Thales of Miletus, the father of philosophy and science, was a real genius. In his two major works, he deals with physical science and metaphysics. “The Metaphysicians” introduces us to his ideas about how everything that exists has a physical component. It is matter which creates reality and it is matter alone that can create …
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One of the most influential philosophers of modern times is T. George Berkeley. His major work, Topics in Metaphysics was completed at the University of Virginia in 1687 and it produced some of the most influential discussions on religion, philosophy and the nature of reality. It was also influential in other areas of philosophy including …
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Zhuang Zhou (WD / C’an li), also known as Zhuangzi (C’) or pronounced as Zai Wu (ZW), was a renowned Chinese thinker and literary writer of the late medieval period. Known to be one of the very first writers to articulate Chinese philosophical thinking into English, Zhuang Zhou served as an important influence in the …
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Willard Van Orman Quine is one of America’s best known logical essayists and natural logicians. His essays are frequently reprinted and his essays on language and its nature have been anthologized. Willard Van Orman Quine is said to be one of America’s foremost natural logicians, an “out and out intellectual”, with a brilliant mind that …
One of the earliest atomicity was Democritus, an ancient Greek philosopher who lived sometime in the 5th century BC. Democritus once stated that matter must be made up of “indivisible and continuous atoms”. One of Democritus best known works is his treatise on physics and natural philosophy, which he wrote in 391 BC. Democritus likewise …
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Friedrich Ludwig Gottlob Frege (b. 1849, d. 1926) was a German philosopher, logician, and mathematician who worked at the University of Jena in Germany. He is regarded as the father of modern mathematics, though his main interests were in geometry, arithmetic, and chemistry. In addition, he worked on methods of calculating the natural logarithm, used …
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Ibn Sina, one of the key figures in early Islam, is considered by many to be a doctor of medicine (or Muhamed). He was born in Mecca around the seventh century. In his earliest writings he presents Muslim views on God and reasoning. He is called the father of Islamic Physiology (physiology) and author of …
William James Durant was one of the very first truly modern thinkers to challenge the intellectual establishment of his day. In fact, he might well have been a founding member of that establishment. As a result, his thoughts and reasoning still ring with relevance today. For those readers who are not familiar with William James, …
When the Sophists spoke of pleasure, they referred to it only as the pleasure one experiences when engaging in pleasure. It is not, they maintained, the enjoyment one experiences when activities are performed with an eye to attaining some goal or end. The aim and purpose of all pleasure, according to them, is to attain …
In Between Being and Nothingness, Thomas Nagy takes stock of contemporary debates about realism and its philosophical bearings as he presents his analysis of phenomenological linguistics and phenomenological philosophy attempts to gain the character of an explanatory science. Beginning with an extended critique of possible alternatives to the existing socio-psychological order, the author reconstructs Edmund …
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