...Something in the vicinity of a naïve realist theory of colour is often defended by philosophers who are attracted towards some form of philosophical quietism. To say of such philosophers that they defend a naïve realist theory of colour is perhaps misleading. This is because...

...The second part of this bipartite enquiry looks at the movement known as Quietism. This is above all associated with its principal exponent, Madame Guyon, whose works are examined. It looks at the apparently technical distinctions between contemplation and meditation, and at the progressively more...

...This chapter explores the location of John McDowell’s recipe for philosophical tranquility with respect to certain other positions in contemporary philosophy. It is argued that McDowell’s development of his quietism faces a dilemma. On the one hand, the way he distances himself from various other...

... of power in von Neumann's game theory. Meanwhile, Bateson's conflicts with the more pragmatic research team members, such as Jay Haley, lead him to cast about for a new direction. His eulogy for Frieda Fromm-Reichmann echoed a similar debate over political quietism between Reinhold Niebuhr and Richard...

...This chapter fleshes out the logic underlying the layers of activism by the ayatollahs after 2003 on the debate between quietism and activism. It adds nuance to the concept of clerical activism—which does not have to be velayat-e faqih or nothing. In fact, Iraqi ayatollahs have...

...The ancient Israelites fought to establish a state; later, the Jews adopted communal quietism, and finally developed Zionism. Christians were at first apolitical, then allied with various states. Early Islam aimed for world conquest. Jews have been ambivalent about kingship. Muslims and, often...

... a variety of religious ethics and their affinity with melancholy. These ethics include inner-worldly asceticism (Protestant evangelical pietism), other-worldly asceticism (Christian monasticism), and inner-worldly mysticism (apophaticism and quietism among Christian mystics, in Hasidism, and in Sufism...

...The term “quietism” is rejected by most of the moral philosophers to whose work it is often applied. The first half of this chapter, after a terse introductory section, expands on why the term “quietism” is so objectionable. Thereafter, the focus shifts to the property of robustness. Supposedly...

... mystical and miraculous movements such as Quietism and Convulsionism to Edwards, English Nonconformism, and awakening phenomena. Like any good British Protestant, Edwards was certainly anti-French, but he sympathized with those, such as Jansenists and even, to some extent, the Inspirés...

... philosophy or quietism. The particularity of the Madhyamaka is that it emphasizes philosophical analysis as a method leading to quietening of thought. A complex issue is whether Nāgārjuna’s quietism should be seen as a type of anti-intellectualism or sophistical refusal to take responsibility for one’s views...

... of this quality in seventeenth-century sources such as theology, philosophy, art, and literature. Fried Michael Greuze Jean Baptiste subjectivity temporality Williams Raymond Couperin François Divine Love French Absolutism Frescobaldi Girolamo Neoplatonism Quietism Schütz Heinrich Anthony James R...

... by various political actors and cultural producers as insurgency devolved into quietism, supply not just the context, but the formative matrix, from which Toomer's text emerged. The expectations and desires that were aroused and then quashed in the wake of the Great War and the Russian Revolution constitute...

... such theories can steer between the Scylla of mere truism and the Charybdis of absurdity (such as making falsehood impossible). The final sections briefly examine the connections between the identity theory of truth and quietism, on the one hand, and monistic idealism on the other. identity theory of truth...

...This article examines the life and thought of Ayatollah Khomeini (1902–1989). It begins by tracing his politicointellectual journey from quietism and constitutionalism, which are keys to understanding Khomeinism. It then discusses the development of Khomeinism, covering Khomeini as the radical...

...Pragmatist Quietism: A Meta-Ethical System. Andrew Sepielli, Oxford University Press. © Andrew Sepielli 2022. DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780192856500.003.0001 This chapter explains what pragmatist quietism is and summarizes my argument for it. It begins by offering the reader an intuitive...

... Blackburn S Boyd R Brink D “Cornell” moral realism Jackson F Korsgaard C naturalism Pettit Philip Plato Platonism quietism Smith M Sturgeon N cognitive states expressivism Gibbard A McDowell J H non‐cognitivism Parfit Derek truth‐conditional semantics causal theory of reference...

... in sortition citizenship apathy ecstasy Nietzsche Friedrich LaGuardia Fiorello intoxication right of Pater Liber solace extrapoliticism plebeianism democracy egalitarianism Epicurus and Epicureanism Achilles Plato Otanes quietism Teach us to care and not to care Teach us to sit still. —T. S...

...Chapter 10 discusses a crucial development in the formation of neo-Kantianism: its polemic against pessimism. Neo-Kantianism resisted Schopenhauer’s philosophy chiefly because of its quietism, which ran counter to neo-Kantian liberalism and nationalism. This liberal activism is shown to have its...

..., different theological formulations could be acceptable for Christian truths. An embodiment of Christian romanticism, he was drawn to a mystical vitalism and at the same time quietism, even as he walked a thin line between pantheism and orthodoxy. A strong believer in clairvoyance, he also resonated...

... ambitious, it does not pursue a strategy of epistemic humility. It seeks to show, rather, that the sceptic is not a genuine partner in conversation. a priori conversation description Hume David justification Kantian ism meaning metaphysics naturalism quietism scepticism Strawson P F Stroud Barry...