Being
Although ‘being’ has frequently been treated as a name for a property or special sort of entity, it is generally recognized that it is neither. Therefore, questions concerning ...
By Okrent, Mark
Although ‘being’ has frequently been treated as a name for a property or special sort of entity, it is generally recognized that it is neither. Therefore, questions concerning ...
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By Brown, John H.
On the subject of beauty, theorists generally agree only on rudimentary points about the term: that it commends on aesthetic grounds, has absolute and comparative forms, and so ...
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By Brown, John H.
On the subject of beauty, theorists generally agree only on rudimentary points about the term: that it commends on aesthetic grounds, has absolute and comparative forms, applies to ...
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By Brown, John H.
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By Jackson, Frank; Braddon-Mitchell, David
We believe that there is coffee over there; we believe the special theory of relativity; we believe the Vice-Chancellor; and some of us believe in God. But plausibly ...
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By Braddon-Mitchell, David; Jackson, Frank
We believe that there is coffee over there; we believe the special theory of relativity; we believe the surgeon; some of us believe in God. But plausibly what ...
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see Help and beneficence.
By Fine, Arthur
Bell’s theorem is concerned with the outcomes of a special type of ‘correlation experiment’ in quantum mechanics. It shows that under certain conditions these outcomes would be restricted ...
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see Maimonides, Moses.
see Maimonides, Moses.
see Nahmanides, Moses.
By Leftow, Brian
Many think that God is perfect, or free from defect, and that being able not to exist is a defect. These infer that God is not able not ...
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By Cherniak, Christopher
To the extent that a belief is rational, it ought to be held, other things being equal; irrational beliefs should not be held. From traditional epistemological perspectives, the ...
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By Lin, Eden
An individual’s well-being – or, equivalently, their welfare or quality of life – is the extent to which their life is going well for them. ...
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see Bernard of Tours.
see Beauvoir, Simone de.
see Duran, Profiat.
see Belief and knowledge.
see Gersonides.