Courtney Shearin 4 November 2014 Russell UNIV 3581 R51-F14C Faith or Reason when Pursuing The Truth The pursuit of truth has never been a small undertaking‚ and simply developing a workable sense of what constitutes truth can be difficult in and of itself. The issue is further compounded upon recognizing that some people‚ those of religious persuasion‚ approach the quest for truth solely through faith while others‚ like scientists and philosophers utilize reason to varying degrees. Around the
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1. Determinism and Fatalism are beliefs or‚ in general‚ outlooks towards life‚ between which several variances can be acknowledged. Both of these philosophies hold the view that there is no such thing as a free will and that it is merely a deception. If we think that we are powerless and what is destined - or is our fate - will happen‚ regardless of we may do we hold an attitude that is referred to as fatalism. On the other hand‚ those who believe that there is a source of every result and that tomorrow
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WHAT IS PHILOSOPHY Asking questions - Common hobbies of a philosopher -e.g.‚ “Who am I?”‚ “Why are we here?” * Philosophy pursues the Faculty of Wonder. * opens someone’s mind * leads us to more important questions * Philosophy – code of questions * Love of wisdom * Moth in life * Analyzing the different facts of life * Self examination * Study of nature * Three concepts of Philosophy – acc. To Bonifacio 1. Intellectual
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Metaphysics Theological determinism‚ also known as theological fatalism‚ states that if an all-knowing God knows what we will do in the future‚ then this proves that we do not have free will. This is the idea that‚ if God knows the future‚ and God cannot be wrong‚ then the future must be predetermined. Psalm 139 says that prior to our birth‚ God has written in His book all the ordained days for our lives. Throughout the Bible are stories that support the idea that God knows what the future holds
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Idealism Vs Realism Class: Philosophy Idealism vs. realism Idealism in general refers to any philosophy that argues that reality is somehow dependent upon the mind rather than independent of it. More extreme versions will deny that the “world” even exists outside of our minds. Slight versions argue that our understanding of reality reflects the workings of our mind first and leading that the properties of objects have no standing independent of minds perceiving them. In Western civilization
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problem of subjective-objective” (Nagel‚ 1974/2002‚ p. 225). In other words‚ Nagel does not rule out a possible physicalist account of consciousness‚ but this‚ according to Nagel‚ awaits advances in science. However‚ I would argue that a better metaphysics of consciousness is also required‚ and that non-reductive physicalism is the best option‚ as Van Gulick points out‚ “[i]t is pluralistic about theories‚ languages‚ and ways of understanding‚ but monist
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Do Platonism and Panthiesm have more in common than one might assume? Both Platonism and Panthiesm are two common aspects from ancient philosophy that many people believe in. People have adopted these belief systems. These two topics were introduced millions of years ago‚ both widely practiced‚ they have somewhat of a religious background. However‚ they both have certain things that make each practice unique. Platonists share the view or belief that abstract objects exist. Platonism is the philosophy
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would point to an equally vast array of answers. Instead of this‚ Kant saw that morality should be a constant‚ similar to the discipline of mathematics‚ which would provide the same answer for all of humankind. Through his work Grounding for the Metaphysics of Morals‚ Kant establishes his supreme moral
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different perspective and thoughts on the theories. Plato wrote about justice‚ courage and wisdom. He also examined poetry and is famous for his work‚ Republic. As for Aristotle‚ he wrote about logic and meaning and reasoning. He also wrote about metaphysics‚ music‚ poetry‚ and theatre. Aristotle was big on epistemology in universals and souls. He would incorporate his philosophical work in using science for reasoning. Aristotle’s intellectual range was from biology‚ chemistry‚ ethics‚ psychology‚
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Throughout time both philosophers’ theories have ignited arguments when it comes to the conception of “substance.” Although both were around about the same time period‚ one heavily juxtaposed the other and criticized severely. At the end of the day both philosophers had an entire and total different idea of what substance was. To begin with‚ Descartes‚ divided the world into two kinds of substances. He divided it by the “res cogitas” and “res extensa‚” which translates into “thinking substance‚
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