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| John Stuart Mill: John Stuart Mill (1806 – 1873) was an English philosopher, political economist, politician, and civil servant. One of the thinkers in the history of classical liberalism, he contributed widely to social theory, political theory, and political economy. Major works include A System of Logic (1843), Principles of Political Economy (1848), On Liberty (1859), Utilitarianism (1861), The Subjection of Women (1869). See also Utilitarianism, Liberalism, Liberty, Freedom, Society._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Otfried Höffe on Mill - Dictionary of Arguments
Höffe I 346 Mill/Höffe: MillVsKant: According to Mill's empiricism, in contrast to Kant and German idealism, there is no such thing as a pre-empirical insight, but only an empirical, i.e. a posteriori insight. >Empiricism, >Idealism, >a posteriori, >Knowledge, >Epistemology. Explanation: Scientific explanations, which are also possible in the human sciences (moral sciences), consist in the subordination of individual events to suitable laws. Mathematics: Even mathematics and logic should be based on experience and its inductive generalizations. That the mathematicians Höffe I 347 argue with another method, is acknowledged by the philosopher. However, he considers the corresponding view to be an illusion that the necessity of mathematical statements is merely psychological. Because of the extraordinary amount of evidence for mathematical statements, however, the appearance of necessity arises. >Theory/Mill. Höffe I 348 Utilitarianism/Ethics/HöffeVsMill: Problem: Since Mill rejects any kind of a priori statements, he cannot allow them for ethics. An inexperienced justification of moral obligations remains impossible for him. The alternative, a consistent empiricism, joins - in contrast to any "a priori" or "intuitionist school" - an "inductive school" of ethics. But since the utilitarian guiding principle is supposed to guide all action, it forms its presupposition, which Mill does not base on experience, so that it is likely to assume the ostracized pre-empirical character. >Utilitarianism, >Ethics, >Induction._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Höffe I Otfried Höffe Geschichte des politischen Denkens München 2016 |
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Ed. Martin Schulz, access date 2024-04-18