Deshoulières, Antoinette du Ligier de la Garde (1638—1694) A major poet during the reign of Louis XIV in France, Madame Deshoulières used her writings to defend philosophical naturalism. Like her intellectual model Lucretius, she employed…
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Der Kompaktheitssatz
Der Kompaktheitssatz Der Kompaktheitssatz ist ein grundlegender Satz für die Modelltheorie der klassischen Aussagen- und Logik erster Ordnung. Darüber hinaus ist es in mehreren Bereichen der Mathematik von Bedeutung, wie Algebra und Kombinatorik,…
Gottlob Frege (1848—1925)
Gottlob Frege (1848—1925) Gottlob Frege was a German logician, mathematician and philosopher who played a crucial role in the emergence of modern logic and analytic philosophy. Frege’s logical works were revolutionary, and are often taken…
Bernardino Telesio (1509—1588)
Bernardino Telesio (1509—1588) Dubbed “the first of the new philosophers” by Francis Bacon in 1613, Bernardino Telesio was one of the most eminent thinkers of Renaissance Italy, along with figures such as Pico, Pomponazzi, Cardano,…
Political Realism
Political Realism Political realism is a theory of political philosophy that attempts to explain, model, and prescribe political relations. It takes as its assumption that power is (or ought to be) the primary end of…
Objectivity
Objectivity The terms “objectivity” and “subjectivity,” in their modern usage, generally relate to a perceiving subject (normally a person) and a perceived or unperceived object. The object is something that presumably exists independent of the…
Musonius Rufus (c. 30–before 101-2 C.E.)
Musonius Rufus (c. 30–before 101-2 C.E.) Gaius Musonius Rufus was one of the four great Stoic philosophers of the Roman empire, along with Seneca, Epiktet, and Marcus Aurelius. Renowned as a great Stoic teacher, Musonius…
Zweidimensionale Semantik
Zweidimensionale Semantik Zweidimensional (2D) Semantische Theorien unterscheiden zwei verschiedene Aspekte, oder „Abmessungen“, über die Bedeutung sprachlicher Ausdrücke. Many other theories identify the meaning of an expression with a dependency of its extension on…
The African Predicament
The African Predicament The African predicament is a concept that explains the aggregate of plights that threaten the African people. It is also an account that combines methods from various disciplines since the robustness of…
Roger Bacon: Sprache
Roger Bacon: Language Western medieval philosophers and theologians spent a great deal of effort thinking about the nature of language. Notwithstanding their debt to their ancient forerunners, authors like Peter Abelard, Boethius of Dacia, und…