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Childers, Matthew Raymond. "A metaphilosophy of naturalism." Diss., University of Iowa, 2018. https://ir.uiowa.edu/etd/6393.

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While naturalism is said to be the oldest and most popular view among contemporary philosophers and scientists, serious and pervasive questions linger concerning its nature, norms, goals, and status. I critically assess these issues in defending a metaphilosophy of naturalism. I begin in arguing that naturalism is neither a trivial nor empty worldview suffering from a lack of cohesion or content. In support of this, I develop a typology of naturalism from which I extract three “core” commitments exemplified by nearly all forms of the doctrine. I thus provide some preliminary, non-arbitrary gro

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Dann, Gary. "Richard Rorty's metaphilosophy and the consequences for edifying theology." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1999. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape10/PQDD_0007/NQ44757.pdf.

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Srinivasan, Amia Parvathi. "The fragile state : essays on luminosity, normativity and metaphilosophy." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2013. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:23b7a5c9-448d-421b-b26c-5cae3591aee3.

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This dissertation is a set of three essays connected by the common theme of our epistemic fragility: the way in which our knowledge – of our own minds, of whether we are in violation of the epistemic and ethical norms, and of the philosophical truths themselves – is hostage to forces outside our control. The first essay, “Are We Luminous?”, is a recasting and defence of Timothy Williamson’s argument that there are no non-trivial conditions such that we are in a position to know we are in them whenever we are in them. Crucial to seeing why Williamson’s anti-luminosity argument succeeds, pace va

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Gascoigne, Neil. "Naturalising the subject." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 1995. https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/271937.

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Smith, Joseph Wayne. "The progress and rationality of philosophy as a cognitive enterprise : an essay in metaphilosophy." Title page, contents and abstract only, 1985. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09PH/09phs653.pdf.

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Issaoui, Mansouri Bilal. "Wittgenstein on Magic, Metaphysics, and the History of Philosophy." Thesis, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/32228.

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This work challenges the assumption that Wittgenstein’s comments about the word “philosophy” are always either normative or descriptive. In the introduction, I demonstrate that some apparent inconsistencies of Wittgenstein’s programmatic remarks can only be resolved if we reject this distinction. Although the distinction is not central to any major interpretation of Wittgenstein’s work, rejecting it will have significant implications regarding his relation to the history of philosophy. My central task is to demonstrate that Wittgenstein’s view of the history of philosophy does not imply a stri

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Barr, Kelli Ray. "Practicing Relevance: The Origins, Practices, and Future of Applied Philosophy." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2017. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc984236/.

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This dissertation takes up the question of the social function of philosophy. Popular accounts of the nature and value of philosophy reinforce long-standing perceptions that philosophy is useless or irrelevant to pressing societal problems. Yet, the increasingly neoliberal political-economic environment of higher education places a premium on mechanisms that link public funding for research to demonstrations of return on investment in the form of benefitting broader society. This institutional situation presents a philosophical problem warranting professional attention. This project offers a d

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Brennan, Jason. "The Best Moral Theory Ever: The Merits and Methodology of Moral Theorizing." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/195168.

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Anti-theorists claim that moral theories do not deliver all the goods we want and that consequently such theorizing is not a philosophically worthy pursuit. We suffer from certain misconceptions about the point and purpose of such theorizing and the theories it produces. In this essay, I treat moral theorizing as a genuinely theoretical enterprise that produces abstract knowledge about the general structure of morality.Moral theories should be understood as tools--intellectual and practical tools with importantly different uses. Just as with hand tools where it is useful to have hammers for

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Bryson, Anthony Alan. "The view from the armchair: a defense of traditional philosophy." Diss., University of Iowa, 2009. https://ir.uiowa.edu/etd/340.

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Traditional philosophy has been under attack from several quarters in recent years. The traditional philosopher views philosophy as an armchair discipline relying, for the most part, on reason and reflection. Some philosophers doubt the legitimacy of this type of inquiry. Their arguments usually occur along two dimensions. Some argue that the primary data source for the armchair philosopher--intuition--does not provide evidence for philosophical theories. Others argue that conceptual analysis, which is the preferred method of inquiry for armchair philosophers, can't yield the results the philo

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Kramer, Eli Orner. "The Principles of Philosophical Community." OpenSIUC, 2018. https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/dissertations/1552.

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There are three central orientations, or modes, forming a “tripod” as it were, that grounds philosophy as a cultural activity. The two commonly known modes are, first philosophical geniuses who make models of reality in their “solitary burrows” (such as a Kant and Peirce); and, second, philosophical wanderers who have an embodied praxis, performing wisdom wherever they travel (such as Diogenes of Sinope and Takuan Soho). There is however another primary and largely neglected mode of philosophy which is mutually reinforced ethical praxis rooting in a shared cosmopolitan place. In this disserta

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Bistagnino, G. "POLITICAL JUSTIFICATION AND THE NORMATIVE FACT OF DISAGREEMENT." Doctoral thesis, Università degli Studi di Milano, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/2434/227340.

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This dissertation is about disagreement. In particular, it focuses on the problem of how disagreement is to be dealt within the context of liberal democratic societies. The perspective from which this issue is tackled is that of normative political philosophy and it regards both how disagreement should be conceptualized in such context, but also how citizens should behave in the discussion of norms and policies upon which they deeply disagree. In particular, this work focuses on disagreements about ethical issues, which are widespread and pervasive in contemporary democracies. Since such disag

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Parker, Stuart Anthony. "Relativism, anti-realism, and the metaphilosophy of education : a deconstruction of the rhetoric of realism and relativism and the implications for the philosophy of education." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 1987. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/10020175/.

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Souza, Jaderson Aparecido de. "Paradigm shift: uma aventura em busca do jogo." Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, 2011. https://tede2.pucsp.br/handle/handle/18082.

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Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-29T14:23:01Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Jaderson Aparecido de Souza.pdf: 44357388 bytes, checksum: 02173ac48fd79c1048c84e4e39f73038 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011-08-29<br>This study addresses the issue of the production of games and its scope as objects of knowledge and learning. Part of the current discussion is about theoretical elements of the games from the ontologically pragmatic assumptions of the metaphilosophy and of the general ontology of the metaverses and games. Methodologically, the production of a game is conceived as the production of a c

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Sheikhi, Sara Alma Safije. "Beyond the Betrayal of Language : On the Role of Skepticism in Otherwise than Being." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Filosofiska institutionen, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-353502.

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In Otherwise than Being (1974), Levinas asked if and how philosophy could make justice of the concrete ethical meeting by philosophical practice, which is unconditionally conditioned by language. Language, understood as partly situated in being and ontology, is analysed as an appropriation of the other, who is other than being. Language could therefore according to Levinas never fully express the other – sometimes referred to as “otherism”. A condition, then, that needs to be fulfilled for philosophical practice to reach the goal of making justice for the other, and hence be meaningful in the

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Waymel, Olivier. "Les problèmes philosophiques et la légitimité du naturalisme : une étude des conceptions de Thomas Nagel." Thesis, Paris 4, 2015. http://www.theses.fr/2015PA040212.

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Dans son œuvre, notamment dans The View From Nowhere, Thomas Nagel propose une réflexion unifiée sur certains problèmes philosophiques fondamentaux tels que la relation corps-esprit, l’identité personnelle, la liberté, la connaissance, la relation entre la raison et le réel. Il les comprend comme diverses formes d’un problème unique : le conflit entre certains aspects de notre conception subjective de la réalité, celle que nous développons spontanément depuis notre point de vue de créature particulière dans le monde, et certains aspects d’une conception objective de la réalité, indépendante de

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Cossara, Stefano. "Pour un quiétisme pragmatique : en finir avec le débat sur le libre arbitre." Thesis, Paris 4, 2011. http://www.theses.fr/2011PA040159.

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Le débat sur le libre arbitre continue depuis des siècles, réfractaire à toute tentative de solution positive. Cette thèse présente une contribution visant à dissoudre le problème plutôt qu’à le résoudre. L’approche négative et « thérapeutique » du travail est d’inspiration largement wittgensteinienne : son noyau réside dans la thèse selon laquelle les problèmes philosophiques – y compris le problème du libre arbitre – ont pour origine une confusion dans l’usage des mots. Dans les deux premiers chapitres, j’examine le débat analytique sur le libre arbitre et l’approche récente de la philosophi

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Silva, Adriano Martinho Correia da. "A latinização do vocabulário grego do ser no de Hebdomadibus de Boécio." Universidade de São Paulo, 2015. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/8/8133/tde-09102015-124551/.

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Nesta investigação tenho por fim estudar a translatio da lexicografia conceitual que parte do verbo grego ser (einai) chegando ao verbo latino ser (esse) à luz do de Hebdomadibus de Boécio. Neste percurso me deparo com a embriologia da doutrina dos transcendentais, na qual ser, bem e um são convertíveis ou coextensivos, como também me deparo com uma metafísica do bem, herdada pela Escolástica, pela qual tento especular Boécio em seu exercício filosófico, que consiste em tentar esclarecer o modo pelo qual as substâncias são boas nisto que são, contudo não são bens substanciais.<br>The aim of th

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Smiljanić, Damir. "Philosophische Positionalität im Lichte des Perspektivismus ein metaphilosophischer Versuch." Marburg Tectum-Verl, 2005. http://deposit.ddb.de/cgi-bin/dokserv?id=2775365&prov=M&dok_var=1&dok_ext=htm.

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Smiljanić, Damir. "Philosophische Positionalität im Lichte des Perspektivismus : ein metaphilosophischer Versuch /." Marburg : Tectum-Verl, 2006. http://deposit.ddb.de/cgi-bin/dokserv?id=2775365&prov=M&dok_var=1&dok_ext=htm.

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Castelo, Branco Judikael. "Philosophie et histoire dans la pensée d'Eric Weil." Thesis, Lille 3, 2017. http://www.theses.fr/2017LIL30051/document.

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La philosophie d’Eric Weil présente une structure systématique dont l’interprétation des composants n’est pas facilement concevable. Le titre “Philosophie et histoire dans la pensée d'Eric Weil” propose une lecture complète du système weilian visant à sa compréhension à travers un élément qui traverse tout son travail : l’histoire. Notre hypothèse est que Weil présente une manière originale de penser à l’histoire qui, sans constituer une “philosophie particulière”, peut être un principe herméneutique pour l’interprétation de sa pensée. Nous voulons montrer que la question de l’histoire représe

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Huang, Yuanfan. "Conceptual tuning : a philosophical method." Thesis, Lyon, 2017. http://www.theses.fr/2017LYSEN100/document.

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Chaque activité humaine nécessite d’avoir sa propre méthode pour obtenir un résultat concret et satisfaisant. C’est ainsi le cas pour la philosophie, une discipline qui compte 2500 d’histoire et dont la méthode est alors délimitée par les philosophes et les autres personnes. Quelle est donc cette méthode philosophique? Il existe plusieurs réponses. Cette thèse va donc tenter de répondre à cette question en introduisant un projet de méthode philosophique dénommée « Conceptual Tuning » [l’accord conceptuel]. Les boxeurs ne se préoccupent généralement pas de la question conceptuelle « Qu’est-ce q

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Ferraguto, Federico. "Filosofare prima della filosofia il problema dell'introduzione alla dottrina della scienza di J. G. Fichte." Hildesheim Zürich New York, NY Olms, 2008. http://d-nb.info/1000063860/04.

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Helen, Mercy. "The Metaphilosophy of Morris Lazerowitz- A critical exposition." Thesis, 1985. http://hdl.handle.net/2009/691.

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"Metaphilosophy : An Inquiry Concerning the Nature of Philosophy." Thesis, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10388/ETD-2015-12-2332.

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What are the proper aims and methods of philosophy? What is philosophy trying to accomplish, and how does it go about accomplishing it? A survey of the history of philosophy and current discussions regarding its aims and methods shows that philosophers radically disagree about the nature of philosophical inquiry. Part of the reason for this observation is that the aims and methods of philosophy are themselves philosophical topics. My task in meta-philosophy is to understand the nature of philosophy given that there is no distinct subject matter, and its aims and methods are subject to philosop

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Bontly, Thomas D. "Intentionality, analysis, and naturalism an essay on metaphilosophy and mind /." 1998. http://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/40226618.html.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1998.<br>Typescript. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 201-212).

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"Intuitions in Metaphysics: A Methodological Critique." Master's thesis, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.27478.

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abstract: This thesis is concerned with the methodological role of intuitions in metaphysics. It is divided into two main parts. Part I argues that an academic field can only employ a method of gathering evidence if it has established some agreed-upon standards regarding how to evaluate uses of this method. Existing meta-philosophical disputes take the nature of intuitions to be their starting point. This is a mistake. My concern is not the epistemic status of intuitions, but rather how metaphysicians appeal to intuitions as a form of evidence. In order for intuitions to play a viable role in

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Smith, Joseph Wayne. "The progress and rationality of philosophy as a cognitive enterprise : an essay in metaphilosophy / Joseph Wayne Smith." Thesis, 1985. http://hdl.handle.net/2440/21428.

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Klauk, Tobias. "Gedankenexperimente - Eine Familie philosophischer Verfahren." Doctoral thesis, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/11858/00-1735-0000-0006-AFB4-C.

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De, Backer Jake. "Herr Kant, der Alleszermalmer-Kant the "All-Crushing" Destroyer of Metaphysics: Metaphilosophy of the Critique of Pure Reason." 2015. http://scholarworks.gsu.edu/philosophy_hontheses/12.

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The Critique of Pure Reason inaugurated Kant’s Critical Philosophy. Commentators commonly distinguish between Kant’s Positive Project (PP), that is, his epistemology as laid out in the Transcendental Aesthetic and Transcendental Analytic, from his Negative Project (NP), expressed in terms of the destructive implications his epistemology has on speculative metaphysics and rational theology. Against this tradition I will argue that the whole of the Critique is largely a negative-destructive enterprise. I will focus on what is commonly taken as the centerpiece of the PP, that is, the Transcendent

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McDonald, John Daniel. "Toward a Baptist View of Metaphilosophy: An Analysis of E. Y. Mullins, John Newport, Richard Cunningham, and L. Russ Bush." Diss., 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10392/4606.

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The purpose of this dissertation is to analyze how four Southern Baptist scholars: E.Y. Mullins, John Newport, Richard Cunningham, and L. Russ Bush, understood--whether explicitly or implicitly--the nature of philosophy. Three issues will be explored as a result of their metaphilosophical views. First, what is the relationship between faith and reason? Second, is a Christian philosophy possible? And third, what role does philosophy serve in the life of the believer? Chapter 1 sets the historical context regarding the issue of metaphilosophy. Philosophy has been traditionally understood as

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Riggs, Jared. "A Nietzschean Diagnosis of Philosophers." 2016. http://scholarworks.gsu.edu/philosophy_theses/189.

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Friedrich Nietzsche thought that philosophers were deeply mistaken about the nature and sources of philosophical activity. Where others took themselves to be motivated by a desire to know the truth, Nietzsche charged that his fellow philosophers, motivated by a pathological set of psychological and physiological characteristics, did little more than sublimate and rationalize their own prejudices. In this thesis, I sketch out in further detail and defend the plausibility and significance of this Nietzschean diagnosis of philosophers. I argue that since Nietzsche’s view of philosophers both offe

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Davis, Michael James. "Rorty on Knowledge and Reality." Phd thesis, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/251915.

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The thesis identifies two strands in Rorty’s philosophy. One is an orientation towards practice in opposition to the traditional philosophical emphasis on theoretical knowledge. The other is Rorty’s anti-representationalist conception of knowledge. Rorty argues that these strands are mutually supporting, while the author argues they are incompatible. The nominal aim of Rorty’s anti-representationalism is to overcome many traditional dualisms of theoretical philosophy, such as subject and object, mind and world, and theory and practice. The thesis argues that anti-representationalism does not a

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