Jeanne-Françoise Frémyot, Baronne de Chantal (1572—1641) Canonized a Catholic saint in 1767, Jeanne de Chantal (Jane of Chantal) has rarely been the object of philosophical analysis. Bis vor kurzem, her influence has largely confined itself to the Visitation order she founded and to the network of schools sponsored by the Visitation nuns. Contemporary theologians, Jedoch, have studied her works from the perspective of spirituality. Her extensive

Deduktiv-theoretische Konzeptionen logischer Konsequenz Gemäß der deduktiv-theoretischen Konzeption logischer Konsequenz, Ein Satz X ist genau dann eine logische Konsequenz einer Menge K von Sätzen, wenn X eine deduktive Konsequenz von K ist, das ist, X ist aus K ableitbar oder beweisbar. Die deduktive Konsequenz wird im Hinblick auf den Beweisbegriff in einem korrekten deduktiven System geklärt. Seit, wohl, logisch

The Sheffer Stroke The Sheffer Stroke is one of the sixteen definable binary connectives of standard propositional logic. The stroke symbol is “|” as in The linguistic expression whose logical behavior is presumed modeled by this logical connective is the truth-functional phrase “not both,” from which the name NAND originates. All sixteen connectives interpret associated functions of the Boolean algebra. In the theory

Open Theism Open Theism is the thesis that, because God loves us and desires that we freely choose to reciprocate His love, He has made His knowledge of, and plans for, the future conditional upon our actions. Though omniscient, God does not know what we will freely do in the future. Though omnipotent, He has chosen to invite us to freely collaborate with Him in

Cornelius Castoriadis (1922—1997) Cornelius Castoriadis was an important intellectual figure in France for many decades, beginning in the late-1940s. Trained in philosophy, Castoriadis also worked as a practicing economist and psychologist while authoring over twenty major works and numerous articles spanning many traditional philosophical subjects, including politics, Wirtschaft, Psychologie, anthropology, and ontology. His oeuvre can be understood broadly as a reflection on the concept of