Philosophy
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2,286 Essays on Philosophy. Documents 1,621 - 1,650
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Reflection on Discourse on the Method
Descartes is one of the most important western philosophers of the past few centuries. His greatest and most famous work is Discourse on the Method. In this book Descartes questions his own existence, and knowledge that he obtained from different sources. Main arguments of the book are well developed by a logical pattern and supported by examples. However, closely investigating this work, readers can come across many controversies and disputations. Being a well educated person,
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Reflection on Spider, the Movie
"Spider" is a psychological thriller about a mentally insane man trying to cope with his past. When he moves into a halfway house and stops taking his medication, his past starts catching up to him. At the beginning of the movie, we see Spider's adoration for his mother. When asked to retrieve his father, Spider rushes to the bar to find him. However, Spider's opinion of his mother begins to change later on that night,
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Rehtorical Analysis of Philosophy: Who Needs It
The speech "Philosophy: Who Needs It?" by Ayn Rand is addressed to the class of '74 at West Point. It was not a speech given at graduation but at an evening seminar hosted by the philosophy department. I'm not sure how famous Ayn Rand was at that time but I have a feeling that she had a tuff audience. First off, philosophy is not a very exciting subject for many, much less cadets and much
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Relativism
Relativism Relativism is the philosophical position that all points of view are equally valid and that all truth is relative to the individual. Under the umbrella of relativism, there are many different groups, like cognitive, moral, and situational relativism. In moral/ethical relativism it amounts to saying that all moralities are equally good. In cognitive relativism it implies that all beliefs, or belief systems, are equally true. This essay will refute relativism, and its basic premise.
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Relativism
The year was 1943. Hundreds of Jewish people were being marched into the gas chambers in accordance with Adolf Hitler's orders. In the two years that followed, millions of Jews were killed and only a fraction survived the painful ordeals at the Nazi German prison camps. However, all of the chaos ended as World War II came to a close: the American and British soldiers had won and Hitler's Third Reich was no more. A
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Relativism
Relativism is sometimes identified (usually by its critics) as the thesis that all points of view are equally valid. In ethics, this amounts to saying that all moralities are equally good; in epistemology it implies that all beliefs, or belief systems, are equally true. Critics of relativism typically dismiss such views as incoherent. Perhaps because relativism is associated with such views, few philosophers are willing to describe themselves as relativists. How controversial, and how coherent,
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Relevance of Confucianism in the Modern World
The history of philosophy is full with great minds that have had such great impact on humanity. Even in the present day, philosophers' names, views on life, and the world are still remembered and passed down generation to generation. One philosopher is the man born in 551 BC in the ancient state of Lu in China. He is known in the east as K'ung Tzu or Kung Fu Tzu but in the west he is
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Relevance of Logic to Nation Building
Logic (definition) is the art/science of good reasoning (arguments or inferences). Reasoning is a species or kind of thinking that aims at a conclusion. Thus good reasoning is thinking well that aims at a conclusion.(Aristotle: A horse is an animal. Therefore the head of a horse is the head of an animal.) Thus Logic is the study of arguments. More specifically, logic is the study of the criteria for distinguishing good arguments from bad arguments
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Relevance of Logic to Nation Building
Logic (definition) is the art/science of good reasoning (arguments or inferences). Reasoning is a species or kind of thinking that aims at a conclusion. Thus good reasoning is thinking well that aims at a conclusion.(Aristotle: A horse is an animal. Therefore the head of a horse is the head of an animal.) Thus Logic is the study of arguments. More specifically, logic is the study of the criteria for distinguishing good arguments from bad arguments
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Religion and History
Caroline Rogers Contemporary Civilization Professor Kitcher May 9, 2000 Religion and History Sigmund Freud and Friedrich Nietzsche both develop the idea that history is important to the understanding of human nature through their examinations of modern civilization and religion’s fundamental role in it. Though the term “history” is somewhat vague with many possible connotations, Freud and Nietzsche both attempt to discuss the notion as it applies to their conceptions of present-day society. Nietzsche feels very
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Religiously Logical
Religion is defined as "the service and worship of God or the supernatural (Merriam-Webster)." Simply, religion is a person's beliefs and their way of expressing it. While many religions believe in a supreme being, almost all religions will encourage their own forms of worship in buildings, such as a church, synagogue, mosque, or many kinds of temples from other religions. Approximately 85% of the people in the modern world are religious (The World Factbook). Amongst
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Remodeling and Flooring Solution
Remodeling and Flooring Solution Remodeling and flooring solutions is a solid organization, which primordially focuses in the customer's service, quality and always the best prices. This is my firs research that I made to understand my new job. Travel to another part of the world, an island country of kava is my first assignment in my new job after my first week of training. Traveling to the island of Kava was not what I expected,
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Removing the Slave Mentality and Oppression Through Violence
Removing the Slave Mentality and Oppression through Violence Freedom is defined as the custom of being free from restraints; Liberty of the person from slavery, detention, or oppression, political independence, and the possession of civil rights (dictionary.com). Freedom and equality are connected to each other so much that you can not have freedom without having true equality and vice versa. When looking at the twentieth century many people all over the world were not born
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Renaissance Thinkers
The conceptualization of civil society by Machiavelli, Hobbes, Locke, and Rousseau differ in ways that affect liberties and distribution of power. While many of each individual arguments are convincing on their own, none have a comprehensive approach that seem to be able to hold its own in practical application. However, as we observe the modern world today, it is clear that a combination of these proposed methods to organize civil society endures while facing the
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Rene Descartes
Rene Descartes Rene Descartes was one of the most influential thinkers in the history of the philosophy. Born in 1596, he lived to become a great mathematician, scientist, and philosopher. In fact, he became one of the central intellectual figures of the sixteen hundreds. He is believed by some to be the father of modern philosophy; although he was hampered by living in a time when other prominent scientists, such as Galileo, were persecuted for
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Rene Descartes
While Rene Descartes' method of finding truth was innovative and scientific, his proofs for the existence of God were ultimately very weak. In the Discourse on Method, Descartes outlines his scientific method at length. He succeeds in his desire to find true and innate ideas. However, the arguments posited for the existence of God by Descartes in the Meditations are not entirely convincing. It seems strange that if the ideas on which he makes his
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Rene Descartes and John Locke
Rene Descartes was a highly influential French philosopher, mathematician, scientist and writer. Many elements of his philosophy have precedent in late Aristolelianism and earlier philosophers like St. Augustine. Descartes was a major figure in 17th century continental rationalism, later advocated by Baruch Spinoza and opposed by the empiricist school of thought consisting of Locke, Berkeley, and Hume. His most famous statement is: Cogito ergo sum, translation in English I think therefore I am. Descartes employs
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Rene' Descartes
Rene' Descartes, also son of a lawyer, was born in France, 1596. He was one of Europe's foremost philosophers and mathematician. He developed one of the most credible explanations of the time in the fields of optics, cosmology, physics, physiology, and biology. Unfortunately after his death his teachings and writings were almost forgotten, overshadowed by the more advanced and modern ideas from Sir Isaac Newton. Despite this Descartes remains one of the most widely read
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Renee’ Descartes
Descartes methods are some what similar and some what different from the methods we use today. Descartes states the Good sense is the best distribute thing in the world. Descartes believed that following four rules would be sufficient for him. The first rule was never to accept anything as true that he did not plainly know to be true. As for us we can never take the words of anyone with out having doubts about
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Reparations
Many questions can come up when the word reparations is brought up. Why should American taxpayers who never owned slaves pay for the sins of ancestors they don't even know? And what about those whose ancestors arrived here long after slavery ended? And how would the economy be affected? How do you put a price tag on 2 1/2 centuries of legalized inhumanity? In what form would reparations be paid? How would you establish who's
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Reproductive Cloning
Under what conditions (if any), should human reproductive cloning be permitted? Kubiak, J.Z. and Johnson, M.H. (2001). Human Infertility, Reproductive Cloning and Nuclear Transfer: a Confusion of Meanings. Bioessays, 23(4), 359-64. This article argues that confusions in the semantic meanings of human reproductive cloning may hinder future scientific progressions to discover an ethically viable solution to infertility treatments. Kubiak and Johnson postulates that the term “nuclear transfer” is different from “reproductive cloning” as the former
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Research Paper on Pros of Inclusion
Philosophy - Benefits of Inclusive Classrooms for All. Inclusion affords a sense of belonging to the diverse human family, provides a diverse stimulating environment in which to grow and learn, envolves in feelings of being a member of a diverse community, enables development of friendships, provides opportunities to develop neighborhood friends, enhances self-respect, provides affirmations of individuality, provides peer models, provides opportunities to be educated with same-age peers. Benefits for General Education includes: providing opportunities
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Resistance to Oppression
Currently in the United States various forms of oppression afflict people of color everyday. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) has been trying to amend this problem since the early 20th century. Their organization has defined oppression as confining minorities to the lower limit and outer edge in political, social, and economic aspects of life (Martin). The first strategy of resistance their organization should try to incorporate is education. Lawrence Blum,
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Response to David Callahan’s "cheating Culture"
In his book the “Cheating Culture” David Callahan presents what he thinks is a moral decline in the behavior of Americans. He suggests a number of ways to mend the social contract and reverse this trend. I will argue that one of the solutions is more important than the others. I believe a society in which citizens are less insecure about the well being of their basic needs will help reduce cheating and corruption. Callahan’s
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Review for Bipolar
Review for Bipolar By: The "Brown Prince" himself Now when I first heard that 180 was planning to do another album, my reaction was like ehhh i don't know if he should do one. To my surprise and I am sure I am speaking in everyone's behalf when i say Bipolar is a "BIG" improvement from New Beginning. I was sure that 180's second album was going to be better but not to this extent
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Revolutionary Ethical Philosophies
In many ways, Buddhism, Confucianism, Christianity and the Socratic method all share common roots in humanism, and a general dissatisfaction with the religion or philosophy that came before them. They all are revolutionary evolutions of the previous way of thought, applying new meanings for traditional concepts. All four are humanist ethical traditions, in the sense that they allow “salvation” to be available to everyone, through one's own effort. In the Socratic dialogue, all that is
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Rhetoric
BOOK I Part 1 Rhetoric is the counterpart of Dialectic. Both alike are concerned with such things as come, more or less, within the general ken of all men and belong to no definite science. Accordingly all men make use, more or less, of both; for to a certain extent all men attempt to discuss statements and to maintain them, to defend themselves and to attack others. Ordinary people do this either at random or
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Robert Frost - the Road Not Taken
http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/poets/a_f/frost/life.htm Life has many roads you can take and it's which ones you choose to follow that will shape your future forever. That is what I always take from this great Frost poem. He sees two roads both being equally appealing, but selects the one less traveled and how it makes his life unique. This poem is one of few that I do care for myself. It shows a man whose come to a point
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Role of Ethics in Business Success
1. APPROACHES TO BUSINESS ETHICS When business people speak about "business ethics" they usually mean one of three things: (1) avoid breaking the criminal law in one's work-related activity; (2) avoid action that may result in civil law suits against the company; and (3) avoid actions that are bad for the company image. Businesses are especially concerned with these three things since they involve loss of money and company reputation. In theory, a business could
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Role of Language in Critical Thinking
Role of Language in Critical Thinking The role of language in critical thinking is a delicate and multipart instrument used to communicate different things in to two basic categories: information and emotion. As affirmed by Kirby and Goodpaster, (1999) "We think with words. As we read this, we are using language to think. We have defined thinking broadly as the activity of the brain that can potentially be communicated. Although we may think in other
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