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Reflective equilibrium — is a state of balance or coherence among a set of beliefs arrived at by a process of deliberative mutual adjustment among general principles and particular judgments. Although he did not use the term, philosopher Nelson Goodman introduced the… … Wikipedia
Reflective — Re*flect ive (r?*fl?kt ?v), a. [Cf. F. r[ e]flectif. Cf. {Reflexive}.] 1. Throwing back images; as, a reflective mirror. [1913 Webster] In the reflective stream the sighing bride, viewing her charms. Prior. [1913 Webster] 2. Capable of exercising … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Critique of Judgment — Part of a series on Immanuel … Wikipedia
determinative judgment — noun Etymology: translation of German bestimmende urteilskraft in Kantianism : a judgment that proceeds from a general concept or universal principle and designates the particulars which are to be subsumed under the general contrasted with… … Useful english dictionary
The Last Judgment (Michelangelo) — Infobox Painting| backcolor=#FBF5DF painting alignment=right image size=300px title=The Last Judgment artist=Michelangelo year=1534 1541 type=Fresco height=1370 width=1200 height inch= width inch = diameter cm = diameter inch = city=Vatican City… … Wikipedia
Kant: Critique of Judgement — Patrick Gardiner Kant’s third Critique, the Critique of Judgement, was published in 1790 and was intended as he himself put it to bring his “entire critical undertaking to a close.” So conceived, it was certainly in part designed to build upon… … History of philosophy
Postmodernist theory — Lyotard, Baudrillard and others Thomas Docherty INTRODUCTION Philosophy has been touched by postmodernism. Philosophy, in the modern academy, is supposed to be the discipline of disciplines: it is philosophy which will be able to gather together … History of philosophy
Rudolf Makkreel — Rudolf A. Makkreel is Charles Howard Candler Professor of Philosophy at Emory University.Biography and ResearchMakkreel was born in 1939 in Antwerp, Belgium, grew up in the Netherlands, and received his Ph.D. from Columbia University. He also… … Wikipedia
Hermeneutics — Gadamer and Ricoeur G.B.Madison THE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND: ROMANTIC HERMENEUTICS Although the term ‘hermeneutics’ (hermeneutica) is, in its current usage, of early modern origin,1 the practice it refers to is as old as western civilization itself … History of philosophy
metaphysics — /met euh fiz iks/, n. (used with a sing. v.) 1. the branch of philosophy that treats of first principles, includes ontology and cosmology, and is intimately connected with epistemology. 2. philosophy, esp. in its more abstruse branches. 3. the… … Universalium
