In the debate on Frege Point, ‘Spinoza thesis’ is often mentioned. But Leibniz kept out. Yet, this topic, Spinoza and shared a fairly similar goal. They sought to root assertive force in conceptual activity of subject. Leibniz, unlike Spinoza, wanted also build coherent theory propositions. Propositions are for him always provided with force. what affirmed by propositions logic only possibility...

Requirements documents can contain several thousand individual requirements. They must be error-free to avoid unnecessary complications and costs in the later product development stages. An important part of this is identify contradictions between two The first step therefore define what are form they occur requirement documents. In paper scientific theories regarding discussed, concerning thei...

This paper examines the points of disagreement between Neo-Darwinian and recent Neo-Aristotelian discussions of the status of purposive language in biology. I discuss recent Neo-Darwinian "evolutionary" treatments and distinguish three ways to deal with the philosophical status of teleological language of purpose: teleological error theory, methodological teleology, and Darwinian teleological r...

The aim of this study is to facilitate reflection on the moral merit of practitioners in various contexts. Insight is gained from Aristotelian and Kantian accounts of moral character and an original framework for reflection is presented as an adjunct to ethical theory and principles considered when appraising others. In relation to states of character, there is an irreconcilable difference betw...

DESCARTES'S ARGUMENTS THAT THE BODY can be considered a selfpropelled machine rely on a misuse of the Aristotelian concept of "self-motion." They depend upon the premise that life is self-motion, the Aristotelian definition which Descartes learned from Latin handbooks at La F16che. By retaining this premise, Descartes believed he was defeating the Aristotelians on their own turf when he argued ...

DESCARTES'S ARGUMENTS THAT THE BODY can be considered a selfpropelled machine rely on a misuse of the Aristotelian concept of "self-motion." They depend upon the premise that life is self-motion, the Aristotelian definition which Descartes learned from Latin handbooks at La F16che. By retaining this premise, Descartes believed he was defeating the Aristotelians on their own turf when he argued ...

The main claim of this paper is that the method outlined and used in Aristotle's Ethics is an appropriate and credible one to use in bioethics. Here "appropriate" means that the method is capable of establishing claims and developing concepts in bioethics and "credible" that the method has some plausibility, it is not open to obvious and immediate objection. It begins by suggesting why this cla...

Utilitarian, Kantian and Aristotelian ethics are explained. They di er, but because they address di erent problems, it is possible to see each as contributing to an overall understanding of ethics as integrity.