Validity and Soundness A deductive argument is said to be valid if and only if it takes a form that makes it impossible for the premises to be true and the conclusion nevertheless to be…
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The Moral Permissibility of Punishment
The Moral Permissibility of Punishment The legal institution of punishment presents a distinctive moral challenge because it involves a state’s infliction of intentionally harsh, or burdensome, treatment on some of its members—treatment that typically would…
Qualia
Qualia Qualia are the subjective or qualitative properties of experiences. What it feels like, experientially, to see a red rose is different from what it feels like to see a yellow rose. Likewise for hearing…
Anaximenes (d. 528 B.C.E.)
Anaximenes (d. 528 B.C.E.) According to the surviving sources on his life, Anaximenes flourished in the mid 6th century B.C.E. and died about 528. He is the third philosopher of the Milesian School of philosophy,…
Socrate (469—399 B.C.E.)
Socrate (469—399 B.C.E.) Socrates is one of the few individuals whom one could say has so-shaped the cultural and intellectual development of the world that, without him, history would be profoundly different. He is best known…
Artistic Medium
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…
Surveillance Ethics
Surveillance Ethics Surveillance involves paying close and sustained attention to another person. It is distinct from casual yet focused people-watching, such as might occur at a pavement cafe, to the extent that it is sustained…
Catharine Trotter Cockburn (1679?—1749)
Catharine Trotter Cockburn (1679?—1749) Catharine Trotter Cockburn was an active contributor to early modern philosophical discourse in England, especially regarding morality. Her philosophical production was primarily in defense of John Locke and Samuel Clarke. Néanmoins,…
Le paradoxe de la fiction
Le paradoxe de la fiction Comment se fait-il que nous puissions être émus par ce dont nous savons qu'il n'existe pas, à savoir les situations des personnes dans les histoires de fiction? The so-called “paradox of emotional response to fiction”…
Gottfried Leibniz: Philosophie de l'esprit
Gottfried Leibniz: Philosophy of Mind Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646-1716) was a true polymath: he made substantial contributions to a host of different fields such as mathematics, loi, physics, théologie, and most subfields of philosophy. Within…