ideas and reason. Hobbes on the other hand supports Empiricism‚ the idea that our knowledge comes from the senses. In this paper I will provide Descartes’ argument against sense perception and Hobbes’ argument for sense perception. I will then provide both philosopher’s arguments about free will and how their views factor into their philosophical systems. Lastly‚ I will provide my argument as to which philosopher has the stronger argument and why. Descartes’ argument against sense perception is that
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“Emotion is stronger than reason.” To what extent is this true in Human Science? People will make lots of decisions in their life‚ some of the decisions are emotional ‚ and some are intellectual. From my point of view‚ I think emotion and reason are all important‚ and it’s depends on a specific situation and specific person to decide if it’s stronger or not.So my stance is neutral. If a person is very intellectual‚ most of his decision will be reasonable‚ but if he is a very emotional person
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Language is such a universal phenomenon in human society. Whenever we write or speak‚ we use it; whenever we make a promise or ask a question‚ we use it. In the statement ¡§All of the other ways of knowing are controlled by language¡¨‚ language is defined as ¡§words¡¨ and this ¡§control¡¨ can be defined as ¡§dominate¡¨. Then this saying seems not so fair to represent the relationship between the four ways of knowing. It is more sensible to say language gives some support or limit to our reason¡Aperception
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To what extent does cognition control emotion ? In everyday life there is a constant evidence of interaction between cognition and emotion. If we see something funny we laugh‚ if we fear we run or hide‚ if we are distressed we find it hard to concentrate. However we do not need to present any of the emotions to others‚ we can regulate them‚ think about situations and consequences and estimate the outcome. We are able to control our emotions. Ochsner and Gross(2005‚p.242) argues that capacity
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To what extent is Ethical Language meaningful? We often hear of people being told how they should behave and they should live their lives; sometimes through advice and sometimes via the governments of countries. However‚ we can never truly know what ‘good’ and ‘bad’ is‚ there is nothing that confirms or denies what each of these mean‚ there is only your opinion. Looking at the meaningfulness and usefulness of ethical language is known as Meta ethics. It also sets out to understand terms used in
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Helloo List of emotions From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia This is a list of emotions (feelings). Contents 1 Robert Plutchik’s theory 2 Book Two of Aristotle’s Rhetoric 3 The engineered language Lojban 4 Other websites Robert Plutchik’s theory Plutchik’s Wheel of Emotions This says that the basic eight emotions are: Fear → feeling afraid. Other words are terror (strong fear)‚ shock‚ phobia Anger → feeling angry. A stronger word is rage. Sadness → feeling sad. Other words
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Perception is a process by which individuals organize and interpret their sensory impressions (sight‚ sound‚ smell‚ touch‚ and taste) in order to give meaning to their environment. In other words‚ this is how we make sense of the reality. It is crucial because people’s behavior is based on their perception of what reality is‚ not on reality itself. The world as it is perceived is the world that is behaviorally important. What are the factors that influence perception? Attribution Theory
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“Language shapes the way we think‚ and determines what we can think about.” – Benjamin Lee Whorf Introduction The idea that language affects the way we remember things and the way we perceive the world was first introduced by the influential linguists Edward Sapir and Benjamin Lee Whorf (Harley‚ 2008). The central idea of the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis‚ today more commonly known as the linguistic relativity hypothesis‚ holds that “each language embodies a worldview‚ with quite different languages
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To what extent do people plagiarise Plagiarism is defined in multiple ways in higher education institutions and universities. To name a few: Stanford sees plagiarism as “use‚ without giving reasonable and appropriate credit to or acknowledging the author or source‚ of another person’s original work‚ whether such work is made up of code‚ formulas‚ ideas‚ language‚ research‚ strategies‚ writing or other form”; [16] Yale views plagiarism as “the use of another’s work‚ words‚ or ideas without attribution”
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Ghion March 16‚ 2011 TOK homework Perception and Language essay “We see and understand things not as they are but as we are.” Discuss this claim in relation to these two ways of knowing: perception and language. Before analyzing why “we see and understand things not as they are but as we are” in relation to perception and language‚ we need to know the definitions of perception and language. Perception can be defined as the ability to use the five senses of sight‚ smell‚ hearing‚ taste and touch
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