Philosophy of the
Enlightenment, Science and Culture
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The
period of Enlightenment refers to the European culture of the 18th
century. The People of Enlightenment believed the almightiness of
human knowledge and defied the tradition and the pre-established
thoughts of the past. this is the period in which the humans became
overconfident in the human Reason an rationality. Philosophers and
Scientists committed the fallacy of argumentum ad ignorantiam.
Anything which cannot be understood by rational knowledge and the
current status of sciences was defied as meaningless or
superstitious. Philosophy became very popular among the
intellectuals and people read philosophical opera. However, the
general concerns were about the practical use of our knowledge. The
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Philosophy
of Mind
History's
most profound thinkers have spent their lives attempting to answer
the deceptively simple question, "what is the mind?"
including Aristotle in antiquity, René Descartes in the 17th
century, and William James in the 19th century.
Questions about the nature of the mind are among the most hotly debated in philosophy today. Today, we are beginning to see the true complexity of this pursuit, as philosophers draw on the latest evidence from neuroscience, psychology, artificial intelligence, linguistics, and other fields to probe still deeper into the inner workings of the mind.One of the most exciting research partnerships in recent decades has been the interdisciplinary study of the mind called cognitive science. It draws on neuroscience to chart how bundles of neurons create minds, psychology to illuminate how minds function, linguistics to explain how minds generate language, artificial intelligence to attempt to reproduce the output of our minds, and other fields to cover the big picture. Course costs £50 and lasts for ten weeks. For more details ring
Questions about the nature of the mind are among the most hotly debated in philosophy today. Today, we are beginning to see the true complexity of this pursuit, as philosophers draw on the latest evidence from neuroscience, psychology, artificial intelligence, linguistics, and other fields to probe still deeper into the inner workings of the mind.One of the most exciting research partnerships in recent decades has been the interdisciplinary study of the mind called cognitive science. It draws on neuroscience to chart how bundles of neurons create minds, psychology to illuminate how minds function, linguistics to explain how minds generate language, artificial intelligence to attempt to reproduce the output of our minds, and other fields to cover the big picture. Course costs £50 and lasts for ten weeks. For more details ring
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Philosophy of
Sexuality and Gender
Ideas
have consequences, but few understand how the consequences are rooted
in, and flow from, those ideas. Inextricably related issues such as
same-sex marriage and gender identity illustrate this point and
require philosophical analysis.
Gender is now considered a flexible cultural concept; it is not a given in one’s nature. Biology now has nothing to do with gender. Rather, one takes one’s gender byidentifying with a wide range of possibilities. The nature of a human organism—down to the DNA—is irrelevant to gender identity. The tradition of the human race that male and female are fixed and perpetual categories of being mean little to the gender experimentalists. Men may identify as women (and perhaps have a sex change operation); women may identify as men (and perhaps have a sex change operation); men may identify as bisexuals; women may identify as bisexuals. Male or female may identify as partially heterosexual and partially homosexual. The course lasts for 10 weeks and costs £50.
Gender is now considered a flexible cultural concept; it is not a given in one’s nature. Biology now has nothing to do with gender. Rather, one takes one’s gender byidentifying with a wide range of possibilities. The nature of a human organism—down to the DNA—is irrelevant to gender identity. The tradition of the human race that male and female are fixed and perpetual categories of being mean little to the gender experimentalists. Men may identify as women (and perhaps have a sex change operation); women may identify as men (and perhaps have a sex change operation); men may identify as bisexuals; women may identify as bisexuals. Male or female may identify as partially heterosexual and partially homosexual. The course lasts for 10 weeks and costs £50.
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