the title explicitly refers only to Indian philosophy‚ religion and literature‚ nevertheless the volume also incorporates—in accordance with the maxim: ——the results of research in ancient and modern culture‚ religiosity‚ rationalistic attitudes‚ axiology‚ intercultural exchange of ideas‚ language as communicative groundwork‚ concepts of personality and society‚ the notion of freedom and liberation etc. The issues discussed in the essays pertain to various aspects of Indian poetry and poetics‚
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The main idea of the Critique of Pure Reason is based upon Immanuel Kant’s idea of ‘transcendental idealism’. Here Kant talks about space and time primarily and how humans perceive objects‚ especially as only appearances and not things in themselves. This essay shows that to better understand Kant’s ‘transcendental idealism’ is to understand the transcendental realism with which this essay will show is the actual opposite. The essay details the connection between the concepts of an object considered
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Aristotle As an important figure head in the field of philosophy‚ Aristotle and his numerous influences will be detailed. Identification and evaluation of key concepts and analyses that comprised his theories will be discussed along with identification and description of his contributions to the field of philosophy will also be offered. Lastly‚ further discussion will focus on how the culture and the time period influenced his ideology. Metaphysics Metaphysics is a branch philosophy concerned
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Descartes “Idealism is the assertion there are none but thinking thing beings. All other things‚ which we believe are perceived in intuitions‚ are nothing but presentations in the thinking things‚ to which no object external to them in fact corresponds. Everything we see is just a construction of the mind.” (Prolegomena). Idealism maintains that there are no objects in the world‚ only minds. According to idealism‚ the existence of outer objects is uncertain and ambiguous. Idealism is the group
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By examining dualism‚ idealism‚ and physicalism‚ it becomes clear that idealism has the best arguments in its favor and has the fewest philosophical problems. George Berkley‚ Rene Descartes‚ and J.J. C. Smart were philosophers who were trying to understand the relationship between the mind and the body. George Berkeley believed there are no mind independent objects‚ and that everything that exist only exist through one’s perceptions. Rene Descartes thought that the mind and body had a causal relationship
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Although US power increased during interventions like the Spanish-American‚ it wouldn’t be till the WWI were the US influence would be clearly seen by the World. This influence came as a result of Wilson’s interventionism and idealism during and after the war. Wilson’s idealism also opened the door for the debate between two sentiments;
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Evan Sobol Mr. Hicks AP US History 9 January 2012 Self Interest of Idealism? Expansion to foreign nations was a very important factor in America during the early twentieth century. Self-interest and idealism play large roles in America’s foreign policies from 1895-1920. Although both factors were very common‚ idealism seems to have been the dominant factor during this time period towards foreign affairs. Speakers such as Senator Albert Beveridge and William Sumner were very important because
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“What is Philosophy?” According to the famous Greek philosopher Socrates‚ “The unexamined life is not worth living”. But what does he mean by this? He means that we should look and think through life deeper. Examination of life is more than just a use of common sense. Hard thinking is necessary even though it disturbs. With the use of Philosophy‚ we better understand things and answer the most important questions in existence. Philosophy‚ according to the famous Greek philosopher Aristotle‚ begins
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his theories on materialism and idealism (also referred to as immaterialism). Materialism refers to the fact that all objects in the physical world are physical‚ material objects that can be seen and touched. Materialism states that all objects in the physical world are mind-independent‚ meaning that our minds do not have to think about an object in order for that object to exist physically. The other theory Berkeley is well known for is idealism/immaterialism. Idealism refers to the belief that material
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theories; that of realism and idealism. No two students are exactly alike. Nevertheless‚ they do share one fundamental character...the character of an inquisitiveness to learn. Educational philosophy is no doubt a matter that has changed over the decades‚ and still today not everyone is in total agreement on the subject. However‚ one thing is certain- philosophy is the foundation of educational styles. Today‚ four basic educational philosophies exist including idealism‚ realism‚ pragmatism‚ and existentialism
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