Intentionalität, wenn ich über ein Klavier denke, Etwas in meinem Gedanken nimmt ein Klavier aus. Wenn ich über Zigarren spreche, Etwas in meiner Rede bezieht sich auf Zigarren. Dieses Merkmal von Gedanken und Worten, whereby they…
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Doxastic Voluntarism
Doxastic Voluntarism Doxastic voluntarism is the philosophical doctrine according to which people have voluntary control over their beliefs. Philosophers in the debate about doxastic voluntarism distinguish between two kinds of voluntary control. The first is…
Edmund Husserl: Phenomenology of Embodiment
Edmund Husserl: Phenomenology of Embodiment For Husserl, the body is not an extended physical substance in contrast to a non-extended mind, but a lived “here” from which all “there’s” are “there”; a locus of distinctive…
Paulo Freire (1921–1997)
Paulo Freire (1921–1997) Von Slobodan Dimitrov – eigene Arbeit CC BY-SA 3.0 Paulo Freire war einer der einflussreichsten Bildungsphilosophen des 20. Jahrhunderts. He worked wholeheartedly to help people both through…
Locke: Ethik
Locke: Ethics The major writings of John Locke (1632–1704) are among the most important texts for understanding some of the central currents in epistemology, Metaphysik, Politik, Religion, and pedagogy in the late 17th and early…
Thomas von Aquin: Politische Philosophie
Thomas von Aquin: Politische Philosophie Die politische Philosophie von Thomas von Aquin (1225-1274), zusammen mit der umfassenderen philosophischen Lehre, zu der es gehört, stands at the crossroads between the Christian gospel and the Aristotelian political doctrine…
The Philosophy of Climate Science
The Philosophy of Climate Science Climate change is one of the defining challenges of the 21st century. But what is climate change, how do we know about it, and how should we react to it?…
Marsilio Ficino (1433—1499)
Marsilio Ficino (1433—1499) Marsilio Ficino was a Florentine philosopher, translator, and commentator, largely responsible for the revival of Plato and Platonism in the Renaissance. He has been widely recognized by historians of philosophy for his…
Pacifism
Pacifism Pacifism is the theory that peaceful rather than violent or belligerent relations should govern human intercourse and that arbitration, surrender, or migration should be used to resolve disputes. Pacifism is as much an element…
The Applicability of Mathematics
The Applicability of Mathematics The applicability of mathematics can lie anywhere on a spectrum from the completely trivial to the utterly mysterious. At the one extreme, mathematics is used outside of mathematics in cases which…