Propositional Logic Propositional logic, also known as sentential logic and statement logic, is the branch of logic that studies ways of joining and/or modifying entire propositions, statements or sentences to form more complicated propositions, statements or sentences, as well as the logical relationships and properties that are derived from these methods of combining or altering statements. In propositional logic, the simplest statements are considered as

Verständnis in der Erkenntnistheorie Erkenntnistheorie wird oft als Erkenntnistheorie definiert, und von propositionalem Wissen sprechen (das ist, „S weiß, dass p“) hat den Großteil der modernen erkenntnistheoretischen Literatur dominiert. Aber, Erkenntnistheoretiker haben in letzter Zeit damit begonnen, dem epistemischen Zustand oder den epistemischen Zuständen des Verstehens mehr Aufmerksamkeit zu schenken, Fragen zu seiner Natur stellen, Beziehung zum Wissen, Zusammenhang mit Erklärung, und potenzieller Status als

Boredom: A History of Western Philosophical Perspectives The essayist Joseph Epstein has remarked, “Boredom is after all part of consciousness, and about consciousness the neurologists still have much less to tell us than do the poets and the philosophers.” Although not a major topic for Western philosophers, some important Western philosophers have spoken of it, and regarded it as a major philosophical theme of human

Joseph Priestley (1733—1804) A notable Enlightenment polymath, Joseph Priestley published almost two hundred works on natural philosophy, Theologie, Metaphysik, political philosophy, Politik, Ausbildung, history and linguistics. Remembered today primarily as a scientist who isolated oxygen, Priestley considered his calling to be that of a theologian, and he spent most of his life working as a minister and teacher. He combined his Unitarian theology with an

Gottfried Leibniz: Metaphysics The German rationalist philosopher, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646-1716), is one of the great renaissance men of Western thought. He has made significant contributions in several fields spanning the intellectual landscape, including mathematics, Physik, Logik, Ethik, und Theologie. Unlike many of his contemporaries of the modern period, Leibniz does not have a canonical work that stands as his single, comprehensive piece of philosophy. Stattdessen,

Ehemalige Mitarbeiter Vielen Dank an: Bereichsredakteure Joseph Agassi (Philosophie der Wissenschaft) James R. Beebe (Erkenntnistheorie) David Boersema (Amerikanische Philosophie) Curtis Bowman (Philosophie des 19. Jahrhunderts) Douglas Burnham (Europäer des 19. Jahrhunderts) Jon Cogburn (Philosophie des Geistes) Roy Cook (Mathematik) Joel Dittmer (Werttheorie) James Dunson (Deutsch des 19. Jahrhunderts) Shawn Floyd (Mittelalterliche Philosophie) Valentin Goranko (Logik) John-Stewart Gordon (Ethik und Bioethik) Peter Gratton (Indigene Weltphilosophie) Jeff