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    Marcus Aurelius: Stoicism and the Modern Military In the long history of the United States‚ hundreds of men and women have forever altered the military with their legacies‚ ideas‚ and values. In this paper‚ I will discuss the life and legacy of the famed Roman Emperor‚ Marcus Aurelius. His musings have come to define the essence of the ideal military leader and how such individuals can live peacefully while in the heart of war. With his large contributions to Stoic philosophy‚ Marcus Aurelius has

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    people ask themselves when they are studying skepticism. But a lot of people do not even understand what skepticism means. The definition of skepticism is the epistemological view that knowledge is not possible‚ that nothing is clear; consistently held skepticism leads to nihilism‚ the loss of all meaning. With that being said‚ the argument against skepticism is the strongest because the reasoning behind makes much more sense than the argument for skepticism. The allegory of Plato’s cave has a bigger

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    There are two main forms of ancient skepticism‚ Academic and Pyrrhonian. The distinction between these two forms of skepticism are‚ Academic profess that knowledge is impossible and that we cannot know things. While Pyrrhonian declares that it’s unknown as to whether knowledge is possible. In fact‚ there are two main schools of Academic skepticism‚ Arcesilaus and Carneades. In Arcesilaus School all its platonic credentials are viewed as something of a combination. Plato in front‚ Pyrrho behind‚

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    two types of skepticism: antecedent and consequent. Both of these come in a very moderate and extreme form. He explains antecedent skepticism by using the Descartes theory of universal doubt. He explains that there is no principle that is more self evident than doubt and even if there was we would not be able to advance ahead of it because we our still able to doubt and reason deductively. This would mean Antecedent skepticism is incurable. Though this extreme antecedent skepticism can not be

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    Abstract: Descartes’ Philosophy attempts to undertake the most extreme skepticism possible to prove that we have knowledge through all possible doubt. He attempts to do this by proving the existence of a perfectly perfect God who would not allow us to be deceived by any omniscient deceiver. He uses instrumental skepticism to refute the most extreme type of skepticism. Through the use of the Evil Demon Hypothesis‚ Descartes is able to bring his audience to the most extreme doubt. Once in this

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    Global Skepticism According to Renee Descartes “I think; therefore‚ I am”- Renee Descartes In modern society‚ skepticism is a dirty little word with negative judgements placed on the skeptic. Another word for skepticism used in the field of philosophy is doubt. During the enlightenment era‚ scholars and thinkers began to doubt the world as they knew it. They doubted their society‚ religion‚ and even their own existence. Renee Descartes (1596-1650) contributed significant insight to skepticism and the

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    not the fact that we possess beliefs; the issue for the Skeptic lies in the kind of beliefs they hold and the way in which they approach these beliefs. Therefore‚ the continual process of inquiry highlighted as a rebuttal to the first objection of Skepticism‚ does not mean they cannot partake in the best approximated action to date‚ given their previous investigations. It also does not imply that the Skeptic cannot act in a manner to optimise time taken of

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    Report skepticism is exactly as it sounds; can we trust the data we are receiving for the experiment? We can gather all the data in the world and analyze it for years but if you cannot trust the data itself none of the information we have gathered matters. Two distinct subsects of report skepticism exist and they are known as under-determination and circularity. Under-determination is when the data you have collected does not have any significant evidence between two possibilities. With external

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    true. The purpose of Plato’s Allegory of the cave was to persuade readers that just because you sense (see‚ hear‚ smell‚ taste) something doesn’t mean that’s the thing you are sensing. This idea of skepticism was also supported by Empiricus‚ but unlike Plato‚ Empiricus is more radical in his skepticism. He believes all judgment must be suspended to pursue

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    There is a type of cynicism that surrounds skepticism where skepticism is tied to a wide range of possibilities; sometimes leading to contradictions. The idea that the world is dependent on individual and collective thought leads to a lot of speculation to the brain’s limits and how to actively reason one’s way out of it. Rinhard’s goal is to convince an external world skeptic by understanding their mode of thought and to deny a skeptic’s conclusion to belief. Rinard does provide a plausible instance

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