This distinction in focus is also reflected in their respective approaches to truth and knowledge — two core concepts central to any philosophical tradition. For ancient Greek philosophers, knowledge was pursue
The word "Dogg" refers both to Berman, a friend of Stoppard, and the imaginary language invented by the playwright. The idea of constructing a language—similar to building a wall—was taken by Stoppard from Ludwig Wittgenstein, a member of the Vienna circle of positivist philosophers. Probably...
In this context, researchers are discussing normative approaches to moral and ethical agency by examining how both human and material entities can involve ethics and morality as part of their agency and how these entities construct their realities of ethical reflection and moral values (e.g., Behda...
While this is often associated with Western modernity and capitalism, as analyzed by philosophers such as Karl Marx and Herbert Marcuse, a quite similar situation occurred in Ancient China with the decline of the Zhou Dynasty and the "collapse of ritual and music" in the Spring and Autumn (770...
Scholars and policymakers havedifferentopinions about it. 出自-2016年6月阅读原文 It usually drawsdifferentrections fromdifferentage groups. 出自-2016年6月阅读原文 Ancient philosophers saw life in adifferentlight from people of today. 出自-2016年6月阅读原文 ...
Philosophers have often debated whether one model or many ought to be used in science, identifying schematically two positions among scientists: the monists and the pluralists. Those who are inclined to use a single model to account for all of their data, however complex these might be, are ...
defamationofreligionsrisked removing the focusawayfromthebasic right of individuals and groups and to the protection of institutions, symbols and ideas; furthermore, it could lend itself locally to support for laws that penalized religious minorities and stifled legitimate dialogue among personsofdifferent...
What was the main concern of those philosophers from both the East and the West is sincere conviction to their appropriate religious traditions, intellectual honesty and, naturally strong desire to conquer their opponents. More concretely regarding the proofs of God`s existing in Udayana and in ...
Postmodern anthro- pologists and philosophers have abandoned the traditional scientific view of animism as a primitive belief system, adopting instead 'new animism' or 'postmodern animism' without the former disdain of it, but with a stronger focus on its instrumentality for achieving sustainable ...
For other famous philosophers and researchers, language is not a gift from the gods. Language appeared because some needs had to be expressed. J.J. Rouseau speaks about “the cry of Nature”. With Herder, they came up with the “bow-wow theory”, claiming that the first speakers imitated...