Tag Archives: Philosophy

Experimental philosophy

Posted on May 5, 2012 by PlatoHagel

Experimental philosophy is an emerging field of philosophical inquiry[1][2][3][4][5] that makes use of empirical data—often gathered through surveys which probe the intuitions of ordinary people—in order to inform research on philosophical questions.[6][7] This use of empirical data is widely seen … Continue reading →

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Being Able to See

Posted on May 4, 2012 by PlatoHagel

How does one turn on the internal vision when we use our eyes to look at the day to day happenings with eyes wide open? What made this interesting for me was the fact that sensory examination could have been … Continue reading →

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Correlation of Cognition

Posted on April 5, 2012 by PlatoHagel

I highlight the term “correlation” as a recognition of what is possible through cognition also think of Relativism why push Searle? ….Correlation of Cognition was a term I applied back then to try and understand this process as an intuitive … Continue reading →

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Justified true belief

Posted on April 2, 2012 by PlatoHagel

 Before Gettier, an historical account brings one up to date? Euler diagram representing a definition of knowledge. Justified true belief is one definition of knowledge that states in order to know that a given proposition is true, one must not … Continue reading →

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Bayesian probability

Posted on December 19, 2011 by PlatoHagel

 Practically Everybody practically nobody took very seriously the CDF claim…….Tommaso: I will claim based on the above that according to Prof. D’Agostini, Prof. Matt Strassler is “practically nobody“, since he is not convinced. An acoustical difference of opinion with regard … Continue reading →

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Plato’s Cave(Animated Version)

Posted on September 23, 2011 by PlatoHagel

*** Hyperreality is used in semiotics and postmodern philosophy to describe a hypothetical inability of consciousness to distinguish reality from fantasy, especially in technologically advanced postmodern cultures. Hyperreality is a means to characterize the way consciousness defines what is actually … Continue reading →

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David Deutsch: A new way to explain explanation

Posted on August 12, 2011 by PlatoHagel

When you are told that carrots have human rights because they share half our genes — but not how gene percentages confer rights — wizard. When someone announces that the nature-nurture debate has been settled because there is evidence that … Continue reading →

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The Classical Education Movement Historical

Posted on June 29, 2011 by PlatoHagel

Seal of the University of Pennsylvania from 1894 depicting the trivium as a stack of books providing the foundation for a quadrivium of mathematics, natural philosophy (empirical science), astronomy, and theology. The Classical education movement advocates a form of education … Continue reading →

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The Socratic Method…..and Plato’s Ideas, is Replaced by Google?

Posted on June 14, 2011 by PlatoHagel

http://youtu.be/dk60sYrU2RU The idea that truth is timeless and resides outside the universe was the essence of Plato’s philosophy, exemplified in the parable of the slave boy that was meant to argue that discovery is merely remembering. Lee Smolin  Bold added … Continue reading →

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Novum Organum

Posted on March 5, 2011 by PlatoHagel

The frontispiece of Novum Organum by Francis Bacon The Novum Organum is a philosophical work by Francis Bacon published in 1620. The title translates as “new instrument”. This is a reference to Aristotle‘s work Organon, which was his treatise on … Continue reading →

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