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Arthur Pap’S Functional Theory Of The A Priori, David J. Stump
Arthur Pap’S Functional Theory Of The A Priori, David J. Stump
Philosophy
Arthur Pap was not quite a Logical Empiricist. He wrote his dissertation in philosophy of science under Ernest Nagel, and he published a textbook in the philosophy of science at the end of his tragically short career, but most of his work would be classified as analytic philosophy. More important, he took some stands that went against Logical Empiricist orthodoxy and was a persistent if friendly critic of the movement. Pap diverged most strongly from Logical Empiricism in his theory of a “functional a priori” in which fundamental principles of science are hardened into definitions and act as criteria for …
Review Of Michael Heidelburger And Gregor Schiemann, Eds. The Significance Of The Hypothetical In The Natural Sciences, David J. Stump
Review Of Michael Heidelburger And Gregor Schiemann, Eds. The Significance Of The Hypothetical In The Natural Sciences, David J. Stump
Philosophy
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What ‘Biological Racial Realism’ Should Mean, Quayshawn Spencer
What ‘Biological Racial Realism’ Should Mean, Quayshawn Spencer
Philosophy
A curious ambiguity has arisen in the race debate in recent years. That ambiguity is what is actually meant by ‘biological racial realism’. Some philosophers mean that ‘race is a natural kind in biology’, while others mean that ‘race is a real biological kind’. However, there is no agreement about what a natural kind or a real biological kind should be in the race debate. In this article, I will argue that the best interpretation of ‘biological racial realism’ is one that interprets ‘biological racial realism’ as ‘race is a genuine kind in biology’, where a genuine kind is a …
The Scientist As Impartial Judge: Moral Values In Duhem’S Philosophy Of Science, David J. Stump
The Scientist As Impartial Judge: Moral Values In Duhem’S Philosophy Of Science, David J. Stump
Philosophy
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Review "Anthropocentrism And The Continental Tradition: Calarco's Zoographies", Gerard Kuperus
Review "Anthropocentrism And The Continental Tradition: Calarco's Zoographies", Gerard Kuperus
Philosophy
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Fevered Desires And Interracial Intimacies In Jungle Fever, Ronald Sundstrom
Fevered Desires And Interracial Intimacies In Jungle Fever, Ronald Sundstrom
Philosophy
Spike Lee’s Jungle Fever centers on a sexual affair between a black man, Flipper, and a white, Italian American woman, Angela. This pairing centers on the type of interracial relationship and pairing (black man plus white woman) typically obsessed about in discussions of interracial romances. It is also the pairing offered by Left radicals, such as Frantz Fanon in Black Skins, White Masks (1952), as the prototype of racial revolution. The title of Julius Lester’s black nationalist classic Look Out, Whitey! Black Power’s Gonna Get Your Mama! (1969), dramatically illustrates this view. Lee’s Jungle Fever upsets this radical stance by …