Property Concepts of property are used to describe the legal and ethical entitlements that particular people or groups have to use to manage particular resources. Beyond that most general definition of ‘property’ however, philosophical controversy reigns. Political and legal philosophers disagree on what types of entitlements are essential elements of property, and on the shape and nature of the resultant property entitlements. In der Tat, philosophers even

Bertrand Russell: Metaphysics Metaphysics is not a school or tradition but rather a sub-discipline within philosophy, ebenso wie die Ethik, Logik und Erkenntnistheorie. Wie viele philosophische Begriffe, „Metaphysik“ kann auf verschiedene Arten verstanden werden, Daher muss jede Diskussion über Bertrand Russells Metaphysik zwischen den verschiedenen möglichen Arten wählen, den Begriff zu verstehen, Zum Beispiel, als das Studium des Seins als Sein, the study

Humility Regarding Intrinsic Properties The Humility Thesis is a persistent thesis in contemporary metaphysics. It is known by a variety of names, including, but not limited to, Humility, Intrinsic Humility, Kantian Humility, Kantian Physicalism, Intrinsic Ignorance, Categorical Ignorance, Irremediable Ignorance, and Noumenalism. According to the thesis, we human beings, and any knowers that share our general ways of knowing, are irremediably ignorant of a certain

Knowledge Philosophy’s history of reflection upon knowledge is a history of theses and theories; but no less of questions, concepts, distinctions, syntheses, and taxonomies. All of these will appear in this article. They generate, colour, and refine these philosophical theses and theories about knowledge. The results are epistemological — philosophical attempts to understand whatever is most fundamentally understandable about the nature and availability of knowledge.

Nagarjuna (c. 150 – c. 250) Im tibetischen und ostasiatischen Mahayana wird er oft als „der zweite Buddha“ bezeichnet (Tolles Fahrzeug) Traditionen des Buddhismus, Nagarjuna äußerte scharfe Kritik an der brahmanischen und buddhistischen substantialistischen Philosophie, Theorie des Wissens, und Ansätze zur Praxis. Nagarjunas Philosophie stellt so etwas wie einen Wendepunkt nicht nur in der Geschichte der indischen Philosophie, sondern in der Geschichte der Philosophie insgesamt dar, wie es

Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) Nietzsche was a German philosopher, essayist, and cultural critic. His writings on truth, Moral, language, Ästhetik, cultural theory, Geschichte, Nihilismus, Leistung, consciousness, and the meaning of existence have exerted an enormous influence on Western philosophy and intellectual history. Nietzsche spoke of “the death of God,” and foresaw the dissolution of traditional religion and metaphysics. Some interpreters of Nietzsche believe he embraced nihilism,