(1985) rely on the sociological work of Burrell and Morgan (1979) * Classification of accounting literature: 1. social sciences – includes assumptions about: * ontology of the social world (realism v. nominalism) * epistemology (positivism v.
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Descartes and Plato Explain both of descartes Arguments for the existence of God Descartes proof of God’s existence comes from his third meditation and is based on three ideas. He argues that innate idea exists within us‚ the fictitious or invented ideas are a result of our own imagination and adventitious ideas result from our experiences in the world. Descartes said‚ the idea of God is innate and cannot be invented. Descartes presents some arguments that lead to his conclusion. The first
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Plato‚ the father of philosophy‚ was a rationalist. He was the first systematic metaphysician and epistemologist. He believed that we had innate knowledge; a priori. So to him learning was only a matter of remembering. Plato believed that the “ideal” world existed beyond our own physical earth because according to him realty could not be changing or imperfect. From his point of view what we see are only the particulars‚ the mimics of the real thing‚ therefore‚ we have to pull back from the world
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Philosophical thinker‚ Plato‚ believed in human nature and that one had to be able to understand human nature in order to live life to the best of one’s ability. Plato believed in metaphysics- principles that are real- and epistemology- the study of theories of knowledge that justify beliefs from opinions. Furthermore‚ Plato believed in using literary devices to explain his views‚ which lead to one of his most famous thoughts‚ the allegory of the cave- in which Plato tells Socrates’s story of prisoners
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In his Two Dogmas of Empiricism‚ Quine addresses what he views as problematic claims made by Carnap. The first problem Quine has with Carnap’s epistemology is about his definition of state-descriptions. The problem is in two parts: first Quine says that Carnap’s version of analyticity is conditional‚ because it requires atomic sentences in a language to be mutually independent. The second part of the problem is that‚ Carnap’s attempt to explore analyticity by way of his state-descriptions results
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know about him as evidence‚ still be considered more of a philosopher than a scientist even today‚ as his impact throughout the fields of ethics‚ elenchus4 (or‚ Socratic Method) - a style of education he created and‚ consequently‚ in the field of epistemology cannot be understated. Socrates was born in Athens during the year 469 BCE‚ an era
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PHIL 2263 Dr. Koc-Maclean Joseph Patton 8 November 2012 Foundational Internalism Versus The Real World Jim Pryor states‚ according to his explanations‚ that the argument against philosophies that encourage immediate justification go on to say that justifiers need to be wholly made up of propositional content. This becomes ‘The puzzle of the Given’‚ according to BonJour and Davidson‚ and states that this becomes a dilemma in how the foundationalists attempt to use this to account and understand
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Plato’s Allegory Of The Cave A Springboard For The Matrix Author: Dew Property of Dew’s Matrix Fan Page (http://www.geocities.com/hollywood/theater/9175) IMPORTANT: For those of who are writing Matrix papers for school and wish to use my site as a source remember that all the articles on this site are copyrighted. This means that you MUST list Dew’s Matrix Fan Page (http://thereisnospoon.moviefever.com or http://www.geocities.com/hollywood/theater/9175) as a source and site all references
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definitely an essential part in philosophy. It forces us to question whether we are certain of the things we think we know‚ and whether we can justify the things we know are actually true. This theory or study of knowledge can be referred to as epistemology. All these views on knowledge can vary depending on how we view the world itself. We are able to perceive the world through the application of our senses‚ however‚ our senses alone can be very deceiving. We can never really be definite of what
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In the Matrix Neo must choose to take either the red pill which takes him into the real world or the blue pill which lets him continue living in a fake one. The virtual world of the blue pill is comfortable and predictable and those who “live” in this world are completely oblivious to the fact that it is fake. The real world of the red pill is harsh‚ challenging and cold. I am going to choose to take the red pill as I value the knowledge of reality over happiness. In the virtual world of the blue
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