Ralph Cudworth (1617—1688) Ralph Cudworth was an English philosopher and theologian, representative of a seventeenth century movement known as the Cambridge Platonists. These were the first English philosophers to publish primarily in their native tongue, and to use Plato as a core influence. Three of Cudworth’s works: The True Intellectual System of the Universe, A Treatise Concerning Eternal and Immutable Morality, and A Treatise on

Divine Immutability Divine immutability, the claim that God is immutable, is a central part of traditional Christianity, though it has come under sustained attack in the last two hundred years. This article first catalogues the historical precedent for and against this claim, then discusses different answers to the question, “What is it to be immutable?” Two definitions of divine immutability receive careful attention. The first is

James Frederick Ferrier (1808—1864) James Frederick Ferrier was a mid-nineteenth-century Scottish metaphysician who developed the first post-Hegelian system of idealism in Britain. Unlike the British Idealists in the latter half of the nineteenth century, he was neither a Kantian nor a Hegelian. Invece, he largely develops his idealist metaphysics via his defense of Berkeley and through his rejection of Thomas Reid’s philosophy of common sense.

Hans-Georg Gadamer (1900-2002) Hans-Georg Gadamer è stato uno dei principali filosofi continentali del XX secolo. La sua importanza risiede nel suo sviluppo della filosofia ermeneutica. Ermeneutica, “L’arte dell’interpretazione,” ha avuto origine in ambito biblico e giuridico ed è stato successivamente esteso a tutti i testi. Martin Heidegger, Il maestro di Gadamer, completò l'universalizzazione della portata dell'ermeneutica estendendola oltre i testi a tutte le forme di comprensione umana. Quindi

The Semantic Theory of Truth The semantic theory of truth (STT, di seguito) was developed by Alfred Tarski in the 1930s. The theory has two separate, although interconnected, aspects. Primo, it is a formal mathematical theory of truth as a central concept of model theory, one of the most important branches of mathematical logic. Secondo, it is also a philosophical doctrine which elaborates the notion of

Conoscenza per conoscenza e conoscenza per descrizione Le nostre esperienze di dolore ci sono più conosciute della struttura biochimica del nostro cervello. Alcuni filosofi ritengono che questa differenza sia dovuta a diversi tipi di conoscenza: conoscenza per conoscenza e conoscenza per descrizione. Ho una conoscenza diretta o diretta delle mie esperienze; mentre io ho solo una conoscenza di seconda mano o indiretta di quella del mio cervello