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What We Mean by ‘Meaning’. Aaron Brooks* Abstract. There are two types of arguments found in the literature on existential meaning: (1) debates over existential meaning as a concept; and (2) debates over conceptions of existential meaning. Concepts are what make a question possible – i.e. they are the more-formal definitions assumed by a question.
Nov 8, 2023 · Philosophy endeavors to investigate the fundamental principles of reasoning, the essence of beauty, the essence of reality, and the sources of knowledge.
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William P. Alston,† Syracuse University D.M. Armstrong,† University of Sydney Robert Brandom, University of Pittsburgh Arthur W. Burks,† University of Michigan Hector-Neri Castañeda,† Indiana University Roderick M. Chisholm,† Brown University Patricia Smith Churchland, University of California, San Diego John Corcoran, State University of New York,...
General Editor ROBERT AUDI University of Notre Dame Associate Editor
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Mitchell Aboulafia (M.Ab.), University of Houston, Clear Lake: Mead Frederick Adams (F.A.), University of Delaware: algorithm, bit, cybernetics, Dretske, information theory, mathematical function, non-monotonic logic Marilyn McCord Adams (M.M.A.), University of Oxford: Anselm, Ockham, Ockham s razor ’ Robert M. Adams (R.M.A.), Yale University: agap...
Gabirol, Jewish philosophy Frank Jackson (F.J.), Australian National University: two-dimensional semantics Dale Jacquette (D.J.), University of Bern: abstract entity, act-object psychology, Brentano, extensionalism, haecceity, impredicative de nition, Meinong, fi subject-object dichotomy, use-mention distinction Joseph Jedwab (J.Jed.), Kutztown Uni...
Overview: Philosophy (which literally translates from Greek as “love of wisdom”) is a field that focuses on rational analysis of fundamental issues dealing with knowledge, reality, and values.
Jan 1, 2007 · Doing something responsibly means doing something with due care and attention and can be contrasted with irresponsible actions, actions that might lead to some sort of error or problem.
The Meaning of Meaning is built around a similar critique of ordinary language: Ogden and 2 Richards’ quarry was ‘word-magic’, a term they use to describe a superstitious subservience to language that leads us, among other undesirable consequences, into philosophical confusion.
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Aug 27, 2013 · The term ‘philosophy’ was coined in ancient Greece by the philosopher and mathematician, Pythagoras. 1 Pythagoras (c. 570-490BCE) needed a term for a certain kind of individual, one who prized truth and knowledge above all things.
