 FALL SEMESTER DPHY 1100 INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY JEAN-FRANÇOIS MÉTHOT MONDAY, 1:30-4:30 PM This course will initiate students into
More informationPhilosophy 203 History of Modern Western Philosophy. Russell Marcus Hamilton College Spring 2014
Philosophy 203 History of Modern Western Philosophy Russell Marcus Hamilton College Spring 2014 Class #26 Kant s Copernican Revolution The Synthetic A Priori Forms of Intuition Marcus, Modern Philosophy,
More informationPositive Philosophy, Freedom and Democracy. Roger Bishop Jones
Positive Philosophy, Freedom and Democracy Roger Bishop Jones June 5, 2012 www.rbjones.com/rbjpub/www/books/ppfd/ppfdbook.pdf c Roger Bishop Jones; Contents 1 Introduction 1 2 Metaphysical Positivism 3
More informationThe Theory of Reality: A Critical & Philosophical Elaboration
55 The Theory of Reality: A Critical & Philosophical Elaboration Anup Kumar Department of Philosophy Jagannath University Email: anupkumarjnup@gmail.com Abstract Reality is a concept of things which really
More informationPhilosophy Quiz 12 The Age of Descartes
Philosophy Quiz 12 The Age of Descartes Name (in Romaji): Student Number: Grade: / 8 (12.1) What is dualism? [A] The metaphysical view that reality ultimately consists of two kinds of things, basically,
More informationReading Questions for Phil , Fall 2016 (Daniel)
Reading Questions for Phil 251.501, Fall 2016 (Daniel) Class One (Aug. 30): Philosophy Up to Plato (SW 3-78) 1. What does it mean to say that philosophy replaces myth as an explanatory device starting
More information1.0 OBJECTIVES. Contents. 1.0 Objectives
UNIT 1 Contents 1.0 Objectives PHENOMENOLOGY Phenomenology 1.1 Introducing Phenomenology 1.2 The Story of Phenomenology 1.3 The Method of Phenomenology 1.4 Intentionality of Consciousness 1.5 The Meaning
More informationMAJOR THINKERS OF WESTERN PHILOSOPHY
UNIT 4 Contents MAJOR THINKERS OF WESTERN PHILOSOPHY Major Thinkers of Western Philosophy 4.0 Objectives 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Greek Thinkers 4.3 Modern Philosophers 4.4 Contemporary Thinkers 4.5 Let Us
More informationPHILOSOPHY. Program Overview. Curriculum Overview. Philosophy Major Requirements. Honors Program. Degrees Offered. Contact. General Philosophy Track
Philosophy 1 PHILOSOPHY Program Overview The study of philosophy explores fundamental questions about persons and the universe. What is knowledge? What is the meaning of life? What is reality? How do psychology,
More informationPhenomenology and the Rehabilitation of Philosophy
McNair Scholars Journal Volume 15 Issue 1 Article 3 2011 Phenomenology and the Rehabilitation of Philosophy Matthew J. Berrios Grand Valley State University Follow this and additional works at: http://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/mcnair
More informationPhilosophy and Logical Syntax (1935)
Rudolf Carnap: Philosophy and Logical Syntax (1935) Chap. "The Rejection of Metaphysics" 1.Verifiability The problems of philosophy as usually dealt with are of very different kinds. From the point of
More informationUndergraduate Calendar Content
PHILOSOPHY Note: See beginning of Section H for abbreviations, course numbers and coding. Introductory and Intermediate Level Courses These 1000 and 2000 level courses have no prerequisites, and except
More informationLogic, Truth & Epistemology. Ross Arnold, Summer 2014 Lakeside institute of Theology
Logic, Truth & Epistemology Ross Arnold, Summer 2014 Lakeside institute of Theology Philosophical Theology 1 (TH5) Aug. 15 Intro to Philosophical Theology; Logic Aug. 22 Truth & Epistemology Aug. 29 Metaphysics
More informationSpring 2015 Undergraduate Philosophy Department Courses
Spring 2015 Undergraduate Philosophy Department Courses PHIL-UA 1; Central Problems in Philosophy; M/W 4:55-6:10; Eli Alshanetsky The goal of this course is to familiarize you with the methods and some
More informationThe Appeal to Reason. Introductory Logic pt. 1
The Appeal to Reason Introductory Logic pt. 1 Argument vs. Argumentation The difference is important as demonstrated by these famous philosophers. The Origins of Logic: (highlights) Aristotle (385-322
More informationIntroductory PHIL 100 Introduction to Philosophy 1. Logic A study of the principles of reasoning. PHIL 103 Logic 1 PHIL 201 Symbolic Logic 1
Bucknell University 1 Philosophy (PHIL) Philosophy examines questions pertaining to the nature of language, truth, knowledge, reality, beauty and ethical commitment questions that are so fundamental to
More informationPHILOSOPHY OF KNOWLEDGE & REALITY W E E K 7 : E P I S T E M O L O G Y - K A N T
PHILOSOPHY OF KNOWLEDGE & REALITY W E E K 7 : E P I S T E M O L O G Y - K A N T AGENDA 1. Review of Epistemology 2. Kant Kant s Compromise Kant s Copernican Revolution 3. The Nature of Truth KNOWLEDGE:
More informationAspects of Western Philosophy Dr. Sreekumar Nellickappilly Department of Humanities and Social Sciences Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
Aspects of Western Philosophy Dr. Sreekumar Nellickappilly Department of Humanities and Social Sciences Indian Institute of Technology, Madras Module - 20 Lecture - 20 Critical Philosophy: Kant s objectives
More informationContents EMPIRICISM. Logical Atomism and the beginnings of pluralist empiricism. Recap: Russell s reductionism: from maths to physics
Contents EMPIRICISM PHIL3072, ANU, 2015 Jason Grossman http://empiricism.xeny.net lecture 9: 22 September Recap Bertrand Russell: reductionism in physics Common sense is self-refuting Acquaintance versus
More informationPHILOSOPHY (PHIL) Course Areas. Faculty. Bucknell University 1. Professors: Richard Fleming, Sheila M. Lintott (Chair), Gary M.
Bucknell University 1 PHILOSOPHY (PHIL) Faculty Professors: Richard Fleming, Sheila M. Lintott (Chair), Gary M. Steiner Associate Professors: Peter S. Groff, Jason Leddington, Matthew Slater, Jeffrey S.
More informationA History of Western Thought Why We Think the Way We Do. Summer 2016 Ross Arnold
A History of Western Thought Why We Think the Way We Do Summer 2016 Ross Arnold A History of Western Thought Why We Think the Way We Do Videos of lectures available at: www.litchapala.org under 8-Week
More informationClass #3 - Meinong and Mill
Philosophy 308: The Language Revolution Fall 2014 Hamilton College Russell Marcus Class #3 - Meinong and Mill 1. Meinongian Subsistence The work of the Moderns on language shows us a problem arising in
More informationVERIFICATION AND METAPHYSICS
Michael Lacewing The project of logical positivism VERIFICATION AND METAPHYSICS In the 1930s, a school of philosophy arose called logical positivism. Like much philosophy, it was concerned with the foundations
More informationPHILOSOPHY-PHIL (PHIL)
Philosophy-PHIL (PHIL) 1 PHILOSOPHY-PHIL (PHIL) Courses PHIL 100 Appreciation of Philosophy (GT-AH3) Credits: 3 (3-0-0) Basic issues in philosophy including theories of knowledge, metaphysics, ethics,
More information90 Days UPSC Mains Optional Answer Writing Initiative
1 90 Days UPSC Mains Optional Answer Writing Initiative Philosophy Paper 1 Question and Model Answers from Subject Experts 2 04-Dec-2017 Question 1 In what sense ideas be both immanent and transcendent?
More informationUNITY OF KNOWLEDGE (IN TRANSDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH FOR SUSTAINABILITY) Vol. I - Philosophical Holism M.Esfeld
PHILOSOPHICAL HOLISM M. Esfeld Department of Philosophy, University of Konstanz, Germany Keywords: atomism, confirmation, holism, inferential role semantics, meaning, monism, ontological dependence, rule-following,
More informationKINGSBOROUGH COMMUNITY COLLEGE of The City University of New York. Common COURSE SYLLABUS
KINGSBOROUGH COMMUNITY COLLEGE of The City University of New York Common COURSE SYLLABUS 1. Course Number and Title: Philosophy 72: History of Philosophy; The Modern Philosophers 2. Group and Area: Group
More informationA Priori Knowledge: Analytic? Synthetic A Priori (again) Is All A Priori Knowledge Analytic?
A Priori Knowledge: Analytic? Synthetic A Priori (again) Is All A Priori Knowledge Analytic? Recap A Priori Knowledge Knowledge independent of experience Kant: necessary and universal A Posteriori Knowledge
More informationEpistemology. Diogenes: Master Cynic. The Ancient Greek Skeptics 4/6/2011. But is it really possible to claim knowledge of anything?
Epistemology a branch of philosophy that investigates the origin, nature, methods, and limits of human knowledge (Dictionary.com v 1.1). Epistemology attempts to answer the question how do we know what
More informationAspects of Western Philosophy Dr. Sreekumar Nellickappilly Department of Humanities and Social Sciences Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
Aspects of Western Philosophy Dr. Sreekumar Nellickappilly Department of Humanities and Social Sciences Indian Institute of Technology, Madras Module - 21 Lecture - 21 Kant Forms of sensibility Categories
More informationDEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY FALL 2013 COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY FALL 2013 COURSE DESCRIPTIONS PHIL 2300-004 Beginning Philosophy 11:00-12:20 TR MCOM 00075 Dr. Francesca DiPoppa This class will offer an overview of important questions and topics
More informationPOLI 343 Introduction to Political Research
POLI 343 Introduction to Political Research Session 3-Positivism and Humanism Lecturer: Prof. A. Essuman-Johnson, Dept. of Political Science Contact Information: aessuman-johnson@ug.edu.gh College of Education
More information