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Ernst Cassirer (1874-1945) Ernst Cassirer was the most prominent, and the last, Neo-Kantian philosopher of the twentieth century. His major philosophical contribution was the transformation of his teacher Hermann Cohen’s mathematical-logical adaptation of Kant’s transcendental…
Benedikt von Spinoza (1632—1677) Benedict de Spinoza was among the most important of the post-Cartesian philosophers who flourished in the second half of the 17th century. He made significant contributions in virtually every area of…
Paraconsistent Logic A paraconsistent logic is a way to reason about inconsistent information without lapsing into absurdity. In a non-paraconsistent logic, inconsistency explodes in the sense that if a contradiction obtains, then everything (everything!) else…
American Wilderness Philosophy Wilderness has been defined in diverse ways, but most famously in the Wilderness Act of 1964, which describes it “in contrast with those areas where man and his own works dominate the landscape…
Lateinamerikanische Philosophie Dieser Artikel beschreibt die Geschichte der lateinamerikanischen Philosophie: das Denken seiner indigenen Völker, die Debatten über Eroberung und Kolonisierung, die Argumente für die nationale Unabhängigkeit im 18. Jahrhundert, the challenges…
The Upaniṣads The Upaniṣads are ancient texts from India that were composed orally in Sanskrit between about 700 B.C.E. and 300 B.C.E. There are thirteen major Upaniṣads, many of which were likely composed by multiple…
Gottfried Leibniz: Causation The views of Leibniz (1646-1716) on causation must stand as some of the more interesting in the history of philosophy, for he consistently denied that there is any genuine causal interaction between finite…
Christliche Philosophie: Die französischen Debatten der 1930er Jahre zwischen 1931 und 1935, wichtige Debatten über die Natur, Möglichkeit und Geschichte der christlichen Philosophie fanden zwischen bedeutenden Autoren französischsprachiger philosophischer und theologischer Kreise statt. These authors include…
Philosophy of Dreaming According to Owen Flanagan (2000), there are four major philosophical questions about dreaming: 1. How can I be sure I am not always dreaming? 2. Can I be immoral in dreams? 3….
John Langshaw Austin (1911—1960) J. L. Austin was one of the more influential British philosophers of his time, due to his rigorous thought, extraordinary personality, and innovative philosophical method. According to John Searle, he was…