Practical and Theoretical Reason in Modern Philosophy

Practical and Theoretical Reason in Modern Philosophy
Author: Paniel Reyes Cárdenas
Publisher: Vernon Press
Total Pages: 209
Release: 2024-04-02
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1648898572

The present collection aims to examine this fertile period in the history of philosophy concerning its significance for understanding the relation between theoretical and practical reason, or, relatedly, facts and values. Our contributors have explored different important ways in which both the shortcomings and insights of the theoretical/practical distinction have shaped Western philosophy.

Tercentenary Essays on the Philosophy and Science of Leibniz

Tercentenary Essays on the Philosophy and Science of Leibniz
Author: Lloyd Strickland
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 357
Release: 2016-11-15
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 3319388304

This book presents new research into key areas of the work of German philosopher and mathematician Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646-1716). Reflecting various aspects of Leibniz’s thought, this book offers a collection of original research arranged into four separate themes: Science, Metaphysics, Epistemology, and Religion and Theology. With in-depth articles by experts such as Maria Rosa Antognazza, Nicholas Jolley, Agustín Echavarría, Richard Arthur and Paul Lodge, this book is an invaluable resource not only for readers just beginning to discover Leibniz, but also for scholars long familiar with his philosophy and eager to gain new perspectives on his work.

Beiträge zu Leibniz' Rezeption der Aristotelischen Logik und Metaphysik

Beiträge zu Leibniz' Rezeption der Aristotelischen Logik und Metaphysik
Author: Juan-Antonio Nicolás
Publisher: Georg Olms Verlag
Total Pages: 420
Release: 2016-04-01
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 348715238X

Die Suche nach historischen Quellen für die Leibniz’sche Philosophie scheint zunächst unerschöpflich. Durch alle in diesem Band versammelten Arbeiten wird der Einfluss der Philosophie des Aristoteles auf das Leibniz’sche Denken näher umrissen. Ein wesentliches Ziel ist es hierbei, einen Beitrag zur Analyse dieser philosophischen Beziehung zu leisten und zu zeigen, dass auch Aristoteles’ Philosophie nach Ansicht unserer Autoren entscheidend zum Verständnis des Leibniz’schen Denkens beiträgt. Die Texte befassen sich mit wesentlichen Themen der Leibniz’schen Logik und Metaphysik, z. B. mit den Grundbegriffen „Monade“ (und deren „Körperhaftigkeit“), „Entelechie“, „Nous“, mit dem Problem der Individuation (Individuum, Atomismus, Einheit), mit den substanziellen Formen, mit der Wissenschaft im Allgemeinen und der Technik, mit der Transformation der Logik, mit den Prinzipien (nämlich denjenigen des zureichenden Grundes, der Individuation und der Notwendigkeit), mit Zukunft und Kontingenz sowie Vergänglichkeit, mit der Theorie der syllogistischen Folgerung, usw. Diese Themen werden stets in der Gegenüberstellung von Leibniz und Aristoteles behandelt – sie zeigen daher, wie Leibniz aristotelische Thesen übernahm, veränderte oder kritisierte. The search for the historical sources of Leibniz’s philosphy initially seems to be unending. All the essays in this volume outline more clearly the influence of Aristotle’s philosophy on Leibniz’s thought. In this context a fundamental aim is to contribute to the analysis of this philosophical relationship and to demonstrate that Aristotle’s philosophy, in the opinion of our authors, plays a decisive role in the understanding of Leibniz’s thought. The texts address fundamental themes of Leibniz’s logic and metaphysics, e.g. the basic concepts of ‘monads’ (and their ‘corporality’), ‘entelechy’ and ‘nous; the problem of individuation (individual, atomism, unity); substantial forms; knowledge in general, and technology; the transformation of logic; principles (namely those of sufficient grounds, of individuation and of necesssity); future and contingency and transientness; the theory of syllogistic deduction, etc. These themes are regularly considered in the comparison between Leibniz and Aristotle – they demonstrate how Leibniz took over, treated or criticised Aristotelian theses.

Contemporary Perspectives on Natural Law

Contemporary Perspectives on Natural Law
Author: Ana Marta González
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 335
Release: 2016-05-13
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1317160606

Resorting to natural law is one way of conveying the philosophical conviction that moral norms are not merely conventional rules. Accordingly, the notion of natural law has a clear metaphysical dimension, since it involves the recognition that human beings do not conceive themselves as sheer products of society and history. And yet, if natural law is to be considered the fundamental law of practical reason, it must show also some intrinsic relationship to history and positive law. The essays in this book examine this tension between the metaphysical and the practical and how the philosophical elaboration of natural law presents this notion as a "limiting-concept", between metaphysics and ethics, between the mutable and the immutable; between is and ought, and, in connection with the latter, even the tension between politics and eschatology as a double horizon of ethics. This book, contributed to by scholars from Europe and America, is a major contribution to the renewed interest in natural law. It provides the reader with a comprehensive overview of natural law, both from a historical and a systematic point of view. It ranges from the mediaeval synthesis of Aquinas through the early modern elaborations of natural law, up to current discussions on the very possibility and practical relevance of natural law theory for the contemporary mind.

L'actualitè de Leibniz

L'actualitè de Leibniz
Author: Dominique Berlioz
Publisher: Franz Steiner Verlag
Total Pages: 680
Release: 1999
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 9783515076265

Inhalt: Maurice de Gandillac: Nicolas de Cues pr�curseur de Leibniz I. M�taphysique: Mit Beitr�gen von: Pierre Magnard, Adelino Cardoso, Claude Gaudin, Concha Roldan Panadero, Mark Kulstad, Christina Schneider, Alosye N'Diaye, Bruno Pinchard II. Morale, Th�ologie, Droit: Mit Beitr�gen von: Ursula Goldenbaum, Martine de Gaudemar, Hans Poser, Pierre Boucher, Edmond Ortigues, Didier Bessot III. Logique, Linguistique: Mit Beitr�gen von: Fr�d�ric Nef, Hans Burkhardt, Filipe Drapeau Viere Contim, S�bastien Madouas, Malte-Ludolf Babin, Patrice Bailhache IV. Connaissance: Mit Beitr�gen von: Javier Echeverria, Dominique Berlioz, Hide Ishiguro, Antonio Lamarra, Eberhard Knobloch, Hartmut Rudolph, Malte-Ludolf Babin / Heinz-Juergen Hess V. Math�matiques: Mit Beitr�gen von: Marc Parmentier, Emily Grosholz, Heinz-Juergen He�, Marie-Fran�oise Roy, Eberhard Knobloch, Herv� Barreau, Jean Petitot, J. Michel Salanskis VI. Sciences positives: Mit Beitr�gen von: Laurence Bouquiaux, Hartmut Hecht, Jean Petitot, Daniel Schultess, Annie Ibrahim, Andr� Robinet.

Manuscrito

Manuscrito
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 242
Release: 2015
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN:

Teoría del conocimiento

Teoría del conocimiento
Author: Tobies Grimaltos
Publisher: Universitat de València
Total Pages: 233
Release: 2015-05-16
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 8437089379

Aproximación sistemática y actualizada a los problemas filosóficos que plantea el conocimiento humano, dividida en cinco grandes apartados: método, definición y posibilidades de conocimiento, justificación, base empírica del conocimiento y relación entre semántica y epistemología. El libro de J. L. Blasco y T. Grimaltos aporta una exposición clara y rigurosa de la epistemología contemporánea.

Without Criteria

Without Criteria
Author: Steven Shaviro
Publisher: MIT Press
Total Pages: 191
Release: 2012-08-17
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 0262517973

A Deleuzian reading of Whitehead and a Whiteheadian reading of Deleuze open the possibility of a critical aesthetics of contemporary culture. In Without Criteria, Steven Shaviro proposes and explores a philosophical fantasy: imagine a world in which Alfred North Whitehead takes the place of Martin Heidegger. What if Whitehead, instead of Heidegger, had set the agenda for postmodern thought? Heidegger asks, “Why is there something, rather than nothing?” Whitehead asks, “How is it that there is always something new?” In a world where everything from popular music to DNA is being sampled and recombined, argues Shaviro, Whitehead's question is the truly urgent one. Without Criteria is Shaviro's experiment in rethinking postmodern theory, especially the theory of aesthetics, from a point of view that hearkens back to Whitehead rather than Heidegger. In working through the ideas of Whitehead and Deleuze, Shaviro also appeals to Kant, arguing that certain aspects of Kant's thought pave the way for the philosophical “constructivism” embraced by both Whitehead and Deleuze. Kant, Whitehead, and Deleuze are not commonly grouped together, but the juxtaposition of them in Without Criteria helps to shed light on a variety of issues that are of concern to contemporary art and media practices.

La Libertad en Leibniz

La Libertad en Leibniz
Author: Theresa Marx
Publisher: GRIN Verlag
Total Pages: 29
Release: 2011-10
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 3656032831

Seminar paper del año 2010 en eltema Filosofía - Filosofía de los siglos XVII y XVIII, Nota: 2,0, Universidad de La Laguna Teneriffa, Idioma: Español, Resumen: La teoría sobre la libertad de Leibniz intenta unificar la posibilidad de la voluntad libre con un cierto determinismo. La definición de la libertad no basta en la ausencia de coacción externa, sino también hay que poder exluir la necesidad absoluta (metafísica). La alternativa a esa necesidad muchas veces se ha considerado la indiferencia del equilibrio, pero esto no es la posición que defiende Leibniz - el parte del concepto de los motivos suficientes para la voluntad humana libre. Para él, el principio de la razón suficiente es el primer principio de todos los razonamientos de los seres humanos.