The Retreat of Reason Part 5 potx
The Retreat of Reason Part 5 potx
... diagnosis of the absurdity of life, though suggestive, fails in the end. So much for the diagnosis of the feeling of the futility and meaninglessness of life. Supposing now that the removal of the ... recollections of the same event. Thus, the explanation of the bias towards the near past is similar to the explanation of the bias towards the near...
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The Retreat of Reason Part 10 potx
... 396 n, 398, 4 05 n, 406, 418 fission case 2 65 70, 272–3, 281–2 Fleming, B. N. 58 , 227 Flew, A. 2 25 6, 228 Foster, J. 2 45 n, 251 , 252 , 253 , 255 , 4 25, 426, 427 four-dimensionalism 2 65 6, 299 Frankfurt, ... role of forming their attitudes to completely suit the mould of cognitive rationality. The Possibility of a Retreat of Reason It might be thought that this latter...
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The Retreat of Reason Part 1 pps
... fit neither of these ends, but they may all the same have at least the function of mitigating the sensation of pain. There is experimental evidence indicating that, if the stimulation of other ... respect of its being the bearer of the quality of pleasure, enjoyment implies that other aspects of the sensation are the object only of peripheral attention.⁷ This...
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The Retreat of Reason Part 2 pot
... with the ability to trace effects (upon themselves) to causes in the physical activities of other beings, but without the ability to see these activities as the outcomes of the mental states of the other ... that the content of this response (and of the emotion) can be construed in terms of the content of the grounding or causing belief (1990: 5) . possibly)...
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The Retreat of Reason Part 3 ppsx
... to the agent’s reasons. But we have seen that we must carefully keep apart the explanatory concept of a reason the reason why’—and the concept of an apparent reason ‘somebody’s reason : the ... stance on the issue of the reality/irreality of value; therefore, it seems reasonable to lump them together as forms of anti-realism or irrealism. What they disagree about i...
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The Retreat of Reason Part 4 pot
... that the basis of the bisection “has rather to do with the source of the want”, this source being evaluations in the case of rational desires (19 75: 208). From the perspective of the subjective theory ... for certain reasons implies is that these reasons are part of one’s beliefs, not necessarily part of one’s actual thoughts in conscious deliberation” (1971: 5...
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The Retreat of Reason Part 6 pps
... to depend upon the identity of physical things. I have earlier in this chapter suggested that it is a matter of the identity of the whole body rather than of the identity of parts of it, such as ... in the beginning (if the ‘shell’ is composed of only a tiny portion of the metal). The conflict is due to the fact that the identity conditions of things of...
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The Retreat of Reason Part 7 pps
... and there is no other kind of thing that matches both of these aspects of the notion of being the subject of our consciousness. This enables us to answer quickly the question of whether the O-bias ... component of psychological continuity and so of personal identity” (1986: 55 2; my italics). from running smoothly from the observation of S on one side of the g...
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The Retreat of Reason Part 8 pptx
... first to articulate these elements and then to explore how they fare in the light of requirements of reason, like RU. How they fare in the light of these requirements is a matter of fact that has ... any agreements. In this part of the book, I have to some extent tested the rationality of the second idea of autonomy, and in the next part, I shall to some extent do...
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