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Al-qadiyat al-muhassalah

Philosophy; General philosophy

The proposition in which both the subject and the predicate are in the affirmative like the statement: "Some men are writers"; opposed to al-qadiyat al-ma'dulah

The ontological status accorded to non-human animals has obvious consequences for the morality of our willingness to use them for our own purposes. Kant argued that animals do not qualify as members ...

Animals

Philosophy; General philosophy

Many philosophers of the Western tradition have considered the relationship between human beings and other species of animals. Although some have been impressed with the obvious similarities in ...

Hans Christian Andersen

Philosophy; General philosophy

(1805-1875) Danish and author and poet. Well-known for his children's stories. He was born in the slums of Odense, his father a cobbler, his mother a washerwoman. He received very little education, ...

Anaxagoras (B.C. 500-428)

Philosophy; General philosophy

A Greek philosopher of peculiar interest. He found-not unnaturally at that time-that the materialistic philosophy of the Ionic School was not satisfying and he introduced Reason or Mind (Nous) into ...

Analytic-synthetic distinction

Philosophy; General philosophy

According to Kant's formulation of the distinction, in an analytic proposition the concept of the predicate is contained in the concept of the subject, and we can tell that the proposition is true by ...

And-Er-Rahman III

Philosophy; General philosophy

(891-961) The greatest of the Moslem Arab Caliphs, who raised Spain from a state of profound demoralisation to one of unprecedented prosperity, culture and brilliance while Christian Europe lay in ...