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    We delve into The Function of Reason
    We delve into The Function of Reason
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    We delve into The Function of Reason

    By Nomadsirius

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    We delve into The Function of Reason(In English, 2023 Revision).

    Prologue.
    Whitehead (1861-1947) is a philosopher from England. He asserts that reason is an impulse toward empty concreteness. That impulse is not empty. It is a fundamental force that can give birth to something. This impulse of mind is appetition, which is an inherent agent of transcendental goals. Therefore, empty concreteness is embodied as material enjoyment. Whitehead\'s reason cannot exist without appetition. Jeong Yi-cheon of the Northern Song Dynasty, who developed Neo-Confucianism, also believed that the main body cannot be separated from the phenomenon. Whitehead advocates Plato, stating that all of Western philosophy is just a footnote to Plato\'s philosophy. However, he overcomes Plato by creating his own organic philosophy. Nietzsche, Marx, and Freud are also critics of the Platonic system. Plato\'s original sin is his ideology that isolates humans from the world and alienates them for 2000 years. Idea corresponds to all phenomena in a monolithic and organic manner. Whitehead can be seen as a Copernican Übermensch. ‘The Function of Reason’ is a lecture given at Princeton University in 1929. This book provides an easy and condensed summary of a long and difficult text.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherYH Partners
    Release dateJul 21, 2023
    ISBN9791192838076
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      We delve into The Function of Reason - Nomadsirius

      1. The business of philosophers.

      1-1n

      Translated with a commentary by NomadSirius.

      (1) Ease into the original text.

         The topic here considered is one of the oldest topics for philosophical discussion.

      What is the function of Reason amid the welter of our mental experiences, amid our intuitions, our emotions, our purposes, our decisions of emphasis?

      In order to answer such a question we have to consider the nature of Reason, its essence.

      Of course this is a hackneyed theme.

      Its discussion stretches back to the very beginnings of philosophic thought.

      But it is the business of philosophers to discuss such fundamental topics, and to set them on the stage illuminated by our modern ways of thinking.

      (2) What I have read is like this.

         The task of philosophers is to reassess the old concepts of philosophy with a fresh perspective on the universe.

      2. The pairs of concepts of the argument of reason.

      1-1n

      Translated with a summary by NomadSirius.

      (1) Ease into the original text.

         Various phrases suggest themselves, which recall the special controversies depending upon the determination of the true function of

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