Ogden Notebooks : Section 42: What is Philosophy? 1560a-1606
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- 1560a.The material object of both a religion and a metaphysics...
- 1560b. I recently asked, What makes me a Christian? . . .
- 1561. Philosophy may be defined as critical appropriation . . .
- 1562. Although philosophy is definitely "a secondary activity" . . .
- 1563. Presupposed by any meaning and any kind . . .
- 1564. Any meaning and any kind of meaning are certain necessary . . .
- 1565. Does it make sense to hold that transcendental ethics . . .
- 1566. I have said sometimes that, just as transcendental . . .
- 1567. I want to say that ethics, like metaphysics . . .
- 1568. Foundational for philosophy's work in its second . . .
- 1569. I've been clear for some time that the distinction . . .
- 1570. Granted that one is misleading as well as misled . . .
- 1571. Philosophy, understood classically, may be said to be . . .
- 1572. What is philosophy? . . .
- 1573. Note how, in the whole discussion of what philosophy is . . .
- 1574. One interesting, if not sharply clear and . . .
- 1575. Philosophy is commonly reckoned to belong to . . .
- 1576. Let philosophy be understood as critical reflection . . .
- 1577. "Philosophy" in general is a more or less reflective . . .
- 1578. I want to hold that transcendental metaphysics . . .
- 1579. What Does It All Mean?
- 1580. I have said elsewhere that philosophy . . .
- 1581. "Philosophy begins in wonder."
- 1582. What are the necessary conditions of properly . . .
- 1583. Philosophy is to religion and culture generally . . .
- 1584. Theology, like philosophy, is a matter of fully . . .
- 1585. On my old question as to the exact relation . . .
- 1586. Task: To work out more clearly than I as yet . . .
- 1587. What is the relation between . . .
- 1588. According to Hartshorne, "Philosophy is reasoning . . .
- 1589. What is philosophy?
- 1590. What exactly are the differences between philosophy . . .
- 1591. Whitehead and Hartshorne both, in their ways . . .
- 1592. According to Hartshorne, there is a distinction . . .
- 1593. What is it to be wise? . . .
- 1594. What, exactly, does the wisdom of which philosophy . . .
- 1595. Does the wisdom of which philosophy is the love . . .
- 1596. If theology is to wisdom somewhat as metaphysics . . .
- 1597. When Hartshorne talks about philosophy . . .
- 1598. If Philosophy exists primarily to show us what . . .
- 1599. Philosophy in its first, purely formal, analytic phase . . .
- 1600. Is philosophy "hot" (religious) or . . .
- 1601. If philosophy can be appropriately defined as . . .
- 1602. Philosophy is not a mere collection of noble sentiments . . .
- 1603. On the Question of What is Philosophy
- 1604. As for the objection that I so understand philosophy . . .
- 1605. If the activity of philosophy itself has . . .
- 1606. John Wilson on Philosophy . . .
- 1662. Were I ever to feel the need for yet further expert . . .
- 1663. What is at stake for me in defining "religion". . .
- 1664. George Santayana, "Natural and Ultimate Religion" . . .
- 1665. What about applying a pragmatist . . .
- 1666. Some years ago I asked whether . . .
- 1667. It's worth keeping in mind that the use of such terms as . . .
- 1668. If I have correctly understood my analysis of . . .
- 1669. Could it be that the real difference between a religion . . .
- 1670. The question I want an answer to is . . .
- 1671. Religion as such necessarily presupposes that . . .
- 1672. It appears evident that I need to rethink . . .
- 1673. It is commonly thought that religion can be defined . . .
- 1674. "Religious ideas claim to be the concrete form of . . .
- 1702. Human existence is the actualization somehow . . .
- 1711. On the Different Senses of "Transcendence," . . .
- 1712. If I have correctly understood my analysis of . . .
- 1713. Whether strictly ultimate reality is defined as . . .
- 1714. I have argued elsewhere . . .
- 1721. I find it interesting that just as Whitehead . . .
- 1737. What does it mean to say, x implies y?
- 1738. What is a Concept?
- 1740. Theism, in a proper form, makes life . . .
- 1741. There are Christian theologians and philosophers . . .
- 1742. To the existence of what God do the so-called proofs . . .
- 1743. Faith, both as trust and as loyalty . . .
- 1744. What is the proper form of the cosmological argument . . .
- 1745. If x is the all-worshipful, x must be . . .
- 1746. What form ought the argument from design to take?
- 1747. Ontological Argument
- 1792. What is the difference between the social sciences . . .
- 1793. Isn't there an important distinction to be made . . .
- 1794. Nygren argues that . . .
- 1795. There is a striking convergence between Hartshorne's . . .
- 1796. Isn't Hartshorne's talk of . . .
- 1797. All three of the basic scientific methods . . .
- 1798. I seem to recall Dewey saying somewhere . . .
- 1799. The sciences and metaphysics . . .
- 1800. Science proceeds inductively . . .
- 1801. Science is concerned with structure as distinct . . .
- 1802. I have typically argued that critical reflection . . .
- 1803. A good statement on the distinctive character . . .
- 1804. On "the Common Sense of the Subject"
- 1805. More on "the Common Sense of the Subject"
- 1806. In his classic dissent in the Abrams case . . .
- 1807. Democracy is government of the people . . .
- 1808. That there is a "higher law," in the sense . . .
- 1809. Already for the Greeks . . .
- 1810. I want to say that the Declaration of Independence . . .
- 1811. Is it true that we, as Americans, are . . .
- 1812. Any American is free to believe . . .
- 1813. What's really going on when Reinhold Niebuhr . . .
- 1814. According to the Enlightenment . . .
- 1815. Concerning the point I've made about . . .
- 1816. What do heirs of the Enlightenment . . .
- 1817. The most fundamental human right is . . .
- 1818. I have argued, together with Gamwell . . .
- 1819. What does it mean to say, x implies y?
- 1820. For me, the key to thinking clearly about . . .
- 1821. The purpose of framing and ratifying . . .
- 1822. Some Thoughts on Liberalism
- 1823. I have argued that "no interpretation of the" . . .
- 1824. What are the necessary conditions of . . .
- 1825. Brümmer argues that "two factual presuppositions . . .
- 1826. Isaiah Berlin says in his essay, "Two Concepts of Liberty" . . .
- 1827. Justice Holmes speaks of men's possibly . . .
- 1828. The important philosophical question raised by . . .
- 1829. The foundations of the Republic may be said . . .
- 1830. What is properly meant by "the Union"?
- 1831.The foundations of the Republic . . . (REPEATED AT 1829)
- 1832. On a religious interpretation of democracy . . .
- 1833. There are two issues . . .
- 1834. One of the points stressed by Stephen Ambrose . . .
- 1835. What is the Enlightenment?
- 1836. The following passage from the Federalist . . .
- 1837. Is there any such thing as human equality?
- 1838. Wherein does human equality consist?
- 1839. Niebuhr claims, perhaps correctly, that . . .
- 1840. What, exactly, is civil society?
- 1841.The formation of civil society presupposes...
- 1842. Lynch is certainly right that . . .
- 1843. Liberalism is the view that human beings...
- 1844. Constitutionalism is the rule of law . . .
- 1845. On Samuel H. Beer's "To Make a Nation"
- 1846. On my understanding, what Beer means by . . .
- 1847. If I have correctly understood them . . .
- 1848. There are four instances of explicit God-talk . . .
- 1849. What Do We Mean by Faith in American Public Life?
- 1850. Having read Gamwell's Democratic Religion . . .
- 1851. The Constitution presupposes . . .
- 1852. But, clearly, the Constitution also presupposes . . .
- 1853. Modern defenders of universal human rights . . .
- 1854. Maximizing the good requires social cooperation . . .
- 1855. Gamwell, "The Moral Ground of Cosmopolitan Democracy"
- 1856. Human rights articulate a universal or natural moral law . . .
- 1857. What Gamwell does, in effect . . .
- 1858. There appears to be a problem with Gamwell's reasoning . . .
- 1859. "On Politics as a Christian Vocation"
- 1860. Gamwell says, "In itself . . .
- 1861. We bear (implicit) witness . . .
- 1862. One point that Gamwell doesn't make . . .
- 1863. Gamwell's basic point . . .
- 1864. Why are Christians able to embrace . . .
- 1865. I first thought that Ronald Dworkin's distinction . . .
- 1866. Gamwell says . . .
- 1867. Chris's reply to my criticism
- 1868. If I understand Gamwell's reasoning correctly . . .
- 1869. What is Jaffa's point in his dispute with Bork, Rehnquist, et al . . .
- 1870. The proper provisions of a democratic constitution . . .
- 1871. We the people of the United States of America . . .
- 1872. Further thoughts on Gamwell's distinction . . .
- 1873. What would be the problem . . .
- 1874. Some further thoughts in connection with my Auseinandersetzung with Gamwell . . .
- 1875. Gamwell on the purpose of the state, etc.
- 1876. "Politics" in the broad sense . . .
- 1877. What Is Democracy?
- 1878. Gamwell defines "politics" formally as . . .
- 1879. So far as I can see, there are at least three stages . . .
- 1880. In what sense, if any, is reason . . .
- 1881. Morality and politics, as well as science . . .
- 1882. According to an article on "God and Cyberspace" . . .
- 1883. Houston Smith's criticism of "Process Theology" . . .
- 1884. Perhaps yet another use of Whitehead's notion . . .
- 1885. Some Basic Presuppositions
- 1886. Skepticism is self-contradictory . . .
- 1887. Let realism be the position that . . .
- 1888. Hilary Putnam on Richard Rorty
- 1889. In one of his several different statements about metaphysics . . .
- 1890. I have been struck by the following comments . . .
- 1891. What is the datum of which philosophy . . .
- 1892. There are several matters . . .
- 1893. On Rorty's Historicist PhiIosophy
- 1894. De George says . . .
- 1895. Normal adult perception . . .
- 1896. There are three arguments . . .
- 1897. On Reasoning
- 1898. If x's judgment is trustworthy . . .
- 1899. Some Reflections on Our Knowledge of Other Selves
- 1900. When Hartshorne says . . .
- 1901. On the Distinction between . . .
- 1902. To what extent can the following two lines . . .
- 1903. What is the inclusive object of one's self-understanding . . .
- 1904. According to one traditional scheme . . .
- 1905. To say, as Melanchthon does . . .
- 1906. Why should one allow . . .
- 1907. On Transcendental Deduction as Mode of Argument
- 1908. On The Distinctions between Thought and Speech . . .
- 1909. Self-Understanding, Metaphysics, and Morals . . .
- 1910. To what extent can one properly regard metaphysics . . .
- 1911. On Explanation and Explication . . .
- 1912. On Explanation vs. Description
- 1913. If it is "trifling with philosophical problems . . .
- 1914. To consummate . . .
- 1915. Cultural lag . . .
- 1916. On "Enjoy" (OED) . . .
- 1917. On the Levels of Awareness
- 1918. One understanding of what it is to conceive . . .
- 1919. What are the different logically possible answers . . .
- 1920. In correcting some of my formulations . . .
- 1921. In the past, I have criticized Descartes's definition . . .
- 1922. According to Collingwood
- 1923. Kant seems to me exactly right . . .
- 1924. Kant's sharp criticism of Judaism . . .
- 1925. I quite overlooked . . .
- 1926. Essay to Be Written
- 1927. One insight that l owe . . .
- 1928. Existentialism, in the final analysis . . .
- 1929. Anything actual has at least . . .
- 1941. What are the promise and the limitations . . .
- 1942. It appears that yet another debt I may owe . . .
- 1943. According to Holub, Habermas uses "reflection" . . .
- 1944. An explicit speech act has a characteristic double structure . . .
- 1945. According to McCarthy, Habermas . . .
- 1946. On my account, the process of appropriating constatives . . .
- 1947. If the tacit presupposition that the claims to validity made . . .
- 1948. Habermas makes, or allows for, a threefold distinction . . .
- 1949. One and the same proposition may constitute the content of either
- 1950. What are dogmas—and, more generally, standards of doctrine?
- 1951. According to McCarthy, Habermas holds that . . .
- 1952. Now as before, Habermas is, for me, a tantalizing figure . . .
- 1953. The abstract logical distinction between intersubjectively binding judgments . . .
- 1954. Any properly communicative act makes or implies claims to validity . . .
- 1955. Why do I speak of the second level of understanding . . .
- 1956. Specific points from the discussion with Jürgen Habermas . . .
- 1957. Witness critically appropriated is theology