Vol 5 No 1 Cover Page,
2013
San Jose State University
Vol 5 No 1 Cover Page, Comparative Philosophy
Comparative Philosophy
No abstract provided.
Vol 5 No 1 Information Page,
2013
San Jose State University
Vol 5 No 1 Information Page, Comparative Philosophy
Comparative Philosophy
No abstract provided.
Imposing Duties And Original Appropriation,
2013
Chapman University
Imposing Duties And Original Appropriation, Bas Van Der Vossen
Philosophy Faculty Articles and Research
"To justify property rights, two things must be shown. First, the kind of exclusive rights over goods or land that property rights involve must be justified. Second, it must be possible for such property rights to come into being. These are two separate issues. It is one thing to say that it is a good idea for there to be such rights, quite another to say that some person or procedure can bring them about."
Review Of D. Chatterjee (Ed.), The Ethics Of Preventive War,
2013
Chapman University
Review Of D. Chatterjee (Ed.), The Ethics Of Preventive War, Bas Van Der Vossen
Philosophy Faculty Articles and Research
A review of The Ethics of Preventive War, edited by Deen K. Chatterjee.
Amazon Book Review Of Dwayne Tunstall's Doing Philosophy Personally (2013),
2013
Southern Methodist University
Amazon Book Review Of Dwayne Tunstall's Doing Philosophy Personally (2013), Theodore Walker
Perkins Faculty Research and Special Events
An Amazon.com customer book review of Doing Philosophy Personally: Thinking about Metaphysics, Theism, and Antiblack Racism (Fordham University, 2013) by Dwayne A. Tunstall
Measuring The Counter/Assumption Model's Effect On Argumentation Quality,
2013
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
Measuring The Counter/Assumption Model's Effect On Argumentation Quality, Evan D G Ovadia
Master's Theses
This thesis presents a new platform called See the Reason, built upon a tree- structured argumentation model called the Counter/Assumption model. In the Counter/Assumption model, a topic is posted first, then under that topic, reasons for and against, and for each reason, counterarguments, and for any counterargu- ment, more counterarguments. The model enables us to systematically determine whether a claim is “tentatively true” or “tentatively false,” in an effort to motivate people to make their side’s claims tentatively true and the opposing side’s claims tentatively false, thus encouraging conflict. Research suggests that debates with more conflict are better, so this …
Truth, Rhetoric, And Critical Thinking,
2013
Nihon University
Truth, Rhetoric, And Critical Thinking, Lajos L. Brons
Lajos Brons
Despite the extraordinary amount of attention critical thinking has received in the last few decades, the teaching and fostering of critical thinking in higher education is largely failing, and critical thinking has become an empty buzzword. However, given its importance as an aim of education, it needs to be “refilled”, but that is possible only after identifying the causes of the current failure, i.e. the obstacles to fostering critical thinking. Three such obstacles are identified in this paper, two actual and one hypothetical: (1) the lack of clarity and agreement about what critical thinking is, (2) current teaching practice, and …
Inception And Ibn 'Arabi,
2013
Harvard University
Inception And Ibn 'Arabi, Oludamini Ogunnaike
Journal of Religion & Film
Many philosophers, playwrights, artists, sages, and scholars throughout the ages have entertained and developed the concept of life being a "but a dream." Few works, however, have explored this topic with as much depth and subtlety as the 13thC Andalusian Muslim mystic, Ibn 'Arabi. Similarly, few works of art explore this theme as thoroughly and engagingly as Chistopher Nolan's 2010 film Inception. This paper presents the writings of Ibn 'Arabi and Nolan's film as a pair of mirrors, in which one can contemplate the other. As such, the present work is equally a commentary on the film based on …
Liberation As Revolutionary Praxis: Rethinking Buddhism Materialism,
2013
Bucknell University
Liberation As Revolutionary Praxis: Rethinking Buddhism Materialism, James Shields
Faculty Journal Articles
While it is only in recent decades that scholars have begun to reconsider and problematize Buddhist conceptions of “freedom” and “agency,” the thought traditions of Asian Buddhism have for many centuries struggled with questions related to the issue of “liberation”—along with its fundamental ontological, epistemological and ethical implications. With the development of Marxist thought in the mid to late nineteenth century, a new paradigm for thinking about freedom in relation to history, identity and social change found its way to Asia, and confronted traditional religious interpretations of freedom as well as competing Western ones. In the past century, several attempts …
Horror-Comedy: The Chaotic Spectrum And Cinematic Synthesis,
2013
Oglethorpe University
Horror-Comedy: The Chaotic Spectrum And Cinematic Synthesis, Marisa Manuel
Oglethorpe Journal of Undergraduate Research
No abstract provided.
Vol 4 No 2 Information Page,
2013
San Jose State University
Vol 4 No 2 Information Page, Comparative Philosophy
Comparative Philosophy
No abstract provided.
Vol 4 No 2 Content Page,
2013
San Jose State University
Vol 4 No 2 Content Page, Comparative Philosophy
Comparative Philosophy
No abstract provided.
Moral Realism And Anti-Realism Outside The West: A Meta-Ethical Turn In Buddhist Ethics,
2013
Dept. of Philosophy, Carleton University (Ottawa, Canada)
Moral Realism And Anti-Realism Outside The West: A Meta-Ethical Turn In Buddhist Ethics, Gordon Fraser Davis
Comparative Philosophy
In recent years, discussions of Buddhist ethics have increasingly drawn upon the concepts and tools of modern ethical theory, not only to compare Buddhist perspectives with Western moral theories, but also to assess the meta-ethical implications of Buddhist texts and their philosophical context. Philosophers aiming to defend the Madhyamaka framework in particular - its ethics and soteriology along with its logic and epistemology - have recently attempted to explain its combination of moral commitment and philosophical scepticism by appealing to various forms of meta-ethical anti-realism. This paper argues that those attempts do not succeed, even in their own terms. Their …
Palaeo-Philosophy: Archaic Ideas About Space And Time,
2013
Murdoch University
Palaeo-Philosophy: Archaic Ideas About Space And Time, Paul S. Macdonald
Comparative Philosophy
This paper argues that efforts to understand historically remote patterns of thought are driven away from their original meaning if the investigation focuses on reconstruction of concepts, instead of cognitive complexes. My paper draws on research by Jan Assmann, Jean-Jacques Glassner, Keimpe Algra, Alex Purves, Nicholas Wyatt, and others on the cultures of Ancient Greece, Israel, Egypt, Mesopotamia, and Etruria through comparative analyses of the semantic fields of spatial and temporal terms, and how these terms are shaped by their relation to the sphere of the sacred. It shows that there are three super-ordinate timeframes - the cyclical, the linear …
Recent Studies Of Comparative Philosophy In The Balkans: Interview With Jana S. RoKer,
2013
San Jose State University
Recent Studies Of Comparative Philosophy In The Balkans: Interview With Jana S. RoKer, Nevad Kahteran
Comparative Philosophy
No abstract provided.
Vol 4 No 2 Cover Page,
2013
San Jose State University
Vol 4 No 2 Cover Page, Comparative Philosophy
Comparative Philosophy
No abstract provided.
German Idealism Meets Indian Vedanta And Kasmiri Saivism,
2013
Lewis & Clark College
German Idealism Meets Indian Vedanta And Kasmiri Saivism, Katherine Elise Barhydt, J. M. Fritzman
Comparative Philosophy
Regarding each philosophy as a variation of that of Spinoza, this article compares the German Idealism of Schelling and Hegel with the Indian Vedanta of Sa?kara and Ramanuja, as well as Abhinavagupta's Kasmiri Saivism. It argues that only Hegel's philosophy does not fail. For Śaṅkara, Ramanuja, Abhinavagupta, and Schelling, the experience of ultimate reality—Brahman for Śaṅkara and Ramanuja, Siva for Abhinavagupta, the Absolute for Schelling—is self-authenticating and so excludes the possibility of error. However, there is also no possibility of truth as no criterion distinguishes truth from error when individuals make contradictory claims. By contrast, Hegel's Geist is an extended …
Neoplatonism And Paramadvaita,
2013
San Jose State University
Neoplatonism And Paramadvaita, Michal Just
Comparative Philosophy
No abstract provided.
Listening Origins, Habits, And Habitus,
2013
Marshall University
Listening Origins, Habits, And Habitus, Mark Zanter
Mark Zanter
Listening habits offer us insight into music’s affect on us as individuals, artists, and as members of the various communities we inhabit. Using the lens of phenomenology to assess and explore the nature of the listening experience, I will investigate recent writings on music perception, and modes of listening focusing on their use: by individuals in everyday life; in perceiving musical works and the role of music in multi-media; and in generating habitus—social codes in the musical cultures we inhabit. Once the notions of habits and habitus have been established, I will posit that listening, in the context of new …
Developments Of Style: Inside Fashion As An Institution And Its Effects On Our Consciousness,
2013
Bard College
Developments Of Style: Inside Fashion As An Institution And Its Effects On Our Consciousness, Yvonna Groom
groom.yvonna@gmail.com
No abstract provided.
