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Peter Coffey Ontology or the Theory of Being

Philosophy
English
211256 Words
Ages 18 and up
2
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Peter Coffey here wants to provide English students of philosophy with a text-book written from a Scholastic standpoint. Ontology is the philosophical study of the nature of being, becoming, existence, or reality, as well as the basic categories of being and their relations. Traditionally listed as a part of the major branch of philosophy known as metaphysics, ontology deals with questions concerning what entities exist or can be said to exist, and how such entities can be grouped, related within a hierarchy, and subdivided according to similarities and differences. [more]

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Anand Bose Meanderings of a Muse

Literary Collections
English
6869 Words
Ages 16 and up
127
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This is collection of essays from various fields like Philosophy, Literature, Psychology, Art and Personal reflections. [more]

Keywords: Literature, Art, Philosophy, Psychology, Aesthetics, Ontology, Transcendence

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Anand Bose Noesis Entelechy

Philosophy
English
6836 Words
Ages 12 and up
56
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This book, I quote Roland Barthes is a Writerly one. It grew out of a passion for reading Literature, Aesthetics, Art, and Philosophy. The muse of thought rendered inspiration as a creative outlet. This work is an epic transmutation of culture, religion, philosophy, and art into a noesis of creative thinking. This work is born out of my passion to write. The philosophy of existentialism of Sartre and Camus is rewritten and reinterpreted as postmodern existential philosophies. The beauty of philosophy is churned into a literary flavor of art. [more]

Keywords: Literature, Philosophy, Postmodernism, Anand Bose, Literary theory, Post modern existentialism, Hermeneutics, Ontology, Epistemology

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David Hume A Treatise of Human Nature

Philosophy
English
223585 Words
Ages 8 and up
492
2

A Treatise of Human Nature is a book by philosopher David Hume. The introduction presents the idea of placing all science and philosophy on a novel foundation: namely, an empirical investigation into human psychology. It is evident, that all the sciences have a relation, greater or less, to human nature: and that however wide any of them may seem to run from it, they still return back by one passage or another. Even. Mathematics, Natural Philosophy, and Natural Religion, are in some measure dependent on the science of MAN; since the lie under the cognizance of men, and are judged of by their powers and faculties. It is impossible to tell what changes and improvements we might make in these sciences were we thoroughly acquainted with the extent and force of human understanding, and could explain the nature of the ideas we employ, and of the operations we perform in our reasonings. And these improvements are the more to be hoped for in natural religion, as it is not content with instructing us in the nature of superior powers, but carries its views farther, to their disposition towards us, and our duties towards them; and consequently we ourselves are not only the beings, that reason, but also one of the objects, concerning which we reason. If therefore the sciences of Mathematics, Natural Philosophy, and Natural Religion, have such a dependence on the knowledge of man, what may be expected in the other sciences, whose connexion with human nature is more close and intimate? The sole end of logic is to explain the principles and operations of our reasoning faculty, and the nature of our ideas: morals and criticism regard our tastes and sentiments: and politics consider men as united in society, and dependent on each other. In these four sciences of Logic, Morals, Criticism, and Politics, is comprehended almost everything, which it can any way import us to be acquainted with, or which can tend either to the improvement or ornament of the human mind. [more]

Keywords: a treatise, of human nature, david hume, epistemology, philosophy, psychology, ontology, morality, logic

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George Stuart Fullerton An Introduction to Philosophy

Philosophy
English
108662 Words
Ages 8 and up
481
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As there cannot be said to be a beaten path in philosophy, and as "Introductions" to the subject differ widely from one another, it is proper that I should give an indication of the scope of the present volume. It undertakes: 1. To point out what the word "philosophy" is made to cover in our universities and colleges at the present day, and to show why it is given this meaning. 2. To explain the nature of reflective or philosophical thinking, and to show how it differs from common thought and from science. 3. To give a general view of the main problems with which philosophers have felt called upon to deal. 4. To give an account of some of the more important types of philosophical doctrine which have arisen out of the consideration of such problems. 5. To indicate the relation of philosophy to the so-called philosophical sciences, and to the other sciences. 6. To show, finally, that the study of philosophy is of value to us all, and to give some practical admonitions on spirit and method. Had these admonitions been impressed upon me at a time when I was in especial need of guidance, I feel that they would have spared me no little anxiety and confusion of mind. For this reason, I recommend them to the attention of the reader. [more]

Keywords: an introduction to philosophy, western philosophy, ethics, metaphysics, epistemology, ontology, cosmology, logic

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