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Kantian Ethics and “Anthropocentrism” (Draft)

History of Science & Scholarship2008.05.14
Kantian Ethics and “Anthropocentrism” (Draft)
Abstract: The “human-centeredness” represented by Kant has become the main target of contemporary environmental ethics, and whether nonhuman beings possess “intrinsic value” has become the focal point of controversy. Yet contemporary scholars’ interpretation of what exactly “intrinsic value” means is entirely different from Kant’s. Taking as its point of departure the “human-centeredness” widely criticized by environmental ethics, as well as basic ethical concepts such as “value” and “purpose,” this essay sorts through and comments on the features of Kantian ethics, and points out that environmental ethics’ criticisms of Kant are to a considerable extent based on misreading. This essay argues that the so-called human-centeredness in the Kantian sense is, in…
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2008年5月14日
A Tentative Discussion of Schopenhauer’s Spirit of Rationalism

History of Science & Scholarship2008.01.10
A Tentative Discussion of Schopenhauer’s Spirit of Rationalism
The epigraph to the first part of *The World as Will and Representation* quotes Rousseau: “Step out of childhood, my friend, awaken!” What did Schopenhauer want to express by this line? We might as well compare it with a fable he wrote late in life: “A mother, with the hope of educating and cultivating her children’s minds, lets them read Aesop’s fables; but they soon send the book back, and the eldest, precocious child says: this is not the sort of book we read; it is too childish, too silly; you cannot make us believe that foxes and wolves can talk, and we shall read nothing of the kind again!…
phenomenology knowledge Kant paper
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2008年1月10日
The Path to “Authenticity”—On the Intent of Being and Time

History of Science & Scholarship2008.01.10
The Path to “Authenticity”—On the Intent of Being and Time
Please choose one of the following topics; of course, you may also write more than one essay, but there will be no extra credit~ 1. Discuss the relation between “authenticity” and inauthenticity in *Being and Time*. 2. Briefly explain the intellectual intention of *Being and Time*, and give your evaluation. (From the description of Dasein itself to the description of Being) 3. Choose your own topic. This is not recommended; unless it is especially well written, it is hard to get a high score. Requirements: 1. Stay close to the text; only with paraphrase can there be evaluation. 2. No fewer than 5,000 characters. The Road Toward “Authenticity” ——On the…
philosophy Heidegger paper pursuit
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2008年1月10日
Negative Ontology

History of Science & Scholarship2007.06.15
Negative Ontology
Negative Ontology ——A Critical Appraisal of Kant’s Ontological Thought Abstract: This essay aims to interpret Kant’s ontological thought in Critique of Pure Reason and Introduction to a Future Metaphysics. Kant’s ontology differs radically from the tradition; it is what may be called a “negative ontology,” that is, an ontology whose aim is not to expand knowledge, but to set limits to it. The thing-in-itself is precisely Kant’s ontic ground; Kant emphasizes that the thing-in-itself is unknowable, yet must be thinkable and acknowledged. The positing of the thing-in-itself, on the one hand, restricts the arrogance of dogmatism; on the other hand, it also restrains the lawlessness of skeptics. In the realm…
philosophy knowledge Kant paper
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2007年6月15日
A Brief Discussion of the Question of Euthanasia

History of Science & Scholarship2007.06.08
A Brief Discussion of the Question of Euthanasia
One piece counts as two pieces… though that is not right, I really can’t make it in time… A Brief Talk on the Issue of Euthanasia The Basic Definition of Euthanasia Euthanasia refers to “the act or practice of, out of mercy, killing patients or injured persons who have no hope of recovery by a relatively painless method, or allowing them to die.”[①] The above is only a dictionary definition, and in academic discussion there are naturally many imprecisions in it. However, I do not intend to offer a new definition. In what follows, I will mainly discuss euthanasia in relation to issues of life and death. “Euthanasia can be…
philosophy freedom paper rights
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2007年6月8日
A Third Path One Can Choose—An Interpretation of Feenberg’s Philosophy of Technology

History of Science & Scholarship2007.05.31
A Third Path One Can Choose—An Interpretation of Feenberg’s Philosophy of Technology
The Third Path That Can Be Chosen—An Interpretation of Feenberg’s Philosophy of Technology Introduction American philosopher of technology Andrew Feenberg is a representative of contemporary Western Marxist philosophy of technology. His critical theory of technology seeks to open up a “third path” in philosophy of technology—Feenberg hopes to carve out a new route between the traditional optimism and pessimism about technology, inheriting the critique and reflection on modern technology found in the Frankfurt School, Heidegger, Ellul, and other pessimists, while also retaining something of the utopian ideal found in Marx and in theorists of technology as a tool. Feenberg believes that he will “preserve the strengths of both theories while…
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2007年5月31日
Later Wittgenstein and the Philosophy of Mathematics of Intuitionism

History of Science & Scholarship2007.05.15
Later Wittgenstein and the Philosophy of Mathematics of Intuitionism
Late Wittgenstein and the Mathematical Philosophy of Intuitionism Abstract: This essay takes intuitionism as its guiding thread to explicate Wittgenstein’s late philosophy of mathematics, with the hope that it may contribute to a grasp of his late philosophy; on the other hand, it also cites Wittgenstein’s philosophical claims to provide support for intuitionism. Thus, this essay attempts both to sort out the mathematical philosophy of Wittgenstein’s later period and, at the same time, to offer a brief critical account of intuitionism. The author discusses separately the views of intuitionism and of late Wittgenstein on themes such as constructivism, empiricism, positivism, Platonism, logicism, formalism, conventionalism, the axiomatization movement, and the development…
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2007年5月15日