Deification as a Philosophical Problem: A Lutheran Reconstruction

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Olli‐Pekka Vainio
Keyword(s):  
Philosophical Problem

Taking Responsibility for Injustice

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Goodhart
Keyword(s):  
Philosophical Problem ◽  
Social Conventions ◽  
Political Work ◽  
Political Struggles ◽  
Iris Marion Young ◽  
Taking Responsibility

This chapter puts many of the ideas outlined previously to work in considering the problem of responsibility for systemic injustice. Building on the insights of Iris Marion Young and Marion Smiley, it argues that responsibility must be reconceptualized as a political rather than a philosophical problem and that its solution lies in counterhegemonic political struggles over the meaning of injustice itself. The chapter shows, in a concrete way, what such struggles might look like, describing the ways in which social conventions and interpretations structure our thinking about responsibility and what might be done to challenge and change them. It concludes that to take responsibility for injustice is to take up this political work.

Theoretical Difficulties in the Study of Nationalism

1996 ◽  
Vol 22 ◽  
pp. 63-92 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yael Tamir
Keyword(s):  
Mathematical Reasoning ◽  
Philosophical Problem ◽  
Social Phenomenon ◽  
Isaiah Berlin ◽  
Nationalist Discourse ◽  
Mathematical Problems ◽  
Good And Evil ◽  
Philosophical Questions

Philosophical questions are not like empirical problems, which can be answered by observation or experiment or entitlements from them. Nor are they like mathematical problems which can be settled by deductive methods, like problems in chess or any other rule-governed game or procedure. But questions about the ends of life, about good and evil, about freedom and necessity, about objectivity and relativity, cannot be decided by looking into even the most sophisticated dictionary or the use of empirical or mathematical reasoning. Not to know where to look for the answer is the surest symptom of a philosophical problem.Isaiah BerlinCritics of recent philosophical analyses of nationalism suggest that nationalism is a unique social phenomenon that cannot, and need not, be theorized. Are there, indeed, some special features constitutive of nationalism that might defy theorization? Those answering this question in the affirmative point to the plurality and specificity of national experiences, as well as to the emotional and eclectic nature of nationalist discourse.

scholarly journals Dialectics of the Genius

2018 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 115-136
Author(s):  
Katarzyna Popek ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Sense Of Self ◽  
Meaning Of Life ◽  
Human Existence ◽  
Philosophical Problem ◽  
Theoretical Base ◽  
The People ◽  
Work Done

A man tirelessly looks for answers to numerous questions about deep ontological problems concerning the meaning of life, fundamental reasons or the last things. The aim of the article is to build a theoretical base, on the basis of which one will have opportunity to ask yet further questions, which are relevant in relation to human existence especially for philosophers. The genius requires a huge commitment to get to it. It also involves an internal declaration of continuous self-improvement. Contrary to the philosophers of the era of modernism, I believe that to a greater or lesser extent, every person can potentially be genuine and great. After all in the mechanism and in the specific rhythm of tape improvement of the product as well as in the fiery ideas contemplated by the people of philosophy and art we can find passion for life and creativity People as such do not live in strictly defined internal boundaries and therefore they can constantly develop. If a wider group of philosophers can be interested in the concept of philosophy which is open to current human problems, interested primarily in other people (also in the sense of their huge diversity), then the goal of this essay will eventually be achieved. From the perspective of the possibility of a sense of job satisfaction it does not matter whether someone cooks well or paints beautifully. Everybody can equally develop in the essential sense of self-improvement. The scientific aspirations of the approach to this philosophical problem are fortunately unable to hide the values of human work in general, and especially the work done on oneself, overcoming one's own prejudices and going beyond the previously established conventions. It is only the acquisition of the ability to play freely with what is given to an existence that gives a man the chance to free himself from the shackles of restrictions existing on many levels of culture, religion or art.

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