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May 15, 2007 · It has become increasingly common for philosophers of life’s meaning, especially objectivists, to hold that life as a whole, or at least long stretches of it, can substantially affect its …

Mar 20, 2004 · There is another feature of Plato’s writings that makes him distinctive among the great philosophers and colors our experience of him as an author. Nearly everything he wrote takes the …

Feb 20, 2009 · Humanities philosophers of technology tend to take the phenomenon of technology itself largely for granted; they treat it as a ‘black box’, a given, a unitary, monolithic, inescapable …

Jan 6, 2023 · Prominent anglophone philosophers such as Harry Frankfurt (1971), Charles Taylor (1985), and Alasdair MacIntyre (1981) have drawn on classical existentialism to illuminate how we …

Aug 20, 2010 · Through their articulation of the ideal of scientia, of a complete science of reality, composed of propositions derived demonstratively from a priori first principles, these philosophers …

Apr 8, 2005 · Even within personal love, philosophers from the ancient Greeks on have traditionally distinguished three notions that can properly be called “love”: eros, agape, and philia.

A abduction (Igor Douven) Abelard [Abailard], Peter (Peter King and Andrew Arlig) Abhidharma (Noa Ronkin) abilities (John Maier and Sophie Kikkert) Abner of Burgos (Shalom Sadik) abortion, ethics of …

Oct 3, 2001 · The Cambridge Platonists have yet to receive full recognition as philosophers. Evidence from publication and citation suggests that their philosophical influence was more far-reaching than is …

Jan 20, 2023 · The only complete works by Stoic philosophers that survive are those by writers of Imperial times, Seneca, Epictetus, and Marcus Aurelius, as well as by lesser known authors such as …