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3 days ago · While Leibniz’s use of moral necessity shifted in 1702, it has been argued that the deontic and the action theoretic senses of the term are compatible and can be used to support Leibniz’s philosophical optimism.
4 days ago · The article begins in Section 2 by presenting the two philosophical accounts that aim to give a general theory of bias, though each makes a different choice about the centrality of normativity in the analysis. It first introduces the functional account, championed by Gabbrielle Johnson and Louise Antony, and then compares it to the norm-theoretic account, introduced and defended by Thomas Kelly.
4 days ago · Following a religious experience in late 1654, he began writing influential works on philosophy and theology. His two most famous works date from this period: the Lettres provinciales and the Pensées, the former set in the conflict between Jansenists and Jesuits.
6 days ago · The theory of Forms or theory of Ideas is a philosophical theory, concept, or world-view, attributed to Plato, that the physical world is not as real or true as timeless, absolute, unchangeable ideas.
2 days ago · First-order logic —also called predicate logic, predicate calculus, quantificational logic —is a collection of formal systems used in mathematics, philosophy, linguistics, and computer science.
2 days ago · In 1691, Duillier started to write a new version of Newton's Principia, and corresponded with Leibniz. In 1693, the relationship between Duillier and Newton deteriorated and the book was never completed. Starting in 1699, other members [who?] of the Royal Society accused Leibniz of plagiarism.
4 days ago · The judgment highlights that unnecessarily argumentative correspondence will not be countenanced during the costs budgeting process. Further there is no obligation on a party to take part in that particular dance.
