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Georg Henrik von Wright was a Finnish philosopher.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Metaphilosophy</span> Philosophy of philosophy

Metaphilosophy, sometimes called the philosophy of philosophy, is "the investigation of the nature of philosophy". Its subject matter includes the aims of philosophy, the boundaries of philosophy, and its methods. Thus, while philosophy characteristically inquires into the nature of being, the reality of objects, the possibility of knowledge, the nature of truth, and so on, metaphilosophy is the self-reflective inquiry into the nature, aims, and methods of the activity that makes these kinds of inquiries, by asking what is philosophy itself, what sorts of questions it should ask, how it might pose and answer them, and what it can achieve in doing so. It is considered by some to be a subject prior and preparatory to philosophy, while others see it as inherently a part of philosophy, or automatically a part of philosophy while others adopt some combination of these views.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Paul Feyerabend</span> Austrian-born philosopher of science (1924–1994)

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Leo Strauss</span> German-American political philosopher (1899–1973)

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ernst Cassirer</span> German philosopher

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Conceptualism</span> Metaphysical theory

In metaphysics, conceptualism is a theory that explains universality of particulars as conceptualized frameworks situated within the thinking mind. Intermediate between nominalism and realism, the conceptualist view approaches the metaphysical concept of universals from a perspective that denies their presence in particulars outside the mind's perception of them. Conceptualism is anti-realist about abstract objects, just like immanent realism is.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">John Gray (philosopher)</span> British political philosopher (born 1948)

John Nicholas Gray is an English political philosopher and author with interests in analytic philosophy and the history of ideas. He retired in 2008 as School Professor of European Thought at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Gray contributes regularly to The Guardian, The Times Literary Supplement and the New Statesman, where he is the lead book reviewer. He is an atheist.

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Progress</span> Movement towards a refined, improved, or otherwise desired state

Progress is the movement towards a refined, improved, or otherwise desired state. In the context of progressivism, it refers to the proposition that advancements in technology, science, and social organization have resulted, and by extension will continue to result, in an improved human condition; the latter may happen as a result of direct human action, as in social enterprise or through activism, or as a natural part of sociocultural evolution.

Edwin Oliver James was an anthropologist in the field of comparative religion. He was Professor Emeritus of the History and Philosophy of Religion in the University of London, Fellow of University College London and Fellow of King's College London. During his long career he had been Professor of History and Philosophy of Religion at the University of Leeds, Lecturer at the University of Amsterdam and Wilde Lecturer at the University of Oxford.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Aleksei Losev</span> Russian philosopher and philologist (1893–1988)

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Apollonian and Dionysian</span> Terms representing a dialectic between rationality and emotion

The Apollonian and the Dionysian are philosophical and literary concepts represented by a duality between the figures of Apollo and Dionysus from Greek mythology. Its popularization is widely attributed to the work The Birth of Tragedy by Friedrich Nietzsche, though the terms had already been in use prior to this, such as in the writings of poet Friedrich Hölderlin, historian Johann Joachim Winckelmann, and others. The word Dionysian occurs as early as 1608 in Edward Topsell’s zoological treatise, The History of Serpents. The concept has since been widely invoked and discussed within Western philosophy and literature.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Philosophy</span> Study of general and fundamental questions

Philosophy is the systematized study of general and fundamental questions, such as those about existence, reason, knowledge, values, mind, and language. Such questions are often posed as problems to be studied or resolved. Some sources claim the term was coined by Pythagoras ; others dispute this story, Philosophical methods include questioning, critical discussion, rational argument, and systematic presentation.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Josef Maria Eder</span>

Josef Maria Eder was an Austrian chemist who specialized in the chemistry of photography, and who wrote a comprehensive early history of the technical development of chemical photography.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">David Eder</span>

(Montague) David Eder was a British psychoanalyst, physician, Zionist and writer of Lithuanian Jewish descent. He was best known for advancing psychoanalytic studies in Great Britain.

An index list of articles about the philosophy of science.

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References

  1. Eder, David. "The Myth of Progress". Psychoanalytic Electronic Publishing. Retrieved 25 February 2013.