Identity Theory Identity theory is a family of views on the relationship between mind and body. Type Identity theories hold that at least some types (or kinds, or classes) of mental states are, as a matter of contingent fact, literally identical with some types (or kinds, or classes) of brain states. The earliest advocates of Type Identity—U.T. Place, Herbert Feigl, and J.J.C. Accorto, respectively—each proposed

Il pragmatismo femminista Il pragmatismo femminista è una tradizione filosofica, che attinge alle intuizioni della teoria e della pratica sia femminista che pragmatista. Si occupa fondamentalmente di ampliare il pensiero filosofico attraverso l'attivismo e l'esperienza vissuta, e presuppone che le idee femministe e pragmatiste siano reciprocamente vantaggiose per le cause di liberazione. Il pragmatismo femminista sottolinea la necessità di correggere le false distinzioni, o dualismi, poiché questi di solito si traducono in una denigrazione di un oppositore

Mathematical Structuralism The theme of mathematical structuralism is that what matters to a mathematical theory is not the internal nature of its objects, such as its numbers, funzioni, insiemi, or points, but how those objects relate to each other. In un senso, the thesis is that mathematical objects (if there are such objects) simply have no intrinsic nature. The structuralist theme grew most notably from

Transmission and Transmission Failure in Epistemology An argument transmits justification to its conclusion just in case, all'incirca, the conclusion is justified in virtue of the premises’ being justified. An argument fails to transmit justification just in case, all'incirca, the conclusion is not justified in virtue of the premises’ being justified. An argument might fail to transmit justification for a variety of uncontroversial reasons, ad esempio

Jürgen Habermas (1929—) photo by Ziel Jürgen Habermas produced a large body of work over more than five decades. His early work was devoted to the public sphere, to modernization, and to critiques of trends in philosophy and politics. He then slowly began to articulate theories of rationality, Senso, and truth. His two-volume Theory of Communicative Action in 1981 revised and systematized many of these

Libertarianism What it means to be a “libertarian” in a political sense is a contentious issue, especially among libertarians themselves. There is no single theory that can be safely identified as the libertarian theory, and probably no single principle or set of principles on which all libertarians can agree. Tuttavia, there is a certain family resemblance among libertarian theories that can serve as a framework