"There were four independent discoveries of sunspots, all in 1611; namely, by Galileo in Italy, Scheiner in Germany, Fabricius in Holland and Harriott in England," Ogburn and Thomas note, and they continue: The law of the conservation of energy, so significant in science and philosophy, was formulated four times independently in 1847, by Joule, Thomson, Colding and Helmholz.
Despite this unique aspect of the contemporary situation, and although ancient political philosophies were formulated under very different conditions, their study still illuminates vital questions today.
Greek philosophy, then, provided the organizing principles by which the central Christian doctrines were formulated.
From this cumulative documentation, to which other sources can be added, it appears, among other things, that Mani's teachings were formulated under the strong influence of Gnostic ideas and philosophy.
He was drawn to comparing the theory of relativity to his philosophy of "perspectivism" because relativity appeared to furnish scientific "proof" of his own "perspectivist truths," which were formulated in El Espectador in 1916 (Obras, 3: 235; see also 2: 15 21).
However, no charges were formulated against him.
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Finally, the multivariate models were formulated.
Three objectives were formulated.
This raises the more general issue of whether arguments and theses in philosophy of mind (and other areas of philosophy) that are formulated in terms of physicalism are necessarily formulated in that way.
