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doubt and thought. If he thinks, then he exists: at least, his mind exists, since what he knows of his body is dependent, again, o...

also be allowed to have their own private property. In Aristotles belief, man is inherently born sinful. Because of this ...

contradictory, which is why he is so controversial. One can take the meaning of Mills writings to suggest that individuality rules...

for social control and the exercise of power, on the other. All government, indeed, all institutions of society, exist along this ...

who could argue with that idea? Of course, capital punishment is an ongoing debate and one that has been around for centuries. Als...

certainty. I might as well take a shower. I hurried, in an effort to at least reduce the amount of time I would walk into the door...

is real? Again, the Cartesian Cogito is something that resolves the problem for some. Still, this is a problem that many philosoph...

ideas. As we shall soon see, through these speeches Plato seems to have reasoned out how it is that mankind make their way from th...

morning and be blown up on a bus or go to a discotheque and be killed in an explosion. These are not unusual scenarios there. For ...

in 7th century Arabia" (Time, 2001; 50). For example, while many pagan societies of the time buried unwanted female infants alive,...

of these seemingly paradoxical perspectives on the nature of society and the role of the individual in society. Plato appears to ...

What comes out of a courtroom is not necessarily truth, but which side argues best. The Sophists prided themselves on the use of p...

2002) . Rene Descartes on the other hand delved into the idea of immediate conscious thinking (2002). Locke viewed identity as be...

and had been released some months earlier (Biodrowski). The novel, which has the subtitle of "The Modern Prometheus," is "a sort o...

one may see it as quasi-scientific determinism. Yet, from a Western point of view, Buddhism is considered to be indeterministic (A...

possible fat man in that doorway; and again, the possible bald man in that doorway. Are they the same possible men, or two possibl...

In fact, rather than disregarding the authority of the Bible and scripture, Diana pointed out that some of the more controversial ...

they are lifting boulders and at others, they only have to worry about shifting small stones (Frost). The main thing is, they are ...

tradition might be translated into a written format. Vizenors story is, on first appearance at least, a fantasy. Never-t...

long and interesting historical evolution, and its origins are largely responsible for the reluctance of allopathic medical profes...

cosmological argument. As mentioned above, an ontological approach uses a deductive argument which "claims that its premises can b...

knowledge has long been purported as the only viable means by which mankind truly knows how and if something exists; without empir...

philosophers and playwrights, addressed themselves to the reality of the absurdity of life and argued that that its reality should...

by the theory of monism (Turner). The greatest strength of monism appears to be its simplicity: it admits of only one underlying c...

in his account when he passed away. The email provider Yahoo claimed that due to a terms of service agreement, they could not allo...

involves a critical evaluation of values and desires, and to act in accordance with them after careful reflection. Valuing a pers...

the public quite often. Yet, behind some of these more popular concepts are theoretical models that could prove important as well....

of wildlife and marine life are being endangered as well. Business must make a better effort to solve pollution problems not simp...

with the profits generated from their production of greater importance than the care and welfare of the animals (505). During the...

Hobbes believed that people, when left to their own governance, that is, without official laws and government, live in continual...