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In six pages Descartes' arguments regarding reality and existence as revealed in Meditations are examined along with Searle's obje...
In two pages this paper is structured as a letter to the editor and considers capital punishment form a utilitarian philosophical ...
In five pages this paper examines the French philosopher's text as it explains his approaches to recognizing knowledge that is 'tr...
which he writes that he was able to formulate only after his extensive observations that led to The Origin of Species. He came to...
The views of Thomas Aquinas and Aristotle are examined in this consideration of the preference for hylemorphism over materialism i...
In five pages William Paley's teleological argument, St. Anselm's ontological argument, and St. Thomas Aquinas' cosmological argum...
In five pages the transcendence theory of Martin Heidegger is discussed and compared with those of Friedrich Nietzsche. Four sour...
(Nietzsche, 1974). It does seem to be true that when someone supports old institutions and mainstays they are applauded by the lar...
well-being but our physical well-being also. For instance, Terry (54) tells us that music has been widely recommended as a techni...
Power is behind all that we perceive, then the Higher Power would be a deceitful one. Descartes arrives at this conclusion becaus...
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,...
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...
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...
strive for bigger and better opportunities, to reach beyond what has become comfortable and consistent in order to attain that whi...
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...
In five pages this paper examines pessimism and whether or not optimism exists in this philosophical consideration of Voltaire, Sc...
This paper examines the true meaning of the very vague word, good. The author points out that the word has two separate and unique...
In twenty pages this paper examines Great Britain's post compulsory education from political, cultural, and socioeconomic perspect...
texts The Republic and Crito, Plato learned his lessons well. In both works, Plato theorizes what justice is through deductive re...
what Descartes believed to be the existence of humanity and humanitys understanding of what knowledge truly is. In a comparison of...
This, he asserted, was mans freedom of the will, in which people are able to determine their own choices, rather than be automatic...
Descartes seemed to think that the way to find objectivity, from a subjective existence, would be to prove that a perfect God is t...
will a universal law" (Immanuel Kant). In ethics of choice, Kantian philosophy dictates that intention or consequences can ...
and the natural rights that inherently accompany such ownership. Within the realm of life exists inherent elements to ones existe...
In five pages Descartes' Second Meditation is explored in terms of his analysis of what the perception of melting beeswax would be...
In five pages this paper contrasts and compares Socrates' views on morality with those of Friedrich Nietzsche as expressed in Birt...