Journal of Philosophy‚ Inc. A Defense of Dualistic Realism Author(s): James Bissett Pratt Reviewed work(s): Source: The Journal of Philosophy‚ Psychology and Scientific Methods‚ Vol. 14‚ No. 10 (May 10‚ 1917)‚ pp. 253-261 Published by: Journal of Philosophy‚ Inc. Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2940171 . Accessed: 09/12/2012 17:17 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use‚ available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms
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The Metaphysical Pizza as Sliced by Plato and Aristotle Plato and Aristotle were Greek philosophers who lived within the third and fourth century BC. Thought Aristotle was a student of Plato‚ they each had very different ideas or theories on how life is or Metaphysics. Plato theorized that reality was outside of our physical world and outside of most humans understanding‚ while Aristotle theorized that this physical world was the only world and the only reality. Plato looked for a universal
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How to live a balanced lifestyle as a student When you think about living a healthy lifestyle‚ especially as a student‚ it may seem hard to envision. Imagine trying to balance making enough hours at work‚ with being up late hours of the night working on schoolwork; resulting in loss sleep and fatigue. In between this‚ try keeping a life outside of your family‚ while maintaining a social life with your friends. No doubt it appears unattainable at times to bring a perfect balance into such a life
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In the movie “Waking Life”‚ society has been referred to as an ant colony‚ the inhabitants acting only out of efficiency and politeness. Though at times it may seem that inter-personal relationships lack genuine human engagement and are rarely meaningful‚ both philosophers and scholars alike ponder whether a spiritual connection between all human beings would better society. Martin Buber’s philosophy of I-Thou and I-It relationships states that I-Thou relationships consists of humans being
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Pg1Pg1 KNOWLEDGE BY ACQUAINTANCE I53 Knowledge by Acquaintance and Knowledge by Description Bertrand Russell Russell‚ Bertrand (1917). Knowledge by acquaintance and knowledge by description. Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society‚ 1910-1911. Reprinted in his his Mysticism and Logic (London: George
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World‚ In Hounding Me The poem "World‚ in Hounding Me" written by "Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz" explains her ethos and thought process in order to give a greater understanding of her psyche and in doing so‚ is also judgmental about modern life. She wishes to enrich her mind‚ spirit and existence with the understanding of beauty and humility. In the poem‚ it states‚ "How can it harm you if I choose‚ astutely‚ rather to stock my mind with things of beauty‚ than waste its stock on every beauty’s
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Plato’s concept of the ideals Plato believed that reality is more than what we sense around the world (e.g. taste‚ smell‚ hear‚ see and touch)‚ he believed that behind these physical realities lies a perfect version of them in which he called Forms and that the greatest thing we can learn is to have knowledge and understanding of them. Plato’s theory means that what we can sense around us (for example a chair) is just a mere shadow of the perfect version which exists in the world of Forms. The
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Djacson St. Vil 7/2/10 Essay Assignment 1 Prep for College Writing Who are we? This may come as a surprise to you‚ but what you actually believe to be your own personality is a combination of other organisms that you may come into contact with. From developing relationships between siblings and mimicking their individual personalities‚ to avoidance of a certain organism due to a precedent setting event that caused us to fear said thing. What will not surprise you is the fact that
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American University of Central Asia Existence of God Thomas Aquinas‚ Rene Descartes Sydykova Aizirek Introduction to philosophy Beishegul Alieva 11.03.2013 There are different questions of reality. Each man on the earth wants to know some things obviously‚ but there are some of them which people cannot obviously prove‚ for example how world was created‚ existence of God‚ what morality‚ justice‚ knowledge
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Matthew Weaver Mr. Clarke AP Language March 13‚ 2013 The Existence of God The most argued over topic in the world is undoubtedly the existence of “God”. But after thousands of years it is still impossible to prove his existence or nonexistence. In the scientific community it is required that there is ample data to prove a claim‚ but in the modern world “Gods” existence is based on faith or of forms of proof. So how do we know if he is real or not? Thomas Aquinas is a firm believer of
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