The Philosophy of War Any philosophical examination of war will center on four general questions: What is war? What causes war? What is the relationship between human nature and war? Can war ever be morally justifiable? Defining what war is requires determining the entities that are allowed to begin and engage in war. And a person’s definition of war often expresses the person’s broader political philosophy,

Feng Youlan (Fung Yu-lan, 1895—1990) Feng Youlan (romanized as Fung Yu-lan) was a representative of modern Chinese philosophy. Throughout his long and turbulent life, he consistently engaged the problem of reconciling traditional Chinese thought with the methods and concerns of modern Western philosophy. Raised by a modernist family who nonetheless gave him a traditional Confucian education, Feng pursued two great goals during his career: rewriting

Doxastischer Konservatismus Wir sind Wesen mit klaren kognitiven Einschränkungen. Unsere Erinnerungen sind endlich und die Art der Dinge, die wir speichern und abrufen können, ist begrenzt. Wir können nicht, Zum Beispiel, Erinnern Sie sich an die Rechtfertigung oder Beweise für viele unserer Überzeugungen. Darüber hinaus, als Reaktion auf unsere begrenzten kognitiven Ressourcen, Wir neigen im Allgemeinen dazu, an unseren Überzeugungen festzuhalten und zögern, sie zu ändern. Ein klares

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Internalism and Externalism in Epistemology The internalism-externalism (I-E) debate lies near the center of contemporary discussion about epistemology. The basic idea of internalism is that justification is solely determined by factors that are internal to a person. Externalists deny this, asserting that justification depends on additional factors that are external to a person. A significant aspect of the I-E debate involves setting out exactly what