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From Wikipedia, the emotivism is defined as the set of ethical theories that, in the Ethics and Philosophy of twentieth century, especially at the Anglo-Saxon philosophers, argue that moral...
02 February 2016 5,841 1 View
Language, as an expression of the various 'knowledge' is subject to continuous transformations. I’d like to focus in particular on one of them in the field of scientific research. As science can...
02 February 2016 3,047 12 View
In general, the eclecticism, a philosophy defined wise, practiced by the first men of genius long before to have a name, remained buried in oblivion until the end of the sixteenth century. Then,...
02 February 2016 6,587 3 View
Conventionalism is a philosophical concept whereby some principles or propositions, both cognitive and ethical- political are conventions, based on an agreement or a choice (even implicitly), can...
01 January 2016 6,358 6 View
Any suggestions on the distinction between teleological and ethical conduct? The first dates back to Aristotle, the second to Kant. Is it plausible that the two converge?
12 December 2015 9,858 23 View
Periodically, I would make the attempt to get a response that proceeds from the reflections of fellow researchers in RG Questions and Answers section. It is no longer required to take the lead...
12 December 2015 5,410 4 View
The Socratic method, based on questions and answers between Socrates and another person proceeds by confutation, that is by a sequential elimination of contradictory or unfounded assumptions. It...
11 November 2015 7,287 1 View
In defining the path of scientific progress there might be a problem of demarcation, a concept proper to philosophy of science, as well as a cardinal principle of epistemology, which aims to...
11 November 2015 4,819 0 View
So far we have analyzed multiple opinions on science and ethics expressed by operators of scientific research and culture. The great variety of positions seems to be due, in general, to two great...
11 November 2015 4,183 0 View
Wanting to give a definition, we could say that lateral thinking tends to solve problems through an indirect approach, seeing the problem not from one but from different points of view, then...
10 October 2015 284 3 View
Scientific experience has a broader conception than the traditional one because it includes both the direct experience, that is immediately observable in its evidence by a sensitive subject, and...
10 October 2015 4,170 0 View
At the end of the twentieth century there has been a major cultural phenomenon: the rise of relativism as a social custom, practical facts and mentality. From a philosophical standpoint,...
10 October 2015 5,057 3 View
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10 October 2015 9,788 1 View
I believe that it should be carried out periodically a kind of 'state of the art' of the interactions between science, lifestyles, ways of thinking and socio-cultural values. It seems to me to...
10 October 2015 1,584 0 View
We are aware that the logical positivism, neo-empiricism or logical empiricism, is a philosophical current that came about in the first half of the twentieth century with the Vienna Circle, based...
10 October 2015 5,773 6 View
Moral philosophy is a "Theory of Practice", that is a reflection, a speculation on how we should act to be right, oriented toward the good, and, therefore, of what is good; on what is the law (the...
09 September 2015 4,551 0 View
Pseudoscientific explanations are generally not analyzed rationally, but only by the yardstick of experience; it is deemed valid what "works and is satisfactory and sufficient for oneself", thus...
09 September 2015 1,610 1 View
Neuro-esthetics is an area of research that involves cognitive science and aesthetics, and which is aside a neuro-scientific approach to the usual aesthetic analysis of the production and...
09 September 2015 4,698 1 View
As regards the foundation ‘a priori’ of possible experience ", is taken in idealism as a character of the Absolute of which it owns all determinations. Transcendental is therefore unconditional,...
09 September 2015 3,580 0 View
In constructivism the subject, driven by his own interests, builds actively his own concept of reality through a process of integration of multiple perspectives offered. Constructivism regains...
09 September 2015 5,180 16 View
The philosopher of science Federico Laudisa points out an important condition about the principle of causality: "Since the times when the distinction between philosophy and science did not exist...
08 August 2015 1,066 5 View
Philosophy of science is the branch of philosophy that studies the fundamentals, the assumptions and implications of science, in relation to logic and the natural sciences, such as physics or...
08 August 2015 8,989 14 View
Aenesidemus of Knossos, Agrippa and Sextus Empiricus are representatives of a further development of ancient skepticism. In their radical skepticism, these thinkers argue that nothing can be known...
08 August 2015 8,072 1 View
Determinism concerns the relationship between cause and effect, between natural law and universal single specific phenomenon. In nature, given a cause or a law, it can occur only a certain effect...
08 August 2015 584 3 View
In the modern philosophical culture the concept of duty plays a dominant role in the ethics of Kant. Hence duty becomes specifically not only a lawful action of reason, but also an act undertaken...
08 August 2015 4,752 23 View
Ethics is also responsible for determining what can be described as the sense of human existence, the deeper meaning of the ethical and existential life of the individual and the cosmos that...
08 August 2015 2,841 19 View
Almost all of the scientific world today has embraced the theory of evolution. There is some evidence: the study of fossils, the similarities and differences between related species in different...
08 August 2015 2,175 2 View
Assumed that we use habitually abstract concepts and that these concepts are really something very important for the functioning of our mind, it is legitimate to ask what is their ontological...
08 August 2015 294 3 View
Anthroposophy is defined by its proponents as a spiritual and philosophical path, based on the teachings of Rudolf Steiner. It arises in people as a need of sentiment and finds justification as an...
08 August 2015 4,861 2 View
Simplicity is the key to the interpretation of physics. Nothing more simple in the analysis than supposing the existence of some parameter "hidden," invisible and not measurable which is an...
08 August 2015 4,658 78 View
Scientism is, first of all, an ideology, in the sense that claim, ‘a priori’, to be able to understand all of reality. The accusation is authoritative because it comes from the words of Mauro...
08 August 2015 5,514 14 View
Concepts of utopia and dystopia represent unreal societies in which people live either in a seamless environment, governed by the laws that provide happiness to everyone, or in an oppressive...
08 August 2015 4,917 2 View
“Everything in the universe is the result of chance and necessity "(Democritus). The deterministic interpretation of causality is found in those ancient philosophical currents that, conceiving...
07 July 2015 7,077 1 View
A truth must be always called into question and you can only do it through dialogue, in oral form, because what is written does not change. The script does not respond to questions posed by the...
07 July 2015 1,397 3 View
Several years ago a group of researchers investigating on truth were engaged in describing the ‘state of the art’ concerning one of the most popular conception of truth: the semantic theory of...
07 July 2015 3,115 1 View
Conventionalism is a philosophical concept whereby some principles or propositions, both cognitive and ethical-political are based on conventions , agreements or choice (even implicitly) that can...
07 July 2015 10,043 6 View
Let us have the following: (P1)For each theory H, there is always another theory G such that G and H are empirically equivalent in the ‘weak sense’, (they are empirically equivalent in...
07 July 2015 8,160 41 View
Platonism, a philosophical movement dating back to Plato, who had already talked about intuition supporting its superiority over reasoning, affirmed the existence of a higher truth: the ideas, of...
07 July 2015 9,224 1 View
Public opinion is the sum of individual opinions, that interconnect in various ways using the tools of communication: in this way each person becomes maker of the decisions of those who represent...
06 June 2015 9,664 6 View
Absolutism is that perspective for which all the statements in that domain are either absolutely true or absolutely false: nothing is true only for some cultures or false for others. The binding...
06 June 2015 8,845 8 View
At the end of the nineteenth century, the concept of duty was subjected to harsh criticism. First, as part of a utilitarian morality, from Bentham, the concept of duty has been replaced by that...
06 June 2015 8,014 1 View
Emotion is a psychological construct consisting of cognitive appraisal or evaluation of stimuli and situations; physiological component of activation or arousal; motor expression; motivational...
06 June 2015 8,852 1 View
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Professional ethics is the set of rules of behavior, the so-called "code of ethics", which refers to a particular profession. Certain activities or professions, because of their unique social...
06 June 2015 4,417 1 View
Hermes was considered to be the inventor of language and speech, an interpreter, a liar, a thief and a trickster. These multiple roles made Hermes an ideal representative figure for hermeneutics....
06 June 2015 1,420 1 View
We are taking the case of ‘quantum mechanics’. The physicist Anton Zeilinger would argue: ” When analyzing the various interpretations of quantum mechanics one notices that each understanding...
06 June 2015 7,520 4 View
Skepticism (or methodological or methodical doubt) is a philosophical school of thought within the context of modern empiricism and rationalism, particularly with Descartes. The methodical doubt...
06 June 2015 316 1 View
The theory of error is basically treated in specific fields of application such as epistemology, philosophy of science and theories of formalized systems. Error in philosophy refers to something...
06 June 2015 7,736 1 View
“When one man speaks to another man who doesn't understand him,and when the man who's speaking no longer understands, it's metaphysics”. -Voltaire, Candide, 1759 Falsifiability is the criterion...
06 June 2015 4,401 7 View
In the late nineteenth century the structure of knowledge was being defined in such a way as to suggest that philosophy could definitely disappear. In the course of the century some key...
06 June 2015 9,574 34 View
I understand that philosophers had a double feature: there were none in ancient times that did not provide examples of virtue and lessons of moral truths to men. As Voltaire said, a philosopher...
05 May 2015 606 0 View
Naturalistic fallacy is an expression found for the first time in Principia Ethica, a work published in 1903 by the English philosopher George Edward Moore. According to it, the concept of good...
05 May 2015 3,996 20 View
One of the major problems in contemporary society is to be able to regain the ability to dialogue between cultures and various sentiments. In this sense one can speak of different sensitivities...
05 May 2014 9,585 0 View
I have observed that there are many definitions of spirit that appear in the questions and answers of researchers RG. One may ask: ' what is 'the' spirit? Then, it is said that it is a...
05 May 2014 6,793 1 View
In the occurrence of a sort of an excessive ‘reverence’ regarding ‘ progress’, I am reminded of the words expressed by Jacques Maritain when he said that sometimes we are in the presence of a...
03 March 2014 8,717 6 View
