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Essays 391 - 420

Perception, Language, Cognition and Consciousness in Classic Indian Philosophy

modification, which dispels ignorance" (Mohanty, 2001). When we cognize we abate ignorance....

21st Century and Henry David Thoreau

States and among philosophers in general. While this background was largely unnecessary from the perspective of many of the retre...

Thomas Nagel, Peter Unger, and David Hume on Skepticism

present impression, the sight of a flame, for instance, results in a causal relationship in the mind of the observer between flame...

Political and Social Philosophies of James Madison, Thomas Jefferson, John Locke, and Thomas Hobbes

This is particularly true for Jefferson verses Madison and Hobbes verses Locke. Despite their differences in philosophies, ...

Man's Greatest Good and Values

philosophical thought begs to differ. In the pre-Plato period, for example, the prevailing belief was that pleasure was immediate ...

Jazz as Modernism

Jazz breaks free of restrictions of form and structure, melody and harmony. Jazz allows composers to take "freer liberties with a ...

Pharmacist Ethics - Australia

the issues facing pharmacists in many countries is distance dispensing of medication. The concept of the mail-order pharmacy is de...

Self-Assessment Educational Philosphy

it worth it to reduce instructional time in sciences, art, etc. in order to gain higher scores in reading and math? (Glickman, 200...

New Philosophy for Policing

disappeared in the 1960s when the premise was that cops in cars could respond more quickly to an emergency than a police officer o...

Development of an Individual Value Framework

go beyond the generally accepted rights and wrongs, which may be taught in religions but are rarely seen within the law, such as c...

An Overview of Philosophical Egocentrism

"endowed with special grace or powers" (Christian, 2008). It is easy to understand how such claims are perpetuated and reinforced:...

Religion and the Perspectives of Karl Marx

existence will continue and the thing that people are most afraid of-death-is something that is comprehended as tolerable. Death b...

Volunteerism in the Assistance of Dogs

the board or they may witness a dog being beaten to death and nothing is done. In fact, the plight of the homeless dog is a cause ...

Ralph Waldo Emerson on Spirituality

the individual. For one to realize his best self he had to first discover himself and to learn to trust himself. He believed in ...

Capitalism and the Philosophy of Karl Marx

they realize that they may not be able to survive. They only have to come up with the money because an old, poor friend married a ...

Plato's Philosophy and Criticisms

thought that the Theory of Forms was useless when it came to explaining the material world "because the connection between the two...

The Fields of Friendly Strife: The Military Strategy of General Robin Olds

MacArthur obviously recognized that the teamwork that is critical on the football field is just as critical in military strategy. ...

The Necessity For Counselors To Work Within The Code Of Ethics And Practice

practitioners. There are no limitations to having such a comprehensive approach to ethics, inasmuch as the industry would cease t...

The Idea of Arche in Pre-Socratic Philosophy

vital for survival (Protevi, 1998). Given this, water becomes a logical choice for the basis of the universe. But Thales went even...

Philosophy of Nursing

Nightingale as power-crazed and iron-willed. Salvage (2001) tends to believe that these criticisms of Nightingale reflect lingerin...

Bertrand Russell: The Value Of Philosophy

third wife and third child come a year apart between 1936 and 1937, while his next publication - A History of Western Philosophy -...

Analyzing the Orientalism of Edward Said

their own power and superiority. There was no real learning about the culture on the part of the Westerners, but rather a sense o...

Anthony Rotundo's American Manhood

be a norm, whether one is discussing a Marmot or a Human. However, that being said, of course, there is a lot more going on in the...

Aristotle and Plato on Knowledge

subject of forms. While Plato held a dual realms theory, Aristotle saw form and matter as existing in the same realm. In discussi...

Leo Strauss on Political Philosophy

science or subjects in the humanities do not. Both classic philosophy and modern philosophy seem to make political philosophy a qu...

The Teaching Profession from a Philosophical Position

teachers beliefs, principles, convictions and interpretation of reality are all pertinent. They influence the students and so it i...

Obstacles of Knowledge According to Francis Bacon

were synonymous. In his investigations into science, Aristotle knew of inductive reasoning, but he relied heavily on use of the de...

Developing a Personal Education Philosophy

the standards movement. This "default" philosophy emerges from a behaviorist, positivists background that places great emphasis...

Is It Immoral To Believe A Claim Without Evidence?

Of all the claims that lack evidence, none are as morally immense or elusive as whether or not God exists. Supporters contend the...

Infant Attachment: Theories

Piagets cognitive developmental theory is devised toward all stages of ones development, however, it is particular pertinent to ea...