Has Anyone Ever Been a Non-Intuitionist?

2021 ◽  
pp. 355-374
Author(s):  
Jonathan Dancy
Keyword(s):  
Philosophy Of Action ◽  
Ethical Intuitionism ◽  
Important Argument ◽  
Hinge Points

This paper considers the merits of an important argument of Prichard’s against Sidgwick’s claim that nobody has ever been an intuitionist. Prichard tries to turn the tables on that argument, arguing that nobody has ever been a non-intuitionist. This paper tries to adjudicate. One of the hinge points is the question in the philosophy of action where the distinction between an action and its consequences is supposed to lie. If enough of the consequences are sucked up into the action by understanding the latter as the action of causing those consequences, the structure of the debate changes. The discussion generates a much better understanding of ethical intuitionism and of the distinction between intuitionism and consequentialism.

Translation and Transformation: English-Language Children's Literature in (Soviet) Russian Guise

2015 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Judith Inggs
Keyword(s):  
Children's Literature ◽  
Soviet Union ◽  
English Language ◽  
Children’S Literature ◽  
Socialist Realism ◽  
The Political ◽  
Philosophy Of Action ◽  
The Soviet Union ◽  
Free Translation ◽  
Soviet Russia

This article investigates the perceived image of English-language children's literature in Soviet Russia. Framed by Even-Zohar's polysystem theory and Bourdieu's philosophy of action, the discussion takes into account the ideological constraints of the practice of translation and the manipulation of texts. Several factors involved in creating the perceived character of a body of literature are identified, such as the requirements of socialist realism, publishing practices in the Soviet Union, the tradition of free translation and accessibility in the translation of children's literature. This study explores these factors and, with reference to selected examples, illustrates how the political and sociological climate of translation in the Soviet Union influenced the translation practices and the field of translated children's literature, creating a particular image of English-language children's literature in (Soviet) Russia.

Acting on Knowledge

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Timothy Williamson
Keyword(s):  
Practical Reasoning ◽  
Philosophy Of Action ◽  
Plausible Account ◽  
Direction Of Fit ◽  
General Schema ◽  
Action Intention ◽  
Knowledge Norms

This chapter develops and refines the analogy between knowledge and action in Knowledge and its Limits. The general schema is: knowledge is to belief as action is to intention. The analogy reverses direction of fit between mind and world. The knowledge/belief side corresponds to the inputs to practical reasoning, the action/intention side to its outputs. Since desires are inputs to practical reasoning, the desire-as-belief thesis is considered sympathetically. When all goes well with practical reasoning, one acts on what one knows. Belief plays the same local role as knowledge, and intention as action, in practical reasoning. This is the appropriate setting to understand knowledge norms for belief and practical reasoning. Marginalizing knowledge in epistemology is as perverse as marginalizing action in the philosophy of action. Opponents of knowledge-first epistemology are challenged to produce an equally systematic and plausible account of the relation between the cognitive and the practical.

scholarly journals Analysis on Force Transmission Characteristics of Two-Legged Shield Support under Impact Loading

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qing-liang Zeng ◽  
Zhao-sheng Meng ◽  
Li-rong Wan ◽  
Cheng-long Wang
Keyword(s):  
Structural Design ◽  
Load Transfer ◽  
Impact Load ◽  
Force Transmission ◽  
Full Account ◽  
Flexible Bodies ◽  
Powered Support ◽  
Structural Design Optimization ◽  
Hinge Points ◽  
The Impact

To study the load transfer characteristics of a two-legged shield powered support, a numerical simulation model of the support was established using the multibody dynamics software ADAMS. The model took full account of the hydraulic-elastic deformation characteristics of the support, as a series spring-damper system was used to replace the leg and the equilibrium jack. The canopy, goaf shield, lemniscate bars, and equilibrium jack are equivalent to flexible bodies. The setting force of the leg was provided by the preload of the equivalent spring, the static roof load was simulated using a slope signal, and the impact load was simulated using a step signal. Using the model, the impact and excitation effects of each hinge joint of the support were analyzed under different impact load conditions across the canopy. The results show that the location of the impact load affects the force transmissions of all hinge points of the support. Both the impact effect and the excitation effect are at a minimum when the impact force is located near the leg action line. These results are useful for the adaptive control and structural design optimization of the support.

A Estrutura Triádica da Filosofia de M. Blondel (o Trinitarismo Blondeliano)

1998 ◽  
Vol 6 (11) ◽  
pp. 23-38
Author(s):  
M. Patrão Neves ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Philosophy Of Action ◽  
Characteristic Structure ◽  
Logic Of Action ◽  
Philosophical Project

The present work intends to show that Maurice Blondel's philosophy follows a triadic structure made up by the undissociable bond between thought, being and action, which is not just the resuit of the evolution achieved in the Trilogy but that was already present since L'Action (1893). Firstly we briefly outline the itinerary from L'Action (1893) to the Trilogy, underlining the continuity that Blondel ascribes to his progress coming later to make evident the unity of his philosophical project. Secondly we will consider the aspects revealing a triadic structure in the philosophy of action: the sense of action as mediation, the dialectics of action and the logic of action. Finally we will show how blondelian philosophy, in its characteristic structure, corresponds, quoting the author, to an "unitarian trinity".

Comparing the Meaningfulness of Finite and Infinite Lives: Can We Reap What We Sow if We Are Immortal?

2021 ◽  
Vol 90 ◽  
pp. 105-123
Author(s):  
Thaddeus Metz
Keyword(s):  
Natural World ◽  
The Other ◽  
Meaningful Life ◽  
The Past ◽  
William Lane Craig ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Important Argument ◽  
Moral Choices ◽  
The One

AbstractOn the rise over the past 20 years has been ‘moderate supernaturalism’, the view that while a meaningful life is possible in a world without God or a soul, a much greater meaning would be possible only in a world with them. William Lane Craig can be read as providing an important argument for a version of this view, according to which only with God and a soul could our lives have an eternal, as opposed to temporally limited, significance since we would then be held accountable for our decisions affecting others’ lives. I present two major objections to this position. On the one hand, I contend that if God existed and we had souls that lived forever, then, in fact, all our lives would turn out the same. On the other hand, I maintain that, if this objection is wrong, so that our moral choices would indeed make an ultimate difference and thereby confer an eternal significance on our lives (only) in a supernatural realm, then Craig could not capture the view, aptly held by moderate supernaturalists, that a meaningful life is possible in a purely natural world.

scholarly journals Clarifying Ethical Intuitionism

2013 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 1097-1116 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Cowan
Keyword(s):  
Ethical Intuitionism

scholarly journals 17. Optical investigations of radio sources: Introductory Lecture

1957 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. 107-122 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Minkowski
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Emission ◽  
Optical Emission ◽  
Radio Spectrum ◽  
Visual Object ◽  
Supporting Evidence ◽  
Precise Position ◽  
Rosette Nebula ◽  
Important Argument ◽  
Astronomical Object ◽  
Order Of Magnitude

Loose agreement of a radio position of low accuracy with that of some object listed in the NGC is not sufficient to provide the identification of a radio source. Even satisfactory coincidence of a precise position with that of an astronomical object requires supporting evidence. Agreement of the size of the source with that of the visible object, at least in order of magnitude, is an important argument in favour of an identification; exact agreement of sizes can be expected only where radio and optical emission are physically connected. The radio spectrum, the optical spectrum, and the physical characteristics of the visual object also have to be taken into account. Observations of the radio spectrum should be particularly useful to support the identification of sources with H 11 regions which can be recognized from their thermal emission even if they are obscured and optically inaccessible. If all data are available, satisfactory agreement exists between optical and radio observations. The best example of this kind at the moment is perhaps NGC 2237, the Rosette nebula, reported as a source by Ko and Krauss (1955) [1] and also observed by Mills, Little and Sheridan (1956 [11]; see also paper 18).

scholarly journals ADHD-like behaviour in the offspring of female rats exposed to low chlorpyrifos doses before pregnancy / Ponašanje nalik ADHD-u u potomaka ženki štakora izloženih niskim dozama klorpirifosa prije trudnoće

2015 ◽  
Vol 66 (2) ◽  
pp. 121-127 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sofia Grabovska ◽  
Yuriу Salyha
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Abilities ◽  
Memory Performance ◽  
Female Rats ◽  
Long Term Memory ◽  
Dark Light ◽  
Female Wistar Rats ◽  
Important Argument ◽  
Extrapolation Escape Test ◽  
Short And Long Term ◽  
Behavioural Tests

Abstract The aim of this study was to investigate how chronic low-dose chlorpyrifos exposure of female Wistar rats before and during pregnancy affects behavioural parameters in their offspring. Four months before pregnancy, we exposed three groups of rats to chlorpyrifos doses of 5, 10, and 15 mg kg-1 body weight every day for 30 days, whereas one group received a single 30 mg kg-1 dose on gestational day 6. When the offspring of the exposed rats grew up, we studied their anxiety rate, motor activity, and cognitive abilities using the respective behavioural tests: open field test, dark/light box, and the extrapolation escape test. The offspring of rats exposed before pregnancy had significantly higher activity rate than controls, and even showed motor agitation and hyperactivity signs. The offspring of rats exposed to the single dose had difficulties solving the extrapolation escape test and showed poorer short- and long-term memory performance. This confirmed that even pre-pregnancy chlorpyrifos exposure can cause neurobehavioral consequences in offspring. Even though the mechanisms of the observed changes remain unclear and need further investigation, these data seem alarming and may serve as an important argument for revising the terms of safe pesticide use

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