The Groundwork of Metaphysics of Morals Immanuel Kant’s “Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals”‚ argues upon the basis of morality introducing the ideals of the categorical imperative as the central concept of moral philosophy. The definition of the categorical imperative leads Kant towards the critique of pure reason arguing that without a goodwill one can’t even be worthy of being happy. Kant introduces goodwill‚ treating people as means rather than ends and doing the right thing for the
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Logic is the science and art of correct thinking and right reasoning. It is a science for it involves systematic and it utilizes theories‚ principles and laws governing human thinking and reasoning. And it becomes and art since it pertain apt theories‚ principles and laws leading to how human understand things and how they react to it not only in school but as well in actual life setting. Therefore‚ everything about it--- its definition‚ importance‚ and history must be studied. The application
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Chapter I Section 1 Philosophy in the West began‚ for the most part‚ in Ancient Greece. In the period of the Fifth Century BCE‚ particularly in Athens‚ an incredible number of remarkable thinkers‚ artists‚ politicians‚ etc.‚ participated in the life of the city-state. Their accomplishments have guided and inspired the entire development of Western culture. It’s pretty obvious then‚ that we ought to know something of their philosopher’s ideas. The most famous are‚ of course‚ Socrates‚ Plato
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an integral part in his metaphysics and philosophy of being. Aquinas is not interested in the problem of objective as we have it in modern thinking and today rather‚ he is much more interested in how we acquire our knowledge and put them to use. Simply put‚ he investigates the process of knowledge. He identified three levels of acquiring knowledge namely: sense-experience‚ imaginations or ideations and intellection. Aquinas thus made an important contribution to epistemology‚ recognising the central
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Replacing the Social Model: An Endorsement of the Ecological Model of Disability I. An Unwarranted Epistemology of Disability: The Medical Model As aforementioned‚ this research argues that society perceives disabilities as something that is negative which is unwarranted and cruel. Here I articulate that an important source of that stigma attached to people with disabilities comes from the medical model (MM). In other words‚ I claim that the MM structures many negative societal perceptions
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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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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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1 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. BASIC CONCEPTS OF LOGIC What Is Logic? ................................................................................................... 2 Inferences And Arguments ................................................................................ 2 Deductive Logic Versus Inductive Logic .......................................................... 5 Statements Versus Propositions......................................................................... 6 Form
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LOGIC (2S 1415) FINAL PROJECT Rodelas‚ Allyssa Jane D. #29 Song Fallacy Explanation Mahal ko o mahal ako by KZ Tandingan “nalilito litong litong lito sino ang iibigin ko ikaw ba na pangarap ko o siya bang kumakatok sa puso ko oh anong paiiralin ko isip ba o ang puso ko nalilitong litong litong lito sinong pipiliin ko mahal ko o mahal ako” False Dilemma (False Dichotomy) When the arguer sets up the situation so it looks like there are only two choices. In this song‚ the singer
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Metaphysics Aristotle considered the most fundamental features of reality in the twelve books of the Μεταφυσικη(Metaphysics). Although experience of what happens is a key to all demonstrative knowledge‚ Aristotle supposed that the abstract study of "being qua being" must delve more deeply‚ in order to understand why things happen the way they do. A quick review of past attempts at achieving this goal reveals that earlier philosophers had created more difficult questions than they had answered: the Milesians over-emphasized
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