Confirmation and Induction The term “confirmation” is used in epistemology and the philosophy of science whenever observational data and evidence “speak in favor of” or support scientific theories and everyday hypotheses. Storicamente, confirmation has been…
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Lode e colpa
Lode e biasimo Joel Feinberg ha osservato che “la responsabilità morale… è un argomento sul quale siamo tutti confusi” (1970: 37). Forse da nessuna parte questa confusione è più evidente che nella nostra comprensione di lode e biasimo….
Fazang (Fa-tsang, 643—712 C.E.)
Fazang (Fa-tsang, 643—712 C.E.) The Buddhist ideologue Fazang (Fa-tsang) stands as one of the foremost figures of medieval Chinese Buddhism. He lived at the very pinnacle of Chinese Buddhism among towering figures such as the…
Causa
Causation The question, “What is causation?” may sound like a trivial question—it is as sure as common knowledge can ever be that some things cause another, that there are causes and they necessitate certain effects….
The Benacerraf Problem of Mathematical Truth and Knowledge
The Benacerraf Problem of Mathematical Truth and Knowledge Before philosophical theorizing, people tend to believe that most of the claims generally accepted in mathematics—claims like “2+3=5” and “there are infinitely many prime numbers”—are true, e…
Epistemologia
Epistemology Epistemology is the study of knowledge. Epistemologists concern themselves with a number of tasks, which we might sort into two categories. Primo, we must determine the nature of knowledge; questo è, what does it…
Diritti umani
Diritti umani I diritti umani sono alcune garanzie morali. Questo articolo esamina le basi filosofiche e il contenuto della dottrina dei diritti umani. L’analisi si compone di cinque sezioni e di una conclusione. Section one assesses the…
Insiemistica
Teoria degli insiemi La teoria degli insiemi è una branca della matematica che studia gli insiemi e le loro proprietà. I concetti di base della teoria degli insiemi sono abbastanza facili da capire e sembrano evidenti. Tuttavia, despite its apparent…
Zeno’s Paradoxes
Zeno’s Paradoxes In the fifth century B.C.E., Zeno offered arguments that led to conclusions contradicting what we all know from our physical experience—that runners run, that arrows fly, and that there are many different things…
Epistemology of Memory
Epistemology of Memory We learn a lot. Friends tell us about their lives. Books tell us about the past. We see the world. We reason and we reflect on our mental lives. Di conseguenza…