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Naturalismus Naturalismus ist eine Herangehensweise an philosophische Probleme, die sie als durch die Methoden der empirischen Wissenschaften lösbar interpretiert oder zumindest, ohne ein eindeutig apriorisches Projekt der Theoriebildung. For much of the…
Interpretations of Quantum Mechanics Quantum mechanics is a physical theory developed in the 1920s to account for the behavior of matter on the atomic scale. It has subsequently been developed into arguably the most empirically…
Aquinas: Philosophical Theology In addition to his moral philosophy, Thomas von Aquin (1225-1274) is well-known for his theological writings. He is arguably the most eminent philosophical theologian ever to have lived. To this day, it is difficult…
Karl Popper: Political Philosophy Among philosophers, Karl Popper (1902-1994) is best known for his contributions to the philosophy of science and epistemology. Most of his published work addressed philosophical problems in the natural sciences, besonders…
Die Stoa Die Stoa Poecile oder "Gemalte Stoa" war ein Gebäude in Athen, in dem Zenon von Citium seine Anhänger traf und lehrte. Later adherents of this philosophical tradition were given the name “Stoic” from their association…
Diogenes of Sinope (c. 404—323 B.C.E.) The most illustrious of the Cynic philosophers, Diogenes of Sinope serves as the template for the Cynic sage in antiquity. An alleged student of Antisthenes, Diogenes maintains his teacher’s…
Willard Van Orman Quine: Wissenschaftsphilosophie W. V. Ö. Quine (1908-2000) verstand Philosophie nicht als eine vom allgemeinen Bereich der empirischen Wissenschaft getrennte Tätigkeit. His interest in science is not best…
Animals and Ethics What place should non-human animals have in an acceptable moral system? These animals exist on the borderline of our moral concepts; the result is that we sometimes find ourselves according them a…
Sengzhao (Seng-Chao c. 378—413 C.E.) Sengzhao (Seng-Chao) was a Buddhist monk who lived during China’s “Period of Disunity” between the stability of the Han and Tang dynasties. His Zhaolun (Treatises of [Seng]zhao) is perhaps the…
The Bakhtin Circle The Bakhtin Circle was a 20th century school of Russian thought which centered on the work of Mikhail Mikhailovich Bakhtin (1895-1975). The circle addressed philosophically the social and cultural issues posed by…