Future Contingents The riddle of the future bewilders human beings. Da un lato, siamo propensi a pensare che gli eventi futuri siano reali in un certo senso, perché poniamo domande e facciamo asserzioni al riguardo. D'altra parte, siamo propensi a pensare che gli eventi futuri possano dipendere dalle nostre scelte, perché concepiamo noi stessi come agenti liberi. These two inclinations seem

Benedetto di Spinoza: Political Philosophy The body of Benedict de Spinoza’s writings on political philosophy in the 17th century should be seen as a paradigmatic species of European Enlightenment Philosophy. Spinoza rejected the teleological account of human nature and its implications to political societies in favor of rational, scientific understanding with its contractual implications. Quindi, political societies to Spinoza are not natural organisms but artificial

Xuanzang (Hsüan-tsang) (602—664) Xuanzang, world-famous for his sixteen-year pilgrimage to India and career as a translator of Buddhist scriptures, is one of the most illustrious figures in the history of scholastic Chinese Buddhism. Born into a scholarly family at the outset of the Tang (T’ang) Dinastia, he enjoyed a classical Confucian education. Under the influence of his elder brother, a Buddhist monk, Tuttavia, he developed

Realismo morale Il realista morale sostiene che esistono fatti morali, quindi il realismo morale è una tesi in ontologia, lo studio di ciò che è. La categoria ontologica “fatti morali” comprende sia il giudizio morale descrittivo che sia presumibilmente vero di un individuo, ad esempio, “Sam è moralmente buono,” e il giudizio morale descrittivo che è presumibilmente vero per tutti gli individui come, “Mentire per motivi personali

Gorgias (483—375 B.C.E.) Gorgias was a Sicilian philosopher, orator, and rhetorician. He is considered by many scholars to be one of the founders of sophism, a movement traditionally associated with philosophy, that emphasizes the practical application of rhetoric toward civic and political life. The sophists were itinerant teachers who accepted fees in return for instruction in oratory and rhetoric, and many claimed they could teach

Philosophy of Sexuality Among the many topics explored by the philosophy of sexuality are procreation, contraception, celibacy, marriage, adultery, casual sex, flirting, prostitution, homosexuality, masturbation, seduction, rape, sexual harassment, sadomasochism, pornography, bestiality, and pedophilia. What do all these things have in common? All are related in various ways to the vast domain of human sexuality. Cioè, they are related, da un lato, A