José Ortega y Gasset (1883-1955) Verso le 6,000 pagine che il filosofo spagnolo José Ortega y Gasset scrisse sulle discipline umanistiche, ha trattato un'ampia varietà di argomenti. Questo cattura il tipo di pensatore che era: uno che non può essere rigorosamente classificato in nessuna scuola di filosofia. José Ortega y Gasset non volle limitarsi a nessun ambito di studi

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Vladimir Solovyov (1853—1900) Solovyov was a 19th Century Russian Philosopher. He is considered a prolific but complicated character. His output aimed to be a comprehensive philosophical system, yet he produced what is considered contentious, theosophical and fundamentally inconclusive results. This article examines in detail Slovyov’s five main works. It also looks into the controversy he generated and his possible philosophical legacy. In the course of

Divine Command Theory Philosophers both past and present have sought to defend theories of ethics that are grounded in a theistic framework. All'incirca, Divine Command Theory is the view that morality is somehow dependent upon God, and that moral obligation consists in obedience to God’s commands. Divine Command Theory includes the claim that morality is ultimately based on the commands or character of God, e

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