book seems to be the nature of justice‚ a topic in political philosophy‚ but Plato also has his characters explore issues in philosophical cosmology‚ philosophical theology‚ philosophical anthropology‚ ethics‚ aesthetics‚ and epistemology. The parts of the Republic that are contained in our text (pp. 107-123) focus on Plato’s idea (ideal?) of the Philosopher Ruler. According to Plato‚ the best possible political system (state) will be ruled (governed) by PHILOSOPHERS
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Title Page Summary The basis of the book Integrative Approaches to Psychology and Christianity: An Introduction to Worldview Issues‚ Philosophical Foundations‚ and Models of Integration by David N. Entwistle is that putting psychology and Christian theology together will help understand people better than using the two separately. Entwistle gives reasons why Christianity and Psychology can coexist and be used together to help make humanity better. The two books of God as described by Entwistle
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logic includes the use of good thinking skills and the avoidance of logic fallacies.” [2] Logic can be also defined as science‚ logos‚ which means reasoned discourse in Greece. [9] Logic in a sense could be considered part empiricism‚ which the Epistemology branch of philosophy. I say this because the knowledge behind logic comes from experiences and empiricist believes that the main source of gaining knowledge is experience. According to Socrates’ system of casual explanation in the passage “Allegory
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Dramatically shifting away from positivism‚ the critical-emancipatory paradigm condemns the research goal of “objectivity” as a tool of oppression used by dominant groups. (Travers 15) Operating with a historical-realist ontology‚ critical social scientists emphasize the subjectively constructed nature of “reality‚” describing society as a battlefield of competing interests where the powerful pursue their interests by marginalizing others. The critical approach favours the lived experiences of subjugated
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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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Empiricism is the belief that knowledge is gained through experience. Empiricism was a way for philosophers to answer the question of skepticism. Both John Locke and George Berkeley believed the theory of empiricism to a certain extent. Locke believed our knowledge is not inherited but came from our senses and our senses could be split into two group: primary and secondary qualities. The main disagreement Berkeley had with Locke was his view concerning primary and secondary qualities. Berkeley was
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Immanuel Kant is recognized as the greatest philosopher since Plato and Aristotle (Wolff). He is most widely known for his work in the fields of metaphysics and epistemology (McCormick). Kant published many works regarding his epistemological views‚ but his most famous work is The Critique of Pure Reason (McCormick). He noted that Descartes had “simply accepted consciousness as an…inexplicable fact” (Wolff). Kant utilized this observation to refute Descartes’ famous quote‚ “I think‚ therefore
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abstract object‚ the existence and nature of it is independent from our beliefs and judgments about them‚ they are unchangeable‚ eternal‚ uniform and always the same. The study of epistemology and metaphysics amounts to studying what the world is like and what we know about it. Topics of interest regarding epistemology in Plato’s case is in perception and knowledge. These notions generally are directed at something‚ knowledge has ideas that are known and perceptions require stimuli to be perceived
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Immanuel Kant and Transcendental Idealism David Hume shook the foundations of Epistemology and once again left philosophers baffled with where to turn next. The choices were either to agree with Descartes’ rationalism and accept solipsism or an appeal to a loving God‚ agree with Locke’s style of empiricism‚ Berkeley’s Epistemological approach‚ or simply concede that Hume’s extreme skepticism and ultimately solipsist view of knowledge was the most accurate. However‚ Immanuel Kant (1724-1804) was
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study of ideas about knowledge‚ truth‚ the nature and meaning of life‚ etc.” The different branches are Metaphysics‚ which deal with questions like‚ what is being? What are its fundamental features and properties is there a god? Another branch is Epistemology which is the theory of knowledge is the branch of philosophy concerned with these questions: what is the nature of knowledge‚ and what are its criteria‚ sources and limits. Another branch is Moral Philosophy also known as Ethics and the philosophical
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