Angela Antoine 7-03-2011 PHI 103 Intro to Philosophy and Ethics Professor Ted Rueter Plato’s and Aristotle’s Worldviews |Worldview Belief |Metaphysics |Epistemology |Ethics |Anthropology |God | |Plato |Dual realities. The lower |Knowledge is gained only by |If a human possesses a virtuous |Dual parts. The body and soul |The Form
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Chris Brozstek PHIL 1050.010 Leibniz and the Existence of God The existence of God has always been a controversial subject though despite what others thought Leibniz did believe in the existence of God. Leibniz goes on attempting to explain God using a priori and a posteriori arguments and also proving God using monads. Leibniz’s a priori explanation of God is that the concept which everyone has of God is that of a most perfect being‚ a greater being cannot be conceived. Therefore God
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Elisabeth was the princess of Bohemia. Her father and mother have governed Bohemia. She was interested in learning herself. 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
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of the self‚ through observation. This philosophy was the progenitor of the scientific method‚ a system of inquiry relying on objective facts. Educational Implications of Idealism By Douglas Baer‚ eHow Contributor ‚ last updated May 08‚ 2014 Metaphysics is one of the branches of philosophy that wrestles with the question of reality in the known and the unknown worlds. An idealist finds reality in the unknown world through ideas in his mind; a realist finds reality in the known world through his
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CHAPTER XIV Logical Empiricism There are many strange sentences that men use. Compare these two: (1) Wheat is a major crop in Kansas‚ and (2) the fountain of youth is located in Kansas. Each has a subject‚ a verb‚ and a predicate. The first sentence is regarded as true in a matter-of-fact way. The second one may bring a smile or wrinkle to your face. Why the two reactions? Why is one regarded as true and the other as fiction? How can we speak of the non-existent in the same way as
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“Compatibilists believe freedom can be present or absent in situations for reasons that have nothing to do with metaphysics.” For example‚ when someone completely murders a whole family and they are trying to decide if they are going to jail for the fact that they murdered the family. Someone may try and say that it was a mental illness that caused them to murder the
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carries one of the most plausible metaphysical arguments that has ever emerged in the area of philosophy. The cogito argument seems to sustain the most thorough form of skepticism and provides Descartes base from which he can progress a perfect metaphysic. The cogito argument benefits as the base assumption for his general metaphysical thesis. However‚ upon critical monitoring it becomes clear that the reasonable qualities of the cogito and other production of the principle are not as coherent and
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Aristotle Paper The following paper will chronicle the life and times of the famous philosopher Aristotle. Showing how his theories‚ concepts‚ and analysis in philosophy contributed to the fields of study in which he was instrumental in establishing. The culture and time period in which Aristotle lived is essential in understanding how influential his views were to the world of philosophy. Aristotle‚ the son of a physician‚ was born in 384 BC. His father was the family physician for King Amyntas
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Abstract Artifact Theory about Fictional Characters Defended — Why Sainsbury’s Category-Mistake Objection is Mistaken Zsófia Zvolenszky* Institute of Philosophy‚ Eötvös University (ELTE) Abstract. In this paper‚ I explore a line of argument against one form of realism about fictional characters: abstract artifact theory (‘artifactualism’‚ for short)‚ the view according to which fictional characters like Harry Potter are part of our reality‚ but (unlike concrete entities like the Big Ben
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all one’s perceiving‚ thinking‚ knowing and doing”. He further expanded this definition to include philosophy of life‚ ideology‚ and faith or religion. According to Nash (1999)‚ there are at least five clusters of worldview beliefs‚ namely‚ God‚ metaphysics (ultimate reality)‚ epistemology (knowledge)‚ ethics and philosophical anthropology (human nature). The first question you ask yourself when you think about theology is whether or not there is a God. The next question might be what is the nature
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