Gertrude Elizabeth Margaret Anscombe (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
Leibniz, in his private thinking, is the best example of a philosopher who uses logic as a key to metaphysics. This type of philosophy begins with Parmenides, and is carried further in Plato’s use of the theory of ideas to prove various extra-logical propositions. Spinoza belongs to the same type, and so does Hegel. But none of these is so clear cu
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Philosophers use the term intentionality to refer to these mindstate terms as they are typically all loosely associated with having intentions.
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intentions lead to mental actions, and repeated mental actions become mental habits.
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You can generally count on a philosopher to ask a question about the question.
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Aristotle offers some helpful terminology. Sophia (roughly translated as “theoretical knowledge”), he says, grasps universal truths, whereas phronesis (roughly, “good practical judgment”) is required to apply these truths properly to particular instances.