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Religion and the Principles of Immanuel Kant

In twelve pages the moral doctrines articulated by German philosopher Immanuel Kant are related to principles of Catholicism and U...

Cause and Effect Attacks of David Hume

In eight pages Hume's counter philosophical arguments to causality are examined with supporting evidence offered by Immanuel Kant ...

Three Essays on Descartes

This research report is divided into three sections to explore ideas on this important philosopher. Various issues examined includ...

Sarte and Descartes Compared

approaches to subjectivity have been characterized by an overwhelming modern anxiety not to be Descartes (206). Descartes pictur...

Dream Demon of Rene Descartes and the Response by Jean Jacques Rousseau

In four pages this paper examines how the 'dream demon' of Rene Descartes was perceived by philosopher Jean Jacques Rousseau. The...

Property According to Edmund Burke and Jean Jacques Rousseau

In seven pages this paper discusses how property was viewed by philosophers Edmund Burke in Reflections on the Revolution in Franc...

Locke, Rousseau and Authority To Punish

In five pages authority regarding criminal behavior punishment is considered within the contexts of philosophers Jean Jacques Rous...

Human Perception, Hume, Descartes, and Berkeley

In five pages human perception and the theories connected with it are examined and then the perception theories of this trio of ph...

Life and Works of William Blake : Philosopher, Creator, or Mystic ?

William Blake is the focus of this paper consisting of seven pages in which his classification as mystic, creator, or philosopher ...

Nature of the Mind According to David Armstrong

In three pages the mind's nature as perceived by philosopher and theorist David Armstrong is examined. One source is cited in the...

Original Position and Difference Principle of John Rawls

principles are finally agreed to" (145). He argues that people who possess a "sense of justice" would have a desire to live accor...

Postmodern World, Modern, and Classical Philosophy

In eight pages classical and modern philosophers are consulted regarding their thoughts on the postmodern world in order to determ...

Nature of Mental States by Hillary Putnam

In three pages this paper examines the theories of philosopher Hillary Putnam as represented in the text. There are 3 sources cit...

Opposite Characters Zorba and the Narrator in Zorba the Greek by Nikos Kazantzakis The Antithetical Characters, the Narrator and Zorba in ' “Zorba the Greek”

as action vs. inaction, doer vs. writer and philosopher, and primitivism vs. modernism. The erudite English narrator of Zorba the...

Socrates

would have meant he was born in 469 B.C. (Taylor 4). According to Socrates trial indictment, he was born in Alopeke, which was lo...

Pre Socratic and Socratic Philosophical Differences

the soul. In understanding the influence the pre-Socratics had, it is beneficial to consider some of the major questions and the ...

A Priori Knowledge from a Foundationalist Perspective

it applies to the view of a priori knowledge and also consider the writings of philosophers like Kant and Descartes as they serve ...

Herbert Marcuse and Alexis de Tocqueville

in certain ways it is a lot more difficult. Equality, he saw, was the key to the democratic enterprise. To de Tocqueville, the ide...

Proust and Descartes Regarding Identity

This research report looks at the ideas of these two philosophers through written works. Other works are explored such as those by...

An Analysis of Hegel's Master/Slave Dialectic

This paper analyzes German philosopher G.W.F. Hegel's works, Phenomenology of Mind, and Phenomenology of Spirit, with an emphasis ...

Good and Evil Differences in Genealogy of Morals by Friedrich Nietzsche

In five pages this paper examines how in Genealogy of Morals philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche examines the differences that exist b...

Kant, Marx, Rousseau, and Hobbes on Politics and Human Nature

In nine pages these philosophers are considered regarding their perspectives on human nature and how this helped to shape their re...

On the Fiftieth Anniversary of 'The Second Sex' Publication A Letter to Addressed to Simone De Beauvoir

In this five page letter the books continued relevance through the acceptance of legalized abortion and birth control along with a...

Industrialization Problems and Coping Strategies

In seven pages this paper considers how theorists of the nineteenth century proposed to cope with industrialization problems and i...

Individuality According to J.S. Mill

In five pages this paper examines how philosopher John Stuart Mill perceived individuality and its role in democratic systems. Th...

The Idea of Thought According to Descartes

This research report examines the ideas of the philosopher Rene Descartes and how he views reality. Is only the physical real? Ide...

Refuting Rene Descartes' Argument 'I Think Therefore I Am'

off in the matter of modern political philosophies, it is still important to question what is meant by "think" or what defines the...

Life and Works of Emile Durkheim

In eight pages the life and works of social philosopher Emile Durkheim are analyzed. Four sources are cited in the bibliography....

Law and Ritual Concepts According to Han Fei, Mencius, and Confucius

The ways in which laws and rituals are interrelated are considered in six pages through an examination of human nature as conceptu...

Art Defined by Heidegger, Nietzsche, Hegel, and Kant

In twelve pages this essay considers the art definitions of these philosophers in a comparison and contrast of their similarities ...