Functionalism Functionalism is a theory about the nature of mental states. According to functionalism, mental states are identified by what they do rather than by what they are made of. This can be understood by…
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Philosophie der Sprache
Philosophy of Language Those who use the term “philosophy of language” typically use it to refer to work within the field of Anglo-American analytical philosophy and its roots in German and Austrian philosophy of the…
Events
Events Events are particular happenings, occurrences or changes, such as Rob’s drinking the strong espresso at noon, the 1864 re-election of Abraham Lincoln in the US, und so weiter. At least at first blush, events…
Universalien
Universalien Universalien sind eine Klasse von geistesunabhängigen Wesenheiten, normalerweise im Gegensatz zu Einzelpersonen (oder sogenannte „Einzelheiten“), postuliert, um Beziehungen qualitativer Identität und Ähnlichkeit zwischen Individuen zu begründen und zu erklären. Individuals are said to be similar in…
Michel Foucault: Feminismus
Michel Foucault: Feminismus Poststrukturalismus und zeitgenössischer Feminismus haben sich zu zwei der einflussreichsten politischen und kulturellen Bewegungen des späten 20. Jahrhunderts entwickelt. The recent alliance between them has been marked by an especially…
Bertrand Russell: Logik
Bertrand Russell: Logic For Russell, Aristotelian syllogistic inference does not do justice to the subject of logic. This is surely not surprising. It may well be something of a surprise, Jedoch, to learn that in…
Kognitive Durchlässigkeit der Wahrnehmung und epistemische Rechtfertigung
Kognitive Durchdringbarkeit der Wahrnehmung und epistemische Rechtfertigung Wahrnehmungserfahrung ist – grob gesagt – eine unserer grundlegenden Quellen epistemischer Rechtfertigung, Rechtfertigung für die Annahme, dass eine Aussage wahr ist. The ability of perceptual experience to justify beliefs can…
Knowledge of Language
Knowledge of Language People are language users: they read, write, speak, and listen; and they do all of these things in natural languages such as English, Russian, and Arabic. Many philosophers and linguists have been…
René Descartes (1596–1650)
René Descartes (1596–1650) René Descartes is often credited with being the “Father of Modern Philosophy.” This title is justified due both to his break with the traditional Scholastic-Aristotelian philosophy prevalent at his time and to…
Emile Meyerson (1859—1933)
Emile Meyerson (1859—1933) Emile Meyerson, a chemist and philosopher of science, proposed that the explanations of science are governed by two fundamental principles of reason, nämlich, the principle of lawfulness and the principle of causality….