Philosophy and Literature 253 Midterm Exam October 7 2012 “Oh‚ Jupiter‚ a robot Descartes!” Asimov’s short story “Reasons” in I‚ Robot is the fictional account of a robots creation of his own path of reasoning. Much like Descartes‚ the Robot‚ Cutie‚ is curious about the truth of his existence and plans to find the answers out for himself. Cutie is a self-aware‚ reasoning robot on a station in space in the year 2015‚ and all he knows are the things in his immediate surrounding‚ which isn’t much
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real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light”‚ Plato said. Studying knowledge is something philosophers have been doing for as long as philosophy has been around. People always see just a part of things around the world. They need an open mind to understand more deep and wise into the world. It’s one of those perennial topics that philosophy has been refining since before the time of Plato. The discipline is known as epistemology which comes from two Greek words episteme which means knowledge
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Descartes has three main arguments in his skeptic strategy; dream‚ deceiving God and the evil Genius. All these three arguments hold that we do not directly see external objects but rather through what our minds tell us which are the images formed by the external objects in our minds. In his argument about dreaming Descartes says dreams are a non-pathological to madness. Descartes argues that dreams depict that even under normal mental conditions our sensory knowledge can be deceptive. Dreams lack
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She learned natural science‚ and she had an interest in philosophy and metaphysics. This attractive appears from her exchanging letters with Descartes. At that time‚ Descartes wrote his “dualism” idea. Descartes claims that the soul and the body are separated and can’t be together. Descartes considers the body is material‚ and the soul is immaterial. This idea was not understandable to Elisabeth. Therefore‚ she wrote a letter to Descartes asking him for clarification about his idea of the soul and
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Introduction to Philosophy Philosophical Concerns according to Dr. Bob Zunjic The study of philosophy may deal with every dimension of human life and can raise questions in any field of study or endeavor. Philosophy pursues questions rather than answers. Philosophy is not bound by any particular “truths” that set limits to the desire to continue asking questions. Philosophy changes historically both in respect to its content and its character. Definitions Etymologically‚ philosophy is derived
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and all over the counter. Because the baking soda was spilled all over the counter and was also found in the banquet hall owner’s home‚ it proves that the hall owner was responsible for this crime. We would not have been able to make an educated deduction without performing the two tests. We would have needed to know what substance was baking soda by seeing how it reacts to vinegar and water. The police detectives use various tests to find the suspects in an investigation. Some
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René Descartes: "Father of Modern Mathematics" 1596-1650 December 13‚ 2004 René Descartes was born in La Haye‚ Touraine (France) in March of 1596 and died at Stockholm on February 11‚ 1650. René‚ the second of a family of two sons and one daughter‚ was sent to the Jesuit School at La Flêche at the early age of eight. Since he was of poor health he was permitted to lie in bed till late in the mornings‚ a custom which
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Rene Descartes were among the first to break away from the conventional views of their times to find a place for science in a society and propose the way it should be practiced. All three authors agree on some points but differe markedly on others. Bacon insists on the importa nce of experimentation and relative uselessness of senses and experience‚ while Decartes thinks them imporatnt for understanding of nature. Galileo stresses the need for separation of science and religion‚ while Descartes
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Descartes outlined his new way of thinking in his Discourse on Method‚ published in 1637. The Discourse was only one the first part of the volume in which it was published. The three other parts addressed the sciences of optics (the study of light)‚ meteorology‚ and geometry. In the first three parts of the Discourse‚ Descartes sets the foundation for his method.With that foundation‚ Descartes unleashed his famous groundbreaking statement in Part Four:In the first part of the “Discourse‚” Descartes
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Philosophy comes from the Greek roots meaning “the love of wisdom.” Philosophers are persons who have a compelling need to pursue wisdom. Since the beginning of time‚ wise man and women have dedicated themselves to asking “Big Questions”. Depending on the questions‚ there are various areas of philosophy including metaphysics‚ epistemological‚ axiology‚ ethics‚ aesthetics‚ political philosophy‚ social philosophy‚ and logic. Homework Make a “Creative” representation of someone
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