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Kuntz, Joseph Robert. "Methods and approaches to theories of philosophical intuitions." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/6459.
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This thesis is about the arguments and the methods that can sustain the epistemic support that comes from intuitions regarding hypothetical cases vis-à-vis theories of intuition. In the past twenty years, philosophical intuitions have received new attention, spurred by fashionable experimental philosophy that empirically tests philosophers’ intuition-engendering hypothetical cases with experimental methods. The results purportedly show that intuitions are unreliable, subject to demographic variation, and error-prone. In response, philosophers have presented various theories of philosophical intuition and explanations of how intuitions are situated in the justificatory apparatus of philosophical methodology. Three types of theories prevail in the literature, each a plausible option for the explanatory sustenance of intuitions’ epistemic efficacy. Selfevidence theories depend on the understanding of the intuited proposition. Intellectual seemings theories depend on the content of the intuited proposition. Judgment theories depend on our normal capacities for making judgments. Judgment theories divide further into disposition-to-believe theories and capacity theories. I argue that, beyond objections and unique epistemic burdens that each theory faces regarding the methodologies underpinning their conception and defense, no one theory of intuition can be reasonably accepted over the others. The centrality of intuitions’ use in philosophical methodology and in philosophers’ ways of thinking and reasoning, giving an argument that supports intuitions as conferrers of epistemic status, which does not itself appeal to intuitions, is a precarious endeavor. I consider various methods to avoid engaging question-begging premises and epistemic circularity. However, none are successful when the theory at hand is characteristically a priori and countenances only intuitions that confer epistemic status. In response to the ill-fated caricature of philosophical intuitions epistemic-statusconferrers, I present my own survey evidence concerning philosophers’ conception of intuition-use in philosophical method. Surprisingly, professional philosophers are more inclined to think that intuitions operate in the context of discovery more so than they are inclined to think that intuitions operate in the context of justification. The upshot of these survey results motivates my preferred account philosophical intuitions wherein philosophical intuitions are bifurcated into epistemic (justificatory intuitions) and epistemically-related (intuitions of discovery) roles. In the light of the objections I pose regarding the proper grounding of intuitions, revising the standard conception of philosophical intuitions requires two sorts of moves in the debate. First, one must offer a proviso for sources of justification that do not epistemically depend on intuitions for the ability to confer epistemic status. This allows one to justify a theory of intuition without appeal to intuition or epistemic regress. Second, one must give an explanation for and build on the recognition that intuitions are bifurcated into justificatory and discovery roles. The added clarity of filling out the nature of bifurcation allows for a more accurate characterisation of philosophical intuitions in the methods of philosophy. Furthermore, that intuitions operate in discovery roles offers an explanation for philosophical innovation and progress.
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Shea, Nicholas James. "Empirical lessons for philosophical theories of mental content." Thesis, King's College London (University of London), 2003. http://sas-space.sas.ac.uk/1052/.
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This thesis concerns the content of mental representations. It draws lessons for philosophical theories of content from some empirical findings about brains and behaviour drawn from experimental psychology (cognitive, developmental, comparative), cognitive neuroscience and cognitive science (computational modelling). Chapter 1 motivates a naturalist and realist approach to mental representation. Chapter 2 sets out and defends a theory of content for static feedforward connectionist networks, and explains how the theory can be extended to other supervised networks. The theory takes forward Churchland’s state space semantics by making a new and clearer proposal about the syntax of connectionist networks − one which nicely accounts for representational development. Chapter 3 argues that the same theoretical approach can be extended to unsupervised connectionist networks, and to some of the representational systems found in real brains. The approach can also show why connectionist systems sometimes show typicality effects, explaining them without relying upon prototype structure. That is discussed in chapter 4, which also argues that prototype structure, where it does exist, does not determine content. The thesis goes on to defend some unorthodox features of the foregoing theory: that a role is assigned to external samples in specifying syntax, that both inputs to and outputs from the system have a role in determining content, and that the content of a representation is partly determined by the circumstances in which it developed. Each, it is argued, may also be a fruitful way of thinking about mental content more generally. Reliance on developmental factors prompts a swampman-type objection. This is rebutted by reference to three possible reasons why content is attributed at all. Two of these motivations support the idea that content is partly determined by historical factors, and the third is consistent with it. The result: some empirical lessons for philosophical theories of mental content.
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Agee, Nikki. "Silent subjects silence in theories of subjectivity /." To access this resource online via ProQuest Dissertations and Theses @ UTEP, 2009. http://0-proquest.umi.com.lib.utep.edu/login?COPT=REJTPTU0YmImSU5UPTAmVkVSPTI=&clientId=2515.
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Hotz, Glyn. "Theories of justice in health care, philosophical and legal issues." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1998. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/tape15/PQDD_0017/NQ27298.pdf.
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Watanabe, Chikafumi. "A study of Mah¢ay¢anasa¤mgraha III, the relation of practical theories and philosophical theories." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2001. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp04/NQ64844.pdf.
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CUNDALL, JR MICHAEL K. "AUTISM, MODULARITY AND THEORIES OF MIND." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2003. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1054214126.
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Spat, William. "Themes of action and life in four philosophical theories of mind." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 1992. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/1728.
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The thesis makes use of the framework of action and life to consider four philosophical theories of mind, enunciated in the writings of Rene Descartes, David Hume, William James, and Thomas Nagel. Showing how each theory makes an appeal to action or life in order to attempt to provide a characterization of mind that is not too restrictive nor too lax is the concern of the extensive historical portion of the thesis. It is on the basis of the success or failure of these appeals to the mind's living experience of its own activity that the four theories are evaluated. By way of conclusion, the reprecussions of these successes and failures for the contemporary activity of philosophizing about mind are briefly examined.
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Gjelsvik, Olav. "The token-token identity-theory and recent theories of reference." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1986. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:53146317-0be5-4ecb-bbb4-151588096f03.
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This thesis investigates a specific kind of criticism of the token-token identity-theory. This criticism is based on recent theories of reference. In the Introduction I argue that more than Davidson's three premisses is needed to establish that mental events are identical to physical events. One needs to invoke principles about what constitutes event-identity. In Part 1 I discuss event-identities. I lay down the constraints an adequate theory of event-identity must satisfy, and criticise the major theories in the literature. I suggest an alternative view, which I defend against some recent proposals. I end Part 1 by exploring a view which takes seriously the possibility of constitution-relations between events. In Parts 2 and 3 I discuss whether the identity-theory can be defended. Part 2 discusses sensations, and I concentrate on S. Kripke's arguments against the identity-view. I distinguish two versions of Kripke's argument, one epistemic, and one metaphysical. The epistemic version of the argument presupposes Kripke's views on content, but fails by its own standards. The metaphysical version is shown to be weak and implausible. Part 3 discusses cognitive events, and concentrates on de re beliefs. I produce an argument which apparently defeats the identity-view. I elaborate two main strategies in defence of the identity-theory. I argue that given a theory of de re beliefs or singular thoughts like G. Evans's, the theory of event-identities I have developed, and some plausible further premisses, the identity-theory seems to be defeated. A reasonable interpretation of this result is to view it as an argument for constitution-relations between mental and physical events. I return to the view I introduced in part 1, and conclude that the token-token identity-theory should probably be replaced by this constitution-view if theories of de re beliefs are accepted.
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Kozuch, Benjamin. "Merging the Philosophical and Scientific Studies of Consciousness." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/293397.
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The philosophical and scientific studies of consciousness are two disciplines having much to learn from one another. On the one hand, a science of consciousness involves taking an objective approach to what is essentially a subjective phenomenon, giving rise to tricky conceptual and methodological issues, ones an analytic philosopher is perhaps best equipped to handle. On the other hand, a wealth of data now exists concerning the neural basis of consciousness. Such data, interpreted properly, can confirm or disconfirm philosophical views on consciousness, helping adjudicate debates thus far intractable. This dissertation explores some ways in which the philosophy and science of consciousness can be of mutual benefit to one another.
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Chan, Kai-yan. "A critique of Kripke's theories of proper names and names of natural kinds : an application of the later Wittgenstein's methodology /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1997. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B19019385.
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Lai, Cheuk-bun, and 賴卓彬. "Democratic means to Confucian ends : a philosophical analysis of the conceptual relationship between Confucian ethics and democracy in the theories of Xu Fuguan, Tang Junyi, and Mou Zongsan." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10722/208051.
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Thompson, Benjamin Christopher. "Activity, passivity and the politics of will and disposition in the thought of John Locke and Jean Jacques Rousseau : a philosophical and contextual examination of Locke's and Rousseau's theories of volition and their moral and political significance." Thesis, University of Exeter, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10036/66873.
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This thesis addresses the creative encounter between volition and politics, in the philosophical, theological and political writings of Locke and Rousseau. Utilising historical, contextual and philosophical forms of interpretation, it aims to explore whether Locke or Rousseau held consistent views about volition and what those were. It then seeks to cash out these views for their understanding of political institutions and political agents. This thesis explores the way Locke and Rousseau understood volition according to a traditional distinction between active and passive powers; however, both of them reconsider the nature of this dichotomy. Locke, it is argued, thought volition could be either active or passive. Rousseau, by contrast, believed volition to be a composite of interrelating active and passive capacities. Both thinkers identify active willing with real virtue and freedom, and both believe a kind of sublimated love is essential to realise this activity. Furthermore, this thesis considers the ways in which these theories of volition underlie Locke and Rousseau’s broader understandings of an agent’s disposition. This links Locke’s views on active volition to the mentalities appropriate for discourse, philosophy and Christian charity. Likewise, Rousseau’s understanding of true philosophy and virtue presuppose the conditions of active, moral will. This thesis cashes out the political importance of volition for Locke and Rousseau in two ways: a) as a heuristic and polemical device to reject unacceptable forms of government and to construct appropriate ones; b) as a philosophical framework with which the relationship between political agents and political institutions can be explained and constructed so as to cultivate citizens’ active will. Thus, the active dispositions appropriate to legitimate communication and politics are pivotal for Locke’s refutation of Filmer. But further, Lockean politics is constituted to preserve a space in which active dispositions might actually flourish. For Rousseau, the terms of the state of nature, the original compact and the Sovereign itself are all attuned to human agency, yet, this thesis explores how this scheme of political justice is only realised when the General Will is determined and enlightened. Thus, Rousseau uses his understanding of agency to explain the Legislator, his relation to the body politic, and the subsequent relations amongst the people, the Sovereign, Government and public moeurs as actual phenomena by which an active will is evoked.
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Mathis, Klaus. "Efficiency instead of justice? : searching for the philosophical foundations of the economic analysis of law /." Dordrecht : Springer Netherland, 2008. http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&doc_number=017094970&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA.
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SECCO, GISELE DALVA. "BETWEEN PROOFS AND EXPERIMENTS: A WITTGENSTEINEAN READING OF THE PHILOSOPHICAL CONTROVERSIES SURROUNDING THE FOUR COLOR THEOREM PROOF." PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIRO, 2013. http://www.maxwell.vrac.puc-rio.br/Busca_etds.php?strSecao=resultado&nrSeq=22606@1.
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PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIROCOORDENAÇÃO DE APERFEIÇOAMENTO DO PESSOAL DE ENSINO SUPERIOR
CONSELHO NACIONAL DE DESENVOLVIMENTO CIENTÍFICO E TECNOLÓGICO
O advento do uso maciço de computadores em provas matemáticas, ocorrido ao final da década de setenta com a solução de um famoso problema matemático – a prova do Teorema das Quatro Cores – ocasionou disputas filosóficas que ainda hoje demandam esclarecimentos. O objetivo principal da tese consiste em elaborar alguns dos referidos esclarecimentos desde uma perspectiva motivada pela filosofia da matemática de Ludwig Wittgenstein, especialmente no que diz respeito à distinção continuamente manuseada e depurada pelo filósofo ao longo do desenvolvimento de seu pensamento entre provas e experimentos. Após apresentar as principais ideias da prova do Teorema das Quatro Cores em termos históricos, algumas distinções conceituais metodologicamente significativas são elaboradas. A seguir o trabalho analisa, a partir da concepção funcional de a priori de Arthur Pap, o argumento da introdução da experimentação nas matemáticas de Thomas Tymoczko. A leitura das controvérias filosóficas que se seguiram ao argumento de Tymoczko é então apresentada, aplicando-se as distinções conceituais anteriormente elaboradas. Por fim algumas ideias wittgensteinianas sobre da disitinção entre provas e experimentos são exploradas em conexão com a noção de sinopticidade de provas, considerando menos os papéis específicos de tais noções na filosofia da matemática de Wittgenstein, do que investigando as vantagens de suas possíveis aplicações no esclarecimento de tópicos críticos das referidas disputas.
The massive use of computers in mathematical proofs, which started in the end of the seventies trough the solution of one famous mathematical problem – the Four-Color Theorem – entailed philosophical disputes still in need of elucidation. The central aim of this thesis consists in elaborating some of these elucidations from a point of view motivated by Ludwig Wittgenstein’s philosophy of mathematics, mainly in what concerns the distinction between proofs and experiments, which was continuously used and elaborated by the philosopher in the course of the development of his thought. After the presentation of the main ideas involved in the proof of the Four-Color Theorem from a historical perspective, some methodological conceptual distinctions are elaborated. The thesis then shifts to an analysis of the introduction of experiment in mathematics argument, by Thomas Tymoczko, from the point of view of Arthur Pap’s conception of functional a priori. An interpretation of the controversies that followed that argument is developed trough the application of the conceptual distinctions previously elaborated. At last, some wittgensteinian ideas about the distinction between proofs and experiments are explored in connection with the notion of surveyability of proofs, concerned less with its specific roles in Wittgenstein’s philosophy of mathematics than with investigating the advantages of its possible applications in the elucidation of some critical points in the referred controversies.
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Cook, John. "The philosopher masked as literary theorist : 'cunning intelligence' (metis) instantiated in Bakhtin's rhetorical style." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2016. https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:61c605c3-33f2-4a41-adb9-e4c3530aacfc.
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This dissertation discusses and analyses Mikhail Mikhailovich Bakhtin's conscious strategy of self-fashioning and reinvention, which is realised in his life and supported by the theoretical constructs contained in his Collected Works. It addresses the ambiguities and uncertainties in Bakhtin's life and work and uses two aspects of his philosophical approach and constructs to explicate these inconsistencies: his theory of identity and his theory of language. The analytical tools used to arrive at this conclusion include the notion of reflexivity (using Bakhtin's own theoretical constructs to analyse incidents in his life, and in turn, using those incidents to illustrate the concepts he developed). Theoretical support for Bakhtin's self-fashioning is provided by Fitzpatrick's theory of reinvention through impersonation and imposture in Revolutionary Russia. Bakhtin's theory of identity (expressed in his Nietzsche-influenced concept of the mask and its associated concept of travesty) supports this reinvention. Bakhtin's notion of double-voicedness, supported by his linguistic theories of interdiscursivity, heteroglossia and the utterance reinforce these two lines of thought. Bakhtin's two figures of speech: the word with a 'backward glance' and the word with a 'loophole' encapsulate this convergence of theory and life. These two constructs are brought into sharp relief when illuminated by Wittgenstein's theory of language-games, Austin's concept of performativity and Benveniste's formulation of deixis. The overarching metaphor for this dissertation is the Classical Greek concept of metis, or 'cunning intelligence', a concept that is instantiated in the way in which Bakhtin framed the narrative of his life and the manner in which he performed his work. The dissertation concludes that Bakhtin evolved a multi-threaded philosophy which was self-consistent in the way in which it addressed the creation of identity, the expression of language and the performance of life and work through the metaphor of metis.
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Malveiro, António Manuel Bule. "A theorica verdadeira das marés conforme à philosophia do incomparavel cavalhero Isaac Newton, um estudo e comentário." Master's thesis, Universidade de Évora, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10174/18316.
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A obra intitulada Theorica Verdadeira das Marés conforme à Philosophia do incomparável cavalhero Isaac Newton de Jacob de Castro Sarmento (1691?-1762), constitui um comentário-adaptação em português do que Isaac Newton teria escrito a propósito da explicação do fenómeno das marés, enquanto consequência da força de atracção gravítica sobre a massa líquida dos oceanos terrestres, e foi através dela que os portugueses puderam, no seu próprio idioma e pela primeira vez, contactar com as ideias do filósofo inglês. O autor, Jacob de Castro Sarmento, estudou nas Universidades de Évora e Coimbra e, formado em medicina nesta última, abandonou o país para nunca mais cá voltar. Instalado em Londres, membro da Royal Society, é considerado o introdutor das ideias de Newton em Portugal. Esta obra, apresentada em 1737, é um dos primeiros textos de divulgação do newtonianismo fora de Inglaterra, a par dos escritos por Voltaire e Algarotti. O autor abre com uma extensa introdução em que expõe, no essencial, a vida e obra do grande Isaac Newton em linhas fortemente panegíricas. O trabalho a que nos propomos é um estudo crítico (comentado) desta obra de Jacob de Castro Sarmento, tendo em conta: inicialmente a exposição de aspectos gerais da vida de Jacob de Castro Sarmento; a que se seguem a exposição, numa perspectiva comparada, da difusão do newtonianismo, em termos de ideias divulgadoras, no continente europeu; no capítulo seguinte analisa-se a importância do fenómeno natural das marés na gestação de algumas ideias chave da revolução científica do século XVII; as propostas de Newton e seus contemporâneos para a explicação deste fenómeno natural; terminando este trabalho com um comentário desenvolvido à Theorica Verdadeira das Marés, com uma atenção especial à influência do artigo de Halley, «The true Theory of tides, extracted from that admired treatise of Mr. Isaac Newton, intitulated, Philosophia Naturalis Principia Mathematica», publicado nos Philosophical Transactions. /ABSTRACT; The work Theorica Verdadeira das Marés conforme à Philosophia do incomparável cavalhero Isaac Newton written by Jacob de Castro Sarmento (1691?-1762), is a detailed explanation in portuguese oflsaac Newton’s theory about tides and the differences among them in the various parts of the world, as a consequence of Newton's theory of gravitation on the influence of moon and sun over the seas. This was the first book which disseminated newtonianism in Portugal. Jacob de Castro Sarmento obtained a master degree in the University of Évora and he then transferred to the University of Coimbra where he obtained a bachelor’s degree in medicine. Sarmento arrived in London about 1720, later he was fellow of the Royal Society. The Theorica Verdadeira das marés conforme à Philosophia do incomparável cavalhero Isaac Newton written in 1737 is one of the first books which disseminated Newton's ideas out of England at the sarne time ofthe well known Voltaire and Algarotti's texts which had also the sarne objective: the newtonianism diffusion. The purpose of this dissertation is to study Theorica Verdadeira das Marés conforme à Philosophia do incomparável cavalhero Isaac Newton with a special emphasis of the contemporary sources which had more influence on Jacob de Castro Sarmento ideas. In the first part we develop some general aspects of Sarmento’ life and in a second chapter we expose, on a comparative perspective, the newtonianism dissemination in continental Europe. After it is explained the historical evolution of tidal theory since ancient times, paying a special attention on Galileo and Newton theories. The last chapter contains developed commenters on the Theorica Verdadeira das Marés with a special attention to the influence of Halley's paper «The true Theory oftides, extracted from that admired treatise of Mr. Isaac Newton,intitulated, Philosophia Naturalis Principia Mathematica», published on the Philosophical Transactions.
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Ascarate, Coronel Luz Maria. "Psyché ranimée. Imagination et émancipation dans la philosophie de Paul Ricœur." Thesis, Paris, EHESS, 2019. http://www.theses.fr/2019EHES0063.
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Nous identifions la contribution de l’anthropologie phénoménologique de Ricœur à la philosophie sociale, sous la double perspective de l’imagination et de l’émancipation, afin de répondre aux défis du temps de la crise du sens, crise qui se manifeste comme une perte des fondements. Au regard des analyses de Ricœur sur l’imagination, dont nombre d’entre elles restent encore non publiées, nous pensons comme suit : la phénoménologie de la fiction de Paul Ricœur contribue à penser l’expérience du sujet comme le fondement de l’imaginaire social du point de vue constitutif. De cette manière, nous comprenons l’anthropologie phénoménologique de Ricœur en tant orientée vers un projet d’émancipation.Notre conviction est que cette philosophie ricœurienne développée spécifiquement dans les années 70’s peut répondre aux problèmes que la crise du sens impose, d’abord à la tâche de fondation de la philosophie et, ensuite, au monde social. Ce n’est pas hasardeux que Ricœur ait consacré dans cette époque un cycle de conférences à l’imaginaire sociale, publiés sous le célèbre titre de Lectures on Ideology and Utopia, en même temps que ses Lectures on Imagination. Celles-ci qui restent inédites développent sa phénoménologie de la fiction en tant que philosophie générale qui propose une ontologie du possible.Notre thèse est que cette ontologie permettrait de donner des fondements au social d’un caractère entièrement sui generis, différents de ceux de la philosophie politique. Cette dernière est notamment accusée, par la philosophie sociale, de ne pas rendre assez compte de la dimension constitutive ou ontologique du monde social, dans lequel il existe des enjeux plus profonds que ceux relevés par la critique de la domination envisagée par la philosophie politiqueWe identify the contribution of Ricoeur's phenomenological anthropology to social philosophy, from the dual perspective of imagination and emancipation, in order to respond to the challenges of the time of the crisis of meaning, a crisis that manifests itself as a loss of foundations. With regard to Ricoeur's analyses of imagination, many of which are still unpublished, we think as follows: the Paul Ricoeur's phenomenology of fiction contributes to think the subject's experience as the foundation of the social imagination from a constitutive point of view. In this way, we understand Ricoeur's phenomenological anthropology as oriented towards an emancipation project.We are convinced that this Ricoeurian philosophy, developed specifically in the 1970s, can respond to the problems that the crisis of meaning imposes, first on the task of founding philosophy and then on the social world. It is no coincidence that Ricoeur devoted a series of lectures at that time to the social imagination, published under the famous title of Lectures on Ideology and Utopia, at the same time as his Lectures on Imagination. These that remain unpublished develop its phenomenology of fiction as a general philosophy that proposes an ontology of the possible.Our thesis is that this ontology would make it possible to give foundations to the social of an entirely sui generis character, different from those of political philosophy. The latter is accused, in particular, by social philosophy, of not sufficiently reflecting the constitutive or ontological dimension of the social world, in which there are more profound issues than those raised by the criticism of the domination envisaged by political philosophy
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Hotz, Glyn Lance. "Theories of justice in health care philosophical and legal issues /." 1998. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/yorku/fullcit?pNQ27298.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--York University, 1998. Graduate Programme in Philosophy.Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 351-366). Also available on the Internet. MODE OF ACCESS via web browser by entering the following URL: http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/yorku/fullcit?pNQ27298.
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YE, KE-SIN, and 葉可歆. "Theories and Applications of Philosophy in Logotherapy and Philosophical Counseling." Thesis, 2018. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/676dnw.
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Hjørland, Birger. "Philosophical theories in LIS and social sciences. Presentation given in Riga 2006." 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/105902.
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Ellis, Mark. ""Philosophical romance" : theories of time and their relationship to genre in the fiction of John Crowley." 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/1993/17016.
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McInnis, Brian Todd. "Reading the moral code theories of mind and body in eighteenth-century Germany /." Diss., 2006. http://etd.library.vanderbilt.edu/ETD-db/available/etd-08072006-035449/.
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Dent, Jacqueline Elizabeth May. "Exploring the construction of white male identity in selected novels by J.M. Coetzee." Diss., 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/1583.
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Coetzee's own experience of living in apartheid South Africa provides the backdrop for novels infused with sardonic irony and rich metaphoric systems. In modes of metafiction that emphasize the destructive and violent nature of language, he optimizes his unique oeuvre to interrogate global, national and domestic power relations. This dissertation relies on psychoanalytical theories that examine microstructures of power within the individual, and in his domestic domain. Each of Coetzee's chief protagonists carries a secret related to a dysfunctional mother/son relationship. This hampers their psychosocial dynamics, their masculinity and sexuality. As they respectively strive toward an elusive new life they confront patriarchal power structures that speak on behalf of individuals, '[whose] descent into powerlessness [is] voluntary' (Coetzee 2007: 4-5). Coetzee's constructed white males perform their several identity roles in milieux that span divergent phases of colonial history. His critique points to white patriarchal hegemonic ideological discourses that bespeak the self/other dichotomy in a postcolonial world where the language of dominance supports an oppressive status quo.English Studies
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