Epistemic Closure Principles Epistemic closure principles state that the members of an epistemic set (such as propositions known by me) bear a given relation (such as known deductive entailment) only to other members of that…
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Naturalistic Epistemology
Naturalistic Epistemology Naturalistic epistemology is an approach to the theory of knowledge that emphasizes the application of methods, results, and theories from the empirical sciences. It contrasts with approaches that emphasize a priori conceptual analysis…
Gianni Vattimo (1936− )
Gianni Vattimo (1936− ) Gianni Vattimo is an Italian philosopher and cultural commentator. He studied in Turin, Italy with Luigi Pareyson, and in Heidelberg under Hans-Georg Gadamer. Central to Vattimo’s philosophy are the existentialist and…
Le favole di Aesop
Le favole di Aesop con la possibile eccezione del Nuovo Testamento, Nessuna lavoro scritto in greco è più diffusa e meglio conosciuta delle favole di Aesop. For at least 2500 years they have been teaching people of…
Phenomenology and Time-Consciousness
Phenomenology and Time-Consciousness Edmund Husserl, founder of the phenomenological movement, employs the term “phenomenology” in its etymological sense as the activity of giving an account (logos) of the way things appear (phainomenon). Quindi, a phenomenology…
Ayn Rand (1905—1982)
Ayn Rand (1905—1982) Ayn Rand was a major intellectual of the twentieth century. Born in Russia in 1905 and educated there, she immigrated to the United States after graduating from university. Upon becoming proficient in…
Nominalismo matematico
Nominalismo matematico Il nominalismo matematico può essere descritto come la visione secondo cui le entità matematiche – entità come i numeri, insiemi, funzioni, e gruppi: non esistono. Tuttavia, affermare che la vista richiede una certa attenzione. Sebbene il punto di vista opposto (that mathematical…
Clarence Irving Lewis (1883-1964)
Clarence Irving Lewis (1883-1964) C. IO. Lewis era un grande pragmatico americano. Ha studiato ad Harvard, taught at the University of California from 1911 to 1919 and at Harvard from 1920 until his retirement…
Metaepistemologia
Metaepistemology Metaepistemology is, all'incirca, the branch of epistemology that asks questions about first-order epistemological questions. It inquires into fundamental aspects of epistemic theorizing like metaphysics, epistemologia, semantics, agenzia, psicologia, responsibility, reasons for belief, and beyond….
Etica evolutiva
Evolutionary Ethics Evolutionary ethics tries to bridge the gap between philosophy and the natural sciences by arguing that natural selection has instilled human beings with a moral sense, una disposizione a essere buoni. If this…