Michele Pasin / Quotes

Augustine and the Stoics

In his incomplete early work, De Dialectica, Augustine massively draws on the terminology of the Stoic philosophy of language, though in many points fundamentally modifying its sense.[4] It is especially in the concept of sign where his difference from Stoic doctrines becomes apparent.

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#concept-of-sign #philosophy

A benefit of the sep’s not being crowdsourced is that minority views get more exposure

Another benefit of the SEP’s not being crowdsourced is that minority views get more exposure. Wikipedia’s overview of feminist philosophy is hopelessly short…

This Free Online Encyclopedia Has Achieved What Wikipedia Can Only Dream Of #philosophy

Against Hegel's westering as bestering

My approach is therefore deeply at odds with that of Hegel. I do not see the history of philosophy as the progressive logical unfolding of ‘Spirit’, which…

The Book Of Dead Philosophers (critchley, Simon) #philosophy #history #Western-philosophy #self

Armchair necessities contradicted by facts

These arguments seem compelling, but attempts to work out from the armchair what is necessary for experience to be possible, as Cassam and Kant do, are always…

The Ego Trick (baggini, Julian) #philosophy #method #disorders #evidence

Bacon's idols of the mind

La pars destruens, ovvero la "parte che distrugge", consiste nell'eliminare le antiche conoscenze errate, le quali non sono altro che illusioni. Bacone…

Metodo Baconiano - Wikipedia #natura #philosophy

Banks hiring moral philosophers

So what would the Scholastics make of modern finance? Would they admire how efficiently a family’s savings can find productive uses? Or would they decry how…

Of money and morals #finance #scholatics #philosophy #morality #money

Becoming John Dewey (reference)

Dalton, Thomas C. 2002. Becoming John Dewey: Dilemmas of a Philosopher and Naturalist. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press.

Theories of Childhood, Second Edition (Carol Garhart Mooney) #education #philosophy