PHILISOPHICAL INQUIRY: What is philosophy? “The love of wisdom.” Metaphysics: the theory of reality. What is real? Epistemology: the theory of knowledge. What does it mean to “know?” Value-theory: the study of value. What gives something value...over something else? Logic: The principles of right reasoning. What principles do we use? All of these do not stand independent from each other...they all mix. September 25: Abstractions: CH9 Is Fido an abstraction? Dog is a category
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Ethical Egosim and Sentiment: Examing Decision-Making in the Grey Area If there were one particular ethical theory that would universally fit all situations‚ ethics would be an open/shut case. However‚ that simply isn’t how ethical theories work. While‚ some may have significantly more merit than others on a scale of universal application‚ there are some situations where relativism comes into play when deciphering which theory best suits a given situation. The relativism referred to here is of
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Analysis of Part X and XI Aubrey Burghardt Phil 1301 In Part X‚ the three characters in the Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion‚ by David Hume‚ enter a debate on the existence of God‚ how to define God‚ and most specially formulate an understanding on how the powers of evil have influence on the way religion is viewed. Demea‚ the religious character who believes without demand for physical or tangible evidence‚ opens the dialogue. Demea sets the tone by claiming that religion descends
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This article will focus on Western philosophical conceptions of justice. These will be the greatest theories of ancient Greece (those of Plato and Aristotle) and of medieval Christianity (Augustine and Aquinas)‚ two early modern ones (Hobbes and Hume)‚ two from more recent modern times (Kant and Mill)‚ and some contemporary ones (Rawls and several successors). Typically the article considers not only their theories of justice but also how philosophers apply their own theories to controversial
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SQ4-Hegel Study Questions for the Test on Part Four: Hegel CHAPTER 15: A REVOLUTION IN THOUGHT The French Revolution was the third great revolution inspired by the values and philosophy of the Enlightenment. What were the values/philosophy of the Enlightenment? How did it differ in attitude from previous eras? And if the French Revolution was the third‚ what were the first two revolutions it inspired? EMAIL Historical Situation: The Enlightenment in France Who developed the philosophical ideas
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The penal system has been no help in alleviating the stigma attached to mental illness‚ routinely and historically treating mentally unstable inmates with just the same harsh approach as their criminally insane counterparts. Indeed‚ the distinction between these two populations is significant; however‚ authorities have long been reluctant to entertain such a concept. Similar to the treatment availed to them in institutions‚ mentally ill inmates have a history of being shackled‚ beaten and deprived
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Empiricism stresses using scientific data discovered from experiments that is directly related to evidence. It is an essential role of the scientific method that all theories must be tested against observations. John Locke‚ George Berkeley‚ and David Hume are classical representatives of empiricism. This doctrine has problems within it though. For example: what about people who are color-blind? How they perceive the world is much different from a person who can see color. Every single person has different
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Pride Ulrich Steinvorth 1 Why pride? What’s pride? Pride should puzzle the humanities because we are ambivalent about it. We hate and love it. We hate the arrogant‚ mock the braggers; and if we remember that Christianity considered pride a vice‚ even the first among the deadly sins‚ we’ll probably approve. But we also want our kids to be proud of their achievements‚ proud at least of the acts we applaud. We even want them to be proud of their natural and social endowment that they neither struggled
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PHILOSOPHY The History of Philosophy is often divided into three periods: Ancient philosophy‚ Medieval philosophy‚ and Modern philosophy. Philosophy is the discipline concerned with questions of how one should live (ethics); what sorts of things exist and what are their essential natures (metaphysics); what counts as genuine knowledge (epistemology); and what are the correct principles of reasoning (logic). The word is of Ancient Greek origin (philosophía)‚ meaning love of wisdom. Definition
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In this period‚ piety and belief were integral parts in the exploration of natural philosophy and ethics in addition to political theories of the age. However‚ prominent Enlightenment philosophers such as Voltaire‚ Jean-Jacques Rousseau‚ and David Hume questioned and attacked the existing institutions of both Church and State. The 18th century also saw a continued rise of empirical philosophical ideas‚ and their application to political economy‚ government and sciences such as physics‚ chemistry
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