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In five pages this tutorial examines The Problems of Philosophy by Bertrand Russell in a discussion of the philosopher's employmen...
In ten pages An Essay Concerning Human Understanding by John Locke and Meditations on First Philosophy by Rene Descartes are asses...
In a paper consisting of 5 pages, Mill's 'The Subjection of Women' reveals the philosopher's feminist views particularly in terms ...
In five pages this report considers how Aquinas differentiated between eternal law and natural law in a discussion that also inclu...
In 5 pages this ethical consideration discusses 3 philosophers' views on removing medical patients from life support. There are 5...
In five pages this research paper explores the early 19th century philosopher's life and approach to philosophy with emphasis bein...
Plato's Apology is examined in 5 pages in a structural and rhetorical analysis of the philosopher's defense of his teacher Socrate...
In six pages Socrates arguments, counterarguments and the great philosopher's defense techniques are examined. Four sources are c...
evolving to take its place (Terchek 583). Mill pictured as this new culture as giving rise to the "higher types" of culture and o...
In six pages this paper examines Rousseau's The Social Contract and Discourses on Origins of Inequality in a consideration of the ...
existing moral standard. This fact should be kept in mind in understanding that for Aristotle whether a certain kind of behavior w...
respond to and voice his opinions regarding the political events and developments of his time in England, but with a vision for th...
to be held in such high esteem as to the exclusion of all other government. Yet, Hobbes did not have much faith in people and tho...
to the average man who does not embark on philosophical pursuits, and does not wonder how the world began but accepts the explanat...
that standard then the entire concept of innate knowledge cannot possibly be true. He further argues that those who say...
The problem which arose was that if the mind generates all perception, then is our understanding of something "real", meaning of t...
that people do have a duty to God, which is coupled with a duty to obey their ruler (Honderich, 1995). At the same time, Locke say...
only from a scientific standpoint but from a philosophical and political standpoint as well. British philosopher John Lock...
that can render a thought or a concept wrong. One can do a study one day to prove that cholesterol is bad, and then another day, a...
independence of judgment marked him throughout his life (1998). While Lockes contribution to the ideas of education is quite sign...
or that their lives are even close to resembling those of the first disciples?" (as qtd. in Galli, 2002, p.62). He poses a good qu...
circumstances or the surrounding empirical conditions (158). Kant goes on to elaborate on this point but concludes with an interes...
the only species that truly does not understand the depth and intensity that animals possess in their special consciousness. When...
are relativist ones" (Putnam as cited in Geras, 1995, p. 108). At face value, it does appear that Rortys ideas are not objective....
deep down, but on the surface they are essentially chained and shackled. They are in the dark about a lot of things because they c...
being within society: "the proper excellence or virtue of man will be the habit or trained faculty that makes a man good and makes...
to hold property" (Child, 1990, p. 578). For him, it was an inherent and instinctive part of human nature. In Chapter 5, "Of Pro...
correct them by illustrating how values are an integral component of personhood. Indeed, it can readily be argued how the concept...
between ethics and religion.4 Because this seems whimsical at best and cumbersome, even nonsensical at worst, Im very glad to hea...
In a paper that consists of eight pages Plato's interpretation of the soul and its parts are explored along with a discussion of t...