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Cartesian dualism is also known as the "mind-body problem" and establishes that there are clearly separate and distinct aspects of...

but others see federalism as reasonable (2005). They believe that they can be a nation within a state. Radical groups do not se...

goodness and evil. They are the opposite ends of a pendulum. If God existed there would be no observable evil. Since we know there...

is not particularly concerned with explaining the universe, but rather offers the argument to how that God exists. "You ask me, wh...

course, defines that which is proper conduct, it distinguishes right from wrong; morality points to proper behavior that serves so...

would be no hope of redemption or change. Frankl supports this position by contending that mans search for meaning "is the primar...

In six pages student submitted statistical data is applied to alleged gender or racial discrimination with the Red Pen Board Repor...

be a less sure guide than revelation; however, Aquinas did believe it possible to reach certain truths without the aid of revelati...

guessing his parents. An eight year old may argue that it is proper for him to go to a particular event by himself, but his parent...

All of the study subjects were men who had been in the military for an average of 20 years. Half of the men had noise-induced hea...

inherent to the dominating castle. The pyramidal hierarchy that was inevitably created as a result of such exclusion was meant to...

the science of anatomy: but this was not sufficient; I must also observe the natural decay and corruption of the human body" (Shel...

In five pages the existence of natural rights is considered within the context of John Locke's concepts and as they are manifested...

is Anselms primary opponent in his argument regarding the existence of God. Kants separation between the analytic and the synthet...

constant when the resultant external force acting on the system is zero" and if the system is the universe there are no external f...

various things as they approach in diverse ways toward something that is the greatest, just as in the case of hotter (more hot) wh...

the world, but only derive essence later. In other words, a human is nothing to start with, and the essence of the person comes fr...

the first great epic poems of English history is thought to have been written around the time of the first half of the 8th century...

highest truth and certainty I have learned either from the senses or through the senses" (Descartes 29). But he is quick to note ...

thus in doubting, he is thinking, and it must be true that he exists" (Anonymous Topic 2 - "Cogito, ergo sum", 2002; cogito.html)....

idea that nothing comes from nothing. Reality in itself must come from a cause that is at least equal if not more so than its effe...

speaker is Philo, a religious skeptic (Johnson 266). The discussion is chiefly between Philo and Cleanthes, with occasional remar...

youth by by those who wanted to restore democracy to Athens (PG). While Socrates had much faith in people and believed that morali...

the absurdity of this answer. But suppose I had found a watch upon the ground, and it should be inquired how the watch happened to...

believed deeply in the value of ethics as it related to humans in the natural world. His concept of forming an adequate ethical c...

controversial writings on religion and morality (Hume, 2002). In fact, he continued to turn out essays and critical writings on ev...

human senses can be mislead. This is seen when there are individuals close and far away, with the difference in size seen by the e...

simple to Descartes, so simple it needs no argument. He basically says that as long as one is thinking, one exists. To Descartes, ...

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...

and the imagination. However, he states that gaining an idea of self from the presentation given by the senses initially cannot re...