Search results for "History of Philosophy"
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On the Standards of Conceptual Change
2019
Abstract It is a necessary condition for recognising change that there is a yardstick against which the change can be perceived. The same applies to changes that philosophical concepts undergo. This paper delineates standards for recognising conceptual change that meet the requirements of conscientious history of philosophy. More particularly, we want to argue for the need of what we will call non-textual standards. These are features of the world of experience that must be assumed to be shared between us and the historical authors we study. While they must be used in tandem with the recognised contextual standards of conceptual change, we will argue that without recourse to at least some n…
Ibn Sina itsetietoisuudesta
2012
Transcendental Idealism and Strong Correlationism: Meillassoux and the End of Heideggerian Finitude
2014
Animal consciousness : Peter Olivi on cognitive functions of the sensitive soul
2009
Unity in Crisis : Protometaphysical and Postmetaphysical Decisions
2014
Historia wpada do morza? Refleksy heglizmu w kartografii
2014
Explanation and Understanding in a Model-Based Model of Cognition
2017
This article is an experiment. Consider a minimalist model of cognition (models, means of model-building and history of their evolution). In this model, explanation could be defined as a means allowing to advance: production of models and means of model-building (thus, yielding 1st class understanding), exploration and use of them (2nd class), and/or teaching (3rd class). At minimum, 3rd class understanding is necessary for an explanation to be respected.