Empedocles was the Pre-Socratic philosopher that I found to have the most compelling ideas. Empedocles was a Greek philosopher from 490-430 B.C.E. He felt that reality was everlasting and fixed. He also believed that the changes we go through are more than illusion‚ when another philosopher by the name of Parmenides believed just the opposite. Parmenides believed that "change and motion are illusions of the senses". Empedocles also partially believed what philosopher Heraclitus had said about reality
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What Philosophical problem was the primary concern of the Pre-Socratics? The pre-Socratics were primarily focused on exploring the main cause of the creation of the world and the basic substance of everything around us. They questioned the one and the many. Instead of acknowledging many of the more traditional mythological explanations of the time for the natural phenomena they saw in the world such as solar eclipses‚ they searched for rational and logical explanations. Their primary concern
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Letter to a 20 or 21 Century Philosopher PHI/105 September 23‚ 2012 Letter to a 20 or 21 Century Philosopher I am writing this letter to John Dewey regarding his theory of pragmatism. I am choosing this theory because it interests me in the scientific aspect of your thinking. I know that you chose to challenge logicians to answer the question of truth. This is a hard thing to sort out and make real and true. Going up against some of the times most logical thinkers and challenging them
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CheckPoint: Pre-Socratic Philosophers * Answer the following questions in a 200- to 300-word response: * Which of the Pre-Socratic philosophers had the most compelling ideas? I believe that for their time‚ all held compelling ideas as to how things are in existence; the pre-Socratic philosophers that “stuck out” most to me were The Atomist. By far‚ The Atomist was the closets philosophers to what we the human race holds as true. * Briefly summarize the philosopher’s idea
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Socrates Essay: Option 1 PHI/105 Larry Waggle Instructor Socrates Essay: Option 1 “There is nothing to fear but fear itself‚” this is a well known saying that I believe describes why Socrates did not fear death or the afterlife. Socrates thought that true philosophers spent their entire lives getting ready for death. So to be afraid of something that you have been preparing so long for is pointless. Socrates believed that only a philosopher that did not fear death could acquire courage and
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Comparison Stephanie Collard PHI/105 11/9/14 University of Phoenix Comparison There are three main schools of thought notable in philosophy. These are pragmatic‚ continental‚ and analytic. Each of these schools has differences that are quite significant‚ and though each has it ’s merits‚ each also has it ’s own flaws. The first school of thought mentioned‚ Pragmatism is a school of thought that was contributed to philosophy by the United States of America and holds the belief that there is no
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from your instructor‚ are in the "Details" section below. Date Taken: 6/11/2012 Time Spent: 01 min ‚ 13 secs Points Received: 21 / 60 (35%) Question Type: # Of Questions: # Correct: Multiple Choice 13 9 Short 5 N/A Grade Details Page: 1 2 1. Question : (TCO 11) Define point estimate. Student Answer: Approximation of a single quantity or a single numerical value‚ instead of that of a whole range of values. Instructor Explanation: A point estimate occurs when a single value‚
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SLIDE 1 INTRODUCTION IS THERE AN AFTERLIFE? DOES IT HAVE AN AFFECT THE WAY WE LIVE NOW? AMANDA DUKE PHI 105 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SLIDE 2 DESCARTES (1596-1650) “I THINK; THEREFOR I AM” THE ONTILOGICAL ARGUMENT: A method of proof which uses intuition and reason alone; examines the concept of God‚ and states if we can conceive of the greatest possible being‚ then it must exist. Speaker Notes: Descartes had strong
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Checkpoint 1: Customer Service Model IT282 Checkpoint 1: Customer Service Model For the user support employee‚ a customer service model begins and ends with communication. Communications not only involves speech or writing‚ but listening or reading well also. Communications is a two-way exercise‚ which involves both parties and their need to reach a satisfactory resolution. The various forms of communications between a user support employee and a customer determines the experience of a customer
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