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#convergence
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Truth as ‘what inquiry converges on’ breaks down exactly where we most need it: ethics
Peirce wrote, in 1878, that the opinion which is fated to be ultimately agreed to by all who investigate is what we mean by the truth. I find that a beautiful idea for physics. Scientists disagree, run experiments, and over time opinions…
Started by Ethan Mercer6 replies273 views -
Al-Shaybani’s siyar and the scholastics reached civilian immunity separately
In retirement I have been reading Majid Khadduri's 1966 translation of al-Shaybani's siyar, published as The Islamic Law of Nations. Al-Shaybani (749–805) was a student of Abu Hanifa, and his work on the siyar is one of the earliest systematic treatments of…
Started by Khalid Mahmood Awan5 replies126 views -
Traditions that disagree about the self agree about how to live, so ethics can do without metaphysics
I taught ethics in a Gymnasium for years, and the comparison that always woke my students up was this one. Put the great traditions side by side on what a person is, and they disagree completely: an immortal soul, an eternal self…
Started by Henrike Vogel6 replies236 views