Gnosticism Gnosticism (after gnôsis, the Greek word for “knowledge” or “insight”) is the name given to a loosely organized religious and philosophical movement that flourished in the first and second centuries CE. The exact origin(s)…
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Cos'altro la scienza richiede dal tempo
Cos'altro la scienza richiede dal tempo Questo articolo è uno dei due supplementi dell'articolo principale del Time. L'altro è "Domande frequenti sul tempo". Sommario Cosa sono le teorie della fisica?…
Neo-Kantianism
Neo-Kantianism By its broadest definition, the term ‘Neo-Kantianism’ names any thinker after Kant who both engages substantively with the basic ramifications of his transcendental idealism and casts their own project at least roughly within his…
Diritto epistemico
Diritto epistemico All’inizio degli anni ’90 è emerso un crescente interesse per il concetto di diritto epistemico. Philosophers who acknowledge the existence of entitlements maintain that there are beliefs or judgments unsupported by evidence available…
Altruism and Group Selection
Altruism and Group Selection Ever since Darwin created his theory of evolution in the nineteenth century, and especially since the nineteen sixties, scientists and philosophers of science have been intensely debating whether and how selection…
Zhang Zai (Chang Tsai, 1020—1077)
Zhang Zai (Chang Tsai, 1020—1077) Zhang Zai fu uno dei pionieri del movimento filosofico della dinastia Song chiamato “Studio della Via,"spesso noto come neo-confucianesimo. One of the most distinctive features of many of…
Ludwig Wittgenstein: Later Philosophy of Mathematics
Ludwig Wittgenstein: Later Philosophy of Mathematics Mathematics was a central and constant preoccupation for Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889–1951). He started in philosophy by reflecting on the nature of mathematics and logic; e, at the end of…
Sarah Grimké (1792—1873) and Angelina Grimké Weld (1805—1879)
Sarah Grimké (1792—1873) and Angelina Grimké Weld (1805—1879) Sarah Grimké and Angelina Grimké Weld, sisters from a South Carolina slave-holding family, were active abolitionist public speakers and pioneer women’s rights advocates in a time when American…
Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, Marquise de Sévigné (1626—1696)
Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, Marquise de Sévigné (1626—1696) Madame de Sévigné was France’s preeminent writer of epistles in the seventeenth century. She appears at first glance to possess few philosophical credentials because she neither received formal…
Donald Davidson: Philosophy of Language
Donald Davidson: Philosophy of Language Donald Davidson (1917-2003) was one of the most influential analytic philosophers of language during the second half of the twentieth century and the first decade of the twenty-first century. UN…