Conceptual Role Semantics In the philosophy of language, conceptual role semantics (hereafter CRS) is a theory of what constitutes the meanings possessed by expressions of natural languages, or the propositions expressed by their utterance. In the philosophy of mind, it is a theory of what constitutes the contents of psychological attitudes, such as beliefs or desires. CRS comes in a variety of forms, not always

African Sage Philosophy Il Sage Philosophy Project è iniziato a metà degli anni '70 presso il Dipartimento di Filosofia dell'Università di Nairobi Kenya. All'Università, Henry ha ordinato l'anello (1944-1995) ha reso popolare il termine “Sage Philosophy Project”.,” e termini strettamente correlati come “sagacia filosofica”.,” sia avviando un progetto di interviste ai saggi africani, e nominando questo progetto in un articolo popolare ampiamente letto come

Philosophy of Sexuality Among the many topics explored by the philosophy of sexuality are procreation, contraception, celibacy, marriage, adultery, casual sex, flirting, prostitution, homosexuality, masturbation, seduction, rape, sexual harassment, sadomasochism, pornography, bestiality, and pedophilia. What do all these things have in common? All are related in various ways to the vast domain of human sexuality. Cioè, they are related, da un lato, A

The Classical Theory of Concepts The classical theory of concepts is one of the five primary theories of concepts, the other four being prototype or exemplar theories, atomistic theories, theory-theories, and neoclassical theories. The classical theory implies that every complex concept has a classical analysis, where a classical analysis of a concept is a proposition giving metaphysically necessary and jointly sufficient conditions for being in

Theological Determinism Theological determinism is the view that God determines every event that occurs in the history of the world. While there is much debate about which prominent historical figures were theological determinists, S. Augustine, Tommaso d'Aquino, Giovanni Calvino, and Gottfried Leibniz all seemed to espouse the view at least at certain points in their illustrious careers. Contemporary theological determinists also appeal to various biblical

Renato Cartesio: Metodo scientifico L'opera principale di René Descartes sul metodo scientifico fu il Discorso pubblicato nel 1637 (più pienamente: Discorso sul metodo per orientare rettamente la ragione e ricercare la verità nelle scienze). Ha pubblicato altre opere che trattano problemi di metodo, ma questo rimane centrale in qualsiasi comprensione del metodo cartesiano della scienza. L'immagine comune di Cartesio è come uno