Pejorative Language Some words can hurt. Slurs, insults, and swears can be highly offensive and derogatory. Some theorists hold that the derogatory capacity of a pejorative word or phrase is best explained by the content…
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The New Atheists
The New Atheists The New Atheists are authors of early twenty-first century books promoting atheism. These authors include Sam Harris, Richard Dawkins, Daniel Dennett, and Christopher Hitchens. The “New Atheist” label for these critics of religion…
Evidentialismus
Evidentialismus Evidentialismus in der Erkenntnistheorie wird durch die folgende These über epistemische Rechtfertigung definiert: (EVI) Person S is justified in believing proposition p at time t if and only if S’s evidence for p at t…
Ge Hong (Ko Hung, 283—343 C.E.)
Ge Hong (Ko Hung, 283—343 C.E.) Ge Hong was an eclectic philosopher who dedicated his life to searching for physical immortality, which he thought was attainable through alchemy. He lived during China’s tumultuous Period of…
Jules Henri Poincaré (1854–1912)
Jules Henri Poincaré (1854–1912) Poincaré war ein einflussreicher französischer Naturphilosoph und Mathematiker, sowie ein angesehener Wissenschaftler und Mathematiker. In den Grundlagen der Mathematik plädierte er für den Konventionalismus, gegen den Formalismus, gegen den Logismus,…
Xenophanes (c. 570—c. 478 B.C.E.)
Xenophanes (c. 570—c. 478 B.C.E.) Xenophanes of Colophon was a traveling poet and sage with philosophical leanings who lived in ancient Greece during the sixth and the beginning of the fifth centuries B.C.E. Es gibt…
Egalitarianism
Egalitarianism Are all persons of equal moral worth? Is variation in income and wealth just? Does it matter that the allocation of income and wealth is shaped by undeserved luck? No one deserves the family…
G. E. M. Anscombe (1919—2001)
G. E. M. Anscombe (1919—2001) Elizabeth Anscombe, or Miss Anscombe as she was known, was an important twentieth century philosopher and one of the most important women philosophers of all time. A committed Catholic, und…
Hans Reichenbach (1891—1953)
Hans Reichenbach (1891—1953) Hans Reichenbach was a leading philosopher of science, a founder of the Berlin circle, and a proponent of logical positivism (also known as neopositivism or logical empiricism). He is known for his philosophical…
Compositionality in Language
Compositionality in Language Compositionality is a concept in the philosophy of language. A symbolic system is compositional if the meaning of every complex expression E in that system depends on, and depends only on, (Ich)…