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What is God? In an attempt to resolve any disagreement surrounding the meaning of the word "God", TPM has assembled a crack team of "metaphysical engineers" who have devised a new computer-modelling virtual environment in which to test the plausibility of different conceptions of God. Here's how it works. You are invited to select from the list below the attributes which you believe God must have (or the attributes that a being deserving of the name God must have). Metaphysical engineers will then model this conception of God to check out its plausibility.
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Part 1 of 3 Lectures: Kierkegaard and the Crisis in Religion Nietzsche and the Crisis in Philosophy Sartre and the Crisis in Morality Dr. Walter Kaufmann begins this series by explaining that existentialists share as many differences as other schools of philosophy. First coined to refer to the theories of Jaspers and Heidegger, existentialism became well-known only after the work of Kierkegaard, Sartre, and Nietzsche all radical individualists who found previous philosophical systems lacking... Part 2 of 3 Lectures: Kierkegaard and the Crisis in Religion Nietzsche and the Crisis in Philosophy Sartre and the Crisis in Morality Dr. Walter Kaufmann focuses on the contribution of Friedrich Nietzsche to the philosophical world, picturing him as a revolutionary heretic and the embodiment of the Socratic spirit.
Last day of the consilience conference! We began with David Sloan Wilson, with whom I had just had a spirited (and constructive) discussion about how to measure individual and group cultural selection quantitatively (he admitted it hasn’t been done, yet...). His topic was “Using evolution to improve the quality of life.” According to David, evolutionary principles can be used to improve our quality of life at the level of cities and neighborhoods. His Evolutionary Institute is a think tank that has the explicit goal of connecting evolutionary ideas to public policy.
Rationally Speaking
For more than a decade Squashed Philosophers has been here to provide a way of making some sort of sense of the writings of The Western Philosophers. It lets you get to grips with a great idea in an hour or so, whether that's to prepare yourself for something bigger, or just for the joy of discovery. These versions are not complete and they're not perfect, but they do let you do something the originals can't - get for yourself a sort of grand overview of the whole universe of ideas, without having to just take other people's word for it. You'll love them. Philosophy, at least in the Western Way, is something to do with arguing about definitions, so, of course, philosophers have never managed to agree on a definition of Philosophy itself.
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A simple menu appears at the top of each page of this site, and since all of these documents are heavily interlinked with each other, it should be easy to pursue alternate paths through their content. Material from other Internet sites will always appear in a different browser window, so you won't lose your place in Philosophy Pages . Visitors are welcome to browse and to make fair use of the copyrighted text found on these pages. When in doubt about the appropriateness of a contemplated use, please apply the principles stated in Peter Suber's excellent comments on copyright. If you quote anything directly in another setting, please include a complete citation in an appropriate form, and remember to check out the academic credentials of the author.Part 3: Adventures in the Dream Factory In the previous post, we looked at Philip K. Dick’s intellectual and philosophical ties to the early Gnostics . Now, culturally and politically at least, its time to look at the Gnostic in the mirror. Please read on. Philip K.
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Philosophy Bites
J. L. Austin, who died in 1960, was an immensely influential philosopher whose method involved precise scrutiny of ordinary language: the precise words, the contexts in which they were uttered, and what people were doing by uttering them. In this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast Guy Longworth discusses the key features of Austin's approach.
PhilPapers: Online Research in Philosophy
The PhilPapers team is pleased to announce the launch of PhilEvents , a comprehensive calendar of events in philosophy worldwide. Try it out ! As always, we welcome any form of feedback.... ( read more ) The PhilPapers team is pleased to announce a new online database of job ads in philosophy: PhilJobs . The database is to cover jobs in philosophy of all types from all over the... ( read more )Theology/Atheism
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