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Religion in Alexandre Kojève’s atheistic philosophy of science
This paper focuses on Kojève’s account of history and philosophy of science. Kojève’s understanding of science can be characterized as internalism,...
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Nishitani Philosophy as the Breakthrough (Durchbruch) of Nishida Philosophy
This study presents and discusses the essential “nearness” and “farness” between Nishitani philosophy and Nishida philosophy, where such “nearness”...
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The Influence of Quantum Physics on Philosophy
We ponder the question whether quantum physics has had any influence on philosophy, and if not, whether it ought to have had any. Answers to these...
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Logic, Philosophy and Physics: A Critical Commentary on the Dilemma of Categories
I provide a critical commentary regarding the attitude of the logician and the philosopher towards the physicist and physics. The commentary is...
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Grace de Laguna’s 1909 critique of analytic philosophy: presentation and defence
Grace A. de Laguna was an American philosopher of exceptional originality. Many of the arguments and positions she developed during the early decades...
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The physics and the philosophy of time reversal in standard quantum mechanics
A widespread view in physics holds that the implementation of time reversal in standard quantum mechanics must be given by an anti-unitary operator....
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Fighting for philosophy in the Marxian sense: introduction to Evald Ilyenkov’s “On the state of philosophy [letter to the Central Committee of the Party]
The text introduces a translation of Ilyenkov’s famous text “On the State of Philosophy,” which was meant as a letter to the Central Committee of the...
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Deep Learning Applied to Scientific Discovery: A Hot Interface with Philosophy of Science
We review publications in automated scientific discovery using deep learning, with the aim of shedding light on problems with strong connections to...
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The Philosophy of Management Today
This essay reviews the recently released Handbook of Philosophy of Management , using it as a jum** off point to explore some potential confusions...
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Hegelian ‘Physics’
This chapter shifts to consider Hegelian ‘Physics,’ that is to say, philosophy of the science of physics. It constitutes the major arena for...
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Practical Philosophy
I propose that we understand philosophy as the clarification of human reason. Philosophical activity aims at clarifying what qualifies beliefs and...
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Revisiting Grace de Laguna’s critiques of analytic philosophy and of pragmatism
I revisit my paper, ‘Grace de Laguna’s 1909 Critique of Analytic Philosophy’ and respond to the commentary on it. I respond to James Chase and Jack...
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Roberto Torretti’s Philosophy of Science
In this chapter, we provide an analysis of Torretti’s main views in the general philosophy of science. I shall examine his Kantian take on...
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Problems in Philosophy of Physics
This chapter lists the issues in philosophy of science and in particular philosophy of physics, which will be discussed in this book. Some are of a...
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To what extent can institutional control explain the dominance of analytic philosophy?
Katzav and Vaesen have argued that control by analytic philosophers of key journals, philosophy departments and at least one funding body plays a...
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Mathematical Physics
The practice of mathematics applied to physics, more particularly mathematical physics, leads to demands for explicitness and rigor. The features of...
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Central Themes and Open Questions in the Philosophy of Computer Science
This paper introduces the Global Philosophy symposium on Giuseppe Primiero’s book On the Foundations of Computing (2020). The collection gathers...
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The Philosophy of Place and the Place of Philosophy
The text provides an overview of a current in contemporary phenomenology and hermeneutics that puts place at the center of its thinking and seeks to...
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A Case Study in Diversifying History and Philosophy of Physics: Teaching Émilie Du Châtelet’s, Luise Lange and Grete Hermann
Today, there is a large consensus in science, politics and society about the relevance and necessity for advancing gender equality. Despite increased...