Social and Political Recognition Acts of recognition infuse many aspects of our lives such as receiving a round of applause from a rapt audience, being spotted in a crowded street by a long-forgotten friend, having an application for a job rejected because of your criminal record, enjoying some words of praise by a respected philosophy professor, getting pulled over by the police because you are

Truthmaker Theory Truthmaker theory is the branch of metaphysics that explores the relationships between what is true and what exists. Diskussionen über Wahrmacher und Wahrheitsfindung beginnen typischerweise mit der Idee, dass Wahrheit vom Sein abhängt, und nicht umgekehrt. Zum Beispiel, ob der Satz „Kängurus leben in Australien“ wahr ist, dann leben in Australien Kängurus. Und ob in Australien Kängurus leben,

Introspection Introspection is the process by which someone comes to form beliefs about her own mental states. We might form the belief that someone else is happy on the basis of perception – for example, by perceiving her behavior. But a person typically does not have to observe her own behavior in order to determine whether she is happy. Eher, one makes this determination by

Ursache Die Frage, „Was ist Kausalität??“ mag wie eine triviale Frage klingen – es ist so sicher, wie es allgemein bekannt sein kann, dass einige Dinge andere verursachen, dass es Ursachen gibt und diese bestimmte Wirkungen erfordern. Wir sagen, dass wir wissen, dass der Tod des Präsidenten durch den Schuss eines Attentäters verursacht wurde. Aber auf die Frage warum, Wir werden mit Sicherheit antworten, dass es an Letzterem liegt

Artistic Medium Artistic medium is an art critical concept that first arose in 18th century European discourse about art. Medium analysis has historically attempted to identify that out of which works of art and, more generally, art forms are created, in order to better articulate norms or standards by which works of art and art forms can be evaluated. Since the 19th century, medium analysis has

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 substances. And yet from another perspective, he sought to integrate both old and new causal taxonomies: Einerseits, Leibniz put forth a theory of causation that would accommodate