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were distinguished in the nineteenth century with the "natural" sciences. To a great degree, James was attempting to create and/...
for existence in which the fittest members of a varying population survive, reproduce, and pass on their traits to the next genera...
In five pages Aristotle's concept of happiness with an emphasis upon a life of contemplation is discussed. Five sources are cited...
In five pages a case study involving whether or not to have a baby or have an abortion is examined in an application of the theori...
their anxiety in significantly negative ways. Diversity in the type of sport is yet another critical consideration when it comes ...
truly fulfilled, and in fact he likens this fulfillment to a nearly spiritual ideal. On the other hand, there was...
stronger. The authors make no comment on whether any of the individuals were concerned about becoming dependent on their pa...
acknowledging it as the source from which the mind receives sensory information. However, Kant argued that the mind cannot know th...
Crises arise that usher in change, systems achieve equilibrium for a time and then begin to change again, leading to another round...
the mind" then "no physical thing exists outside the mind" (McGreal 252). Third, primary qualities such as solidity, extension, sh...
in earlier times it was regarded only as the poor relation of quantitative research that nearly always was less reliable and far l...
In the context of a greater philosophy perhaps, a philosopher says what he thinks. Yet, he is unwittingly part of a grand plan. Wh...
of subjective satisfaction (Seifert, 2003). Moral goodness just is. One looks at a baby or a puppy and thinks that these living th...
the effects of "Original Sin" (Hundersmarck 133). While Machiavelli agreed with this stance, he did not do so because of theology....
and non-rational elements. Of the non-rational, the autonomic responses (breathing, sleeping, digesting, and reproducing) is commo...
modification, which dispels ignorance" (Mohanty, 2001). When we cognize we abate ignorance....
agree with Aristotles ideas, and see morality as a living concept, and something that should not be tampered with. What might Aris...
a mirror which no stone can crack, whose quicksilver will never wear off, whose gilding Nature continually repairs" (Thoreau 188)....
dilemma of a single woman who is part of what the politicians and social scientists refer to as a member of the "working poor" soc...
permission. Abraham Lincoln promoted the Platonic view in his Gettysburg Address in saying that the government should be "of the ...
is contrasted with "conservative" or "right-wing" ideologies. Within the broader context of political theory. "liberalism" has a d...
Each criticized the foundationalist approach advocated by Russell. Rorty (1989, 87), for example, insisted:...
must recognize that the consciousness (cit) is a separate phenomena which is present regardless of the presence or absence of stim...
We can better understand this by invoking a comparison. A generalist would demand sameness in terms of how something functions ca...
nursing is based significantly more within the psychological components of the patient/caregiver relationship than most people rea...
reason (Kants Ethics, 2003). In his famous, Critique of Pure Reason, Kant "sought to answer the skepticism of empiricists like Hu...
(4.4.5-6) details how the law of karma determines the birth of the reincarnated soul (Pravrajika, 2001). Vedanta Hinduism views de...
science or subjects in the humanities do not. Both classic philosophy and modern philosophy seem to make political philosophy a qu...
In six pages this paper analyzes the contention of Socrates that an 'unexamined life is not worth living' as this view is represen...
They are, instead, robot-like in that they do what they are told and do not question the validity of the teachings. Instead, peopl...