Philosophy of language

with many possible meanings. In Philosophical Investigations, Ludwig Wittgenstein(1992) talks about the variety of language games, and “mathematics” may operate in a huge number of such games. While mathematics as a research field includes a vast domain of unsolved issues and conceptions in development. Well-intended definitions, as suggested by classic positions within the philosophy of mathematics – where logicism describes mathematics as a further development of logic; formalism describes it…

What is human identity; is it a characteristic defined by humanism, interpreted into arbitrary degrees of humanity or rather is it the manifestation, or possession of a soul, of divinity? If such defines our identity, then is being human an inherited genetic attribute or is it a state we achieve through rationality derived from knowledge and wisdom? Identity, however, is not always stable; it can be interpreted as a dynamic balance between humanity’s divine and animalistic personas – a debate of…

Metaphysics closes itself to the simple essential fact that the human being essentially occurs in his essence only where he is claimed by being. Only from that claim ‘has’ he found that wherein his essence dwells. Only from this dwelling does he ‘have’ language as the home that preserves the ecstatic for his essence. Such standing in the clearing of being I call the ek-sistence of human beings. This way of being is proper only to the human being. Ek-sistence so understood is not only the ground…

Having a sense of duty is one of the core principles of Stoic philosophy. This distinct value is shown in Virgil’s Aeneid through Aeneas. The concept of executing your duty becomes a clear motif throughout the story. He eloquently writes the Aeneid persuade people that rationality is more important than emotion. Emotion is shown in Aeneas but quickly fades when he is overcome with responsibilities beyond himself. This pattern is most distinct when Aeneas shows his devotion to his duty when he…

French philosopher and brilliant 17th century Scholar is credited worldwide as the founder of modern western philosophy for his works in the fields of Ontology – a branch of metaphysics regarding the ‘nature of being’- and Epistemology – the study of knowledge. What set him apart from the ancient philosophers was his avoidance of the scholastic traditions to write only in Latin (the language that only highly educated people were trained in) and instead wrote in French so that even the common…

could be referred to as “serious misconstruing” of his original theory as he adjusts it to allow for translators that facilitate transitions of paradigm (198). The translators understand the different in language, hence can explain the different worldviews with opposing paradigms, into a new language having all the anomalies and responses. The translations would play the role of persuasion and conversion especially for scientists and theorists helping them realize how the opposing paradigm may…

underlines individual rights and justice, accentuates social associations and community, and importance of religious principles and spirituality in moral reasoning (Matsumoto &Juang, 2013). The ethics methodology is an effort to go beyond Western philosophies of principles to incorporate others, in the same way, which contain and constrain people’s views, they are the spaces people develop inside, creating and resisting artistically in communicating on morality (Matsumoto &Juang,…

they’re being nothing preventing us from doing what we want to do . In the case of this definition, we are not the cause of free will, there is no obstacle in our way is. This view is called “compatiblism” according to the Stanford Enclyopedia of Philosophy and Hobbes is considered a “Classical Compatibilist” . This goes against the view that we are the cause of our free will. This topic came to me when I was watching a movie called Ex. Machina. The part of this movie that I am interested is the…

Immanuel Kant is a phenomenal philosopher whose works has shaped the nature of western philosophy. He has made profound contributions in metaphysics and ethics through academic articles like The Critique of Pure Reason, which has intense knowledge on topics like what man can possibly know. I. Kant challenged the concept of suicide. a. Kant believed in human autonomy and believed that freedom has paramount importance taking precedence over life itself. i. One should believe the reason, because…

conclusions but offer different ways to reach that conclusion. This essay will focus on the workings of the two-premise version. The paradox arises as a result of vague predicates (Barker, 2009); demonstrating a problem with human language. This is the idea of human language being excessively vague, and that measurements we use every day being unscientific, and unable to be used accurately. This is because of the fact that terms such as heap (in the case of this example), do not define true…