首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
Philosophy of Logical Analysis Modern physics and physiology throw a new light upon the ancient problem of perception. If there
Philosophy of Logical Analysis Modern physics and physiology throw a new light upon the ancient problem of perception. If there
admin
2013-08-12
37
问题
Philosophy of Logical Analysis
Modern physics and physiology throw a new light upon the ancient problem of perception. If there is to be anything that can be called "perception", it must be in some degree an effect of the object perceived, and it must more or less resemble the object if it is to be a source of knowledge of the object. The first requisite can only be fulfilled if there are causal chains which are, to a greater or lesser extent, independent of the rest of the world. According to physics, this is the case.
Modern analytical empiricism differs from that of Locke, Berkeley, and Hume by its incorporation of mathematics and its development of a powerful logical technique. It is thus able, in regard to certain problems, to achieve definite answers, which have the quality of science rather than philosophy.
It has the advantage, as compared with the philosophies of system-builders, of being able to tackle its problems one at a time, instead of having to invent at one stroke a block theory of the whole universe. Its methods, in this respect, resemble those of science.
There remains, however, a vast field, traditionally included in philosophy, where scientific methods are inadequate. This field includes ultimate questions of value; science alone, for example, cannot prove that it is bad to enjoy the infliction cruelty. Whatever can be known, can be known by means of science; but things which are legitimately matters of feeling lie outside its province.
Philosophy, throughout its history, has consisted of two parts inharmoniously blended: on the one hand, a theory as to the nature of the world, on the other hand, an ethical or political doctrine as to the best way of living.(A)
The failure to separate these two with sufficient clarity has been a source of much confused thinking.(B)
Philosophers, from Plato to William James, have allowed their opinions as to the constitution of the universe to be influenced by the desire for
edification
: knowing, as they supposed, what beliefs would make men virtuous, they have invented arguments, often very sophisticated, to prove that these beliefs are true.(C)
Morally, a philosopher who uses his professional competence for anything except a disinterested search for truth is guilty of a kind of treachery. And when he assumes, in advance of inquiry, that certain beliefs, whether true or false, are such as to promote good behavior, he is so limiting the scope of philosophical speculation as to make philosophy trivial; the true philosopher is prepared to examine all preconceptions.(D)
When any limits are placed, consciously or unconsciously, upon the pursuit of truth, philosophy becomes
paralyzed
by fear, and the ground is prepared for a government censorship punishing those who utter "dangerous thoughts" —in fact, the philosopher has already placed such a censorship over his own investigations.
Intellectually, the effect of mistaken moral considerations upon philosophy has been to impede progress to an extraordinary extent. I do not myself believe that philosophy can either prove or disapprove the truth of religious dogmas, but ever since Plato most philosophers have considered it part of their business to produce "proofs" of immortality and the existence of God. They have found fault with the proofs of their predecessors—Saint Thomas rejected Saint Anselm’s proofs, and Kant rejected Descartes’ but they have supplied new ones of their own. In order to make their proofs seem valid, they have had to falsify logic, to make mathematics mystical, and to pretend that deep-seated prejudices were heaven-sent intuitions.
All this is rejected by the philosophers who make logical analysis the main business of philosophy. They confess frankly that the human intellect is of profound importance to mankind, but they refuse to believe that there is some "higher" way of knowing, by which we can discover truths hidden from science and the intellect. For this renunciation, they have been rewarded by the discovery that many questions, formerly obscured by the fog of metaphysics, can be answered with precision, and by objective methods which introduce nothing of the philosophers’ temperament except the desire to understand. Take such questions as: What is a number? What are space and time? What is mind, and what is matter? I do not say that we can here and now give definite answers to all these ancient questions, but I do say that a method has been discovered by which, as in science, we can make successive approximations to the truth.
According to the author, our knowledge of the physical world is______.
选项
A、the same as our perception of the physical world
B、different from our perception of the physical world
C、the source of our perception of the physical world
D、the effect of our perception of the physical world
答案
B
解析
本题为事实信息题。题目问:文章作者认为我们对物质世界的了解是怎样的?由文章第一段“it must more or less resemble the object if it is to be a source of knowledge of theobject.The first requisite can only be fulfilled if there are causal chains which are,to a greater orlesser extent,independent of the rest of the world(感知必须或多或少像客体,如果它是我们认识客体的根源。实现它的首要条件必须是有一个在某种程度上独立于其他世界的因果链)”可知,我们所感知的物质世界与客观世界不尽相同,因此,选项B为正确答案。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/A6fO777K
0
托福(TOEFL)
相关试题推荐
Completetheformbelow.WriteNOMORETHANONEWORDAND/ORANUMBERforeachanswer.HotelArbitrageBookingFormBooki
CompletetheCounsellor’snotes.UseNOMORETHANTHREEWORDSforeachanswer.
CompletetheCounsellor’snotes.UseNOMORETHANTHREEWORDSforeachanswer.
SECTION1Questions1-10Questions1-6Completetheformbelow.WriteNOMORETHANTHREEWORDSorANUMBERforeachanswer.E
OneproblemwithostrichfarminginBritainis
ChooseTWOlettersA-E.WhichTWOgroupsofpatientsreceivefreemedication?Apeopleover17yearsoldBunemployedpeopleCn
Completethenotesbelow.WriteONEWORDONLYforeachanswer.BusinessCulturesPowercultureCharacteristi
Completethenotesbelow.WriteONEWORDONLYforeachanswer.BusinessCulturesPowercultureCharacteristi
Whichpiechartshowsthereasonswhycustomersfailedtoreporttheproblemdirectlytosupermarketstaff?
ChooseTWOlettersA-F.WhichTWOofthefollowingproblemsarecausingconcerntoeducationalauthoritiesintheUSA?Adiffere
随机试题
2014年,我国价格水平涨幅较低。全年居民消费价格比上年上涨2.0%,其中食品价格上涨3.1%;固定资产投资价格上涨0.5%;工业生产者出厂价格下降1.9%;工业生产者购进价格下降2.25;农产品生产者价格下降0.2%。下图为该年度居民消费价格2014年度
(Para.2,PassageThree)Tenyearsago,noonethoughtthatusingcomputerscouldbecomecompulsivebehaviorthatcouldaffe
试述肺结核化学治疗原则和我国统一的标准短程化学治疗方案。
以20世纪90年代上海市的城市发展为例,物质环境和经济增长之间的关联性表现在几个方面,下面不具关联性表现的是()。
除室内无车道且无人员停留的机械式汽车库外,汽车库、修车库内每个防火分区的人员安全出口不应少于()个。
在正向市场上,如果近期供给量增加而需求量减少,则可能会导致( )。
破产指债务人不能清偿(),并且资产不足以清偿全部债务或者明显缺乏清偿能力时,依法终止其经营资格的法律活动。
世界观、历史观和人生观的关系是()
以下选项中叙述正确的是()。
ThefirstsentenceinParagraph1means______.Somefamiliesgatherclosertoeachotherathomethanothersbecause______.
最新回复
(
0
)