Philng and Philosophy Part 1: Philosophy and the Self By: Thea Younge Introduction to Philosophy | PHI2301 S07 June 4‚ 2013 Reasonable minds can disagree when it comes to religious believes. Religious is one disagree that all parties involve can agree to disagree and move on. There are many different religions just to name a few Christianity‚ Islam‚ Jehovah Witnesses‚ and Buddhism. Christianity is the world’s largest faith based on the teaching of Jesus Christ. Islam is disclosed in its
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translates as the need for domination of the signatories and for whites to maintain the power of knowledge‚ which poses as a disadvantage to oppressed minorities. Therefore‚ the gap that continues to grow from racial differentiation translates into the epistemology. Since western philosophy is considered as the epitome of knowledge‚ only white consciousness can be justified as logical. As a result‚ any other model is eradicated from the social paradigm. The differential experiences between
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Plato was a highly educated Athenian Philosopher. He lived from 428-348 B.C. Plato spent the early portion of his life as a disciple to Socrates‚ which undoubtedly helped shape his philosophical theories. One topic that he explored was epistemology. Epistemology is the area of philosophy that deals with questions concerning knowledge‚ and that considers various theories of knowledge (Lawhead 52). Plato had extremely distinct rationalistic viewpoints. Rationalism is the claim that reason‚ or intellect
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about how to do something or how to live” (Philosophy‚ 2014‚ para. 1). Philosophy plays a huge role in all of our lives. Studding of philosophy influences our lives in many ways and has many purposes. Philosophy has five major branches metaphysis‚ epistemology‚ ethics‚ aesthetics‚ and logic. Each of these branches plays a role with culture to develop thoughts in human beings by wondering‚ a dynamic process‚ the truth‚ and wisdom. “Philosophy is an attempt to reason clearly and critically about all areas
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to be aware of things and ask questions than it is for the non-marginalized. (3) Research‚ particularly that focused on power relations‚ should begin with the lives of the marginalized. Feminist standpoint theory‚ then‚ makes a contribution to epistemology‚ to methodological debates in the social and natural sciences‚ to philosophy of science‚ and to political activism. It has been one of the most influential and debated theories to emerge from second-wave feminist thinking. Feminist standpoint theories
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theory composed of variables‚ measured with numbers‚ and analyzed with statistical procedures‚ in order to determine whether the predictive generalizations of the theory hold true." The paradigm framework is made up of: P Philosophy O Ontology E Epistemology M Methodology (Source: University of Sheffield) A summary of the scientific paradigm (Quantitative) might be: P Scientific materialism O Laws of nature E Measurable and observable ‘proof’ M Experiment‚ large scale data collection
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to be a form of supernaturalism‚ since it is concerned with a belief in an otherworldly realm (Du Toit‚ J.‚ Heyns‚ M. & Loubser‚ 2013:25)- and not only the totality of the natural world- in supplying answers with reference to aspects of ontology‚ epistemology and ethics. There has‚ however‚ been some strong criticism of Christianity as supernaturalism and some such as Gentsler have even continued to state that Christianity cannot be described in terms of supernaturalism at all. Shortly‚ those for
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PRESOCRATIC PHILOSOPHY Introduction As early Greek civilization grew more complex (c. 500 b.c.e.)‚ mythology and religion began to develop into philosophy (and later into science). As part of this development‚ a new kind of thinker emerged known as a sophos‚ from the Greek word for “wise.” These “wise men‚” and they were almost exclusively men‚ asked increasingly sophisticated questions about all sorts of things‚ especially natural processes and the origins and essence of life. Although mythology
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Notably‚ her work on the concept of standpoint epistemology was highly influenced by Dorothy Smith. Collins defined standpoint epistemology as the philosophical viewpoint that one knows is affected by the standpoint one has in society (particularly black women). She also emphasizes on the nature of race‚ class‚ gender‚ nationality‚ and sexual
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feminism is the development of Black feminist thought focused specifically on the ever-increasing number of African-American women acting as agents of knowledge and challenging current White male dominated legitimizing institutions to contest old epistemologies of knowledge and produce new methods of conceptualizing and reconciling intersectionality of race‚ gender‚ and class oppression in the matrix of domination. More explicitly‚ Afrocentric feminist thought demonstrates the value of empowering oppressed
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