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Renato Cartesio: The Mind-Body Distinction One of the deepest and most lasting legacies of Descartes’ philosophy is his thesis that mind and body are really distinct—a thesis now called “mind-body dualism.” He reaches this conclusion by arguing that the nature of the mind (questo è, a thinking, non-extended thing) is completely different from that of the body (questo è, an extended, non-thinking thing), and therefore it
Epistemologia riformata L'epistemologia riformata è una tesi sulla razionalità della credenza religiosa. Un’affermazione centrale avanzata dall’epistemologo riformato è che la fede religiosa può essere razionale senza alcun appello a prove o argomentazioni. Ci sono, in generale, due modi in cui gli epistemologi riformati sostengono questa affermazione. Il primo è sostenere che non esiste un modo per formulare con successo l'accusa di credo religioso
Anti-Natalism Anti-natalism is the extremely provocative view that it is either always or usually impermissible to procreate. Some find the view so offensive that they do not think it should be discussed. Others think their strongly intuitive disagreement with it is enough in itself to reject all arguments for anti-natalism. In the first twenty years of the twenty-first century, Tuttavia, a distinct literature emerged that
Huineng (Hui-neng) (638—713) Huineng (Hui-neng) a seminal figure in Buddhist history. He is the famous “Sixth Patriarch” of the Chan or meditation tradition, which is better known in Japanese as “Zen”). The focus of an immense body of lore that grew over the centuries, Huineng’s life mirrors the fortunes of Chan itself – a provincial Chinese version of Buddhism that rose to become a major
Buddha (c. 500s B.C.E.) The historical Buddha, also known as Gotama Buddha, Siddhārtha Gautama, and Buddha Śākyamuni, was born in Lumbini, in the Nepalese region of Terai, near the Indian border. He is one of the most important Asian thinkers and spiritual masters of all time, and he contributed to many areas of philosophy, including epistemology, metaphysics and ethics. The Buddha’s teaching formed the foundation
Doxastic Voluntarism Doxastic voluntarism is the philosophical doctrine according to which people have voluntary control over their beliefs. Philosophers in the debate about doxastic voluntarism distinguish between two kinds of voluntary control. The first is known as direct voluntary control and refers to acts which are such that if a person chooses to perform them, they happen immediately. Per esempio, a person has direct voluntary