thus one can only conjecture his opinion on the matter. This essay seeks to highlight Descartes main beliefs in the three main areas of philosophical endeavour; epistemology‚ ontology‚ and ethics. It will then infer from these how Descartes would approach euthanasia. Descartes was a rationalist; he based his ideas about ontology and ethics on his ideas about epistemology. He demonstrated the importance of the mind with his analogy on wax. Wax‚ Descartes reasoned‚ is in a completely different form when
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Oral presentation 2 Summary of the article Antonyms - from convention to meaning-making by: Carita Paradis & Caroline Willners Lund University Found at: http://lup.lub.lu.se/luur/download?func=downloadFile&recordOId=1718212&fileOId=1718215 10/29/12 Antonyms As simple as it may seem to say black-white‚ big-small and in-out‚ antonyms are in fact quite complicated. One of the most commonly expressed antonyms fast-slow might be one of the more complicated as well. We can use rapid-slow
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formulation of the ontological argument. The writings of the ontological argument in The Proslogian were Anselm’s reflections of the passage Psalm 14:1 “Fools say in their hearts ’There is no god’” and directs his argument at the ‘fools’ From this passage. Ontology means the study of being so therefore Anselm’s argument is formulated to prove the existence of god through the study of being. Anselm formulates 2 ontological arguments for the existence of god. Anselm’s first argument is based on three premises
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Explain Descartes version of the ontological argument? Ontology is the branch of philosophy that explores the whole concept of existence. Thomas Aquinas argued that a reason as to why the ontological argument does not work is that we do not know what God is‚ Descartes disagreed with this. Descartes‚ who was a very influential mathematician‚ philosopher and scientist‚ believed‚ similarly to Anselm and Plato previously‚ that human beings mind’s are imprinted with concepts such as equality‚ cause‚
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d Practice We live in time – it holds us and moulds us – but I never felt I understand it very well… I mean ordinary everyday time‚ which clocks and watches assure us passes regularly: tick-tock‚ click clock… time is supposed to measure history isn’t it? But‚ if we can’t understand time‚ can’t grasp its mysteries of pace and progress‚ what chance do we have with history – even our own small‚ personal‚ largely undocumented piece of it? Julian Barnes (2011: 3‚ 60) Time must be brought to light
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fire is the sun; and the climb upward is the journey of the mind towards knowledge (Philosophy: Q&T‚ p.9). The Allegory of the Cave sdeals with one of the vital discussions in metaphysics: to distinguish between reality and appearance. Just like ontology‚ it deals with the nature of being and reality (Philosophy: Q&T‚ p.114). The prisoners symbolize the majority of people. Just like how the prisoners perceive the shadows as real‚ most people believe that everything they see‚ taste‚ hear‚ and smell
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Name: Professor: Course: Date: Arche Arche is a Greek term that means the ultimate principle‚ source‚ reason‚ origin‚ cause or the beginning of something. According to the Greek philosopher; Aristotle‚ arche is a principle or an element of something which is intangible and cannot be demonstrated but it offers the factors of the likelihood of that something. It explains how everything was made out of a primal element or substance; as a cause. The arche concept developed a starting point for valid
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Phil 4 Midterm Study Guide Introduction: - Ontology is the study of being‚ kinds of things that exists‚ the different kinds of being. What is ultimately real? - Material: spatial/public/mechanical - Immaterial: nonspatial/private/teleological - Materialism: Matter is truly real and immaterial things are not - Idealism: Ideas are ultimately real - Dualism: Reality is both material and immaterial - Monism: There’s one single reality Lau Tzu (Laozi): - Taos analogy to water: water
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According to Ian Hacking Making Up people‚ based on historical analysis‚ where it refers to the simultaneous process whereby new ideas serve to create newly categorized kind of people. In order to illustrate the ways in which how people are made up‚ Ian proposed a new theory called dynamic nominalism‚ a middle ground between traditional nominalism which contends that “all categories‚ classes‚ and taxonomies are given by human minds rather than nature” (165) and traditional realism which contends
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The LSD “trip” is a complex interaction of many factors‚ but the crucial variables that influence the effects and duration of the “trip” are set and setting. An LSD “trip” is characterised by: • Emotional lability: from euphoria to despair and back; cascading emotions and emergence of repressed material; subsequent “flooding” of consciousness • Distortion in chronicity (time): merging of past‚ present and future • Wave-like sensations of perceptual change • Visual pseudo-hallucinations
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