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Author : Jacob Gould Schurman
Release : 1894
Genre : Electronic journals
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Book Synopsis The Philosophical Review by : Jacob Gould Schurman
Download or read book The Philosophical Review written by Jacob Gould Schurman. This book was released on 1894. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An international journal of general philosophy.
Author : Jeffrey C. King
Release : 2014-01-10
Genre : Philosophy
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Book Rating : 707/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis New Thinking about Propositions by : Jeffrey C. King
Download or read book New Thinking about Propositions written by Jeffrey C. King. This book was released on 2014-01-10. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Philosophy (especially philosophy of language and philosophy of mind), science (especially linguistics and cognitive science), and common sense all sometimes make reference to propositions—understood as the things we believe and say, and the things which are (primarily) true or false. There is, however, no widespread agreement about what sorts of things these entities are. In New Thinking about Propositions, Jeffrey C. King, Scott Soames, and Jeff Speaks argue that commitment to propositions is indispensable, and that traditional accounts of propositions are inadequate. They each then defend their own views of the nature of propositions.
Author : James Studd
Release : 2019
Genre : PHILOSOPHY
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Book Rating : 734/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Everything, More Or Less by : James Studd
Download or read book Everything, More Or Less written by James Studd. This book was released on 2019. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Almost no systematic theorizing is generality-free. Scientists test general hypotheses; set theorists prove theorems about every set; metaphysicians espouse theses about all things of any kind. But do we ever succeed in theorizing about absolutely everything? Not according to generality relativism, which J.P. Studd defends in this book.
Author : Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
Release : 1998
Genre : Philosophy
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Book Rating : 738/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Phenomenology of Spirit by : Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
Download or read book Phenomenology of Spirit written by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel. This book was released on 1998. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: wide criticism both from Western and Eastern scholars.
Author : C. Thi Nguyen
Release : 2020
Genre : Games & Activities
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Book Rating : 082/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Games by : C. Thi Nguyen
Download or read book Games written by C. Thi Nguyen. This book was released on 2020. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Games are a unique art form. The game designer doesn't just create a world; they create who you will be in that world. They tell you what abilities to use and what goals to take on. In other words, they specify a form of agency. Games work in the medium of agency. And to play them, we take on alternate agencies and submerge ourselves in them. What can we learn about our own rationality and agency, from thinking about games? We learn that we have a considerable degree of fluidity with our agency. First, we have the capacity for a peculiar sort of motivational inversion. For some of us, winning is not the point. We take on an interest in winning temporarily, so that we can play the game. Thus, we are capable of taking on temporary and disposable ends. We can submerge ourselves in alternate agencies, letting them dominate our consciousness, and then dropping them the moment the game is over. Games are, then, a way of recording forms of agency, of encoding them in artifacts. Our games are a library of agencies. And exploring that library can help us develop our own agency and autonomy. But this technology can also be used for art. Games can sculpt our practical activity, for the sake of the beauty of our own actions. Games are part of a crucial, but overlooked category of art - the process arts. These are the arts which evoke an activity, and then ask you to appreciate your own activity. And games are a special place where we can foster beautiful experiences of our own activity. Because our struggles, in games, can be designed to fit our capacities. Games can present a harmonious world, where our abilities fit the task, and where we pursue obvious goals and act under clear values. Games are a kind of existential balm against the difficult and exhausting value clarity of the world. But this presents a special danger. Games can be a fantasy of value clarity. And when that fantasy leaks out into the world, we can be tempted to oversimplify our enduring values. Then, the pleasures of games can seduce us away from our autonomy, and reduce our agency."--
