Gu Xiang (c. 252—312 C.E.) Gu Xiang (also known as Kuo Hsiang and Zixuan) is the author of the most important commentary on the classic Daoist text Zhuangzi (Chuang-tzu). He is responsible for the current…
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Connectionism
Connectionism Connectionism is an approach to the study of human cognition that utilizes mathematical models, known as connectionist networks or artificial neural networks. Often, these come in the form of highly interconnected, neuron-like processing units….
Doxastic Conservatism
Doxastic Conservatism We are creatures with clear cognitive limitations. Our memories are finite and there is a limit to the kinds of things we can store and retrieve. We cannot, Per esempio, remember the justification…
Augustine: Political and Social Philosophy
Augustine: Political and Social Philosophy St. Augustine (354-430 C.E.), originally named Aurelius Augustinus, was the Catholic bishop of Hippo in northern Africa. He was a skilled Roman-trained rhetorician, a prolific writer (who produced more than…
Epictetus (55–135 C.E.)
Epictetus (55–135 C.E.) Epictetus (pronounced Epic-TEE-tus) was an exponent of Stoicism who flourished in the early second century C.E. about four hundred years after the Stoic school of Zeno of Citium was established in Athens….
Il problema del criterio
Il problema del criterio Il problema del criterio è considerato da molti un problema fondamentale dell'epistemologia. Infatti, Chisholm (1973, 1) claims that the Problem of the Criterion is “one…
Jerry A. Fodor (1935—2017)
Jerry A. Fodor (1935—2017) Jerry Fodor was one of the most important philosophers of mind of the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. In addition to exerting an enormous influence on virtually all parts of…
Mind and the Causal Exclusion Problem
Mind and the Causal Exclusion Problem The causal exclusion problem is an objection to nonreductive physicalist models of mental causation. Mental causation occurs when behavioural effects have mental causes: Jennie eats a peach because she…
Epifenomenalismo
Epifenomenalismo L'epifenomenalismo è una posizione nella filosofia della mente secondo la quale gli stati o gli eventi mentali sono causati da stati o eventi fisici nel cervello ma non causano di per sé nulla. It seems…
Thick Concepts
Thick Concepts A term expresses a thick concept if it expresses a specific evaluative concept that is also substantially descriptive. It is a matter of debate how this rough account should be unpacked, but examples…