Essays about: "Objection"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 40 essays containing the word Objection.

  1. 1. The Demographic Objection and the Limits of Competence

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för filosofi, lingvistik och vetenskapsteori

    Author : Samuel Granholm; [2024-02-23]
    Keywords : Practical philosophy;

    Abstract : Epistocrats argue that political power should be distributed according to competence. Under universal suffrage the electorate at any given election will be comprised of both competent and incompetent voters due to varying degrees of knowledge and rationality within the polity. READ MORE

  3. 2. Neo-Aristotelian naturalism in light of the modal explanatory account

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för filosofi, lingvistik och vetenskapsteori

    Author : Elias Kjörk; [2023-01-20]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : Neo-Aristotelian naturalism is a metaethical theory that takes moral virtue to be a form of natural goodness in human beings, comparable to deep roots in oaks. The theory evaluates a particular species' goods and defects with intuitive teleological judgments called natural-historical judgments. READ MORE

  4. 3. The Flying Man : An interpretive approach

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Filosofiska institutionen

    Author : Dalal Altounji; [2023]
    Keywords : Thought experiment; Avicenna; dualism; essentialism;

    Abstract : A thought experiment by Avicenna known as the Flying man presents a hypothetical man in the air who is not aware of the existence of his body but simultaneously is aware of himself. A common objection to the Flying Man accuses Avicenna of committing an epistemic and logical fallacy known as the Masked Man. READ MORE

  5. 4. A Defense of the Permissibility of Prejudice

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för idé- och samhällsstudier

    Author : Lucas Lainpelto; [2023]
    Keywords : Prejudice; stereotypes; epistemology; ethics;

    Abstract : This paper argues for the counter intuitive notion that some prejudice is morally justified. The argument is divided up into three parts: (1) what prejudice is, (2) the role of epistemology and (3) the final moral argument. The first section initially establishes a working definition which allows prejudice to be justified epistemically. READ MORE

  6. 5. Spatiotemporal Consciousness in Special Relativity

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för idé- och samhällsstudier

    Author : Gustaf Malmberg; [2023]
    Keywords : Consciousness; Phenomenology; Special Relativity; Relativistic Spacetime; Theoretical Physics;

    Abstract : The experience of time passing is a fundamental part of the human experience, but what is the relationship between conscious experiences in time and the relativistic nature of space and time? It is natural to think that our phenomenal experiences are realised by neuralevents in our brains. And it seems plausible that the order of these neural events makes a difference to our phenomenology. READ MORE