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Belief and Knowledge According to Plato

of innate knowledge, he was adamant that nothing could be learned except through experience and sensory input: "How comes [the mi...

Comparative Analysis of the Educational Theories of James Banks and John Dewey

of growing social concerns. As such, the impact and theories developed about human development and growth, as well as the learning...

Friedrich Nietzsche and Nihilism

2001). In addition to a belief in nothing, nihilists often have an impulse to destroy perhaps anything that is based on a belief s...

Terminal Conditions and Informing Patients

patient, but it could serve to avoid having the same thing happen again in the future. Other Facts, Options and Consequences ...

Career Objectives and Philosophy of Nursing

nursing is based significantly more within the psychological components of the patient/caregiver relationship than most people rea...

Utopian Thought and Transcendentalism

In eight pages this essay discusses the philosophy of transcendentalism and whether or not it is rooted in what is referred to as ...

Economy of Jamaica

In ten pages this paper discusses Jamaica's economy in consideration of its conditions that applies various theories such as Keyne...

'Father of Contemporary China' Sun Yat Sen

In fifteen pages this paper considers the political philosophy of Sun Yat Sen and how his influence resulted in the cataclysmic 19...

Niccolo Machiavelli and Plato

In nine pages this report compares the philosophies on human nature as conceptualized by Niccolo Machiavelli and Plato with Plato'...

Real World and Adam Smith's Economic Philosophy

free market ideology spouted, but not always implemented. Many economists do preach the virtues of the free market, but in reality...

William James' Free Will and Baron d'Holbach's Philosophy of Determinism

In four pages this paper contrasts these two very different philosophies. Four sources are cited in the bibliography....

Property Concepts of Karl Marx and Jean Jacques Rousseau

such "luxuries" as central air conditioning and a built-in dishwasher. Today, these items are considered essential. Similarly, mos...

Ethics by Benedict Spinoza

In a paper that consists of five pages Spinoza's one substance concept of God is examined in terms of his philosophies. There are...

The Enlightenment in America by Ernest Cassara

In five pages this text is examined in a discussion of enlightenment philosophy as represented by Rousseau, Hume, and Locke. Ther...

Community and the Possession of Private Arms

In ten pages this paper considers the right to bear arms in America in a discussion of community with a comparison of the philosop...

Homeopathic Philosophy Lectures of James Tyler Kent

In five pages this paper discusses how 'modern' man's ailments of the spirit, body, and mind can be cured by the beliefs contained...

Rousseau and Equality Between the Sexes

This research pasper discusses the work of Jean-Jacque Rousseau and how his political philosophy was one of the guiding elements ...

Democracy Supporter John Locke

In six pages this paper discusses how Locke's political philosophies may be regarded as advocacy for democracy in a consideration ...

Knowledge and Sexuality According to German and French Critical Theory

In twelve pages Michel Foucault's philosophies are featured in a discussion of critical theory pertaining to the French and German...

Philosophical Perspectives of Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle

In ten pages this trio of philosophers and their philosophies are contrasted and compared. Ten sources are cited in the bibliogra...

Legal and Racial Perspectives Pertaining to the KKK

throwback from the days of slavery when whites wrongly ruled blacks. I. DEVELOPMENT OF THE KKK To understand the Klans mot...

Philosophy and Concepts of Erik Erikson

In five pages Erikson is examined in terms of his background, philosophy, essential concepts, and his theories of psychopathology,...

Abraham Joshua Heschel's Writings

In seven pages this paper discusses Man is Not Alone A Philosophy of Religion by noted Jewish theologian Abraham Joshua Heschel i...

Ford Motor Co. and Total Quality Management

15 years ago that it was around 1981 that the change was visible at Ford. "The company has switched to a manufacturing philosophy...

Propriety Rule, Socrates, and Confucius

In five pages Confucian concepts of 'man of humanity' and 'rule of propriety' are considered with the incorporation of Socrates' p...

Politics According to Plato and Aristotle

In five pages the differing political views between Plato and his one time philosophy student Aristotle are discussed with Plato's...

Bret Harte's Life and Writings

In five pages this biography of Bret Harte includes the times in which he lived, his philosophy, and his text The Outcasts of Poke...

MacIntyre's Perspectives on Habermas, Foucault, Nietzsche, and Aristotle

In seven pages MacIntyre's perspectives on these men and their philosophies are discussed as presented in After Virtue. Four sour...

Truth, Absolute or Relative

In five pages this report discusses philosophy in a consideration of whether or not truth can be regarded as absolute or relative....

Utopian Political Philosophy Criticism in The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli

In seven pages this paper examines Chapter XV of The Prince in a consideration of how it criticizes the political philosophy descr...