Argument The word “argument” can be used to designate a dispute or a fight, or it can be used more technically. The focus of this article is on understanding an argument as a collection of truth-bearers (das ist, the things that bear truth and falsity, or are true and false) some of which are offered as reasons for one of them, the conclusion. This article

Western Concepts of God Western concepts of God have ranged from the detached transcendent demiurge of Aristotle to the pantheism of Spinoza. Dennoch, much of western thought about God has fallen within some broad form of theism. Theism is the view that there is a God which is the creator and sustainer of the universe and is unlimited with regard to knowledge (omniscience), Leistung (omnipotence),

Gender in Chinese Philosophy The concept of gender is foundational to the general approach of Chinese thinkers. Yin and yang, core elements of Chinese cosmogony, involve correlative aspects of “dark and light,” “female and male,” and “soft and hard.” These notions, with their deeply-rooted gender connotations, recognize the necessity of interplay between these different forces in generating and carrying forward the world. The major thinkers

Solomon Maimon (1753—1800) The enigmatic philosopher, Solomon Maimon, is an important figure in the development of the movement referred to today as German Idealism. Immanuel Kant recognized Maimon as the critic who perhaps best understood his Critique of Pure Reason, and Fichte praises Maimon, wondering if later generations will look down on his own generation for having dismissed Maimon. Although Maimon is important in the

Modale Metaphysik Die modale Metaphysik befasst sich mit der metaphysischen Untermauerung unserer modalen Aussagen. Dabei handelt es sich um Aussagen darüber, was möglich bzw. notwendig ist. Wir können die Hauptfrage der Modalmetaphysik als interpretieren, „Wenn wir eine Aussage darüber treffen, was möglich oder notwendig ist, Was bestimmt die Wahrheit oder Falschheit der Aussage??” Zur Veranschaulichung, Betrachten Sie die Aussage „Es ist für mich möglich

Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889–1951) Ludwig Wittgenstein ist einer der einflussreichsten Philosophen des 20. Jahrhunderts, und wird von manchen als das wichtigste seit Immanuel Kant angesehen. Sein frühes Werk wurde von dem von Arthur Schopenhauer beeinflusst, besonders, von seinem Lehrer Bertrand Russell und von Gottlob Frege, der so etwas wie ein Freund wurde. Diese Arbeit gipfelte im Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus, das einzige Philosophiebuch