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considered his philosophy to be heresy. Abbey (2004) notes that the work which gained Diderot the charge of disseminating pornogr...

conclusions. Most logical claims can be refuted. Thus, logic in some way is not much better than perception. At least, one can say...

lived in a society where multifetal pregnancy reduction was a socially acceptable alternative to the numerous fetuses produced by ...

of dressing appropriately for the formal work environment. What if you long for the outdoors and physical activity? It is a clich?...

what one wants, and visualizing it, that one will eventually be free from the gnawing desire. This is true either through attainme...

that Piaget didnt recognize that children could learn from their environment, however. Indeed, Piagets work reinforced the common...

or sight) was subjected to each individuals standards of judgment. Whereas concrete facts were not changeable or subject to ones i...

strive for bigger and better opportunities, to reach beyond what has become comfortable and consistent in order to attain that whi...

While Hume appears down to Earth and logical, he is, in a very general sense, a skeptic. He notes that there is a battle between r...

of that century, the French philosopher, Nicolas Malebranche (1638-1715) developed his metaphysical theories known as "occasionali...

but in those areas where the student was lagging a remediation course was offered in-house for the student. This seems logical, si...

not merely things to be used to reach ones goal, but are sentient beings with worth beyond measure. The golden rule may be interp...

corporate, organized around a concept of ultimate reality" (9). The reality conjured by these beliefs, actions and experiences ca...

contributions to ethical and social theory" (Anonymous John Stuart Mill 1806-1873, 2002; MILL.HTM). In his work "Principles of ...

of the same) is "reason" rather than the self-conscious "I." One may then extend the concept from ethical ideas to morality, whic...

Camus relates the substance of the Greek myth and how Sisyphus was condemned to endlessly roll a rock up a hill in the underworld,...

Power is behind all that we perceive, then the Higher Power would be a deceitful one. Descartes arrives at this conclusion becaus...

the old mans money to the poor. While he fears being found out, when he is, the people not only forgive him, but elect him their n...

(Nietzsche, 1974). It does seem to be true that when someone supports old institutions and mainstays they are applauded by the lar...

world, one would find the "ideal tree of which all trees which we see are copies, the ideal house and ideas of all other objects i...

well-being but our physical well-being also. For instance, Terry (54) tells us that music has been widely recommended as a techni...

in Modern Thought points to two cataclysmic moments in history that were responsible for altering the contemporary perceptions of ...

an emphasis on more practical learning in higher education (Boyce, 2003). Du Bois would focus on the importance of knowledge inclu...

In five pages this paper examines the Bourdieu and Kant philosophical views represented in these texts by Barker and Du Maurier. ...

commandment "thou shalt not kill", for example, are forced to re-examine their views in the light of military service in wartime, ...

institution of marriage, and the influence that family structures, including relationship triangles, have on individuals. Because...

human understanding. He saw the concept as being equated with something that exceeds any individual persons comprehension. Transce...

(Kemerling, 2002). Lacking professional teacher training, Socrates elected to do some "free-wheeling" by partaking of spirited di...

Even in the absence of hard and fast codes of ethics such as those that exist for some professions, there are certain basic guidel...

gear pedagogy accordingly, politicians, policymakers and the public at-large are still "stuck" in the old paradigm, which states t...