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Showing 1 to 20 of 288 for “"Objections"”.
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Precept and practice in science an examination of some objections to theories of scientific method
… of method can do justice to actual science. The objections to the philosophical program of framing a methodology of science come mainly from three quarters. Firstly, there is Paul Feyerabend, according to whom the historical development of science reveals that no set of general normative rules …
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The Apologetics of Thomas Chalmers: The influences, methods, and effects of chalmers’ rebuttals to objections to christianity
… his works have the goal of refuting the theistic objections offered by David Hume (1711-1776), and within that goal, he modifies the then existing natural theological arguments to conform to his philosophical views. This research reveals that Chalmers’ apologetic arguments, which reflect the …
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Some major Christian beliefs and Muslim objections and responses to the person and work of Jesus Christ
… ascension and return.We will also examine Muslim objections and responses to these beliefs and set out a Christian case for continuing to hold them with integrity and to commend them to Muslims. Each chapter will be devoted to particular beliefs, the objections to them and to Christian responses …
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Hilbert, Detlefsen and a Fregean response
This thesis examines Frege's objections to Hilbert's program. It argues that Frege's concerns can best be understood as questioning Hilbert's implicit importing of content into ideal mathematics. A contemporary defense of Hilbert, Michael Detlefsen's Hilbert's Program, is taken as representative of …
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Decision and Dependence: A Defence of Causal Decision Theory
… has intensified, with a vast array of novel objections to CDT emerging. As a result, the field of philosophical decision theory has splintered, with a large number of new versions of decision theory being developed to try to plug the gap left by the apparent collapse of CDT. However, in this …
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A Philosophical Defense of Judicial Minimalism
… to case law and the literature, refute many objections to judicial minimalism including objections based on tough case counterexamples, offer a new version of the argument of epistemic humility and offer a new argument in support of judicial minimalism from the perspective of law and …
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Second thoughts about double effect.
In this dissertation I explore objections to the ethical doctrine known as the Doctrine of Double Effect (DDE) and its applications to issues in war and medicine. DDE maintains that it is harder to justify causing harm intentionally than it is to justify causing it foreseeably. Some of the …
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Ground and Relative Fundamentality
… it is better equipped to respond to a number of objections and challenges that the notion faces. The dissertation ends by demonstrating this is the case and responding to objections.</p>
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Meaning and the Ascription of Attitudes
Chapter 6 considers objections to attitudinal semantics, replies to them, and closes with reflections on subjectivity.
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Kantian Questions, Leibnizian Responses
… and possible Leibnizian responses to those objections. Kant's central criticism of Leibniz's metaphysic is that it is based solely on intellectual, i.e., logical, principles and incorrectly dismisses the senses and sensible bodies as confusions. While Kant grants that Leibniz's system is …
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An Extensionalist Approach to Ontological Commitment: Why Quine is Mostly Right
… Quine's criterion, I will tum to the prominent objections against his theory. I will argue that there are problems both with Quine's formulation of his criterion, as well as the interpretation of Quine's criterion as presented by his objectors. In response to these issues, I will present my own …
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Schopenhauer's Pessimism and Kant's Moral Argument
… not choiceworthy," and dispelling some initial objections to it. Having established that pessimism doesn't succumb to obvious objections, I develop three lines of argument that tell in favor of it, each articulated in a chapter of its own that explains how Schopenhauer reconceives the categories …
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Reasons for living across the lifespan
… importance on fear of social disapproval, moral objections, survival and coping skills, peer acceptance, survival and coping beliefs, fear of suicide, and future optimism than did middle-aged adults and more importance on future optimism, survival and coping beliefs, peer acceptance, and future …
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Affectional Orientation, Sex Roles, and Reasons for Living.
… as on the Responsiblility to Family and Moral Objections subscales. On the Child-Related Concerns subscale heterosexuals had a higher RFL score than both homosexuals and bisexuals. The Fear of Social Disapproval subscale revealed that heterosexuals and homosexuals were significantly higher than …
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Implications for the teaching of school science arising from certain religious attitudes toward scientific facts and theories
… in larger religious groups had these three main objections to the teaching of science in the public schools. 1. The schools should not teach that the earth is round since the Bible states that it has four corners. 2. No scientific facts that relate to resistance to disease, health and sanitation …
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Time and Eternity: A Study of the ‘Accidental Temporalist’ View
… several purely analytical<br/>philosophical objections which have been raised against accidental temporalism. I begin with two peremptory objections taken from the professional literature. I also develop two original objections, in response to which I consider possible responses. In chapter …
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The nature and extent of sentence discounting for guilty pleas in Scotland
… limited. Given this, Part One then explores the objections to Sentence Discounting, and whether Sentence Discounting is unjust. Part One concludes that, the weak rationales and the strong objections mean, Sentence Discounting is unjust. Part Two, explores the extent of Sentence Discounting. This …
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Rawlsian ethical act contractarianism
… Because there have been various objections to contractarian accounts employing a veil of ignorance, I argue that these objections pose no serious problem for my account. Another feature of my account is that it is an act-based theory opposed to a rule-based one. Typically, …
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Normative Sentimentalism and Animal Ethics
… and Tom Regan's rights theory, as well as key objections to these theories. I follow this by showing how the version of sentimentalism presented in this dissertation overcomes the objections to the animal ethics of Singer and Regan. To conclude, I address and respond to possible criticisms of …
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