Monthly Archives: January 2014

A Note on Metaphysics, in Partial Response to Peter Hacker’s “Why Study Philosophy?”

0. In “Why study philosophy?,” a note posted to his Leiter Reports: A Philosophy Blog, Brian Leiter points us to an article, also bearing the title, “Why Study Philosophy,” posted at iai news* and written by Peter Hacker, Emeritus research … Continue reading

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Theories of Knowledge and Theories of (Linguistic) Representation in Parallel Outline 3

0. In the previous posts in this series, conveniently listed in the one immediately preceding this one, I have spelled out parallel sets of defining theses of some fundamental theories of knowledge, on the one hand, and theories of, first, … Continue reading

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A First Reply to the Maverick Philosopher’s Replies to My “Seeing and the Existence of the Seen”

0. Bill Vallicella of Maverick Philosopher fame has published two posts in response to my “Seeing and the Existence of the Seen” of December 31, 2013, itself written in response to his “On Seeing: Intentionality without Aspectuality?” of December 30, 2013. … Continue reading

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Theories of Knowledge and Theories of (Linguistic) Representation in Parallel Outline 2

0. In my post of December 30, 2013, “Theories of Knowledge and Theories of Linguistic Representation in Parallel Outline 1,” having been inspired to do so by some passages in the “Introduction to Theory and Criticism” of The Norton Anthology of … Continue reading

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Theories of Knowledge … in Parallel Outline 1 Revisited Again

I attempted, in the “Theories of Knowledge … in Parallel Outline 1 Revisited” of January 2, 2014, to simplify that which I had presented in my December 30, 2013, post, “Theories of Knowledge and Theories of Linguistic Representation in Parallel Outline 1.” … Continue reading

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Averroes’ Middle Commentary on Aristotle’s Poetics is available.

I just discovered that Averroes’ Middle Commentary on Aristotle’s Poetics is available through one of the sellers accessible via Amazon.com, for only $4,562. And it’s for the hardcover at that.

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Theories of Knowledge … in Parallel Outline 1 Revisited

0. An old friend, or rather a friend, hardly old but of long standing, responded to my December 30, 2013, post, “Theories of Knowledge and Theories of Linguistic Representation in Parallel Outline 1,” with an elegant, “Huh?” That suggested to me … Continue reading

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