Part I. INTRODUCTION CONCEPTS Definition. What is Philosophy? There are a number of definitions of philosophy given by many thinkers and they vary according to their interests and orientations. Generally‚ philosophy is regarded as perhaps the most obstruse and abstract of all subjects that seems apart from ordinary life. Although quiet a number of people may think of it as a being remote from every normal interest‚ it may be inferred that all of us have some philosophical views‚ whether we are
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Alan Watts FAMOUS AS: Philosopher‚ Writer & Speaker BORN ON: 06 January 1915 BORN IN: Chislehurst‚ Kent‚ England DIED ON: 16 November 1973 NATIONALITY: United Kingdom WORKS & ACHIEVEMENTS: Popular philosopher known for his Eastern philosophy and Zen teachings‚ Wrote famous books like The Way of Zen (1957)‚ Psychotherapy East and West (1961)‚ The New Alchemy (1958) and The Joyous Cosmology (1962). Alan Watts or Alan Wilson Watts was a British philosopher‚ writer‚ and speaker who
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Einleitung Unser Zeitalter ist das eigentliche Zeitalter der Kritik‚ der sich alles unterwerfen muss. Religion‚ durch ihre Heiligkeit und Gesetzgebung durch ihre Majestät‚ wollen sich gemeiniglich derselben entziehen. Aber alsdann erregen sie gerechten Verdacht wider sich und können auf unverstellte Achtung nicht Einspruch machen‚ die die Vernunft nur demjenigen bewillt‚ was ihre freie und öffentliche Prüfung hat halten müssen." (Hermes‚ S. 12). Diese Worte Kants fallen in eine Zeit in der die evangelisch-lutherische
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Project Number: 030411-114414 - DCB IQP 1002 Artificial Intelligence Through the Eyes of the Public An Interactive Qualifying Project Report submitted to the Faculty of the WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Bachelor of Science by ____________________________________ Matthew Dodd ____________________________________ Alexander Grant ____________________________________ Latiff Seruwagi Approved: __________________________________________________
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Michael. "A Speculation Touching Electrical Conduction and the Nature of Matter"‚ in Experimental Researches in Electricity‚ vol. 2. London: Richard and John Edward Taylor‚ 1844. Frege‚ Gottlob. "Begriffschrift‚ A Formula Language‚ Modeled upon that of Arithmetic‚ for Pure Thought"‚ in J. van Heijenoort (ed.)‚ From Frege to Gödel: A Sourcebook in Mathematical Logic‚ 1879-1931. Cambridge‚ Mass.: Harvard University Press‚ 1967. Galileo Galilei. Discoveries and Opinions of Galileo‚ trans. Stillman Drake
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Licensed to: iChapters User Licensed to: iChapters User A Concise Introduction to Logic‚ Eleventh Edition Patrick J. Hurley Publisher: Clark Baxter Senior Sponsoring Editor: Joann Kozyrev Development Editor: Florence Kilgo Assistant Editor: Nathan Gamache Editorial Assistant: Michaela Henry © 2012‚ 2008‚ 2006 Wadsworth‚ Cengage Learning ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. No part of this work covered by the copyright herein may be reproduced‚ transmitted‚ stored‚ or used in any form or by any
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------------------------------------------------- John Stuart Mill (1806-1873) John Stuart Mill (1806-1873) profoundly influenced the shape of nineteenth century British thought and political discourse. His substantial corpus of works includes texts in logic‚ epistemology‚ economics‚ social and political philosophy‚ ethics‚ metaphysics‚ religion‚ and current affairs. Among his most well-known and significant are A System of Logic‚ Principles of Political Economy‚On Liberty‚ Utilitarianism‚ The
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From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation‚ search For other uses‚ see Presupposition (disambiguation). In the branch of linguistics known as pragmatics‚ a presupposition (or ps) is an implicit assumption about the world or background belief relating to an utterance whose truth is taken for granted in discourse. Examples of presuppositions include: * Do you want to do it again? * Presupposition: that you have done it already‚ at least once. * Jane no longer writes
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Sequenced. Precise. Elegant. Clear. Hurley’s A Concise Introduction to Logic‚ 11th Edition How to Make an Origami Crane Make your own origami crane using these instructions and the perforated sheet of paper included in your book. 1. Start with a square piece of paper‚ colored side up. Fold in half and open. Then fold in half the other way. 2. Turn the paper over to the white side. Fold the paper in half‚ crease well and open‚ and then fold again in the other direction. 3. Using the creases
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The Coherence Theory of Truth First published Tue Sep 3‚ 1996; substantive revision Tue Sep 9‚ 2008 A coherence theory of truth states that the truth of any (true) proposition consists in its coherence with some specified set of propositions. The coherence theory differs from its principal competitor‚ the correspondence theory of truth‚ in two essential respects. The competing theories give conflicting accounts of the relation between propositions and their truth conditions. (In this article‚ ‘proposition’
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