Metaphor and Phenomenology The term “contemporary phenomenology” refers to a wide area of 20th and 21st century philosophy in which the study of the structures of consciousness occupies center stage. Since the appearance of Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason and subsequent developments in phenomenology and hermeneutics after Husserl, it has no longer been possible to view consciousness as a simple scientific object of study. Esso

Phenomenal Conservatism Phenomenal Conservatism is a theory in epistemology that seeks, all'incirca, to ground justified beliefs in the way things “appear” or “seem” to the subject who holds a belief. The theory fits with an internalistic form of foundationalism—that is, the view that some beliefs are justified non-inferentially (not on the basis of other beliefs), and that the justification or lack of justification for a belief depends

David Lewis (1941–2001) David Lewis was an American philosopher and one of the last generalists, in the sense that he was one of the last philosophers who contributed to the great majority of sub-fields of the discipline. He made central contributions in metaphysics, the philosophy of language, and the philosophy of mind. He also made important contributions in probabilistic and practical reasoning, epistemologia, the philosophy

Domande frequenti sul tempo Questo supplemento fornisce informazioni di base su molti degli argomenti discussi sia nell'articolo principale sul tempo che nell'articolo complementare What Else Science Requires of Time. Non è previsto che questo articolo venga letto in ordine per numero di sezione. Sommario Che cosa sono le durate, Istanti, Momenti, e punti del tempo? Cos'è un evento? What Is a

Dialogical Logic Dialogical logic is an approach to logic in which the meaning of the logical constants (connectives and quantifiers) and the notion of validity are explained in game-theoretic terms. The meaning of each logical constant (such as “and”, “or”, “implies”, “not”, “every”, e così via) is given in terms of how assertions containing these logical constants can be attacked and defended in an adversarial dialogue. Dialogues are described as two-player