Chinesische Philosophie: Overview of Topics If Chinese philosophy may be said to have begun around 2000 B.C.E., then it represents the longest continuous heritage of philosophical reflection. Trying to mention each philosopher or every significant…
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Häufig gestellte Fragen zur Zeit
Häufig gestellte Fragen zur Zeit Diese Ergänzung bietet Hintergrundinformationen zu vielen der Themen, die sowohl im Hauptartikel über die Zeit als auch im Begleitartikel Was die Wissenschaft sonst noch an Zeit braucht, behandelt werden. Das ist es nicht…
Moralischer Charakter
Moral Character At the heart of one major approach to ethics—an approach counting among its proponents Plato, Aristoteles, Augustine and Aquinas—is the conviction that ethics is fundamentally related to what kind of persons we are….
Propositionale Logik
Aussagen logische Aussagelogik, Auch als sententiale Logik und Anweisungslogik bekannt, ist der Logikzweig, der Wege zum Verbinden und/oder Änderungen von ganzen Vorschlägen untersucht, Aussagen oder Sätze, um kompliziertere Aussagen zu bilden, statements…
Ästhetik
Ästhetik kann im engeren Sinne als die Theorie der Schönheit definiert werden, oder allgemeiner als das zusammen mit der Kunstphilosophie. Das traditionelle Interesse an der Schönheit selbst nahm zu, im achtzehnten Jahrhundert, to include…
Time Travel
Time Travel Time travel is commonly defined with David Lewis’ definition: An object time travels if and only if the difference between its departure and arrival times as measured in the surrounding world does not…
Avicenna (Ibn Sina) (c. 980—1037)
Avicenna (Ibn Sina) (c. 980—1037) Abu ‘Ali al-Husayn ibn Sina is better known in Europe by the Latinized name “Avicenna.” He is probably the most significant philosopher in the Islamic tradition and arguably the most…
Surrogate Parenting
Surrogate Parenting Surrogate parenting is an arrangement in which one or more persons, typically a married infertile couple (the intended rearing parents), contract with a woman to gestate a child for them and then to…
Platonism and Theism
Platonism and Theism This article explores the compatibility of, and relationship between, the Platonic and Theistic metaphysical visions. According to Platonism, there is a realm of necessarily existing abstract objects comprising a framework of reality…
Paradox of Hedonism
Paradox of Hedonism Varieties of hedonism have been criticized from ancient to modern times. Along the way, philosophers have also considered the paradox of hedonism. The paradox is a common objection to hedonism, even if they…