Is Sound Eternal, as the Mimansa Philosophers Believe It to Be or Is It Transitory as...
«Introduction. The argument used by the Nyaya philosophers. Sound seems to be multiplied by the number of people who make the sound. An answer for nearly all the objections. The arguments for the eternality of sound. Co...»
«Behind the claim that sound is eternal appears to be the idea that it must be eternal because the utterance of the word is for the purpose of another. Without this eternality, one person could not make anything known to another, because once the...»
Are Theories Incommensurable Due to the Untranslatability of One Scientific Language to...
«Introduction. Howard Sankey's book 'The Incommensurability Thesis'. The idea that most forms of the argument proposed by Kuhn involve examples. Putnam's idea. Putnam's arguments. Conclusio...»
«The most famous exponent of the theory of incommensurability is Thomas Kuhn. To state his theory in the simplest form, incommensurability is simply the idea that theories within science are not compatible, and that the languages they use are, at...»
What Would It Mean for an Event to Be a 'Miracle' in the Sense that Hume Describes It?
«Introduction. The idea criticised by Robert Hambourger.. applying considerations to miracles and their credibility. Hume's argument against the rationality of believing in miracles. A look at Coleman's lottery example. What Hambourger says...»
«In this essay, I hope to show that some of the criticisms levelled against Hume, especially those by Robert Hambourger (1980), are not effective in their attempts to erode Hume's argument. These issues were discussed in an article by Dorothy Coleman...»
Does the Argument from the Systematicity of Thought to the Language of Thought...
«Introduction. The theory put forward by Fodor and Pylyshyn. The idea that thought is not just systematic. The set of problems discussed by Robert Cummins. Conclusion. Bibliography....»
«One of the main arguments to support the language of thought hypothesis (LOTH), as proposed by Fodor (1975), is that of the systematicity of thought. This argument consists of the idea that the ability to entertain certain thoughts is linked to the...»
Social studies
Has Hume Refuted the Design Argument?
«Introduction. Newton's argument from design. The first point of contention. Theology in the added General Scholium. Hume's attack on the natural...
Ideal and Not Ideal Leaders
«Introduction. Ralph treatment of others. Jack loss of reality. Ralph and Jack: Leaders of the group. Conclusion....»
The Deceit of Ghosts
«Introduction. The sins of the fathers: Visited on the children. The concept of staying friends with the one friend. The simplicity of the...
Terrorism: Yesterday, Today, and...
«The Antiterrorism Coordinating Committee. Counter-terrorism. September 11th. An example of how the U.S. has been involved in fighting terrorism....
Behind the Murders
«History of Clive Wilkes. Clive's stay at the museum. History of Edward Skipperton. Skip's fued with Frosby. Motivations of Skip and Clive for the...
Russian Jews of the Nineteenth Century
«Introduction. The goal of Czar Nicholas II and his anti-Jewish campaign. The emigration of the Eastern European Jews to America. Factory Act of...