Abstract Among the passages which are suggestive of a philosophy language in Kant’s writings his remarks and arguments on appropriate terminology for philosophical concepts. I ask what it is Kant that makes some words more suitable than others. reconstruct from Inquiry concerning distinctness principles natural theology morality (1764) Critique Pure Reason (1781/1787) defend there no such thing...

A recent focus of Philip Kitcher’s research has been, somewhat surprisingly in the light of his earlier work, the philosophical analyses of literary works and operas. Some may see a discontinuity in Kitcher’s oeuvre in this respect—it may be difficult to see how his earlier contributions to philosophy of science relate to this much less mainstream approach to philosophy. The aim of this paper i...

Philosophy and science have always striven to make sense of the world, continuously influencing each other in process. Their interplay paved way for neurophilosophy, which harnesses neuroscientific insights address traditionally philosophical questions. Given rapid technological advances recent years, this paper argues that philosophers who wish tackle intractable problems influence public disc...

Abstract In this article, I argue that there is philosophy of science since existed. Thus, the idea was born with neopositivism historically wrong and detrimental to development itself. Neopositivism tried found as an anti-philosophical discipline, a field study came replace simple philosophy. The attempt maintained for thirty years, but failed. Now, does not mean we cannot make good today, has...

READERS OF PLATO’S dialogues would recognize a constantly renewed desire to define philosophy and to distinguish it from sophistry, rhetoric, poetry, etc. One suspects that this attempt to delimit philosophy as a discourse is itself what philosophizing is. In Plato, reflexivity is already inscribed into the nature of philosophical activity. The Phaedo and the Phaedrus are two of Plato’s dialogu...