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GSTF Journal of General Philosophy (JPhilo)

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Publisher: Global Science and Technology Forum - Springer Journals

2015
Volume 1
Issue 2 (Aug)

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Explicating Curiosity via Uncertainty and Interest, Augmented with Open-Mindedness

Far, Ali

2015 GSTF Journal of General Philosophy (JPhilo)

doi:10.7603/s40873-014-0005-1

The objective of this paper is to raise a challenge to Ilhan Inan’s claim (2013) that an agent’s curiosity ceases when the agent is firmly certain about the object of curiosity that is of interest to him, and to supplement his account by appealing to an aspect of curiosity that Inan overlooks...
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Smith’s Incoherence Argument for Moral Rationalism

Lyons, Michael

2015 GSTF Journal of General Philosophy (JPhilo)

doi:10.7603/s40873-014-0006-0

Defenders of Motivational judgment internalism (MJI) argue that in one sense or another, our moral judgments necessarily motivate us to some extent. One of the most prominent defenders is Michael Smith, who in his highly influential book The Moral Problem defends a form of moral rationalism,...
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Conceptuality of Unreflective Actions in Flow: McDowell-Dryfus Debate

Far, Ali

2015 GSTF Journal of General Philosophy (JPhilo)

doi:10.7603/s40873-014-0003-3

The objective of this paper is to supplement Gottlieb’s challenge to Dryfus who claims that concepts are not operative in expert’s unreflective actions. First, concepts that an agent develops over time with practice, starting from the stage of novelty, become deeply rooted and persist through his...
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The Metaphysics of the Tragic

Protasenko, Irina N.

2015 GSTF Journal of General Philosophy (JPhilo)

doi:10.7603/s40873-014-0009-x

The author analyzes the concept of “the tragic” in socio-philosophical aspect. The tragic is conceived not only as a property of the individual, but also as a property of social consciousness. The methodology of study rests on the necessity of studying the problem at the level of society as a...
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The Impacts of Jean Paul Sartre on Simone De Beauvoir

Coşkuner, Ceylan

2015 GSTF Journal of General Philosophy (JPhilo)

doi:10.7603/s40873-014-0008-y

It has been commonly argued that there are traces of Jean Paul Sartre on the philosophical system of his partner, Simone de Beauvoir. Some claim that Beauvoir was not original enough when constructing her system and developing her thoughts; according to some others, she even was not a...
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Sartre and Fanon : On Men and Women, and Gender and Race Intersection as They Relate to French Colonial Resistance

Nya, Nathalie

2015 GSTF Journal of General Philosophy (JPhilo)

doi:10.7603/s40873-014-0007-z

In this paper, the author presents Fanon’s analysis of decolonization in order to present an explicit conception of resistance based upon Fanon’s concept of decolonization, which is aligned with the lived experience of the colonized: their racial, sociopolitical, and economic condition as well as...
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The Incipient Mind Argument

Álvarez-Vázquez, Javier Y

2015 GSTF Journal of General Philosophy (JPhilo)

doi:10.7603/s40873-014-0002-4

The incipient mind argument is the central argument of Evan Thompson’s solution to the so-called mind-body problem. This paper challenges Evan Thompson’s (and Francisco Varela’s) assumption of a pristine form of subjectivity, as well as of interiority in unicellular life forms. I claim that this...
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In Support of Theory of Appearing: Defending Langsam against Djukic’s Critique

Far, Ali

2015 GSTF Journal of General Philosophy (JPhilo)

doi:10.7603/s40873-014-0004-2

The purpose of this paper is to defend Langsam’s Theory of Appearing (TA) against Djukic et al’s critique. In strengthening Langsam’s defense of TA, I adopt some of Le Morvan's arguments in defending Direct Realism. TA states that experiences are relations between material object and mind, and...
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The Ontology and Developmental Root Of the First-Person Perspective

Arici, Murat; Toy, Pınar

2015 GSTF Journal of General Philosophy (JPhilo)

doi:10.7603/s40873-014-0001-5

Many philosophers take for granted the distinction between the first-person and third-person perspectives. They employ this distinction in a variety of philosophical debates including those concerning self-consciousness, phenomenal properties, subjectivity of phenomenal consciousness, and...

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