scholarly journals The concept of free will

2021 ◽  
pp. 39-54
Author(s):  
Andrey Aleksandrovich Yurasov
Keyword(s):  
Free Will ◽  
History Of Philosophy ◽  
External Factors ◽  
Value System ◽  
Traditional Concept ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Will ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Methodological Principles ◽  
Xix Century

The subject of this research is the concept of free will. The modern philosophical discussions either do not explicate it, or interpret far from the traditional meaning that has been instilled into this term throughout the centuries, The goal of this article lies in the historical-philosophical reconstruction of the concept of free will. However, the interest towards achieving this goal is not limited to the sphere of history of philosophy. Understanding of the key term largely determines the fruitfulness of theoretical constructions aimed at solution of the problem of free will. The article expounds and substantiates the methodological principles the reconstruction concept of free is based upon. It is demonstrated that free will features two characteristics that can be designated as conformity and independence. Therefore, free will can be defined as the will that corresponds to the value system of an individual and is independent of external factors. Such definition summarizes the practice of utilization of this term in history of philosophy. However, since the late XIX century, and namely in the XX century, there has developed a strong tendency towards distortion of the traditional concept of free will, which implies exclusion of the characteristic of independence and defining free will through the concept of moral responsibility.

scholarly journals Self-portrait of the philosopher in the context of the enlightement

2012 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 199-217
Author(s):  
Vanja Radakovic
Keyword(s):  
Natural Law ◽  
Literary History ◽  
History Of Philosophy ◽  
Epistolary Novel ◽  
The Enlightenment ◽  
Biographical Approach ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Subject

In the history of philosophy, Jean-Jacques Rousseau is mainly considered as an atypical philosopher of the Enlightenment, as a pioneer of the revolutionary idea of a free civilian state and natural law; in literary history, he is considered the forerunner of Romanticism, the writer who perfected the form of an epistolary novel, as well as a sentimentalist. However, this paper focuses on the biographical approach, which was mostly excluded in observation of those works revealing Rousseau as the originator of the autobiographical novelistic genre. The subject of this paper is the issue of credibility of self-portraits, and through this problem it highlights the facts from the author?s life. This paper relies on a biographical approach, not in the positivistic sense but in the phenomenological key. This paper is mainly inspired by the works of the Geneva School theorists - Starobinski, Poulet and Rousset.

scholarly journals The contribution of Kharkiv University scientists to the development of historical and legal science (first half of the XIX century)

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 293-303
Author(s):  
Volodymyr Grechenko
Keyword(s):  
German Law ◽  
Scientific Activity ◽  
Main Trend ◽  
Scientific School ◽  
Systematic Analysis ◽  
Legal Science ◽  
History Of ◽  
Methodological Principles ◽  
Xix Century ◽  
University Scientists

In the article, the author, based on the methodological principles of historicism, objectivity, systematics, explored the specific achievements of Kharkiv University scientists, who worked in the first half of the XIX century, in the formation and development of science History of State and Law. Their scientific works, in accordance with the main trend in the genesis of this science at that time, were centered around the law of Kyiv Rus and, in particular, the content of the Rus’ka Pravda (Russian Truth). This area of their activity is studied insufficiently in the scientific literature, both domestic and foreign. This is due to the fact that the main contribution to the development of these issues was made in the second half of the XIX century – then a significant number of works on this topic was published, which provided an opportunity for their systematic analysis. The activity of scientists of this university in the first half of the XIX century concerns the period of formation of historical and legal science. Hence the main shortcomings of their work: a certain fragmentation in the coverage of problems, a narrow historiographical base, the hypothetical nature of some theses. Professor Uspenskyi was the first who started working on the history of law at Kharkiv University and considered the question of “the antiquity of Russian laws and their dignity”. At that time, scholars of many universities in the empire had to prove the authenticity of the Rus’ka Pravda and those laws that was not yet generally accepted. O. Kunitsyn, a professor of Kharkiv University, also expressed some doubts in this, although he cannot be attributed entirely to the supporters of the “skeptical school” in Russian historiography. O. Paliumbetskyi made the most significant contribution to the development of historical and legal science at that time at Kharkiv University. He conducted one of the first comparative studies of Old German and Old Rus law, convincingly showed their differences, some influence of German law on Russian, which he considered insignificant. Quite thorough and one of the best was his study of treaties between Rus and Byzantium in the X century. Based on the provisions of these agreements, the scientist made a successful attempt to determine the essence of some of Old Rus laws, in particular on revenge, compensation to the victim and court evidence. Most of his arguments were tested over time and are not disputed by modern scientists. Scientists-lawyers of Kharkiv University in that period did not form a separate scientific school, as happened at the University of Kyiv due to the activities of M. Ivanishev, but they worked in line with the then prevailing paradigms in Russian historiography, and made a certain contribution to the formation of historical and legal science. Therefore, their scientific activity deserves further study.

scholarly journals O professor reflexivo e a educação pela pesquisa: olhares a uma prática com os alunos do Curso Técnico de Edificações

2013 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Carolina Mendonça Fernandes de Barros ◽  
Tais Feijo Viana ◽  
Luana Melo Pereira
Keyword(s):  
Building Materials ◽  
Undergraduate Research ◽  
Student Interest ◽  
Research Perspectives ◽  
Federal Institute ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Will ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Reflective Teacher ◽  
Education Science

Resumo: Este artigo tem como objetivo descrever um breve histórico sobre diferentes tendências pedagógicas da educação no Brasil e debater a relação entre esses modelos e a busca da formação do conhecimento, através da iniciação da pesquisa, usando, para isso, uma experiência realizada numa disciplina do Curso Técnico de Edificações do Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia Sul-Riograndense. O estudo parte do pressuposto de que é preciso apreender com rapidez, em um mundo frenético, onde o ensino necessita de múltiplos contextos. “Roubemos”, então, parte de uma conversa deleuziana, na qual aprender é pensar, e do entendimento de que o professor reflexivo é o que procura desencadear, arrolar e romper o pensamento. Frente à ruptura feita pela tentativa de inovação em sala de aula, o paradigma dominante aqui se desconstrói, necessitando novas conexões para seguir. Assim, esta pesquisa parte da narração de uma nova prática, em que a inovação demonstra que o interesse dos estudantes é proporcional à curiosidade que a disciplina ou as atividades podem propiciar. A pesquisa desvincula-se do apenas ir para o laboratório de materiais de construção e realizar análises hipotéticas. Aqui, altera-se e amplia-se com o estímulo da vontade dos estudantes em analisar um produto que eles mesmos criaram. Desse modo, os estudantes são provocados a produzir, na forma de um texto científico, o conteúdo abordado, tendo a possibilidade de introdução na iniciação científica e de perdurar nela durante o semestre inteiro. O resultado é um banner, simulando a exposição em um congresso. Palavras-chaves: Inovação. Ensino Técnico. Iniciação Científica. Professor reflexivo.  THE REFLECTIVE TEACHER AND EDUCATION BY RESEARCH: PERSPECTIVES OF A PRACTICE WITH STUDENTS OF THE BUILDING TECHNICAL COURSE Abstract: This article aims to describe a brief history of the different pedagogical trends of education in Brazil and discuss the relations between these models and the pursuit of knowledge formation through the initiation of research, by using it for an experiment conducted in the discipline of Building Technical Course of Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology Sul-Rio-Grandense. The study assumes that we need to grasp quickly, in a frantic world, where teaching requires multiple contexts. We pick part of a conversation from Deleuze, by whom learning is thinking, and the understanding that the reflective teacher is looking trigger, roll over and break the thought. Face to break made by attempt of innovation in the classroom, the dominant paradigm here is deconstructed and need new connections. Thus, this research is the narration of a new practice, where innovation shows that student interest is proportional to the curiosity that the subject or the activities can provide. The research is disassociated of the only go to the lab of building materials and perform what if analysis here alters and expands on the stimulus of the will of the students in analyzing a product that they themselves created. Therefore, students are provoked to produce a scientific text about the studied subject, and they are given the opportunity of experiencing the undergraduate research and continuing it during the semester. The result is a banner, simulating an exposure in a conference. Keywords: Innovation. Techinical Education. Initiation to research. Reflective Teacher. 

scholarly journals Agostinho e a “descoberta” da vontade: primeiro estudo

2005 ◽  
Vol 50 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Roberto Hofmeister Pich
Keyword(s):  
Key Words ◽  
History Of Philosophy ◽  
Moral Action ◽  
Main Concern ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Will

Este é um estudo sobre o conceito de vontade na história da filosofia. O centro de interesse está na obra De libero arbitrio, de Agostinho. Tanto se procura descrever a suposta “descoberta” da vontade por Agostinho quanto analisar a coerência do conceito obtido. Trata-se do primeiro de dois estudos sobre a vontade e a liberdade em De libero arbitrio I. PALAVRAS-CHAVE – Vontade. Liberum arbitrium. Liberdade. Razão. Desejo. Ação. Psicologia da ação moral. Assentimento. Juízo. Erro. Teodicéia. ABSTRACT – This is a study on the concept of will in the history of philosophy. Its main concern is a work of the young Augustine, namely De libero arbitrio. Aim of the investigation is both to describe the alleged “discovery” of the will through Augustine and to examine the coherence of such concept. This is the first of two studies on will and freedom according to Augustine in De libero arbitrio I. KEY WORDS – Will. Liberum arbitrium. Freedom. Reason. Action. Psychology of moral action. Assent. Judgement. Error. Theodicy.

Saint Theophan the Recluse in the Struggle with Shtunda

2020 ◽  
pp. 230-242
Author(s):  
Варвара Викторовна Каширина
Keyword(s):  
Research Methodology ◽  
Bible Study ◽  
Active Participation ◽  
Scientific Methods ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Xix Century

Объектом исследования в статье является переписка святителя Феофана с Н. В. Елагиным, протоиереем Николаем Флоринским и протоиереем Димитрием Ждановым. Тематика переписки - религиозно-нравственные братства («штунды») для изучения Библии, возникшие в начале XIX в. в южных областях Украины и быстро увеличивавшие своё влияние среди православных христиан. Методология исследования базируется на комплексном применении традиционных научных методов: источниковедческого, историко-логического и сравнительно-исторического. В результате исследования была реконструирована история издания сочинения А. Д. Ушинского «Вероучение малорусских штундистов, разобранное на основании Священного Писания в беседах православного мирянина с сектантами» против штундистов и выявлено участие в подготовке издания святителя Феофана Затворника. Труд А. Д. Ушинского, написанный при деятельном участии и поддержке святителя Феофана, явился одним из первых, посвящённых штунде. В книге были опубликованы и подробно разобраны вероучительные положения штундистов, которые ходили в рукописном виде или же распространялись только устно. The object of research in the article was the correspondence of Saint Theophan with N. V. Elagin, Archpriest Nikolai Florinsky and Archpriest Dimitri Zhdanov. The subject of the correspondence is religious and moral fraternities («shtund») for Bible study, which appeared in the early XIX century in the southern regions of Ukraine and quickly increased their influence among Orthodox Christians. The research methodology is based on the complex application of traditional scientific methods: source-based, historical-logical and comparative-historical. The study was reconstructed history of editions of works by A. D. Ushinsky «a little Creed of Stundists, dismantled on the basis of Holy Scripture in the conversations of an Orthodox layman with zealots» against Stundists identified and involved in the preparation of the edition of St. Theophan the Recluse. The work of A.D. Ushinsky, written with the active participation and support of Saint Theophan, was one of the first dedicated to shtunda. The book published and analyzed in detail the doctrinal statements of the shtundists, which went in handwritten form or were distributed only orally.

Does Popper Explain Historical Explanation?

1995 ◽  
Vol 39 ◽  
pp. 225-240
Author(s):  
Kenneth Minogue
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Free Will ◽  
Philosophy Of Science ◽  
Religious Belief ◽  
Scientific Method ◽  
History Of Philosophy ◽  
Historical Explanation ◽  
The Social ◽  
History Of

It is one of Karl Popper's great distinctions that he has an intense—some would say too intense—awareness of the history of philosophy within which he works. He knows not only its patterns, but also its comedies, and sometimes he plays rhetorically against their grain. He knows, for example, that the drive to consistency tends to turn philosophy into compositions of related doctrines, each seeming to involve the others. Religious belief, for example, tends to go with idealism and free will, religious scepticism with materialism and determinism. Popper does not believe in a religion, was for long some kind of a socialist, and takes his bearings from the philosophy of science. Aha! it seems we have located him. Here is a positivist, a materialist, probably a determinist. But of course he denies he is any of these things. Again, like many modern thinkers, he wants to extend scientific method not only to the social sciences but also to history. So far so familiar, until we discover that he regards nature as no less ‘cloudy’ than human societies.

scholarly journals Hegel’s Lectures on the History of Modern Philosophy

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karin de Boer
Keyword(s):  
Modern Philosophy ◽  
History Of Philosophy ◽  
The Other ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
History Of ◽  
Methodological Principles ◽  
The One

This chapter examines Hegel’s lectures on the history of modern philosophy in view of the tension between, on the one hand, his ambition to grasp philosophy’s past in a truly philosophical way and, on the other hand, the necessity to account for the actual particularities of a wide range of philosophical systems. Hegel’s lectures are put in relief by comparing their methodological principles to those put forward by his Kantian predecessor Tennemann. After discussing Hegel’s conception of modern philosophy as a whole, the chapter turns to his reading of Locke, Leibniz, and, in particular, Kant. In this context, it also compares Hegel’s assessment of Kant’s achievements to that of Tennemann. The chapter concludes by considering Hegel’s account of the final moment of the history of philosophy.

Free Will

Philosophy ◽  
2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kevin Timpe
Keyword(s):  
Moral Responsibility ◽  
Free Will ◽  
Philosophy Of Religion ◽  
History Of Philosophy ◽  
The Past ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
History Of

Free will is a perennial issue in philosophy, both in terms of the history of philosophy and in contemporary discussions. Aspects of free will relate to a wide range of philosophical issues, but especially to metaphysics and ethics. For roughly the past three decades, the literatures on free will and moral responsibility have overlapped to such a degree that it is impossible to separate them. This entry focuses on contemporary discussions about the nature and existence of free will, as well as its relationship to work in the sciences and philosophy of religion.

Nihilsmo, Fin de la Metafisica y Secularizacion en el Pensamiento de Nietzsche, Heidegger y Vattimo

1998 ◽  
pp. 165-172
Author(s):  
Laura Laiseca
Keyword(s):  
The Other ◽  
Death Of God ◽  
Eternal Recurrence ◽  
History Of ◽  
Postmodern Philosophy ◽  
The Will ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The One

The purpose of this article is to articulate Nietzsche's criticism of morality which is centered in his experience of the death of God and the end of the subject of Modernity. Nietzsche considers nihilism as a nihilism of morality, not of metaphysics: it is morality and its history that has given rise to nihilism in the Occident. That is why Nietzsche separates himself from metaphysics as well as from morality and science, which differs from Heidegger's reasons. According to Heidegger, Nietzsche places himself in a primal position in the history of metaphysics, by which he means the consummation (Vollendung) of metaphysics' nihilism, which Heidegger tries to transcend. On the one hand, Heidegger shows us how Nietzsche consummates the Platonic philosophy by inverting its principles. On the other, Nietzsche consummates the metaphysics of subjectivity. Consequently he conceives the thought of the will of power and of the eternal recurrence as the two last forms of the metaphysical categories of essence and existence respectively. On this ground it is possible to understand Nietzsche's and Heidegger's thought as the necessary first stage in the transition to Vattimo's postmodern philosophy and his notion of secularization.

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