The Potential of Emotions in Feminist Epistemology: Developing Jaggar’s Account By Tina Strasbourg University of Calgary Abstract In this paper I analyze the potential of Allison Jaggar’s suggestion that emotions in general‚ and outlaw emotions in particular‚ be incorporated into feminist epistemology. Jaggar advocates a standpoint theory of emotions‚ and suggests that the emotions of the oppressed in particular are helpful rather than inimical to acquiring knowledge
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Metaphysics shares a breadth of problems concerning ‘universals’. One view that addresses these problems is nominalism. Nominalism is the position that universals do not exist outside the mind. There are different sects of nominalism that expresses various stances about the problem at hand. Austere nominalism‚ metalinguistic nominalism‚ and trope theory are the various types of nominalism that refute the claim of realism. Each of these types of nominalism contain their own respective views towards
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Institutes. His theory of epistemology is based on his belief that humans are naturally aware of God. He also asserts two fundamental knowledges- God and self- and he elaborates upon the relationship between the two. I. Biography of John Calvin A. Birth and childhood B. Schooling and further education C. Early works and accomplishments II. How is it possible to know anything? III. John Calvin A. brief introduction of the Institutes B. Calvin’s theory of epistemology 1. Humans have a natural
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assumptions and‚ consequently‚ the proposition are wrong‚ these objections are based on misinterpretations of Spinoza’s definitions‚ and I believe Spinoza is correct in arguing for substance monism. In order to prove my point‚ I will first define some terms and give some axioms that Spinoza uses. Then I will prove the two assumptions he uses in his proof‚ and argue for substance monism. Afterwards‚ I will proceed to give the most common objection to Spinoza’s proof‚ followed by a refutation of this objection
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defined as ’’ a process of arriving at a new judgement on the basis of one or more judgement‚’’ Reasoning is the mental activity used in and argument‚ proof‚ or demonstration‚ reasoning is generally associated with rules and methods and formal laws of logic but many people reason and argue without being consciously aware of it. For example when a dog comes back after seeing the master enter his car‚ when we expect a letter from a friend or turn to the gate on hearing a noise. We are thinking and reasoning
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have spent the majority of my professional life in the arena of technology. My journey first started with a degree in television production. After working for a local television station for almost 5 years‚ I decided to pursue an educational career. Once I received my educational degree‚ I attended to gravitate towards the technology end of teaching. I spent many years teaching in the Texas prison system using the computer lab to teach Texas offenders to receive their GED. Once I started in the public
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Of all the plays by William Shakespeare‚ Hamlet deals the most with what lies beyond this terrestrial sphere. In the words of Michael Neil‚ "Hamlet [is] a prolonged meditation on death." It is a study of life beyond death‚ in the metaphysics of the eternal soul‚ the afterlife‚ and the eternal consequences of temporal causes. Characters in the play are obsessed by the afterlife. Hamlet ’s fixation on suicide is possibly the most obvious example of this. In one of his soliloquies‚ he confesses
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Nietzsche The German mastermind Friedrich Nietzsche displayed scorching reactions of the human sociocultural world (especially religion and philosophy) and required a thorough reconsideration of all qualities. Like Darwin‚ Nietzsche introduced a dynamic perspective of reality. The thinker had been enormously affected by the developmental development of the nineteenth century (despite the fact that the scholarly connection amongst Darwin and Nietzsche isn’t regularly stressed or perceived). God- Nietzsche
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Epistemology is the study of our right to the beliefs we have. More generally‚ we start from what we might call our cognitive stances‚ and ask whether we do well to have those stances. Cognitive stances include both our beliefs and (what we take to be) our knowings; and in another dimension they include our attitudes towards the various strategies and methods we use to get new beliefs and filter out old ones‚ as well as the products of those strategies and methods. Epistemology‚ on this showing‚
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PHILOSOPHY Philosophy is divided into many sub-fields. These include epistemology‚ logic‚ metaphysics‚ ethics‚ and aesthetics. Epistemology is concerned with the nature and scope of knowledge‚ such as the relationships between truth‚ belief‚ and theories of justification. Logic is the study of the principles of correct reasoning. Metaphysics is the study of the most general features of reality‚ such as existence‚ time‚ the relationship between mind and body‚ objects and their properties‚ wholes
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