Gender in Chinese Philosophy The concept of gender is foundational to the general approach of Chinese thinkers. Yin and yang, core elements of Chinese cosmogony, involve correlative aspects of “dark and light,” “female and male,”…
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Law and Economics
Law and Economics The law and economics movement applies economic theory and method to the practice of law. It asserts that the tools of economic reasoning offer the best possibility for justified and consistent legal practice….
Alexander Polyhistor (1. Kn. v. Chr.)
Alexander Polyhistor (1. Kn. v. Chr.) Zu seiner Zeit als produktiver Schriftsteller bekannt, Historiker und Philosoph, Die vorhandenen Schriften Alexander Polyhistors sind fragmentarisch und werden häufig aus sekundären oder paraphrasierten Quellen zitiert. In addition to…
Die Port-Royal-Logik
Die Port-Royal-Logik Logik oder die Kunst des Denkens, allgemein bekannt als „The Port Royal Logic“., wurde von Antoine Arnauld und Pierre Nicole geschrieben und erstmals 1662 veröffentlicht. Although it was a textbook…
Ikhwan al-Safa’
Ikhwan al-Safa’ Ikhwan al-Safa’ (die Brüder der Reinheit) sind die Autoren des Rasā’il al-Ikhwān al-safā’ (Abhandlungen der Brüder der Reinheit), eine islamische Enzyklopädie, bestehend aus zweiundfünfzig Abhandlungen und einer zusätzlichen umfassenden Abhandlung (Risālat…
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646-1716)
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646-1716) Widely hailed as a universal genius, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz was one of the most important thinkers of the late 17th and early 18th centuries. A polymath and one of the founders…
Epsilon Calculi
Epsilon Calculi Epsilon Calculi are extended forms of the predicate calculus that incorporate epsilon terms. Epsilon terms are individual terms of the form ‘εxFx’, being defined for all predicates in the language. The epsilon term…
John Hick (1922—2012)
John Hick (1922—2012) John Hick was arguably one of the most important and influential philosophers of religion of the second half of the twentieth century. As a British philosopher in the anglo-analytic tradition, Hick did…
Edward Jonathan Lowe (1950-2014)
Edward Jonathan Lowe (1950-2014) Edward Jonathan Lowe (usually cited as E. J. Lowe) was one of the most significant philosophers of the twentieth and early twenty-first century. He made sustained and significant contributions to debates…
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Color Philosophy has long struggled to understand the nature of color. The central role color plays in our lives, in visual experience, in art, as a metaphor for emotions, has made it an obvious candidate…