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An object is a technical term in modern philosophy often used in contrast to the term subject. A subject is an observer and an object is a thing observed. For modern philosophers like Descartes, consciousness is a state of cognition that includes the subject—which can never be doubted as only it can be the one who doubts–—and some object(s) that may be considered as not having real or full existence or value independent of the subject who observes it. Metaphysical frameworks also differ in whether they consider objects exist independently of their properties and, if so, in what way.
The pragmatist Charles S. Peirce defines the broad notion of an object as anything that we can think or talk about. In a general sense it is any entity: the pyramids, Alpha Centauri, the number seven, a disbelief in predestination or the fear of cats. In a strict sense it refers to any definite being.
A related notion is objecthood. Objecthood is the state of being an object. One approach to defining it is in terms of objects' properties and relations. Descriptions of all bodies, minds, and persons must be in terms of their properties and relations. The philosophical question of the nature of objecthood concerns how objects are related to their properties and relations. For example, it seems that the only way to describe an apple is by describing its properties and how it is related to other things. Its properties may include its redness, its size and its composition, while its relations may include "on the table", "in the room" and "being bigger than other apples".
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Philosophy is the study of the general and fundamental nature of reality, existence, knowledge, values, reason, mind, and language. The Ancient Greek word φιλοσοφία (philosophia) was probably coined by Pythagoras and literally means "love of wisdom" or "friend of wisdom". Philosophy has been divided into many sub-fields. It has been divided chronologically (e.g., ancient and modern); by topic (the major topics being epistemology, logic, metaphysics, ethics, and aesthetics); and by style (e.g., analytic philosophy).
As a method, philosophy is often distinguished from other ways of addressing such problems by its questioning, critical, generally systematic approach and its reliance on rational argument. As a noun, the term "philosophy" can refer to any body of knowledge. Historically, these bodies of knowledge were commonly divided into natural philosophy, moral philosophy, and metaphysical philosophy. In casual speech, the term can refer to any of "the most basic beliefs, concepts, and attitudes of an individual or group," (e.g., "Dr. Smith's philosophy of parenting").
Avram Noam Chomsky (/ˈnoʊm ˈtʃɒmski/; born December 7, 1928) is an American linguist, philosopher, cognitive scientist, historian, logician, social critic, and political activist. Sometimes described as "the father of modern linguistics," Chomsky is also a major figure in analytic philosophy, and one of the founders of the field of cognitive science. He has spent most of his career at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where he is Institute Professor Emeritus, and is the author of over 100 books, primarily on politics and linguistics. Ideologically, he aligns with anarcho-syndicalism and libertarian socialism.
Born to a middle-class Ashkenazi Jewish family in Philadelphia, Chomsky developed an early interest in anarchism from alternative bookstores in New York City. At the age of sixteen he began studies at the University of Pennsylvania, taking courses in linguistics, mathematics, and philosophy. He married fellow linguist Carol Schatz in 1949. From 1951 to 1955 he was appointed to Harvard University's Society of Fellows, where he developed the theory of transformational grammar for which he was awarded his doctorate in 1955. That year he began teaching at MIT, in 1957 emerging as a significant figure in the field of linguistics for his landmark work Syntactic Structures, which laid the basis for the scientific study of language, while from 1958 to 1959 he was a National Science Foundation fellow at the Institute for Advanced Study. He is credited as the creator or co-creator of the universal grammar theory, the generative grammar theory, the Chomsky hierarchy, and the minimalist program. Chomsky also played a pivotal role in the decline of behaviorism, being particularly critical of the work of B. F. Skinner.
We can stay together @ http://www.facebook.com/pages/Loksviews/375219492597543 www.loksviews.com Bhagavad Gita talks about how to view subject and object phenomenon. This video deals with how attachment causes due to object orientation.
Metaphysics! How would we count all the objects in the universe? Metaphysics Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvoAL-KSZ32cX32PRBl1D4b4wr8DwhRQ4 Subscribe! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=thephilosophytube Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/PhilosophyTube Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PhilosophyTube?ref=hl Twitter: @PhilosophyTube Email: ollysphilosophychannel@gmail.com Google+: google.com/+thephilosophytube Suggested Reading: VSauce On How Many Things are There? http://tinyurl.com/m5ucup6 SEP Entry on Objects: http://tinyurl.com/m5rug6s David Lewis, On the Plurality of Worlds, Keith Hossack, “Plurals and Complexes,” in British Journal for Philosophy of Science Cian Dorr, “What We Disagree About when We Disagree about Ontology,” in Fictionalism i...
I am still trying to define what philosophy is by specifying its object. Now I ask what the difference is between philosophy and science. Science is also also about reality, thinking and behavior! However, philosophy is about normative and metaphysical aspects of reality, thinking and behavior. Enjoy Jan Academy!
Contemporary American philosopher Graham Harman, the leading figure associated with the metaphysical movement object-oriented ontology, delivers his lecture Objects and the Arts. In this lecture the founder of object-oriented philosophy will discuss the implications of this philosophy for the arts. After explaining why objects are withheld from all direct access, and explaining further that the arts have always been under pressure to recognise this fact, Harman will develop further the relation between philosophy and the arts demonstrated in his Documenta 13 catalogue essay The Third Table. Graham Harman is Distinguished University Professor at the American University in Cairo. He is the author of eleven books, most recently Bells and Whistles: More Speculative Realism (2013). https://w...
The MA in Critical Theory and Creative Research program welcomes Graham Harman, a central figure in Speculative Realism and Object-Oriented Ontology. His talk is titled "Greenberg, Heidegger, McLuhan, and the Arts" and was given at PNCA. Harman is Professor of Philosophy and Associate Provost for Research Administration at the American University in Cairo, Egypt. As part of the speculative realist & object-oriented approach in ontology, he argues that objects aren't reducible to mere bundles of properties or their relations or effects on other things. Instead, objects must be understood as real independent substances in their own right, over and above their manifold sensory qualities. Otherwise, objects lose their underlying identity as something real, and end up being mere appearances, an...
Levi Bryant gives a talk titled "Onto-Cartography: On Towards a Borromean Critical Theory".
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Response to: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OC7fwlVs0CE Cropper, perhaps, if you wish to actually engage in a philosophical discussion instead of just telling me why I am wrong because only your way of thinking is true, you could respond to this video with your description of Kant's "Copernican Revolution" -- what exactly do you think Kant was up to? It is obviously a big moment in the history of philosophy, one which (for better or worse) has influenced every thinker since. You can disagree with Kant, but it might be a good idea to understand him first. This is no easy task, because (should this be obvious? -- perhaps not to an objectivist...) reading philosophy --and indeed all experience-- requires interpretation. Reality is not as simple as our intellect might like it to be. "The...
- Graham Harman på Moderna Museet: Vad är ett objekt? 16 januari 2015 höll den omtalade teoretikern Graham Harman en föreläsning om sitt objektorienterade tänkande i Auditoriet på Moderna Museet. Föreläsningen ingick i ett symposium som fäste uppmärksamheten på objektets roll i estetikens, samhällets och marknadens respektive sfär. Symposiet var ett samarbete mellan Handelshögskolan i Stockholm och SASSE Art Division. - Graham Harman at Moderna Museet: What is an Object? On 16 January 2015 the theorist Graham Harman held a lecture about his object-oriented ideas in the Auditorium of Moderna Museet. The lecture was part of a symposium that posed questions about the role of the object in the spheres of aesthetics, society and the market. The symposium was a collaboration between, Modern...
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https://www.edx.org/course/question-reality-science-philosophy-dartmouthx-dart-ice-01x#! How much can we know of the physical world? Can we know everything? Or are there fundamental limits to how much we can explain? If there are limits, to what extent can we explain the nature of physical reality? RealityX investigates the limits of knowledge and what we can and cannot know of the world and ourselves. We will trace the evolution of ideas about the nature of reality in philosophy and the natural sciences through the ages. Starting with the philosophers of Ancient Greece and ending with cutting edge theories about the universe, quantum physics, and the nature of consciousness.
https://www.edx.org/course/question-reality-science-philosophy-dartmouthx-dart-ice-01x How much can we know of the physical world? Can we know everything? Or are there fundamental limits to how much we can explain? If there are limits, to what extent can we explain the nature of physical reality? RealityX investigates the limits of knowledge and what we can and cannot know of the world and ourselves. We will trace the evolution of ideas about the nature of reality in philosophy and the natural sciences through the ages. Starting with the philosophers of Ancient Greece and ending with cutting edge theories about the universe, quantum physics, and the nature of consciousness.
The translator reads a translation from Ancient Greek of a dissertation by Maximus of Tyre (2nd c. CE), a Platonist philosopher, on virtue vs. pleasure as a defining matter in philosophy.
The possibility of a natural theology, God as its subject matter, the method used by natural theology and its content. Man’s natural knowledge of God. Necessity of analogy. Possibility of forming an idea of God, opposing Agnosticim. The origin of the idea of God. (McCormick, p. 1-9)
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Terence Kemp McKenna was an author, lecturer, philosopher and shamanic explorer of the realm of psychedelic states. He spoke and wrote about a variety of subjects, including metaphysics, alchemy, language, culture, technology, and the theoretical origins of human consciousness. He has been described by some as being "so far out, nobody knows what he's talking about", and by others as "the most innovative thinker of our times". To shake us out of our perceptual torpor, McKenna played the holy fool, the crazy wisdom sage. He pushed our faces in the most exotic, lurid inventions of modern science and technology. What elevated him above most other prophets was that he delivered his prophesies with a wink, an implicit acknowledgement that ultimately reality is stranger than we CAN suppose. McKe...
This video was recorded on http://wrocloverb.com. You should follow us at https://twitter.com/wrocloverb. See you next year! Actions are driven by ideas, and ideas are driven by philosophy. For a deep understanding of our actions, we have to go the whole way back to the philosophy that motivates them. So what's the philosophical basis for Object Oriented Programming? In this talk, Steve will discuss Plato's theory of forms, its relationship to Object Oriented Programming, and its current relevance (or irrelevance) to modern philosophy.
Actions are driven by ideas, and ideas are driven by philosophy. For a deep understanding of our actions, we have to go the whole way back to the philosophy that motivates them. So what's the philosophical basis for Object Oriented Programming? In this talk, [the speaker] will discuss Plato's theory of forms, its relationship to Object Oriented Programming, and its current relevance (or irrelevance) to modern philosophy. Help us caption & translate this video! http://amara.org/v/FGcM/
Amie L. Thomasson gives an overview of some philosophical issues which arise regarding the nature of ordinary objects and their identity across time. She first explains how there can be a controversy at all regarding the existence of ordinary objects, and second, why this controversy has arisen so late in the history of philosophy. She begins by discussing why the "obvious" sensory evidence in favor of ordinary objects is not taken to be decisive. She goes on to review the standard arguments against the existence of ordinary objects -- including those based on problems of causal redundancy, parsimony, co-location, sorites arguments of vagueness, and the question of special composition. She then goes on to address what it is about the contemporary approach to metaphysics that invites and su...
Discussion: With Graham Harman, Michelle Kasprzak, Francis Halsall. Response from Kevin Love and Andrew Goffey. What does it mean to imagine that everything exists equally in the world, and that human beings have no more status than atoms or alpacas? Object-oriented ontology ("OOO") puts things (rather than human beings, science or social relations) at the heart of studying what it means to exist. It is a new philosophical movement that has had a decisive influence on the work of both artists and exhibition-makers. A discussion with philosopher Graham Harman, curator Michelle Kasprzak and lecturers Francis Halsall, Kevin Love and Andrew Goffey will address implications for the artwork as object.