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42Review of: Bergmann, Gustav, Collected Works Vol. I (review)In M. C. Galavotti (ed.), Cambridge and Vienna. Frank P. Ramsey and the Vienna Circle (Vienna Circle Institute Yearbook, Vol. 12), . 2006.
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52Although many philosophers today have turned away slightly from the linguistic turn, their methods, e.g. conceptual analysis, are still linguistic. These methods lead to false results. The right method in philosophy, like in other disciplines, is to try to perceive the object and to collect and weigh evidence. We must turn back to things in themselves.
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236Belief, Knowledge, and Omniscience. Review of: Paul Weingartner: OmniscienceGrazer Philosophische Studien 83 (1): 267--279. 2011.
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Ideas, and Other Things Empiricists Do Not LikeIn Arkadiusz Chrudzimski (ed.), Existence, culture, and persons: the ontology of Roman Ingarden, Ontos. pp. 55. 2005.
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149A theory of causation with ‘tendencies’ as causal con- nections is proposed. Not, however, as ‘necessary connec- tions’: causes are not sufficient, they do not necessitate their effects. The theory is not an analysis of the concept of causation, but a description of what is the case in typical cases of causation. Therefore it does not strictly contradict any analysis of the concept of causation, not even reduct- ive ones. It would even be supported by a counterfactual or a probabilistic analysis…Read more
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26Philosophy of Religion in Protestant TheologyIn P. Copan & C. Meister (eds.), The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Religion, Routledge. pp. 487-497. 2007.
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560Do the Results of Divine Actions Have Preceding Causes?European Journal for Philosophy of Religion 3 (2): 347-367. 2011.If God brings about an event in the universe, does it have a preceding cause? For example, if the universe began with the Big Bang and if God brought it about, did the Big Bang then have a preceding cause? The standard answer is: yes, it was caused by a divine willing. I propose an alternative view: God’s actions, unlike human actions, are not initiated by willings, undertakings, or volitions, but God brings about the intended event directly. Presenting a solution to the dilemma of free will I e…Read more
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136The Ontological Turn Misunderstood: How to Misunderstand David Armstrong’s Theory of PossibilityMetaphysica 5 (2): 105-114. 2004.This article argues that there is a great divide between semantics and metaphysics. Much of what is called metaphysics today is still stuck in the linguistic turn. This is illustrated by showing how Fraser MacBride misunderstands David Armstrong's theory of modality.
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205This paper argues that there are true synthetic modal claims and that modal questions in philosophy in general are to be interpreted not in terms of logical necessity but in terms of synthetic necessity. I begin by sketching the debate about modality between logical positivism and phenomenology. Logical empiricism taught us to equate being tautological with being necessary. The common view is that tautologies are necessary in the narrow sense but that there is also necessity in a wider sense. I …Read more
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15Rezension von: H. Deuser, Gottesinstinkt: Semiotische Religionstheorie und Pragmatismus (review)Theologische Literaturzeitung 131 905-907. 2006.
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134While other philosophers have pointed out that Libet's experiment is compatible with compatibilist free will and also with weak libertarian free will, this article argues that it is even compatible with strong libertarian free will (SLF), \ie a person's ability to initiate causal processes. Contrary to what Libet suggested, the actions in the experiment were motivated by urges. It is in accordance with SLF that the urges had preceding unconcious causes. Furthermore, Libet's observation that veto…Read more
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51Ontologie und SemantologieIn Mark Siebel & Markus Textor (eds.), Semantik Und Ontologie: Beiträge Zur Philosophischen Forschung, Ontos Verlag. pp. 267. 2004.
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38Weshalb analytische Urteile kontingent und a posteriori sindIn A. Schramm (ed.), Philosophie in Österreich 1996, Hölder-pichler-tempsky. pp. 227-230. 1996.Analytic judgements are contingent and a posteriori.
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208Roman Ingarden’s Ontology: Existential Dependence, Substances, Ideas, and Other Things Empiricists Do Not LikeIn A. Chrudzimski (ed.), Existence, Culture, and Persons: The Ontology of Roman Ingarden, Ontos Verlag. pp. 55-82. 2005.About the ontology of the Polish philosopher Roman Ingarden, as presented in his treatise 'The Controversy about the Existence of the World'.
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33Ein bemerkenswerter Unterschied zwischen Personen und SchiffenIn E. Runggaldier & W. Löffler (eds.), Vielfalt und Konvergenz der Philosophie, Hölder-pichler-tempsky. 1999.Argues that persons have determinate conditions of diachronic identity, but not material things do not. That is evidence for the soul.
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33Dinge und Eigenschaften: Versuch zur OntologieVerlag J.H. Röll. 2000.Discusses Armstrong's and Roman Ingarden's ontology, criticises substance ontology, and defends tropes and a field ontology.
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43Zwischen Unbegreiflichkeit und Skeptizismus, Rezension von: P. Kügler, Übernatürlich und unbegreifbar. Religiöse Transzendenz aus philosophischer Sicht (review)Grazer Philosophische Studien 76 (1): 290-294. 2008.
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158This article argues against Benjamin Libet's claim that his experiment has shown that our actions are caused by brain events which begin before we consciously undertake the action. It clarifies what exactly should be meant by saying that the readiness potential causes, initiates, or prepares an action. It shows why Libet's experiment does not support his claim and why the experiments by Herrmann et al. and by Trevena \& Miller provide evidence against it. The empirical evidence is compatible wit…Read more
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40Review of: Mark Johnston, Saving God: Religion after Idolatry (review)Dialectica 65 (2): 286-292. 2011.
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37Göttliche Kreativität: Die vielen Weisen, auf die Gott Ereignisse geschehen lassen könnteIn G. Abel (ed.), Kreativität, Band 1, Universitã¤tsverlag Der Tu Berlin. 2005.
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11Buchbesprechung: Ch. Weidemann: Die Unverzichtbarkeit natürlicher Theologie (review)Philosophisches Jahrbuch 117 436--440. 2010.
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30Institutionen als Ingardensche intentionale GegenständeIn Gerhard Schönrich (ed.), Institutionen Und Ihre Ontologie, Ontos Verlag. pp. 61-72. 2005.
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37Zwischen Unbegreiflichkeit und Skeptizismus (review)Grazer Philosophische Studien 76 (1): 290-294. 2008.
Daniel von Wachter
International Academy of Philosophy In The Principality of Liechtenstein
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International Academy of Philosophy In The Principality of LiechtensteinProfessor
Oriel College, Oxford
Alumnus, 2002
Mauren, Mauren, Liechtenstein
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Philosophy of Religion |
Epistemology of Religion |
Free Will |
Causation and Laws |
Ontology |
Theories of Modality |
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