David Hume was born in Scotland in 1711. He is known as a philosopher‚ historian‚ economist‚ and essayist‚ especially for advocating empiricism and skepticism. He had strongly influenced in the history of Western philosophy and the Scottish Enlightenment. (David Hume‚ n.d.‚ para. 3). He is seen as one of the greatest skeptics in the history of philosophy. He believes that human know nothing except their experience‚ and experience is based on the notion of objective. Moreover‚ in David Hume point
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philosophical theory. Descartes rejects all the premises and holds innate into question. He withholds all the assumptions and only believes in things that can be proven. His goal in subjecting everything to methodical doubt is you don’t know it is true until you have the proof. Descartes begins by doubting his own existence and starts with the premise‚ “I think I am therefore I am”. He is not sure whether he exists or not but the fact that he is thinking is the proof that his mind exists. Descartes is Mind-Body
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As I was reading through the chapters of my art book‚ there were two pieces of art that caught my eye: the statue of "Nefertiti" and the statue "Aphrodite of Melos." After researching both artworks‚ I realized that these statues are similar and different in many aspects. Nefertiti is regarded as one of the most influential women of her time. Her and her husband Ahmenhotep IV‚ ruled between 1352-1348 BCE‚ during the New Kingdom. After there rule of Akhetaten (Ancient Egypt)
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Because of its continuity‚ Clinical Reasoning does not happen in a linear manner but remains to be cyclical (Marcum‚ 2012). Nurses who exhibit good clinical reasoning skills have the capacity “to collect the right cues and to take the right action for the right patient at the right time and for the right reason” (Levett-Jones‚ Hoffman‚ Dempsey‚ Yeun-Sim Jeong‚ Noble‚ Norton‚ Roche & Hickey‚ 2010). In contrast‚ nurses with less developed clinical reasoning skills usually fall short in detecting
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Sub areas of philosophy Metaphysics – what is? Epistemology – what can I know? Ethics – what ought to be? Logic- what is good reasoning? Plato Student of Socrates There are no recorded teaching of Socrates Plato three different periods- early middle and late Middle- what is ethics and what is morality? Morality- give back to what is due. Is morality the following of a rule or is it something more involved? Do you really achieve obedience by punishing? Thrasymuchas- morality is
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Friedrich Nietzsche Friedrich Nietzsche was born on October 15th 1844 in the small town close to Leipzig. His father was a Lutheran pastor and former teacher. In 1849‚ his father died of a brain ailment and the family then moved to Naumburg where they lived with Nietzsche’s grandmother. In 1864‚ at the age of twenty‚ Nietzsche began his studies in theology and classical philology at the University of Bonn. After just one semester‚ Nietzsche halted his theological studies and lost his faith. He
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Plato and Aristotle attempt to arrive at a set of moral principles dealing with‚ what is considered good and bad and with moral duty and obligation. Plato believed that concepts had an ideal and universal form which lead to his idealistic philosophy. Aristotle believed that universal forms were not linked to an object or concept but needed to be analyzed on its own. Although Aristotle was a student of Plato‚ he did not necessarily agree with Plato’s theory on morality. Aristotle was more focused
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most important and influential skeptics and empiricists of his time was David Hume. His thinking lead him to be one of the greatest philosophers that we will ever read about. David Hume and John Locke as philosophers‚ both believed in naturalism and having proof and evidence to verify reasoning in existence. It was Hume that exclaimed the sources for cause and effect. He said that cause and effect are essential in reasoning‚ (the things we think of mentally) and that we must find an association in things
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Plato and Aristotle‚ arguably the most important philosophers of their time‚ both made attempts to define justice. Being that Aristotle was a student of Plato‚ their ideas share many similarities. Both viewed justice as the harmonious interaction of people in a society. However‚ Plato defined his ideal of justice with more usage of metaphysics‚ invoking his Form of the Good‚ while Aristotle took a more practical approach‚ speaking in terms of money and balance. Although Aristotle’s ideal of justice
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answer the question of “What is life’s meaning‚” (as Nietzsche suggests)—but for many people religion offers no literal truths. And while religion may slow intellectual progress for some individuals—for instance‚ interpreting the Bible literally can cause one to the theory of evolution—it often does not. Also‚ I acknowledge that a life sans the comforts and joys of religion (and other numbing faculties) does seem appealing. I am not denying Nietzsche the appeal of being perpetually mindful. However‚
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