Abstract Essentialists understand modal properties in terms of the essences things. Given this view, it is natural to think that our knowledge modality ultimately derives from Is view plausible? Do we genuinely have things, a form substantial enough ground knowledge? The more pack into notion essence allow underpin properties, harder claim genuine knowledge. I will argue realists about certain ...

Abstract Many moral error theorists reject realism on the grounds that implies existence of categorical normativity, yet normativity does not exist. Call this Metaphysical Argument. In response, some realists have emphasized a parity between and epistemic normativity. They argue if one kind is rejected, then both must be rejected. Therefore, cannot theorist without also being an theorist. Parit...

Perhaps the most familiar understanding of “naturalism” derives from Quine, it as a continuity empirical theories world described through scientific method. So, might be surprising that one important naturalistic moral realists, Philippa Foot, rejects standard evolutionary biology in her justly lauded Natural Goodness. One main reasons for this is true claim humans can flourish (eudaimonia) wit...

0 Introduction This workshop is meant to contain some interaction between computer science and philosophy. I am a philosopher, and I have got some space to try to make visible some views of my philosophical-ontological realism. According to my experience, I am sorry to say, people who work mainly with data assembled in interviews – be they anthropologists, sociologists, cultural-studies-people,...

The causal theory of reference (CTR) provides a well-articulated and widely-accepted account of the reference relation. On CTR the reference of a term is fixed by whatever property causally regulates the competent use of that term. CTR poses a metaethical challenge to realists by demanding an account of the properties that regulate the competent use of normative predicates. CTR might pose a cha...

Emergent properties of global political culture were examined using data from the World History Survey (WHS) involving 6,902 university students in 37 countries evaluating 40 figures from world history. Multidimensional scaling and factor analysis techniques found only limited forms of universality in evaluations across Western, Catholic/Orthodox, Muslim, and Asian country clusters. The highest...

The aim of this study is to examine Shanghai residents’ perceptions of the impact of 2010 EXPO and to identify different groups of residents. A survey using a 42-item impact scale was conducted in Shanghai. The results showed that there were five factors of positive impacts and three of negative impacts. The majority of respondents perceived the impacts of 2010 EXPO positively, particularly tho...

Please do not cite without permission The concept of 'tradition' is used in a range of different ways within studies of British politics. Despite this there have been only a few attempts to theorise notions of tradition within British political science. Furthermore the different concepts of tradition forwarded by conservatives, interpretivists and realists have each been contested. This paper e...

Convergent realists desire scientific methods that converge reliably to informative, true theories over a wide range of theoretical possibilities. Much attention has been paid to the problem of induction from quantifier-free data. In this paper, we employ the techniques of formal learning theory and model theory to explore the reliable inference of theories from data containing alternating quan...

Research in cognitive development has highlighted important differences between conceptions of natural kinds and artifacts. One interpretation of the distinction is that natural kinds are categories one discovers, whereas artifactual kinds are invented. Four studies assessed whether children and adults saw categorization decisions as objective matters of fact or as invented conventions. Prescho...