Embedding Logical Empiricism into the History of Epistemology: Eino Kaila on Human KnowledgeEino Kaila. Human Knowledge: A Classic Statement of Logical Empiricism. Trans. Anssi Korhonen. Ed. Juha Manninen, Ilkka Niiniluoto, and George A. Reisch. Chicago: Open Court, 2014. Pp. 288. $49.95 (paper).

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 148-157
Author(s):  
Elisabeth Nemeth
Keyword(s):  
Logical Empiricism ◽  
Human Knowledge ◽  
Open Court ◽  
History Of ◽  
History Of Epistemology

Incomplete Routes to Moral Objectivity: Four Variants of Naturalism

2001 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 177-217
Author(s):  
David Sidorsky
Keyword(s):  
Common Sense ◽  
John Dewey ◽  
David Hume ◽  
History Of Philosophy ◽  
Human Knowledge ◽  
Ethical Theories ◽  
Moral Objectivity ◽  
Present Essay ◽  
History Of ◽  
Integrated Or

The search for moral objectivity has been constant throughout the history of philosophy, although interpretations of the nature and scope of objectivity have varied. One aim of the pursuit of moral objectivity has been the demonstration of what may be termed its epistemological thesis, that is, the claim that the truth of assertions of the goodness or rightness of moral acts is as legitimate, reliable, or valid as the truth of assertions involving other forms of human knowledge, such as common sense, practical expertise, science, or mathematics. Another aim of the quest for moral objectivity may be termed its pragmatic formulation; this refers to the development of a method or procedure that will mediate among conflicting moral views in order to realize a convergence or justified agreement about warranted or true moral conclusions. In the ethical theories of Aristotle, David Hume, and John Dewey, theories that represent three of the four variants of ethical naturalism (defined below) that are surveyed in this essay, the epistemological thesis and the pragmatic formulation are integrated or combined. The distinction between these two elements is significant for the present essay, however, since I want to show that linguistic naturalism, the fourth variant I shall examine, has provided a demonstration of the epistemological thesis about moral knowledge, even if the pragmatic formulation has not been successfully realized.

Augustine

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Scott MacDonald
Keyword(s):  
Rational Method ◽  
Detailed Account ◽  
Epistemic Value ◽  
Spiritual Autobiography ◽  
Systematic Method ◽  
History Of ◽  
History Of Epistemology

At the heart of Augustine’s intellectual and spiritual autobiography is a search for wisdom that demands of him sophisticated epistemological reflection. The results—in particular, his identification of the category of rational or justified assent on less-than-certain grounds and his inquiry into the nature and epistemic value of testimony—break dramatic new ground in the history of epistemology. He articulates a concept of belief (as assent to a proposition on the basis of testimony) and distinguishes it from understanding (assent to a proposition on the basis of reasoned insight). Exploiting that distinction, he develops both a rationale for and a detailed account of a systematic method for the rational investigation of theological matters, which he characterizes as belief seeking understanding. Augustine’s famous reflections on the paradox of evil and on the nature of the divine Trinity provide compelling illustrations of his application of this rational method and its results.

William R. Stoeger. The laws of nature, The Range of Human Knowledge And Divine Action [Prawa natury, zakres ludzkiej wiedzy i Boże działanie]

1970 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 285-288
Author(s):  
Jacek Poznański
Keyword(s):  
Laws Of Nature ◽  
Associate Professor ◽  
The Other ◽  
Human Knowledge ◽  
Divine Action ◽  
University Of Arizona ◽  
Theology And Science ◽  
History Of ◽  
Points Of View ◽  
Science And Theology

Can science, theology and spirituality cooperate with each other? Moreover, can each of them help the other to understand reality? Is it possible to create a coherent view of our world emerging from such different points of view? Some theologians, well-educated both in theology and science and aware of questions that arose in the history of relations between science and theology, have tried to build such consistent views. Among them is William R. Stoeger, Staff Astrophysicist and Adjunct Associate Professor, member of Vatican Observatory Research Group, Steward Observatory, University of Arizona, Tucson.

“Detained Alien Enemy Mail: Examined”

Life of Paper ◽  
2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sharon Luk
Keyword(s):  
West Coast ◽  
East Asian ◽  
Public Life ◽  
Mass Incarceration ◽  
Dominant Mode ◽  
Nation State ◽  
Human Knowledge ◽  
History Of ◽  
Asian Pacific ◽  
The U.S

Chapter Three investigates systematic efforts to dismantle Japanese diasporic communities living on the U.S. West coast alongside the broader emergence of a U.S. wartime security or surveillance state. This chapter explores the expansion of infrastructures to control the limits of human knowledge and information, as it occurred through two interlocked and evolving movements: first, intensified experiments with mass incarceration as dominant mode of organizing public life and culture; and second, the transforming production of racial distinction through conflated languages of geopolitics and nation-state citizenship, culture or ethnicity, and moral affect. In particular, Chapter Three elaborates these movements as they unfolded within a longer history of U.S. warfare in the East Asian Pacific and as they established the physical, administrative, discursive, and subjective forms of censorship conditioning the life of paper for the “Interned.”

Metaphor Use in Knowledge Management

2011 ◽  
pp. 1118-1124
Author(s):  
Daniel Andriessen
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Clear Distinction ◽  
History Of ◽  
Metaphor Use ◽  
History Of Epistemology

Knowledge management is about the management of knowledge. Therefore many texts on knowledge management (KM) start with trying to explain or define what knowledge is (Nonaka & Takeuchi, 1995; Krogh, Ichijo, & Nonaka, 2000; McKenzie & Van Winkelen, 2004). As the history of epistemology shows, this debate is over 2000 years old. Some claim the debate is crucial for knowledge management, and they make a clear distinction between data, information and knowledge (Butler, 2006). Others state that it is “not essential to the fundamental mission of knowledge management” (Schwartz, 2006, p. 10). This article argues that for KM it is not important how knowledge is defined but how it is conceptualized.

New Testament Textual Criticism Past, Present, and Future: Reflections on the Alands' Text of the New Testament

1989 ◽  
Vol 82 (2) ◽  
pp. 213-230
Author(s):  
Eldon Jay Epp
Keyword(s):  
Biological Sciences ◽  
History Of Medicine ◽  
History Of Science ◽  
New Testament ◽  
Textual Criticism ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Human Knowledge ◽  
The New Testament ◽  
Students First ◽  
History Of

History, theory, and practice are interwoven in most realms of human knowledge, yet students approaching a field often care little about its history; they are more concerned with its application and how the discipline is practiced. This may be illustrated from the physical and biological sciences, where it is common not only for novices but even experts to take an interest only very late—if at all—in the history of science, and more so among physicians, to whom the history of medicine is usually a curiosity at best. Students first grappling with NT textual criticism are not likely to be different—they want to know the “jargon,” the “rules,” and the basic methods that will permit them to practice the art and (as they are more likely to view it) the science of textual criticism. In this particular subfield of NT studies, however, the history and the practice of the discipline cannot easily be separated. After all, the canons of criticism—the so-called “rules” in textual criticism—are anything but objective standards that can be applied in a rigid, mechanical fashion.

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