Rudolf Carnap (1891—1970) Rudolf Carnap, a German-born philosopher and naturalized U.S. citizen, was a leading exponent of logical positivism and was one of the major philosophers of the twentieth century. He made significant contributions to philosophy of science, filosofia del linguaggio, the theory of probability, inductive logic and modal logic. He rejected metaphysics as meaningless because metaphysical statements cannot be proved or disproved by experience.

Vasubandhu (fl. 4th or 5th cn. CE) Vasubandhu was a prominent Buddhist teacher and one of the most important figures in the development of Mahyna Buddhism in India. Though he is particularly admired by later Buddhists as co-founder of the Yogcra school along with his half brother Asanga, his pre-Yogcra works, such as the Abhidharmakosha and his auto-commentary (Abhidharmakoshabhshya) on it, are considered masterpieces. Lui

Truthmaker Theory Truthmaker theory is the branch of metaphysics that explores the relationships between what is true and what exists. Discussions of truthmakers and truthmaking typically start with the idea that truth depends on being, and not vice versa. Per esempio, if the sentence ‘Kangaroos live in Australia’ is true, then there are kangaroos living in Australia. And if there are kangaroos living in Australia,

David Hume: Religione David Hume (1711-1776) veniva chiamato dai suoi amici “San Davide” e “Il Buon Davide”., ma i suoi avversari lo conoscevano come “Il Grande Infedele”. I suoi contributi alla religione hanno avuto un impatto duraturo e un significato contemporaneo. Preso individualmente, Hume fornisce intuizioni nuove su molti aspetti della teologia rivelata e naturale. Se presi insieme, Tuttavia, forniscono il suo tentativo di indebolire sistematicamente

Diogenes of Apollonia (5th cn. a.E.V.) Diogenes of Apollonia is often considered to be the last of the Presocratic Greek philosophers, although it is more than likely that Democritus was still active after the death of Diogenes. Diogenes’ main importance in the history of philosophy is that he synthesized the earlier Ionic monism of Anaximenes and Heraclitus with the pluralism of Empedocles and Anaxagoras. Diogenes serves as a sort