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Introduction: Phenomenological approaches to Tove Jansson’s fiction
2018
Being Itself and the Being of Beings : Reading Aristotle’s Critique of Parmenides (Physics 1.3) after Metaphysics
2018
The essay studies Aristotle’s critique of Parmenides (Physics 1.3) in the light of the Heideggerian account of Platonic-Aristotelian metaphysics as an approach to being (Sein) in terms of beings (das Seiende). Aristotle’s critique focuses on the presuppositions of the Parmenidean thesis of the unity of being. It is argued that a close study of the presuppositions of Aristotle’s own critique reveals an important difference between the Aristotelian metaphysical framework and the Parmenidean “protometaphysical” approach. The Parmenides fragments indicate being as such in the sense of the pure, undifferentiated “is there” (τὸ ἐόν)—as the intelligible accessibility of meaningful reality to think…
The Active Nature of the Soul in Sense Perception: Robert Kilwardby and Peter Olivi
2010
AbstractThis article discusses the theories of perception of Robert Kilwardby and Peter of John Olivi. Our aim is to show how in challenging certain assumptions of medieval Aristotelian theories of perception they drew on Augustine and argued for the active nature of the soul in sense perception. For both Kilwardby and Olivi, the soul is not passive with respect to perceived objects; rather, it causes its own cognitive acts with respect to external objects and thus allows the subject to perceive them. We also show that Kilwardby and Olivi differ substantially regarding where the activity of the soul is directed to and the role of the sensible species in the process, and we demonstrate that …
Cognitive Dispositions in the Psychology of Peter John Olivi
2018
This chapter discusses Peter John Olivi’s (1248–1298) conception of the role of dispositions (habitus) in sensory cognition from metaphysical and psychological perspectives. It shows that Olivi makes a distinction between two general types of disposition. Some of them account for the ease, or difficulty, with which different persons use their cognitive powers, while others explain why people react differently to things that they perceive or think. This distinction is then applied to Olivi’s analysis of three different psychological operations, where the notion of disposition figures prominently; estimative perception, perceptual clarity, and the perception of pain and pleasure. The chapter …
"All kinds of peace are difficult". A reading of 11/9 with the Help of Machiavelli
2007
Considerazioni circa l'11 settembre basate sull'interpretazione di alcuni concetti filosofici di Machiavelli Considerations about "9/11" interpreted by means of some Machiavelli's philosophical ideas.
Fernando Montero’s Linguistic Phenomenology
2002
Fernando Montero Moliner was born in Valencia in 1922 and studied philosophy at the University Complutense of Madrid from 1943 to 1945. He began teaching philosophy in secondary school in Logrono in 1950 and in Valencia beginning in 1960. He was Ordinary Professor of the History of Philosophy at the Universities of Santiago de Compostela (1964–1966), Murcia (1966–1967), and finally in Valencia beginning in 1967, where he remained after his retirement as emeritus until his death. He was also President of the Spanish Society for Phenomenology (SEFE).
Rule-governed Practices in the Natural World
2020
Abstract I address the question of whether naturalism can provide adequate means for the scientific study of rules and rule-following behavior. As the term “naturalism” is used in many different ways in the contemporary debate, I will first spell out which version of naturalism I am targeting. Then I will recall a classical argument against naturalism in a version presented by Husserl. In the main part of the paper, I will sketch a conception of rule-following behavior that is influenced by Sellars and Haugeland. I will argue that rule-following is an essential part of human nature and insist in the social dimension of rules. Moreover, I will focus on the often overlooked fact that genuine …
Lettere di Francesco De Sarlo a Carlo Cantoni (1895-99)
2013
Si trascrivono le lettere che il giovane Francesco De Sarlo invia a Carlo Cantoni tra il 1895 e il 1899
Historia breve de las contribuciones evolucionistas a la Filosofía Biológica predarwinista: desde la Edad Media hasta Darwin
2010
ResumenEl artículo presenta una sucinta exposición de las principales aportaciones sobre Filosofía Biológica realizadas por diversos autores al desarrollo del pensamiento evolucionista, durante el período histórico transcurrido entre el medievo y la articulación de la teoría darwinista. En particular, expone las contribuciones de diversa índole realizadas por Andrés Vesalio, Andrew Battell, Jacobo Bondt, Nicolás Tulp, Edward Tyson, John Ray, Benoit de Maillet, Pierre Louis Moreau de Maupertuis, Karl von Linneo, Georges Louis Leclerc, Félix de Azara y Jean Baptiste Lamarck.Palabras claveHistoria de la ciencia, historia de la filosofía biológica, evolucionismo predarwinista, orígenes de la pr…
La phénoménologie face à la philosophie traditionnelle.
2011
Phenomenology was born as an attack against the false constructions of traditional philosophy. Nevenheless, it soon discovered that it had an important bond to Plato's, Descartes' or Kant's philosophical systems. As I show in this paper, both in Heidegger and in Husserl's last writings, the philosophical endeavor is interpreted as a retrieval of earlier philosophical intentions. However, this does not lead them to a common interpretation of the meaning of philosophy's history.