13 ideas
20923 | We take part in objective truth, rather than observe it from a distance [Zimmermann,J] |
20926 | Hermeneutic knowledge is not objective, but embraces interpretations [Zimmermann,J] |
14633 | How do we tell a table's being contingently plastic from its being essentially plastic? [Jackson] |
14635 | An x is essentially F if it is F in every possible world in which it appears [Jackson] |
14632 | Quine may have conflated de re and de dicto essentialism, but there is a real epistemological problem [Jackson] |
14631 | How can you show the necessity of an a posteriori necessity, if it might turn out to be false? [Jackson] |
20924 | In phenomenology, all perception is 'seeing as' [Zimmermann,J] |
20927 | The hermeneutic circle is between the reader's self-understanding, and the world of the text [Zimmermann,J] |
6000 | The goal is rationality in the selection of things according to nature [Diogenes of Babylon, by Blank] |
5999 | The good is what is perfect by nature [Diogenes of Babylon, by Blank] |
6001 | Justice is a disposition to distribute according to desert [Diogenes of Babylon, by Blank] |
20933 | Natural law theorists fear that without morality, law could be based on efficiency [Zimmermann,J] |
20929 | Traditionally, God dictated the Torah to Moses, unlike the later biblical writings [Zimmermann,J] |