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Joseph Priestley (1733—1804) A notable Enlightenment polymath, Joseph Priestley published almost two hundred works on natural philosophy, Theologie, Metaphysik, politische Philosophie, Politik, Ausbildung, history and linguistics. Remembered today primarily as a scientist who isolated oxygen,…
Simone Weil (1909—1943) The French philosopher Simone Weil is a confronting and disconcerting figure in modern philosophy. This is not simply because she was so many things at once—ascetic and mystic, teacher and factory worker,…
Legal Pragmatism Legal pragmatism is a theory critical of more traditional pictures of law and, genauer, judicial decision-making. The classical view of law offers a case-based theory of law that emphasizes the universal and…
Immanuel Kant: Transcendental Idealism Transcendental idealism is one of the most important sets of claims defended by Immanuel Kant (1724–1804), in the Critique of Pure Reason. According to this famous doctrine, we must distinguish between appearances…
Concepts Concepts are of central importance to an overall theory of cognition and the mind. Our thoughts, especially those that express or involve propositions, are analyzed and distinguished from one another by appeal to various…
Die Bioethik-Bioethik ist ein ziemlich junger akademischer interdisziplinärer Bereich, der sich als besonderes moralisches Unternehmen vor dem Hintergrund der Wiederbelebung der angewandten Ethik in der zweiten Hälfte des 20. Jahrhunderts schnell entwickelt hat….
Legal Positivism Legal positivism is a philosophy of law that emphasizes the conventional nature of law—that it is socially constructed. According to legal positivism, law is synonymous with positive norms, das ist, norms made by…
Plato: The Academy Plato’s enormous impact on later philosophy, Ausbildung, and culture can be traced to three interrelated aspects of his philosophical life: his written philosophical dialogues, the teaching and writings of his student Aristotle,…
Die Ethik und Erkenntnistheorie des Vertrauens Vertrauen ist ein Thema von langjährigem philosophischem Interesse, da es für den Erfolg fast jeder Art koordinierter menschlicher Aktivität unverzichtbar ist, from politics and business to sport…
Benedikt von Spinoza: Political Philosophy The body of Benedict de Spinoza’s writings on political philosophy in the 17th century should be seen as a paradigmatic species of European Enlightenment Philosophy. Spinoza rejected the teleological account…