To appreciate how light works, we have to put it in its proper historical context. Our first stop is the ancient world, where some of the earliest scientists and philosophers pondered the true nature of this mysterious substance that stimulates sight and makes things visible....
By relying upon recent work in speech act theory to illuminate the felicity conditions that define different kinds of success in scientific communication with non-experts and professionals in other fields, I am following an agenda that has already been set by others. But here we explore the dynam...
More recently, cases of mind invasion have captured philosophers’ attention where the ways others structure the environment affect, or invade, people’s minds, typically without their awareness and with harmful consequences. This paper contributes to recent discussions about the variety of phenomena ...
Our first stop is the ancient world, where some of the earliest scientists and philosophers pondered the true nature of this mysterious substance that stimulates sight and makes things visible.Contents What Is Light? Light as Rays Light as Waves Light Frequencies Light as Particles Wave-...
The philosophers of the day well understood the tendency of government to perpetuate itself by enacting repressive measures to silence those opposed to its conduct. According to one libertarian thinker of the period, a citizen had the right to "say everything which his passions suggest; he may ...
Existential philosophers argued that such events aren't part of any universal plan, and people aren't born with a built-in purpose. You have to figure it out for yourself by: Examining your own beliefs and values, rather than those imposed on you by external factors, such as your family,...
Site work from other philosophers that supports your reason. Objections anticipated Objections refuted Transition to the next reason To sum up This should be your stand concerning the thesis statement. As much as possible, your conclusion should create an interesting thought in the mind of the read...
On the other hand, contemporary philosophy shows that language is examined through externalism and intersubjectivity. Among analytic philosophers of the 20th century, a widely accepted view is that there is no such thing as the “private meaning”. If having a meaning signifies a “locked in a ...
To appreciate how light works, we have to put it in its proper historical context. Our first stop is the ancient world, where some of the earliest scientists and philosophers pondered the true nature of this mysterious substance that stimulates sight and makes things visible....
Philosophers of science have variously tried to characterize how-possibly explanations (HPEs) and distinguish them from how-actually explanations (HAEs). I