Some Contrasts & Comparisons in the Philosophy of Nature in Aristotle & Hume
Author : William Tanzer
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Page : 144 pages
File Size : 19,71 MB
Release : 1945
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Author : William Tanzer
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Page : 144 pages
File Size : 19,71 MB
Release : 1945
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Author : David Hume
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Page : 276 pages
File Size : 15,90 MB
Release : 1751
Category : Ethics
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Author : E. M. Dadlez
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 11,23 MB
Release : 2009-03-30
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781444310405
A compelling exploration of the convergence of Jane Austen’sliterary themes and characters with David Hume’s views onmorality and human nature. Argues that the normative perspectives endorsed in JaneAusten's novels are best characterized in terms of a Humeanapproach, and that the merits of Hume's account of ethical,aesthetic and epistemic virtue are vividly illustrated by Austen'swriting. Illustrates how Hume and Austen complement one another, eachproviding a lens that allows us to expand and elaborate on theideas of the other Proposes that literature may serve as a thought experiment,articulating hypothetical cases which allow the reader to test hermoral intuitions Contributes to ongoing debates on the philosophy of literature,ethics, and emotion
Author : Theodore A. Young
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Page : 326 pages
File Size : 30,54 MB
Release : 1964
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Author : Larry Arnhart
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 43,67 MB
Release : 1998-01-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780791436936
This book shows how Darwinian biology supports an Aristotelian view of ethics as rooted in human nature. Defending a conception of "Darwinian natural right" based on the claim that the good is the desirable, the author argues that there are at least twenty natural desires that are universal to all human societies because they are based in human biology. The satisfaction of these natural desires constitutes a universal standard for judging social practice as either fulfilling or frustrating human nature, although prudence is required in judging what is best for particular circumstances. The author studies the familial bonding of parents and children and the conjugal bonding of men and women as illustrating social behavior that conforms to Darwinian natural right. He also studies slavery and psychopathy as illustrating social behavior that contradicts Darwinian natural right. He argues as well that the natural moral sense does not require religious belief, although such belief can sometimes reinforce the dictates of nature.
Author : Robert J. Fogelin
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 36,91 MB
Release : 2019-04-25
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 042959030X
This work, first published in 1985, offers a general interpretation of Hume’s Treatise of Human Nature. Most Hume scholarship has either neglected or downplayed an important aspect of Hume’s position – his scepticism. This book puts that right, examining in close detail the sceptical arguments in Hume’s philosophy.
Author : Paul Stanistreet
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 357 pages
File Size : 17,7 MB
Release : 2017-07-05
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1351929380
This book explores the relationship between Hume's sceptical philosophy and his Newtonian ambition of founding a science of human nature. Assessing both received and 'new' readings of Hume's philosophy, Stanistreet offers a line of interpretation which, he argues, makes sense of many of the apparent conflicts and paradoxes in Hume's work and describes how well-known controversies concerning Hume's thinking about causation, induction and the external world can be resolved. Stainstreet argues that Hume's notorious sceptical arguments are not the episodic outbursts of an unsystematic philosopher, but emerge as part of his attempt to provide science and philosophy with grounds which face up to and withstand the scepticism to which reflective thinkers are naturally prone. Offering important new contributions to Hume scholarship, this book also surveys and assesses the new research responsible for the recent sea-change in thinking about Hume. It offers an accessible overview of these developments while suggesting significant revisions to current readings of Hume's philosophy.
Author : Brian Ellis
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 33,5 MB
Release : 2014-12-18
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1317489497
In "The Philosophy of Nature," Brian Ellis provides a clear and forthright general summation of, and introduction to, the new essentialist position. Although the theory that the laws of nature are immanent in things, rather than imposed on them from without, is an ancient one, much recent work has been done to revive interest in essentialism and "The Philosophy of Nature" is a distinctive contribution to this lively current debate. Brian Ellis exposes the philosophical and scientific credentials of the prevailing Humean metaphysic as less than compelling and makes the case for new essentialism as an alternative metaphysical perspective in lucid and unambiguous terms. This book develops this alternative metaphysic and considers the consequences for philosophy, and for some other areas of investigation, of working with such a metaphysic. Ellis argues that these consequences are profound and that a new essentialism provides a comprehensive new philosophy of nature for a modern scientific understanding of the world.
Author : Ruth Groff
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 37,15 MB
Release : 2013
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 041588988X
Published in 2012, Powers and Capacities in Philosophy is a valuable contribution to the field of Philosophy.
Author : Edward John Hamilton
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Page : 740 pages
File Size : 27,38 MB
Release : 1883
Category : Psychology
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