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Technology as a Strategy of the Human? A Comparison Between the Extension Concept and the Fetish Concept of Technology
Discussions on the Anthropocene as the geology of mankind imply the question whether globalized technology such as energy technologies or A.I. ought...
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Attention as a patchwork concept
This paper examines attention as a scientific concept, and argues that it has a patchwork structure. On this view, the concept of attention takes on...
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Frankfurt’s concept of identification
Harry Frankfurt had insightfully pointed out that an agent acts freely when he acts in accord with the mental states with which he identifies. The...
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In Defense of a Normative Concept of Argument
Blair articulates a concept of argument that suggests, as he puts it, that argument is a normative concept (Blair, Informal Logic 24:137–151, 2004,...
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Validity as a thick concept
This paper presents a novel position in the philosophy of logic: I argue that validity is a thick concept. Hence, I propose to consider validity in...
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Broad, subjective, relative: the surprising folk concept of basic needs
Some normative theorists appeal to the concept of basic needs. They argue that when it comes to issues such as global justice, intergenerational...
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The concept of creativity in Georges Florovsky’s thought
This article discusses the meanings of “creativity”— tvorchestvo —as we encounter it in Georges Florovsky’s thought, first and foremost in his magnum...
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The concept of intersectionality in bioethics: a systematic review
BackgroundIntersectionality is a concept that originated in Black feminist movements in the US-American context of the 1970s and 1980s, particularly...
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Husserl’s concept of transcendental consciousness and the problem of AI consciousness
Edmund Husserl, the founder of phenomenological philosophy, developed the concept of the so-called pure transcendental consciousness. The author of...
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Which Concept of Concept for Conceptual Engineering?
Conceptual engineering is the method for assessing and improving our concepts. However, little has been written about how best to conceive of...
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The Concept of Agent in Biology: Motivations and Meanings
Biological agency has received much attention in recent philosophy of biology. But what is the motivation for introducing talk of agency into biology...
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Concept of Complexity
In this chapter, the basic origins from which the concept of complexityComplexity has been emerged are elucidated. The illustrative examples are used...
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Big Ideas: The Power of a Unifying Concept
Philosophy of science in the twentieth century tends to emphasize either the logic of science (e.g., Popper and Hempel on explanation, confirmation,...
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Care as a Thick Ethical Concept
Philosophers who study care—most often, care ethicists—are involved in an ongoing discussion about the concept of care. Despite the significant...
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Usanovich and Nernst colliding: inconsistencies in the all-in-one acid–base concept?
Among the many acid-base concepts, the theory of Usanovich is one of the least known despite the most general scope including almost all chemical...
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The Criterion of Legitimacy in a Government: Analysing Ian Shapiro’s Concept of Representative Democracy
Ian Shapiro proposes a representative government that bases its understanding of truth on mature enlightenment philosophy . He examines various...
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The perceived object in media-based empathy: applying Edith Stein’s concept of Wortleib
The question of how other consciousnesses appear via media has forced us to re-think the classical phenomenological accounts of sociality. However,...
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Resilience and the shift of paradigm in ecology: a new name for an old concept or a different explanatory tool?
In the shift from the balance of nature to the flux of nature paradigm, the concept of resilience has gained great traction in ecology. While it has...
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“Sharp of taste”: the concept of acidity in the Greek system of natural explanation
Acidic substances were known for thousands of years, and their macroscopic-sensory characteristics were reflected by words in most ancient languages....
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The Fiduciary: The Overarching Contentious Concept?
Adopting the systematic analytical approach of the previous two chapters, the methodological framework is used to investigate the legal concept of...