10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CONCEIVABILITY»
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conceivability in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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1
The Conscious Mind: In Search of a Fundamental Theory
On this view of conceivability, the conceivability of a statement involves two
things: first, the conceivability of a relevant world, and second, the truth of the
statement in that world. n It follows that in making conceivability judgments, one
has to ...
2
The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Mind
Where negative conceivability requires merely entertaining a hypothesis and
being unable to rule it out, positive conceivability involves being able to form
some sort of clear and distinct conception of a situation in which the hypothesis is
true.
Brian McLaughlin, Ansgar Beckermann, Sven Walter, 2009
3
The Character of Consciousness
These notions of conceivability are versions of negative conceivability, which is
defined in terms of what a subject can rule out through a priori reasoning. We can
say that S is negatively conceivable when S cannot be ruled out through a priori ...
4
Ignorance and Imagination : The Epistemic Origin of the ...
A conceivability report of this kind cannot be taken as a report of positive
conceivability. If the ontological argument is sound, Godlessness is
selfcontradictory; you cannot conceive that it is possible if you understand it. More
generally, and ...
Research School of Social Sciences The Australian National University Daniel Stoljar Senior Fellow, 2006
5
Philosophy of Mind: A Comprehensive Introduction
And something analogous is true of Examples 1 and 3, and any other examples
that are alleged to demonstrate the conceivability of persons existing without
bodies. In all such examples, say critics, substance dualists misdescribe what we
are ...
6
What Am I? : Descartes and the Mind-Body Problem: Descartes ...
If so, I stand corrected in my conceivability claim. I have not really conceived of
my mind in this exercise; I have merely conceived of a mind, or of an
epistemically equivalent subject that from the inside is indistinguishable from my (
our kind of) ...
Los Angeles Joseph Almog Professor of Philosophy University of California, 2001
7
Good God: The Theistic Foundations of Morality
We submit that the notion of conceivability is such that at least one of those first
two premises ought to be rejected. Premise (2), which claims that the
conceivability of God's sinning leads to the possibility of God's sinning, is of
course an ...
David Baggett, Jerry L. Walls, 2011
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Phenomenal Concepts and Phenomenal Knowledge:New Essays on ...
But at minimum, we can say that the conceivability of S requires that the truth of S
cannot be ruled out a priori. This is the notion that I have elsewhere called
negative conceivability [strictly: ideal primary negative conceivability]. One may
also ...
Torin Alter, Sven Walter, 2006
9
What Am I?: Descartes and the Mind-body Problem
The Second Reaction: The Primacy of Conceivability Arnauld's reaction to his
own case is based on the idea that possibility precedes conceivability. In
assessing the question of whether it is conceivable that water exists without
oxygen or ...
10
Conceptual Analysis and Philosophical Naturalism
But the line of thought I want to concentrate on begins from the observation that in
advancing the conceivability argument, its proponent presumably presupposes
some conception of experience or other. Which conception? Well, on the one ...
David Braddon-Mitchell, Robert Nola, 2009
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CONCEIVABILITY»
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conceivability is used in the context of the following news items.
The Truth Behind Interstellar's "Scientifically Accurate" Black Hole
... and does an admirable job distinguishing scientific fact from conceivability and guesswork. Anyone who took issue with the film's handling of ... «io9, Feb 15»
Science, Mind, and Limits of Understanding
The goals of scientific inquiry were implicitly restricted: from the kind of conceivability that was a criterion for true understanding in early modern ... «Sri Lanka Guardian, Feb 15»
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It is not out of the bounds of conceivability, therefore, that our recent experience is anomalous, particularly given how expensive current high ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Dec 14»
Delaware Court Denies Dismissal Motion, Moves Ahead Merger …
... through the elements of this claim, the court concluded that the plaintiffs' claims were not beyond the bounds of reasonable conceivability. «Bloomberg BNA, Dec 14»
Nick Jonas' new thing
Jonas put on a substantial amount of muscle since his time with the Jonas Brothers, therefore adding to his conceivability in becoming a more ... «Daily Athenaeum, Nov 14»
Delaware Court Establishes "Taxonomy" For Controlling …
This decision illustrates that, even under Delaware's lenient “reasonable conceivability” pleading standard, generalized and conclusory ... «Law.com, Nov 14»
Why doesn't she just leave?: Ray Rice's wife and the NFL
I certainly hope not, but psychologically speaking it's not out of the realm of conceivability. And that's why domestic violence always needs to be ... «RenewAmerica, Sep 14»
Chancery Upholds 'Only in North Carolina' Lawsuit Bylaw
“They provide no basis to infer, even under the reasonable conceivability standard, that the forum selection bylaw was the product of a breach ... «Law360, Sep 14»
The Wilt Chamberlain of cricket
Also, like Chamberlain, Gayle has put up some heady numbers that test the limits of conceivability. Here is a man who has bludgeoned 175 ... «ESPNcricinfo.com, Aug 14»
'Minor White: Manifestations of the Spirit' at the Getty
... but its conceivability to become a “medium of spiritual transformation.” The J. Paul Getty Center presents Minor White: Manifestations of the ... «Guardian Liberty Voice, Jun 14»
