The philosophy of evolution

2021 ◽  
pp. 24-28
Author(s):  
Aleksandr Hordovskyi
Keyword(s):  
Species Concept ◽  
Natural Philosophy ◽  
Hermeneutic Approach ◽  
Sacred Science

An attempt to combine the science of biology with philosophy in the understanding of the evolution in general and the species concept and its variability in particular is presented. The aim of the article is to return to the origins of natural philosophy. The article uses a hermeneutic approach to the study of sacred science as the only undistorted source of all knowledge on the planet. The article is dedicated to all non-stereotypically thinking scientists who have devoted themselves to the search for the truth.

Early Identifications of Apollo with the Physical Sun in Ancient Greece

Mnemosyne ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 1-28
Author(s):  
Tomislav Bilić
Keyword(s):  
Religious Belief ◽  
Natural Philosophy ◽  
Ancient Greece ◽  
Traditional Religion ◽  
Greek Thought ◽  
Philosophical Interpretation ◽  
Hermeneutic Approach

Abstract It appears that Apollo’s identification with the physical sun is predominantly understood in modern scholarship as a philosophical interpretation of a traditional religious belief. More precisely, it is often understood as an application of physical allegoresis on the tenets of traditional religion and thus attributed to a later stratum of Greek thought. A new evaluation of ancient evidence presented here reveals that the Apollo-sun identification was present in Greek ethnographic context from the earliest period and cannot be reduced to a philosophical reinterpretation of traditional myth and religion. At the same time, the authors interested in the interpretation of traditional religion in terms of natural philosophy were especially prone to use the Apollo-sun identification in their works, since it was able to provide substantial support for their hermeneutic approach.

scholarly journals Early Identifications of Apollo with the Physical Sun in Ancient Greece Tradition and Interpretation

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tomislav Bilić
Keyword(s):  
Religious Belief ◽  
Natural Philosophy ◽  
Ancient Greece ◽  
Traditional Religion ◽  
Greek Thought ◽  
Philosophical Interpretation ◽  
Hermeneutic Approach

It appears that Apollo’s identification with the physical sun is predominantly understood in modern scholarship as a philosophical interpretation of a traditional religious belief. More precisely, it is often understood as an application of physical allegoresis on the tenets of traditional religion and thus attributed to a later stratum of Greek thought. A new evaluation of ancient evidence presented here reveals that the Apollo-sun identification was present in Greek ethnographic context from the earliest period and cannot be reduced to a philosophical reinterpretation of traditional myth and religion. At the same time, the authors interested in the interpretation of traditional religion in terms of natural philosophy were especially prone to use the Apollo-sun identification in their works, since it was able to provide substantial support for their hermeneutic approach.

Treatise on Natural Philosophy

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
William Thomson ◽  
Peter Guthrie Tait
Keyword(s):  
Natural Philosophy

Three Centuries of Natural Philosophy

1928 ◽  
Vol 139 (2) ◽  
pp. 144-147
Author(s):  
W. F. G. Swann
Keyword(s):  
Natural Philosophy

Thomas Reid on the Improvement of Knowledge

2019 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 125-139
Author(s):  
Christopher A. Shrock
Keyword(s):  
Natural Philosophy ◽  
Social Progress ◽  
Francis Bacon ◽  
Thomas Kuhn ◽  
Traditional Religion ◽  
Scottish Enlightenment ◽  
Thomas Reid ◽  
Isaac Newton ◽  
Religion And Ethics ◽  
Compare And Contrast

Thomas Reid often seems distant from other Scottish Enlightenment figures. While Hume, Hutcheson, Kames, and Smith wrestled with the nature of social progress, Reid was busy with natural philosophy and epistemology, stubbornly loyal to traditional religion and ethics, and out of touch with the heart of his own intellectual world. Or was he? I contend that Reid not only engaged the Scottish Enlightenment's concern for improvement, but, as a leading interpreter of Isaac Newton and Francis Bacon, he also developed a scheme to explain the progress of human knowledge. Pulling thoughts from across Reid's corpus, I identify four key features that Reid uses to distinguish mature sciences from prescientific arts and inquiries. Then, I compare and contrast this scheme with that of Thomas Kuhn in order to highlight the plausibility and originality of Reid's work.

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