The Megarian and the Aristotelian Concept of Possibility: A Contribution to the History of the Ontological Problem of Modality

Hartmann, Nicolaï; Tremblay, Frédéric; Peterson, Keith R.

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“…Although the question whether or not Hartmann was a phenomenologist may seem trivial, the philosophical stakes in it are in fact quite high in light of current developments in Continental thought. Hartmann himself noted that we see in the past only what our current horizon of problems allows us to see (Hartmann, 2017). Current debates surrounding so-called speculative realism, new realism, correlationism, and phenomenology allow us to see that Hartmann, as one of the few philosophical realists of his day, had to struggle to escape the clutches of correlationism in the form of phenomenological idealism and Neo-Kantianism.…”

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Phenomenology and Being-in-Itself in Hartmann’s Ontology: Laying the Foundations

Peterson¹

2019

HORIZON / Fenomenologicheskie issledovanija/ STUDIEN ZUR PHÄNOM

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Was Nicolai Hartmann a phenomenologist? Answering this question has become more important in the context of debates over new realisms in Continental philosophy. To answer it, the paper highlights five important points. First, Hartmann's own distinction between the phenomenological school of thought and phenomenological method must be preserved. He does not accept the sweeping humanistic opposition between the sciences and phenomenology, and yet (like the phenomenologists) he employs a method that aims to provide a description of phenomena following on a suspension of metaphysical commitments that is directed at their essential structures, with some important qualifications. Secondly, he rejects the phenomenological reduction because it identifies the natural attitude with a metaphysical standpoint and it advocates instead a 'naïve consciousness' free of metaphysical assumptions. Thirdly, his assessment of phenomenology is conditioned by his conception of cognition as a transcendent act. He finds that phenomenology fails to adequately account for the whole phenomenon of cognition, especially its characteristic grasp of something independent of the act. Fourthly, Hartmann grants the irreducibility of phenomena, but holds that they are characteristically unstable, referring to something beyond themselves and forcing us to decide whether what they show is genuine or not. There is thus no infallible intuition of phenomena. Finally, from an epistemological perspective, the concept being-in-itself is merely a counterpart to the concept of the phenomenon, which we do not need for the purposes of ontology. Based on this reassessment, it is concluded that Hartmann employs some form of the phenomenological method but cannot be identified as a phenomenologist.

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Phenomenology and Being-in-Itself in Hartmann’s Ontology: Laying the Foundations

Peterson¹

2019

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Historical Introduction to Nicolai Hartmann’s Concept of Possibility

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2017

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John Damascene’s Arguments about the Existence of God: A Logico-Philosophical and Religio-Hermeneutic Approach

Adrahtas

2024

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The Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith is perhaps the most logically structured and inspired work not only in the oeuvre of the seventh-to-eighth-century theologian John Damascene, but most likely throughout the entire Greek Patristic literature. As such, the Exact Exposition definitely presents some quite intriguing features, such as the prolific use of logical distinctions, syllogisms, or full-fledged arguments, to name a few. Regarding the latter, John Damascene’s use of certain arguments in order to prove the existence of God not only hold a unique place in Byzantine theology but have also exercised a tremendous influence on Eastern Orthodox apologetics. However, what I would call his rationalization agenda comes not only with merits but with faults as well. It is to both these that the present study draws attention by evaluating them logico-philosophically and interpreting them religio-hermeneutically. What is of special interest is the fact that John Damascene’s logical faults are the most interesting parts of his theologizing.

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The Megarian and the Aristotelian Concept of Possibility: A Contribution to the History of the Ontological Problem of Modality

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Phenomenology and Being-in-Itself in Hartmann’s Ontology: Laying the Foundations

Phenomenology and Being-in-Itself in Hartmann’s Ontology: Laying the Foundations

Historical Introduction to Nicolai Hartmann’s Concept of Possibility

John Damascene’s Arguments about the Existence of God: A Logico-Philosophical and Religio-Hermeneutic Approach

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