Analytic Perspectives in the Philosophy of Music The philosophy of music attempts to answer questions concerning the nature and value of musical practices. Contemporary analytic philosophy has tackled these issues in its characteristically piecemeal approach, and has revived interest in questions about the ontological nature of musical works, the experience of musical expressiveness, the value of music, and other considerations. Priority is normally granted to

The Bakhtin Circle The Bakhtin Circle was a 20th century school of Russian thought which centered on the work of Mikhail Mikhailovich Bakhtin (1895-1975). The circle addressed philosophically the social and cultural issues posed by the Russian Revolution and its degeneration into the Stalin dictatorship. Their work focused on the centrality of questions of significance in social life in general and artistic creation in particular,

Storia dell'amore Cos'è l'amore? Tutti desideriamo avere la risposta a una delle domande più universali, misterioso, e fenomeni onnipervadenti su questo pianeta. E anche se forse abbiamo un sentimento speciale e un’intuizione intuitiva che l’amore “è legato a tutto il resto, ma le cose vicine sono più affini delle cose lontane,” come ha detto Waldo Tobler, non abbiamo ancora trovato e offerto

Dati sensoriali Le esperienze di tutti i tipi hanno un carattere distintivo, che li distingue come intrinsecamente diversi dagli stati di coscienza come il pensiero. Una visione plausibile è che la differenza dovrebbe essere spiegata dal fatto che, nel fare un'esperienza, il soggetto è in qualche modo immediatamente consapevole di una serie di qualità fenomeniche. Per esempio, nel vedere, cogliere e assaggiare una mela, l'argomento

Political Revolution Revolutions are commonly understood as instances of fundamental socio-political transformation. Since “the age of revolutions” in the late 18th century, political philosophers and theorists have developed approaches aimed at defining what forms of change can count as revolutionary (al contrario di, Per esempio, reformist types of change) as well as determining if and under what conditions such change can be justified by normative

Russian Philosophy This article provides a historical survey of Russian philosophers and thinkers. It emphasizes Russian epistemological concerns rather than ontological and ethical concerns, hopefully without neglecting or disparaging them. Dopotutto, much work in ethics, at least during the Soviet period, strictly supported the state, such that what is taken to be good is often that which helps secure the goals of Soviet society.