METAPHYSICS: ONTOLOGY: DUALISM VS. MATERIALISM The original idea of the word ’philosophy ’ was a ’love of wisdom ’ (Cowan 2). Philosophy is meant to explore the ’big questions ’ and try to find answers as best we can in the time we have been given. One of the areas of study in philosophy is metaphysics‚ which deals in the ideas of the nature of reality. "We look at the world‚ and we assume that it is the way it appears to be. It is not." (Carreira 7). There is much to reality that can be discussed
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Aristotle published Metaphysics and Alexander the Great was not content with him doing so. Alexander believed that by publishing the book‚ Aristotle believed that he was uncovering all the secrets to the masses. Alexander thought that knowing the secrets of metaphysical knowledge was what made him unique‚ and is should not have made its way to the light and everyone’s acknowledgement. Based on the reading of “The Metaphysics‚” I believe Alexander the Great was upset at the fact that Aristotle
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Logic to Ladder Diagram There are some methods to do PLC programming. The programming methods can be with Logic Ladder Diagram‚ mnemonic (statement list)‚ and / or function block diagram. One of the PLC programming methods that are very commonly used programming using PLC ladder diagram. The method is practical and easy to understand. The programmer in charge of writing a program should describe an electronic switch circuit. It can be designed to perform the conversion of electronic circuits that
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There are many different educational philosophies that have developed over the years. Some of these philosophies are teacher-centered and some are student-centered‚ but they all have the same goal‚ and the goal is to provide students with the best education possible. The following is a list of educational philosophies and their basic ideas. 1.Perennialism- is a teacher centered philosophy that focuses on the values associated with reason. It considers knowledge as enduring‚ seeks everlasting
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II.Rationale Debate I choose debate as my example. Debate is a method of interactive and representational argument.Debate is commonly carried out .In debating there is a topic to discuss and decide on differences and defining how will they interact. Debate is a type of argument looking for truths‚ and a means of making and evaluating arguments that allows debaters to better understand their own and others positions. This sense of shared ideas toward the truth brings debaters closer together‚ even
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In Kant’s Foundation for the Metaphysics of Morals‚ he acknowledges the recommendation from the earlier that whatever instrument is found in man‚ it must be the most fitting instrument for it. Accordingly‚ it can’t be that joy is the most astounding characteristic since reason is not favorable for it. Nature would have constrained man’s reason from the domain of satisfaction and depended man’s bliss to impulse alone. Rather‚ Kant brings up that reason in the domain of satisfaction really prompts
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Philosophy is the systematic explanation. Science is description‚ generalization‚ or law and demands a single explanation‚ which is philosophy. The explanation which philosophy offers is what must be the case in order for something to be as it is. Thales was an astronomer who was the first to predict an eclipse of the sun in 585 B.C. Thales said that the universe is one thing which was water‚ or matter. Thales lived in Miletus‚ then part of Greece and now present day Turkey. Herakleitos said
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Principal Issues with Epistemology Earnell Branson PHL/215 June 18‚ 2012 Dr. Anne M. Edwards Principal Issues with Epistemology Society has attempted to decipher what is real. The idea of what is real and what is understood has been a problem for societies. The different societies and cultures believed in other beings such as different God’s. Greek society was a leader in worshipping and believing in God’s that perceived to be real in their minds and culture. Worshipping these God’s begun
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What is LOGIC? * “Logos” (λόϒός) – word‚ reason or principle. * Logic – science and art of correct reasoning. * Systematized * Evokes ORDER. * What does Logic put into order? All men are mammals. All students are men. Therefore all students are mammals. All monkeys eat banana. Diego eats banana. Therefore‚ Diego is a monkey. Formal Logic – concerned with pattern and structure. Material Logic – concerned with truth or correctness. * What logic puts in order
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Gonzalez‚ Sophie Period 6 December 3‚ 2012 Dorothy and the Tree: A Lesson in Epistemology Stanley Fish discusses how we in society base our lives off of assumptions. Using the example of Dorothy and the tree‚ Fish is able to show how with our assumptions‚ we as people categorize others and things into what we believe to be correct. Whether or not we have actually taken the time to figure out if we are right is irrelevant. He notes that we should just “keep trying to expand our sense of ‘us’
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