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6 hours ago · He offers an example of Mary who is inclined, to subject to measured assessment, the veracity of things she hears or is told. Moving to ‘general’ dispositions, we witness a ‘tendency, propensity, or inclination to behave or act in certain ways under certain circumstances’ (ibid.). Siegel illustrates this with sugar that has a tendency ...
6 hours ago · Modernity/coloniality scholars identify the centering of Eurocentric epistemology in the pursuit and enactment of modernist development emergent from the geostrategic and market interests of post-World War Two U.S., connecting the project of modernity to the processes of colonization (see Dutta 2007; Mignolo 2007).
6 hours ago · According to foundationalism, a belief is epistemically justified only if it is justified by properly basic beliefs. One of the significant developments in foundationalism is the rise of reformed epistemology. Reformed epistemology is a view about the epistemology of religious belief, which holds that belief in God can be properly basic.
6 hours ago · Special attention will be given to recent controversies, such as the realism-antirealism debate in philosophy of science, feminist critiques of rationality, and the plausibility of “naturalized” epistemology. General Education Requirement(s): Upper-level Liberal Arts; Writing Intensive Prerequisite(s): One 2000-level PHIL course and FYS 1104
6 hours ago · The Concept of the “Unmoved Mover”. Aristotle’s metaphysics proposed the idea of an “unmoved mover” – a non-corporeal, unchanging being that is the prime source from which all motion and change ultimately derives. This unmoved mover serves as the final cause or first principle within Aristotle’s philosophical system.
1 day ago · Weegy: It illustrates that Greek culture valued innovation, change, and originality. Socrates believed that only nobility could understand philosophy. [ -does understanding cultural developments in ancient Greece help us better understand the growth of philosophy.
