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Quine and the Myth of the Given
To give you some background details about myself: I have a deep interest in Quine's work and Naturalism in Philosophy; I have been independently studying and reading Quine's work and his relation to ...
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Historically, were most philosophers moral realists before the rise of physicalism?
Moral facts seem weird because they don't seem to mesh too well with a purely physicalist ontology (although there is such a thing as ethical naturalism). It somehow seems odd that alongside the facts ...
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In what sense is “direct realism” “direct” in the context of the scientific picture?
In the context of science,there is not color but "the reflection of light, which is shown in the eyes of the person who with the certain structure"(just as Sellers may thought it).
So in the context ...
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Arguments for naturalistic moral realism
In current philosophy, what are the main strands of argumentation when it comes to substantiating naturlistic moral realism?
My question may be rephrased into: How would you argue?
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Is there any correlation between Quine’s underdetermination and bayesian issues of old evidence and new theories?
Bayesianism has some faults some of them are the problem of old evidence and the issue of new theories. Are these two problems linked to Quine’s underdetermination? Or are they contrasting it? What is ...
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Is Kant's Transcendent naturalistic?
Reading this article, I found the following:
Kant is sympathetic to the dominant strain in modern philosophy that banishes final causes from nature and instead treats nature as nothing but matter ...
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What kind of naturalism did Quine hold?
Is Quine a "good enough" naturalist? He seemed to have talked about "neurons",but why did he only use behaviorist resources?Although Quine is a naturalist,but he seems not see "meaning" as patterns of ...
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What's a good translation for “De” in Dao De Jing?
The Dao De Jing is a classic about how Nature operates (or doesn't operate) to achieve its ever-evolving marvels.
Jing here means a classic book. Dao is the Way, the "first cause": to me a fancy name ...
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Is it 'simply implausible' that minute regulations are rooted in God’s will or the nature of the universe?
Source: p 154, Thinking Like a Lawyer: An Introduction to Legal Reasoning (2010, 2 ed) by Kenneth J. Vandevelde
Third, much law in the modern world governs mundane, trivial matters
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Is “class culture” an artificial construct or does it have “natural” motivation?
Is "class culture" an artificial construct or does it have "natural" motivation?
A lof of things, at least judging by internet, are associated or measured relative to socio-economic class. However, ...
