Some minds are so exceptional they change the world. We don’t know exactly why these people soar above the rest of us, but science offers us clues.
Subjective is used by William of Occam to denote that which exists independent of mind; objective, what is formed by the mind. This shows what is meant by realitas objectiva in Descartes. Kant and Fichte have inverted the meanings. Subject, with them, is the mind which knows; object, that...
The temperature was a bit cold in the morning (~6°C), the sky was clear and it would be a bit warmer towards the end of the race, though the temperature did not exceed 16°C. Mystrategywas tostart at a pace just below 6min per km, and then, if I felt well,accelerate the pac...
Consider Camp’s (2009) approach to concepts. Camp compares the notion traditionally employed by philosophers from at least Descartes on, which assumes a strong connection to linguistic capabilities, with psychologists’ usage of the word, which is far more permissive. The latter notion, in particul...
Whenever anyone has offended me, Itry to raise my soulso high that the offense cannot reach it. —Rene Descartes People who wish to be offended will always find some occasion for taking offense. —John Wesley People speak sometimes about the "bestial" cruelty of man, but that is terribly ...
me feel uneasy. Most people hearing this news would have been comforted. Part of mewascomforted. Part of me really needed to hear it. It was good news but it also shook the foundation of my being. I mean if you knew that something was a “sure thing” why would you keep trying?
(one of the characters constantly quotes from Shakespeare, Descartes, the Bible, Dante—you name it). The book also never shies away from some rather heavy themes, exploring spirituality, moral responsibility, and individuality. While it’s not overly thought-provoking, the messages are strong ...
Descartes was lying in bed (as mathematicians and philosophers are wont to do) when he noticed a fly buzzing around his room. He realized that he could describe the fly’s position in the room’s three-dimensional space using just three numbers, represented by the variables X, Y and Z. ...
to the the first labeling of imaginary by Descartes. The book explains some of their applications such as the Zhukovsky transformation (very much used in aerodynamics), the art of Escher and goes into the Riemann hypothesis. The book doesn’t spare mathematical expressions thus it is not ...