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Marxist Views on Continued Existence of the Prison System

the long haul. And while there is one way of viewing prisons, at least by the majority, there is another way of looking at it. The...

Fiscal Health of Healthy Existence Pty Ltd

In six pages this seller of beauty care and health products is diagnosed in terms of company fiscal health with a consideration of...

The Existence of Angels

to Taylor, there are three angels most familiar to people: Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael. The Archangel Michael, whose name means ...

Great Debate on Existence Between Aristotle and Parmenides

In five pages this paper examines what it means 'to be' in a consideration of the philosophical debate on existence between Aristo...

Confirmation of the Existence of ESP

The girl left it at school the night before the second chance. A 27-month-old girls uncle died the day after Christmas after havi...

Existence and the Philosophies of Simon de Beauvoir, W.E.B. Du Bois, John Rawls, and William James

were distinguished in the nineteenth century with the "natural" sciences. To a great degree, James was attempting to create and/...

Essence is Preceded by Existence

is characterized in a particular way; Sartre argues that "conflict is the original meaning of being-for- others." (Baron, 2002, PG...

Existence Issues Surrounding Frankenstein's Monster

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

Existence of Natural Rights

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

Existence of Traditional Family Values

values that were presented to us in the middle of the 20th century. And, according to many, family values "is a code name devised ...

A Review of The Structure of Christian Existence

This five page essay reviews the book by John B. Cobb, Jr. Two different views of Cobb are pursued. These views are formed around...

The Desire for Liberation from Our Earthly Existence and Hinduism

Arjuna is distraught by the obvious power of the opponent which he is about to face. He is even more distraught by the fact that ...

Is There A Purpose In Human Existence?

with the heavens above have made astronomy the single most critical application with regard to his place in the universe. The ver...

PHILOSPHY AND THE CONCEPT OF REALITY

Some (not Descartes) focused on the fact that reality is mainly material - these are the materialists (What is Philosophy?). Other...

Elizabeth Costello's Views on Animal Rights

Despite her poor reception by those that disagree with her philosophically, Costello makes many valid points about animal rights. ...

The Evolution of the Criminal Justice System

enlightenment philosophy? What form did those ideas take in classical criminological thought?" First, a look at each of the named...

Ten of History’s Greatest Mathematicians

1585 The beginning rudiments of mathematics began practically at the beginning of mans reign on the earth. The first indiv...

The Theory and Difficulties of Cartesian Dualism

which he uses to argue that the senses are not based in the physical world. This is also supported by his argument that madmen may...

Descartes' Meditations: The Certainty of Truth

the Western tradition. This is because they combine powerful introspection with a radical desire for the discovery of truth that, ...

Skeptical Philosophy - An Overview

In a paper of five pages, the writer looks at skepticism in philosophy. The skeptical writings of Montaigne, Pascal, and Descartes...

Philosophy and the Relationship Between the Body and the Mind

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

Sixteenth Through Seventeenth Centuries' Scientific Concepts

upon life are not likely to be duplicated in the near future. Indeed, the praise for such progression during these two periods ca...

Education Politics, Modernism, and Postmodernism

at those responsible for the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. In other words, education is supposed to take a neutral appr...

Symbolism and Theme of Plato's Allegory of the Cave

attempt to free themselves. What he has realized is that what they had seen all along on the wall of the cave were mere representa...

Philosophical Problems of Cartesian Circle

It is in the Second Meditation, however, that the apparent flaw in his logic appears and gives rise to the Cartesian Circle. In th...

Roy Lichtenstein and Rene Magritte's Art

he saw in a cartoon as a symbol of painting. He started brushstroke paintings in 1965, and he has been making sculptures since the...

Philosophers Compared and Contrasted

The problem which arose was that if the mind generates all perception, then is our understanding of something "real", meaning of t...

Philosophy and On Independent Thought Q and A

They are, instead, robot-like in that they do what they are told and do not question the validity of the teachings. Instead, peopl...

Hume and Descartes Compared

at the conclusion that there is no belief of which we can be certain, since the process of acquiring such information is inherentl...

Contrasting and Comparing Descartes and Locke

occurred. One of the only things that one can find to argue about Locke is that he eventually becomes as inflexible as the rest o...