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Technology, Philosophy of
Jan Kyrre Berg Olsen Friis, Søren Riis, Evan Selinger, Stig Andur Pedersen
Subject: Philosophy »
Date Added: 2010-05-10
Philosophy of Technology Introduction Philosophy of technology is a rapidly growing branch of philosophy. Many philosophers now regard it as ...
Testimony, Epistemology of
J. Adam Carter, Duncan Pritchard
Subject: Philosophy »
Date Added: 2010-05-10
Epistemology of Testimony Introduction In the field of philosophy, testimony is defined as the intentional transfer of a belief from one person...
Thought Experiments
James Robert Brown
Subject: Philosophy »
Date Added: 2013-04-22
Thought Experiments Introduction Thought experiments are performed in the imagination. We set up some situation, we observe what happens, then...
Time and Tense
Kristie Miller
Subject: Philosophy »
Date Added: 2012-08-29
Time and Tense Introduction The nature of the relationship between time and tense is a contested one. On the one hand, when philosophers ask a...
Truth
Pascal Engel
Subject: Philosophy »
Date Added: 2011-06-29
Truth Introduction The problem of the nature of truth is Janus-faced. On the one hand, it seems to be so metaphysically profound that it is for...
Two-Dimensional Semantics
Cara J. Spencer
Subject: Philosophy »
Date Added: 2011-06-29
Two-Dimensional Semantics Introduction Two-dimensional (2-D) modal logic provides a semantic framework for natural language expressions whose r...
Understanding
Stephen Grimm
Subject: Philosophy »
Date Added: 2010-05-10
Understanding Introduction Understanding is a kind of cognitive accomplishment, and the objects of understanding—from people, to languages, to ...
Vagueness
Carl Ehrett
Subject: Philosophy »
Date Added: 2011-06-29
Vagueness Introduction Much, or perhaps all, of natural language is vague: the concepts expressed in natural language seem to have unclear boun...
Virtue Epistemology
John Turri, Ernest Sosa
Subject: Philosophy »
Date Added: 2010-05-10
Virtue Epistemology Introduction Virtue epistemologists deploy the resources of virtue theory to explain epistemological properties and concept...
War
Seth Lazar
Subject: Philosophy »
Date Added: 2011-08-26
War Introduction Wars are large-scale armed conflicts between two or more organized groups. The basic problem of warfare is that it involves in...
Wisdom
Dennis Whitcomb
Subject: Philosophy »
Date Added: 2010-05-10
Wisdom Introduction The word philosophy stems from philo and sophia, Greek terms often translated as “love” and “wisdom,” respectively. There...
Wittgenstein, Ludwig: Early Works
Denis McManus
Subject: Philosophy »
Date Added: 2010-05-10
Ludwig Wittgenstein: Early Works Introduction Ludwig Wittgenstein is one of the few widely recognized great philosophers of the 20th cen...
Wittgenstein, Ludwig: Later Works
Annalisa Coliva, Danièle Moyal-Sharrock
Subject: Philosophy »
Date Added: 2010-05-10
Ludwig Wittgenstein: Later Works Introduction The work of Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889–1951) continues to influence philosophers working in fiel...
Wittgenstein, Ludwig: Middle Works
Anat Biletzki
Subject: Philosophy »
Date Added: 2011-06-29
Ludwig Wittgenstein: Middle Works Introduction Although Ludwig Wittgenstein’s work is usually recognized as belonging to either “the early” or ...
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