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Charles Darwin In 1784 the Scottish geologist Thomas Hutton published his "Theory of the Earth", in which he studied the stratification of sediments. Hutton showed that the stratification of sediments were related to all kinds of processes, which still were happening in the......Read More

Posted on: 2008-04-03 15:00:00 | Rating:

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Henri Bergson Today is a special day, because the philosopher who is named after me is our subject. First I want to make something clear. When you make an account in SL you get lastnames offered. You may pick from a list which starts with A. Getting to B I ran into the name Bergson and I......Read More

Posted on: 2008-04-04 04:15:38 | Rating:

| Views: 53 | Comments: 0 | Tags: my intuition says...great debate.(^_^)

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Alfred North Whitehead Who was Alfred North Whitehead? Of course I know the name. Betrand Russell was his most distinguished pupil at Trinity College in Cambridge UK. From 1900 to 1911 they collaborated on the "Principia Mathematica", which attempted to proof that......Read More

Posted on: 2008-04-07 03:48:21 | Rating:

| Views: 37 | Comments: 0 | Tags: Too abstract in his metaphysics...

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Ernst Mach When you look back and recall all we have seen happening in the development of mind through the ages, it is a spectacular view. Almost 1500 years nothing happened. Then we get the reformation, a shift in the dominance of the church, England even created its own church..and......Read More

Posted on: 2008-04-09 03:43:23 | Rating:

| Views: 39 | Comments: 0 | Tags: a clear philosophy of science....

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Charles Sanders Peirce A lecture on Charles Sanders Peirce is an impossbility. This brilliant mind has produced so much, that you cant do anything else than make a selection. One which is in line with our project. Peirce was exceptional in the the field of logic. He discovered really......Read More

Posted on: 2008-04-11 07:04:21 | Rating:

| Views: 64 | Comments: 0 | Tags: First thoughts on pragmatism...

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Prelude to the 20th Century An issue, which easily would escape our attention but which is important for understanding developments in philosophy, is psychology. William James reminded me of it, for he was professor of psychology and philosophy. In 1816 Johann Friedrich Herbart......Read More

Posted on: 2008-04-14 06:28:30 | Rating:

| Views: 36 | Comments: 0 | Tags: Introduction to the 20th century.....

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William James An interesting quote from Emerson, American philosopher and contemporary of William James: "As thinkers, mankind have ever been divided into two sects, Materialists and Idealists; the first class founding on experience, the second on consciousness; the first......Read More

Posted on: 2008-04-16 04:11:04 | Rating:

| Views: 51 | Comments: 0 | Tags: A great and pragmatic discussion......

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Introductory Lecture on John Dewey This is going to be the first of a few lectures on John Dewey..I am sure. He is a revelation to me. Let me tell you...as a young philosophy student preparing for graduation my professor gave me among others Peirce to read. He should have given me......Read More

Posted on: 2008-04-18 06:10:52 | Rating:

| Views: 47 | Comments: 0 | Tags: A fun class today...(^_^)

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The Second Dewey Lecture I remember that I once as a philosophy student I wondered about the relation between personality and the kind of philosophical school you prefer. That was a highly unscientific question! You adhere a philosophical school based on good arguments, not because of some......Read More

Posted on: 2008-04-21 03:54:06 | Rating:

| Views: 58 | Comments: 0 | Tags: The Dewey Lectures

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The Third Dewey Lecture You may recall how Dewey started as a Hegelian pilosopher and under influence of his education in physiology, psychology, Peirce and Darwinism developed what was in his opinion a new empiricism. We discussed how Dewey at the end rejected idealism and......Read More