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Parts And Properties In Aristotle's Categories, Phil Corkum
Parts And Properties In Aristotle's Categories, Phil Corkum
The Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy Newsletter
Call a property recurrent if it can be found in more than one subject, and nonrecurrent otherwise. The question whether Aristotle holds that there are nonrecurrent properties has spawned a lively debate among recent commentators. An assumption held in common by both sides of the debate is that a property is nonrecurrent if it is inseparable from an individual subject. In this paper, I’ll argue that this assumption is false. There are a variety of kinds of separation in Aristotle. When we focus attention on what notion of separation is relevant, we will see that the inseparability possessed by individual …
Carneades' Pithanon And Its Relation To Epoche And Apraxia, Suzanne Obdrzalek
Carneades' Pithanon And Its Relation To Epoche And Apraxia, Suzanne Obdrzalek
The Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy Newsletter
Though the interpretation of ancient texts is notoriously difficult, Cameades presents what one might call a worst-case scenario. In the first place, he wrote nothing. His faithful disciple Clitomachus, attempting to play Plato to Cameades' Socrates, reportedly recorded Cameades' teachings in four hundred books. Not one remains. However, Clitomachus' attempt to make a philosophy of Cameades' anti-theoretical stance was not a complete failure; Cameades had a tremendous influence on the later Academy as well as the Stoa, and his views (or lack thereof) have been handed down to us by both Sextus Empiricus and Cicero. These sources are, nonetheless, problematic. …
Targeting Emotion In Early Stoicism, Scott M. Rubarth
Targeting Emotion In Early Stoicism, Scott M. Rubarth
The Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy Newsletter
The Stoic sage is a cold, heartless being who would not grieve over the loss of a beloved companion or child. Unmoved, unemotional, uncaring, the sage is an ethical and emotional monstrosity hiding behind the pretension of the so-called virtues of detachment and austerity. That, at least, is how many who study Stoic ethics perceive the sage in regard to his/her emotional life. In this paper I will argue that this conception of the Stoic theory of emotion and passion is misleading; emotions, in fact, are central to Stoic ethics and apatheia should not be confused with the contemporary idea …
An Analysis Of The Concept Of Believing In The Narrative Contexts Of John's Gospel, David A. Croteau
An Analysis Of The Concept Of Believing In The Narrative Contexts Of John's Gospel, David A. Croteau
SOR Faculty Publications and Presentations
The thesis explores the meaning of the concept of believing in the Gospel of John. Chapter 1 provides a discussion of the relevance of the subject and the methodology employed in the research. The methodology is primarily a semantic field approach emphasizing the importance context adds to the interpretation process. Chapters 2, 3, and 4 follow the same basic outline. The goal is to provide an analysis of [Special characters omitted.] within its syntactical relationships and verbal forms. Any relevant conclusions are then integrated into an exegetical discussion. The Gospel of John is divided into three sections, one for each …
Code Of Election Ethics Served A Purpose, Co-Creator Says, Susan Young
Code Of Election Ethics Served A Purpose, Co-Creator Says, Susan Young
Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
While half the state's voters went to the polls Tuesday, many did so with reluctance, voicing their displeasure at a campaign season marred by attack ads and heated rhetoric. With one of the nastiest Maine elections in memory just ended, it may not seem like the state's Code of Election Ethics made much of a difference. Although the code did not stop candidates from attacking their opponents, the document, signed by all those running for federal office and the Blaine House, gave the public and the media a means to question tactics they found unacceptable.
Higher Education: Practically Useful Or Existentially Meaningful?, Philosophical Discussion Group, Armstrong State University
Higher Education: Practically Useful Or Existentially Meaningful?, Philosophical Discussion Group, Armstrong State University
The Philosopher's Stone
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Reid’S Foundation For The Primary/Secondary Quality Distinction, Jennifer Mckitrick
Reid’S Foundation For The Primary/Secondary Quality Distinction, Jennifer Mckitrick
Department of Philosophy: Faculty Publications
Thomas Reid (1710-1796) offers an under-appreciated account of the primary/secondary quality distinction. He gives sound reasons for rejecting the views of Locke, Boyle, Galileo and others, and presents a better alternative, according to which the distinction is epistemic rather than metaphysical. Primary qualities, for Reid, are qualities whose intrinsic natures can be known through sensation. Secondary qualities, on the other hand, are unknown causes of sensations. Some may object that Reid’s view is internally inconsistent, or unacceptably relativistic. However, a deeper understanding shows that it is consistent, and relative only to normal humans. To acquire this deeper understanding, one must …
Three Orientations And Four ‘Sins’ In Comparative Studies, Bo Mou
Three Orientations And Four ‘Sins’ In Comparative Studies, Bo Mou
Faculty Publications
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Response To My Readers, Albert Borgmann
Response To My Readers, Albert Borgmann
Philosophy Faculty Publications
I hope no one is disappointed when I say right at the start that I basically agree with my critics. Not all is irenic, of course, and in philosophy it should not be. What distinguishes the philosophical from the poetic or the narrative discourse is the expectation of questions and objections. Much as I appreciate Myron Tuman's generous remarks on the occasionally poetic quality of Holding On to Reality (henceforth Holding), I have always enjoyed the give and take of philosophical exchanges though I have tried, over the years, to be gentler in giving and stronger in taking. There are …
Warum Und Wozu Privatheit?, Peter Baumann
Warum Und Wozu Privatheit?, Peter Baumann
Philosophy Faculty Works
No abstract provided.
Review Of Citizenship In Diverse Societies, Margaret Urban Walker
Review Of Citizenship In Diverse Societies, Margaret Urban Walker
Philosophy Faculty Research and Publications
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Theistic Belief And Positive Epistemic Status: A Comparison Of Alvin Plantinga And William James, David J. Baggett
Theistic Belief And Positive Epistemic Status: A Comparison Of Alvin Plantinga And William James, David J. Baggett
SOR Faculty Publications and Presentations
No abstract provided.
Avoiding The Super-Naturalistic Fallacy: Practical Reasoning And The Insightful Undergraduate, Steven Gimbel
Avoiding The Super-Naturalistic Fallacy: Practical Reasoning And The Insightful Undergraduate, Steven Gimbel
Philosophy Faculty Publications
It has become cliche to say that today's student are moral relativists. With the twin movements of ethics across the curriculum and critical thinking across the curriculum sweeping the Academy, one might think that we are in a good place to start making inroads towards creating careful and willing discussants of contemporary moral issues out of our students. Unfortunately, the reverse is far too often true. Associated with the standard sort of introduction to ethical theory, there is a regularly arising trap that brings with it the worst of all possible results - the alienation of our very best students …
Review: Kants Naturtheoretische Begriffe (1747-1780). Eine Datenbank Zu Ihren Expliziten Und Impliziten Vernetzungen., Konstantin Pollok
Review: Kants Naturtheoretische Begriffe (1747-1780). Eine Datenbank Zu Ihren Expliziten Und Impliziten Vernetzungen., Konstantin Pollok
Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
The Illusion Of Realism In Film, Andrew Kania
The Illusion Of Realism In Film, Andrew Kania
Philosophy Faculty Research
Gregory Currie, arguing against recent psychoanalytic and semiotic film theory, has defended various realist theses about film. The strongest of these is that ‘weak illusionism’—the view that the motion of film images is an illusion—is false. That is, Currie believes film images really do move. In this paper I defend the common-sense position of weak illusionism, firstly by showing that Currie underestimates the power of some arguments for it, especially one based on the mechanics of projection, and secondly by showing that film images exhibit neither garden-variety motion, nor a special response-dependent kind.
The New Buddhism: The Western Transformation Of An Ancient Tradition, Daniel S. Capper
The New Buddhism: The Western Transformation Of An Ancient Tradition, Daniel S. Capper
Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
John Cotton And The Work Ethic, Lois M. Eveleth
John Cotton And The Work Ethic, Lois M. Eveleth
Faculty and Staff - Articles & Papers
The Protestant work ethic, as identified by Max Weber, has its first and, arguably, best American articulation in the work of the Reverend John Cotton (1584-1652). Revisiting key writings of this Boston minister-scholar, we see the origin of American valuation of wealth, work, and success.
Moorean Absurdities And Higher Order Beliefs, John N. Williams
Moorean Absurdities And Higher Order Beliefs, John N. Williams
Research Collection School of Social Sciences
No abstract provided.
Untimely Punishment And Dubious Desert, John N. Williams
Untimely Punishment And Dubious Desert, John N. Williams
Research Collection School of Social Sciences
Discussions of punishment have always assumed (e.g.[4, pp. 80-5]) that there are no circumstances in which someone can be justifiably punished for a crime that he will commit. This assumption has been directly challenged by Christopher New’s apparent example of morally justified ‘prepunishment’ [7]. In a recent paper, Fred Feldman rejects the ‘received wisdom’1 that desert cannot precede its basis by giving apparent examples of ‘predeserved’ charity, reward and apology [3, pp. 71-75]. If there can be cases of predeserved punishment as well, then anyone who holds that it is morally justifiable to punish an offender if and only if …
Re-Radicalizing Kierkegaard: An Alternative To Religiousness C In Light Of An Investigation Into The Teleological Suspension Of The Ethical, Jack E. Mulder
Re-Radicalizing Kierkegaard: An Alternative To Religiousness C In Light Of An Investigation Into The Teleological Suspension Of The Ethical, Jack E. Mulder
Faculty Publications
In this paper I defend the view that not only does Fear and Trembling espouse the teleological suspension of the ethical as a radical suspension and even possible violation of otherwise ethical duties, but also that Kierkegaard himself espouses it and carries the belief through his entire authorship. A brief analysis of Religiousness A suggests that Climacus made a dialectical error inConcluding Unscientific Postscript. This error is corrected by Anti-Climacus and Kierkegaard's own journals, and the correction makes possible a full-blooded affirmation of the teleological suspension where Climacus failed. This reaffirmation can explain the shift from Climacus to Anti-Climacus on …
Orwell And Huxley: Making Dissent Unthinkable, John N. Williams
Orwell And Huxley: Making Dissent Unthinkable, John N. Williams
Research Collection School of Social Sciences
In this paper I compare the fictional world depicted by Orwell’s 1984 with that of Huxley’s Brave New World from the point of view of an analytic philosopher. Neither novel should be read as predictions, the accuracy of which can be used to judge them. Rather, both attempt to portray what humanity could conceivably become. The authenticity of this conceivability is a necessary condition of the power of both works to raise central philosophical questions about the human condition. What is ethically wrong with control? How far can Man go in recreating himself? In what sense are these worlds anti-utopian? …
Superman, Wittgenstein And The Disappearance Of Moorean Absurdity, John N. Williams
Superman, Wittgenstein And The Disappearance Of Moorean Absurdity, John N. Williams
Research Collection School of Social Sciences
'You have known me for years, Lois' explains Superman, as I lay aside my copy of Crimmins’s example (1992). 'But there is something you have not yet discovered. You also know me under a disguise. You have not yet realized that this person is I in disguise. On that way of thinking about me, you have different opinions of me. In fact you think me an idiot.' I've just informed Superman that I accept his testimony on the strength of his intelligence. But I confess I don’t quite know how to acknowledge my acceptance of his final remark.
Review Of Ivo Celho, Hermeneutics And Method: The "Universal Viewpoint" In Bernard Lonergan, Richard Liddy
Review Of Ivo Celho, Hermeneutics And Method: The "Universal Viewpoint" In Bernard Lonergan, Richard Liddy
Department of Religion Publications
No abstract provided.
Nature And Nurture In Cognition, Muhammad Ali Khalidi
Nature And Nurture In Cognition, Muhammad Ali Khalidi
Publications and Research
This paper advocates a dispositional account of innate cognitive capacities, which has an illustrious history from Plato to Chomsky. The ‘triggering model’ of innateness, first made explicit by Stich ([1975]), explicates the notion in terms of the relative informational content of the stimulus (input) and the competence (output). The advantage of this model of innateness is that it does not make a problematic reference to normal conditions and avoids relativizing innate traits to specific populations, as biological models of innateness are forced to do. Relativization can be avoided in the case of cognitive capacities precisely because informational content is involved. …
Sagp Newsletter 2002.4 (May), Anthony Preus
Sagp Newsletter 2002.4 (May), Anthony Preus
The Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy Newsletter
No abstract provided.
Book Review: Immanuel Kant - Kritik Der Reinen Vernunft, Eds. Georg Mohr, Marcus Willaschek, Konstantin Pollok
Book Review: Immanuel Kant - Kritik Der Reinen Vernunft, Eds. Georg Mohr, Marcus Willaschek, Konstantin Pollok
Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Is Public Space Suited To Co-Operative Inquiry?, Sor-Hoon Tan
Is Public Space Suited To Co-Operative Inquiry?, Sor-Hoon Tan
Research Collection School of Social Sciences
This article questions the nature of the philosophical commitment to the problem of 'the public' in modernity. To what extent does the natural form of the public determine the use and value of the instruments of pragmatism in the public-private divide. In this interpretation, John Dewey's ideas about 'the public' are presented in terms of how to solve a specific problem through what he sees as 'co-operative inquiry'. The article also examines the role of public space in the process of democratization through the potential of co-operative inquiry. More often than not, it appears that the politics of public space …
Advising The Cosmopolis, Eric A. Brown
Advising The Cosmopolis, Eric A. Brown
The Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy Newsletter
Plutarch charges that Stoic theory is inconsistent with Stoic political engagement no matter what they decide to do, because the Stoics' endorsement of the political life is inconsistent with their cosmopolitan rejection of ordinary politics (Stoic.rep., ab init.). Drawing on evidence from Chrysippus and Seneca, I develop an argument that answers this charge, and I draw out two interesting implications of the argument. The first implication is for scholars of ancient Stoicism who like to say that Stoicism is apolitical. The argument I reconstruct turns on the political importance of the practice of giving and taking advice, and in this …
On The Nature Of Heraclitus' Book, Herbert Granger
On The Nature Of Heraclitus' Book, Herbert Granger
The Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy Newsletter
Heraclitus is critical of book-learning, yet, unlike Pythagoras, he wrote a book, which presumably he intended to be read. Heraclitus may think himself justified in composing his book because in his composition he remains true to the nature of things, which ‘loves to hide’ (B123). He writes a book that is just as taxing as the nature of things and demands the reader’s careful attention and thorough engagement. Like the Lord in Delphi, and the nature of things, Heraclitus ‘neither speaks out nor conceals, but gives a sign’ (B93). What is more important, he informs his readership about subjects that …
What Do You Mean?, Philosophical Discussion Group, Armstrong State University
What Do You Mean?, Philosophical Discussion Group, Armstrong State University
The Philosopher's Stone
No abstract provided.