Teleology

Jeffrey K McDonough

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• Teleology is the belief that some things happen, or exist for the sake of other things. It is the belief that, for example, salmon swim upstream in or... Lees meer

Self-Knowledge

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• The acquisition of self-knowledge is often described as one of the main goals of philosophical inquiry. At the same time, some sort of self-knowledge ... Lees meer

Human

Hubner

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• What does it mean to be human? Is there something that makes us distinct from computers, other great apes, Martians, gods? Is there philosophical, eth... Lees meer

Love

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• Lovers know that love is both vast and intense. This would seem to make it resistant to philosophical or rational analysis. Yet love's vastness and in... Lees meer

Eternity

Melamed

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• Eternity is a unique kind of existence that is supposed to belong to the most real being or beings. It is an existence that is not shaken by the commo... Lees meer

Pleasure

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• For many, the word 'pleasure' conjures associations with hedonism, indulgence, and escape from the life of the mind. However little we talk about it, ... Lees meer

Health

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• From antiquity to the early modern period, many philosophers also studied anatomy and medicine, or were medical doctors themselves -- yet the history ... Lees meer

Space

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• Recurrent questions about space have dogged philosophers since ancient times. Can an ordinary person draw from his or her perceptions to say what spac... Lees meer

Memory

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• In recent decades, memory has become one of the major concepts and a dominant topic in philosophy, sociology, politics, history, science, cultural stu... Lees meer

Faculties Opc P

Perler

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• It seems quite natural to explain the activities of human and non-human animals by referring to their special faculties. Thus, we say that dogs can sm... Lees meer

Evil

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• The code of conduct for a leading tech company famously says "Don't Be Evil." But what exactly is evil? Is it just badness by another name--the shadow... Lees meer

Sympathy Opc P

Schliesser

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• Our modern-day word for sympathy is derived from the classical Greek word for fellow-feeling. Both in the vernacular as well as in the various special... Lees meer

Powers

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• Why does a wine glass break when you drop it, whereas a steel goblet does not? The answer may seem obvious: glass, unlike steel, is fragile. This is a... Lees meer

Animals

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• Philosophical controversy over non-human animals extends further back than many realize -- before Utilitarianism and Darwinism to the very genesis of ... Lees meer

World Soul

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• Many philosophers and scientists over the course of history have held that the world is alive. It has a soul, which governs it and binds it together. ... Lees meer

Persons

Lolordo

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• What is a person? Why do we count certain beings as persons and others not? How is the concept of a person distinct from the concept of a human being,... Lees meer

Dignity

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• In everything from philosophical ethics to legal argument to public activism, it has become commonplace to appeal to the idea of human dignity. In suc... Lees meer

The Faculties

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• It seems quite natural to explain the activities of human and non-human animals by referring to their special faculties. Thus, we say that dogs can sm... Lees meer

Health

• Paperback | Engels | Oxford Philosophical Concepts
• From antiquity to the early modern period, many philosophers also studied anatomy and medicine, or were medical doctors themselves -- yet the history ... Lees meer

Animals

• Hardcover | Engels | Oxford Philosophical Concepts
• Philosophical controversy over non-human animals extends further back than many realize -- before Utilitarianism and Darwinism to the very genesis of ... Lees meer

Dignity

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• In everything from philosophical ethics to legal argument to public activism, it has become commonplace to appeal to the idea of human dignity. In suc... Lees meer

Self-Knowledge

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• Self-knowledge is often taken to constitute both the beginning and the end of humans' search for wisdom. Not surprisingly, the Delphic injunction 'Kno... Lees meer

Evil

• Hardcover | Engels | Oxford Philosophical Concepts
• The code of conduct for a leading tech company famously says "Don't Be Evil." But what exactly is evil? Is it just badness by another name--the shadow... Lees meer

Powers

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• Why does a wine glass break when you drop it, whereas a steel goblet does not? The answer may seem obvious: glass, unlike steel, is fragile. This is a... Lees meer