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The Virtue Ethics of Thomas Aquinas

History of Philosophy, Moral theory, On Reason, Philosophy, Politics, Reason

December 19, 2020/by Darrell Arnold

RETURN TO TABLE OF CONTENTS Thomas Aquinas (1225 - 1274) is known for having successfully integrated Aristotle's teaching with that he inherited from Platonism and...

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Aristotle’s Ethics

Courses, History of Philosophy, Moral theory, Politics

December 19, 2020/by Darrell Arnold

RETURN TO TABLE OF CONTENTS For Aristotle ethics and politics are fundamentally intertwined. He understands both domains functionally. The human function or purpose, he argues,...

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An examined ethical life

History of Philosophy, Moral theory, On Reason, Philosophy

December 19, 2020/by Darrell Arnold

RETURN TO TABLE OF CONTENTS An examined life Socrates famously noted that "the unexamined life is not worth living." But what exactly does an examined life...

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Some Thoughts On “the Backfire Effect”

Philosophy

December 1, 2020/by Darrell Arnold

In my earlier post, Election Recounts and the Backfire Effect, I refer to the heuristic that has been somewhat controversial. In comments on the...

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The Varying Faces of Fallibilism

Philosophy

November 30, 2020/by Darrell Arnold

Many philosophers of science since Charles S. Pierce have touted fallibilism as basic to the methodology of science. Writers on conspiracy theory also often...

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