Physics  (tagged articles)

Debating Space Through the Göttingen Review: Why Kant's Transcendental Ideality of Space Exceeds Berkeley's Subjective Idealist Interpretation

Rocco A. Astore - It is not often that one questions the nature of space, in fact, most people understand extension as independent of their mind as well as the objects that appear in their surrounding world. However, in a radical twist, fitting for the revolutionary epoch of the Enlightenment... Keep Reading »

Does Essence Precede Existence? A Look at Camus's Metaphysical Rebellion

Scot N. DuFour - Albert Camus lived during a tumultuous time that included his experience of World War II and the Algerian War. Camus is most prominently known as an author of fine French literature but he was also a philosopher. While it is debatable whether Camus was an existentialist... Keep Reading »

Was Spinoza a Kabbalist? The Influence of Jewish Mysticism in Book I of Ethics

Rocco A. Astore - Throughout philosophy’s history, some of its most prominent thinkers have drawn inspiration from sources outside of its canon. It is of my opinion that one of these philosophers, Spinoza, in the first book of his Ethics, borrowed elements of the Kabbalah, to... Keep Reading »

Nagarjuna's Idealism as a Metaphysical Justification Against Ignorance

Rocco A. Astore - The revered Madhyamika Buddhist philosopher Nagarjuna is a central figure in the history of Eastern thought. In his Seventy Stanzas, Nagarjuna shares his views on many eternal questions including inquiries into what it means to have a proper understanding of the mind... Keep Reading »
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Plotinus' Ontology and the Problem of Matter

Rocco A. Astore - Within The Enneads, Plotinus claims all existence derives from an entirely immaterial and benevolent source which he calls the One.[1] At the same time, he also states matter corrupts that which is immaterial, and one should not understand it as being good.[2] Therefore... Keep Reading »
 
 

The keyword Physics is tagged in the following 11 articles.

Metaphysics
2018, Vol. 10 No. 01
Debating Space Through the Göttingen Review: Why Kant's Transcendental Ideality of Space Exceeds Berkeley's Subjective Idealist Interpretation
By Rocco A. Astore
It is not often that one questions the nature of space, in fact, most people understand extension as independent of their mind as well as the objects that appear in their surrounding world. However, in a radical twist, fitting for the revolutionary... Read Article »
Metaphysics Epistemology Kant Berkeley Johann Feder
Humanism
2017, Vol. 9 No. 05
Does Essence Precede Existence? A Look at Camus's Metaphysical Rebellion
By Scot N. DuFour
Albert Camus lived during a tumultuous time that included his experience of World War II and the Algerian War. Camus is most prominently known as an author of fine French literature but he was also a philosopher. While it is debatable whether Camus... Read Article »
Albert Camus Metaphysics Existentialism Absurdism The Rebel Humanism
Metaphysics
2016, Vol. 8 No. 11
Was Spinoza a Kabbalist? The Influence of Jewish Mysticism in Book I of Ethics
By Rocco A. Astore
Throughout philosophy’s history, some of its most prominent thinkers have drawn inspiration from sources outside of its canon. It is of my opinion that one of these philosophers, Spinoza, in the first book of his Ethics, borrowed elements... Read Article »
Metaphysics Ontology Spinoza Philosophy Of Religion Mysticism Kabbalah Nature Of God
Eastern Philosophy
2016, Vol. 8 No. 06
Nagarjuna's Idealism as a Metaphysical Justification Against Ignorance
By Rocco A. Astore
The revered Madhyamika Buddhist philosopher Nagarjuna is a central figure in the history of Eastern thought. In his Seventy Stanzas, Nagarjuna shares his views on many eternal questions including inquiries into what it means to have a proper understanding... Read Article »
Eastern Philosophy Idealism Metaphysics Moral Psychology Buddhism Nagarjuna
Ontology
2016, Vol. 8 No. 03
Plotinus' Ontology and the Problem of Matter
By Rocco A. Astore
Within The Enneads, Plotinus claims all existence derives from an entirely immaterial and benevolent source which he calls the One.[1] At the same time, he also states matter corrupts that which is immaterial, and one should not understand it as... Read Article »
Ontology Metaphysics Plotinus Philosophy The Ennead
Metaphysics
2016, Vol. 8 No. 02
Examining Free-Will Through Spinoza and Descartes
By Rocco A. Astore
Within the works of Spinoza, as well as those of Descartes, issues concerning the nature of free-will come to the fore. With this essay, I will first explain Spinoza’s and Descartes’s notions regarding freedom of the will, its existence... Read Article »
Metaphysics Descartes Spinoza Epistemology Ontology Free-Will Rationalism Philosophy
Metaphysics
2016, Vol. 8 No. 01
Hans Jonas' Critique of the Modern Concept of Causality
By Joao B. Farias Junior
Hans Jonas main objective in his book The phenomenon of life is to offer an interpretation of the phenomenon of Being that is neither conditioned to dualism nor to a partial conception of being, such as those developed by idealism and by materialism... Read Article »
Metaphysics Causality Hans Jonas Ontology Dualism Hume Kant Philosophy
Physics
2015, Vol. 11 No. 1
Phase Cancellation in Ultrasonic Measurements Due to Misalignment of Receiving Transducer
By Yu Tao Li
Published by Discussions
Bone sonometry is an established modality for the characterization of potentially osteoporotic cancellous bone. The ultrasonic field propagated through the heel bone (calcaneus) is subject to diffraction effects that complicate the acquired data... Read Article »
Physics Osteoporosis Phase Cancellation Diffraction Ultrasonic
Poetry
2014, Vol. 6 No. 11
The Sexual and the Spiritual in John Donne's Poetry: Exploring "The Extasie" and its Analogues
By Basil Thommen
This paper looks at the poet John Donne’s method of incorporating sexual imagery into religious and spiritual contexts. The main features of Donne’s technique arise from his notion of ecstasy. Donne’s ecstasy describes how the... Read Article »
John Donne Poetry Ecstasy Metaphysics Stoicism English Poetry
Metaphysics
2014, Vol. 6 No. 03
Baudrillard's Vision of the Postmodern Society and the Hope for Human Action
By Gian Carla D. Agbisit
This paper is about the numbing of man’s critical impulse brought about by consumer society, a society obsessed with speed, and is characterized by a constant consumption of products—of good things turning into goods, of culture with... Read Article »
Baudrillard Postmodern Society Human Action Metaphysics Postmodernism
Moral Theory
2013, Vol. 5 No. 10
Technology and Justice: The Philosophy of Authenticity and Democratic Theory
By Matthew McManus
"The sense of the world must lie outside the world. In the world, everything is as it is, and everything happens as it does happen: in it no value does exist-and if it did exist it would have no value. If there is any value that does have value,... Read Article »
Democratic Theory Metaphysics Modernity Time Technology Descartes Habermas Heidegger Hegel Kant Kierkegaard John Stuart Mill Spinoza

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