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. Una delle caratteristiche più distintive di molti di questi nuovi modi di pensiero formulati all’epoca era un crescente interesse per la metafisica., solitamente influenzato dal Classico dei Mutamenti (Yijing). I contributi più significativi di Zhang alla filosofia cinese

Boredom: A History of Western Philosophical Perspectives The essayist Joseph Epstein has remarked, “Boredom is after all part of consciousness, and about consciousness the neurologists still have much less to tell us than do the poets and the philosophers.” Although not a major topic for Western philosophers, some important Western philosophers have spoken of it, and regarded it as a major philosophical theme of human

Kripke’s Wittgenstein Saul Kripke, in his celebrated book Wittgenstein on Rules and Private Language (1982), offers a novel reading of Ludwig Wittgenstein’s main remarks in his later works, especially in Philosophical Investigations (1953) e, to some extent, in Remarks on the Foundations of Mathematics (1956). Kripke presents Wittgenstein as proposing a skeptical argument against a certain conception of meaning and linguistic understanding, as well as

La Filosofia dell'Antropologia La Filosofia dell'Antropologia si riferisce alle prospettive filosofiche centrali che sono alla base, o hanno sostenuto, le scuole dominanti nel pensiero antropologico. È distinto dall'antropologia filosofica che tenta di definire e comprendere cosa significa essere umani. Questo articolo fornisce una panoramica delle scuole antropologiche più importanti, le filosofie che li sostengono e i dibattiti filosofici che li circondano

Mulino John Stuart (1806—1873) Mulino John Stuart (1806-1873) profoundly influenced the shape of nineteenth century British thought and political discourse. His substantial corpus of works includes texts in logic, epistemologia, economics, social and political philosophy, etica, metafisica, religione, and current affairs. Among his most well-known and significant are A System of Logic, Principles of Political Economy, Sulla Libertà, Utilitarismo, The Subjection of Women, Three Essays

Plotino: Virtue Ethics This article focuses on the virtue ethics of Plotinus (204-270 E.V.) and its implications for later accounts of virtue ethics, particularly in Porphyry and Iamblichus. Plotinus’ ethical theory is discussed in relation to the aim of the virtuous person to become godlike, the role of disposition in the soul’s intellectualization, the four cardinal virtues, well-being, human freedom, and self-determination. Plotinus’ virtue ethics