options. Immanuel Kant‚ John Stuart Mill‚ Plato‚ and Aristotle are philosophers that focus on the topic of ethics‚ yet all have different outlooks. Kant is considered a non-consequentiality‚ which means he feels the intentions motives‚ and good will is more important than the results or consequences of an action. The backbone of Kant’s philosophy is the belief in the fundamental freedom of the individual. Kant did not indicate anarchy‚ but the idea of self-government and the creation and
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LOGICAL POSITIVISM AND THE ABSURDITY OF METAPHYSICS PRESENTED BY: AKOMOLAFE OLUWATOBA M. MATRIC NO: 187189 COURSE CODE: PHI 702 COURSE TITLE: HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY LECTURER IN CHARGE: Dr. Afolayan LOGICAL POSITIVISM AND THE ABSURDITY OF METAPHYSICS NATURE OF METAPHYSICS In everyday discourse‚ “Metaphysics” is at times given a derogative connotation. A view is termed metaphysical
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Fearsome. Barbarian. Horrible. Words to describe the Medieval Vikings‚ who changed history as we know it. Indeed‚ these pirates who began to raid in 793 terrified Europe‚ making Europe adapt rapidly. Nonetheless‚ there was a whole lot of terror‚ however the Vikings actually helped certain people out. The Viking raids lead to the rise of feudalism‚ which helped lords gain a whole lot of power. When the Vikings first came everyone didn’t know what to do. These hooligans were attacking at random‚
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1. What three words describe you and why do you think they are a good description a. Ambitious I think ambitious is a good description for me because I’m always willing to get my goals done inside of school and out of school. b. Optimistic I think optimistic a good description for me because I always try to have confident about the future and seeing myself to succeed c. Mature I think I’m mature about my decisions that I make for my future and planning for the best for each outcome. 2. What are
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Metaphysics has been given many definitions over the years‚ Aristotle says that it is the science of being as being‚ or the study of everything that can be. Another definition given to metaphysics is the science of the most universal conceptions. My personal favorite would be metaphysics is the science of the most abstract conceptions. This‚ to me‚ is saying that metaphysics is the study of ideas real physics does not solve‚ things that cannot be measured by a gauge. Aristotle also said "The first
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that the shadows are the real world. “The Lesson” by Toni Cade Bambara parallels Plato’s “Myth of the Cave” via the setting and characters in each of the stories. Both stories are very similar due to the fact that each is trying to send a message about the real world‚ and the people in it who are just ignorant and obnoxious. In “The Lesson” the setting takes place in the hood‚ where it is seen as a dark place where the community is not to so bright intellectually‚ and the people there are convinced
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What’s so wrong about the word “retard”? Joseph Franklin would say‚“ it means that the rest of you are excluding us from your group. We are something that is not like you and something that none of you would ever want to be. We are something outside the "in" group. We are someone that is not your kind. I want you to know that it hurts to be left out here‚ alone.” Franklin has Down syndrome. The 30 year old who serves as a Global Messenger for the Special Olympics‚ has struggled with the public’s
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speak in a brittle voice‚ you sound as if you are about to cry croaky adjective if someone’s voice sounds croaky‚ they speak in a low rough voice that sounds as if they have a sore throat dead adjective if someone’s eyes are dead‚ or if their voice is dead‚ they feel or show no emotion disembodied adjective a disembodied voice comes from someone who you cannot see flat adjective spoken in a voice that does not go up and down. This word is often used for describing the speech of people
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2/19/07 Aristotle Ethics Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics provides a sensible account for what true moral virtue is and how one may go about attaining it. Aristotle covers many topics that help reach this conclusion. One of them being the idea of mean between the extremes. Although Aristotle provided a reliable account for many philosophers to follow‚ Rosalind Hursthouse along with many others finds lose ends and topics which can be easily misinterpreted in Aristotle’s writing. Aristotle explains
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Plato and Education by Sultan Muhammad Plato was the earliest most important Greek Philosopher and educational thinker. Plato thinks education as a key for a society and he stress on education‚ for this purpose he want to go to the extreme level even removing children from their mothers and rise them by the state‚ he want to identify the skills of the children and give them proper education for that particular skill which they have so they could be become a suitable member of the society and fulfil
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