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transmitted from iPad-Client > Am 26.11.2024 um 12:07 schrieb waldemar hammel über PhilWeb <philweb(a)lists.philo.at>: > >> hast du einen einzigen gültigen beweis/nachweis für eine solche ("esotherische") sphäre ?? / sonst müsste man nämlich, laut "guter argumentationskunst", davon schweigen Demnach müssten wir hier alle schweigen, denn es war doch Dein kürzlich hier vorgebrachtes Postulat, dass wir (die Menschheit) nichts wissen. Wittgensteins Diktum, über ein Nicht-Gewusstes schweigen zu müssen, könnte an Kierkegaards Aussage anknüpfen, dass sich grundsätzlich nicht alles Existierende der Lebenswelt in Alltagssprache ausdrücken lässt. So bleibt nur Metaphorik gem. dem Sprichwort: „Ein Bild sagt mehr als tausend Worte“. Oder eben wie Wittgenstein es ausdrückte: „Sätze können nichts Höheres ausdrücken….Nicht wie die Welt ist, ist das Mystische, sondern dass sie ist“. Dieses Mysterium kann überhaupt nicht mit Sätzen erklärt werden, da diese nur vorstellen, was möglich ist, nicht aber, warum es möglich ist.“ Damit sei erklärt, wie sinnlos es ist, Beweise für ein nicht zu wissendes Mysterium (in diesem Fall die Sphäre des Intelligiblen) einzufordern. Das gilt selbstredend auch für alle unternommenen, bzw. geforderten Gottesbeweise. Beweise dieser Art einzufordern, ist die subtil angelegte Masche der Skeptiker und das beweist letztlich nur deren Begrenzung und Deprivation zufolge ihrer eingeschränkten, verbohrten Sicht auf die schnöde irdische Lebenswelt. Den Gegenbeweis schuldig bleibend, wüten sie gegen alles, was ihren Denk- und Erfahrungshorizont übersteigt, d.h. gegen jegliche Transzendenz in Richtung einer überempirischen Sphäre. Anders eben Wittgenstein: „Wovon man nicht sprechen kann, darüber muss man schweigen.“ Nicht nur diesem Diktum folgend müsste man hinsichtlich des von Dir geforderten Beweises für die von mir angenommene Sphäre des Intelligiblen auch schweigen, da diese kein physisch erkennbarer, resp. kein sinnlich wahrnehmbarer Raum ist. Es ist ein Ort der Kohärenz, Ort der potentiellen Ideen von der Ausformung materieller, realer Welten nach dem Urprinzip allem Seins: Anima unica forma corporis. Und wie steht es um diese solchermaßen geformte Welt? Die Welt als Wille und Vorstellung. Schopenhauer wie Kant als „Welterklärer“: „Wir müssen so wollen, daß wir uns durch die Art unseres Wollens als zu einer übersinnlichen Sphäre, einem „Reich der Zwecke“ (s. d.) gehörig setzen und betrachten, einem Zusammenhang, welchem wir und die anderen Menschen oder Vernunftwesen angehören, einer moralischen Welt, deren Gesetze auf die Sinnenwelt Einfluß haben. Wir sollen so wollen und handeln, als ob uns eine intelligible Welt als Erkenntnisobjekt gegeben wäre, und wir sollen die Idee eines solchen Systems vernünftig wollender, freier, autonomer Wesen durch unser Tun verwirklichen. Die intelligible Welt ist — wie alles Ideal-Übersinnliche — Grund und zugleich Ziel, und ihr Sein ist, wenn auch nicht Existenz im Sinne der Dinghaftigkeit und Erfahrbarkeit, doch nicht geringwertiger, sondern eher von höherer Dignität, von zeitloser, übersubjektiver Geltung.“ (Zitat ende) KJ

1 year, 7 months

Reminder: "Lugano Philosophy Colloquia"

by events.isfi＠usi.ch

We are pleased to announce that on Friday, November 29 at 17.30 (CET), Alain Pe-Curto (USI) will give the talk A Dilemma in Value as part of the Lugano Philosophy Colloquia Fall 2024 organised by the Institute of Philosophy (ISFI) at USI. This hybrid talk will take place in Room Multiuso, FTL Building (USI West Campus) and online via Zoom. If you are interested in joining online, please write to events.isfi(a)usi.ch. Here is the abstract of the talk: I argue that either value resembles familiar natural properties or value depends on natural properties but not both. For more information: https://www.ftl.usi.ch/it/feeds/14780

1 year, 7 months

CfA Summer School The Aim and Structure of Cosmological Theory (Lugano, Switzerland)

by events.isfi＠usi.ch

The Summer School The Aim and Structure of Cosmological Theory will take place at USI, Lugano (Switzerland) from 23 to 27 June 2025 and will be taught by Chris Smeenk (Western Ontario) and Jim Weatherall (UC Irvine). Deadline for applications: February 15, 2025 A number of challenging questions arise in contemporary cosmology, and philosophers can contribute constructively to answering them. In what sense is cosmology a “special case,” in terms of its aims, the nature of cosmological theories, or the ability to establish theories empirically? What, if anything, constrains theorizing about the early universe or regions of space and time that are beyond our observational ken? These and other questions will be tackled at the summer school, whose organizing theme is the forthcoming book by Smeenk & Weatherall The Aim and Structure of Cosmological Theory. How to apply: Application is open to graduate students and early career researchers. Please send a copy of your CV, a one-page motivation letter and a reference letter from a supervisor or colleague to summerschool.isfi(a)usi.ch<mailto:summerschool.isfi@usi.ch>. Accepted participants will have the possibility to send a short abstract for consideration to present some of their research at the summer school. More information and provisional schedule: usi.ch/cosmology<https://www.usi.ch/it/formazione/apprendimento-permanente/summer-winter-sch…> Any questions: summerschool.isfi(a)usi.ch<mailto:summerschool.isfi@usi.ch>

1 year, 7 months

Lugano Philosophy Colloquia (Hybrid)

by events.isfi＠usi.ch

1 year, 7 months

Master in Philosophy (USI, Switzerland)

by events.isfi＠usi.ch

Are you passionate about metaphysics, philosophy of physics, logic, or philosophy of mind? The Master in Philosophy (MAP) at the University of Italian Switzerland could be the best way to pursue your academic ambitions! The MAP is a 2-year English-taught Research Master focused on preparing students for applying to the most demanding PhD Philosophy programmes worldwide. * Small interactive classes with outstanding professors<https://www.usi.ch/en/education/master/philosophy/professors> * Individual tutor for regular meetings, feedback, and academic guidance * Excellent PhD placement record * Generous merit-based scholarships and student assistant positions For more information about the MAP, visit usi.ch/map<http://usi.ch/map> or send an email to map(a)usi.ch<mailto:map@usi.ch>

1 year, 8 months

Reminder: "Lugano Philosophy Colloquia"

by events.isfi＠usi.ch

Dear all, We are pleased to announce that on Friday, November 15 at 17.30 (CET), Sebastian Speitel (Bonn) will give the talk Securing Arithmetical Determinacy as part of the Lugano Philosophy Colloquia Fall 2024 organised by the Institute of Philosophy (ISFI) at USI. This hybrid talk will take place in Room Multiuso, FTL Building (USI West Campus) and online via Zoom. If you are interested in joining online, please write to events.isfi(a)usi.ch. Here is the abstract of the talk: The existence of non-standard models of first-order Peano-Arithmetic threatens to undermine the claim of the moderate mathematical realist that non-mysterious access to the natural number structure is possible on the basis of our best arithmetical theories. The move to logics stronger than FOL is denied to the moderate realist on the grounds that it merely shifts the indeterminacy “one level up” into the meta-theory by -- illegitimately -- assuming determinacy of the notions needed to formulate such logics. This paper argues that the challenge can be met by showing that the notion “infinitely many” is uniquely determinable in a naturalistically acceptable fashion and is thus available to the moderate realist in the formulation of a theory of arithmetic. If there is time, I will discuss how the approach can be extended to other important mathematical theories and compare it with Field's alternative proposal and the popular strategy of invoking a second-order formalism, arguing that it is more robust than either of these. For more information: https://www.ftl.usi.ch/it/feeds/14780

1 year, 8 months

Keine Argumente - keine Gedichte - nur Zitate und Fragen oder wirres Zeug?

by Joseph Hipp

1 year, 8 months

Lugano Philosophy Colloquia (Hybrid)

by events.isfi＠usi.ch

We are pleased to announce that on Friday, November 15 at 17.30 (CET), Sebastian Speitel (Bonn) will give the talk Securing Arithmetical Determinacy as part of the Lugano Philosophy Colloquia Fall 2024 organised by the Institute of Philosophy (ISFI) at USI. This hybrid talk will take place in Room Multiuso, FTL Building (USI West Campus) and online via Zoom. If you are interested in joining online, please write to events.isfi(a)usi.ch. Here is the abstract of the talk: The existence of non-standard models of first-order Peano-Arithmetic threatens to undermine the claim of the moderate mathematical realist that non-mysterious access to the natural number structure is possible on the basis of our best arithmetical theories. The move to logics stronger than FOL is denied to the moderate realist on the grounds that it merely shifts the indeterminacy “one level up” into the meta-theory by -- illegitimately -- assuming determinacy of the notions needed to formulate such logics. This paper argues that the challenge can be met by showing that the notion “infinitely many” is uniquely determinable in a naturalistically acceptable fashion and is thus available to the moderate realist in the formulation of a theory of arithmetic. If there is time, I will discuss how the approach can be extended to other important mathematical theories and compare it with Field's alternative proposal and the popular strategy of invoking a second-order formalism, arguing that it is more robust than either of these. For more information: https://www.ftl.usi.ch/it/feeds/14780

1 year, 8 months

Reminder: "Lugano Philosophy Colloquia"

by events.isfi＠usi.ch

Dear all, We are pleased to announce that on Friday, October 25 at 17:30 (CEST), Karen Crowther (Oslo) will give the talk Why do we want a theory of quantum gravity? as part of the Lugano Philosophy Colloquia Fall 2024 organised by the Institute of Philosophy (ISFI) at USI. This hybrid talk will take place in Room Multiuso, FTL Building (USI West Campus) and online via Zoom. If you are interested in joining online, please write to events.isfi(a)usi.ch. Here is the abstract of the talk: Physicists have spent around a century searching for a new theory of fundamental physics, known as quantum gravity. In doing so, they've been predominately motivated by theoretical and philosophical concerns. If we are to better understand what the new theory is supposed to be like, we should critically examine these motivations and the way in which they serve to define and constrain the theory sought. Here, I briefly introduce and start to explore some of these motivations. For more information: https://www.ftl.usi.ch/it/feeds/14780

1 year, 8 months

Lugano Philosophy Colloquia (Hybrid)

by events.isfi＠usi.ch

Dear all, We are pleased to announce that on Friday, October 25 at 17:30 (CEST), Karen Crowther (Oslo) will give the talk Why do we want a theory of quantum gravity? as part of the Lugano Philosophy Colloquia Fall 2024 organised by the Institute of Philosophy (ISFI) at USI. This hybrid talk will take place in Room Multiuso, Faculty of Theology Building (USI West Campus) and online via Zoom. If you are interested in joining online, please write to events.isfi(a)usi.ch. Here is the abstract of the talk: Physicists have spent around a century searching for a new theory of fundamental physics, known as quantum gravity. In doing so, they've been predominately motivated by theoretical and philosophical concerns. If we are to better understand what the new theory is supposed to be like, we should critically examine these motivations and the way in which they serve to define and constrain the theory sought. Here, I briefly introduce and start to explore some of these motivations. For more information: https://www.ftl.usi.ch/it/feeds/14780

1 year, 8 months

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