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Samuel Johnson and George Berkeley on Metaphysics

or of material things. Berkeleys philosophical stance of immaterialism or idealism simply denied the existence of matter all toge...

A Position Paper on Montaigne and Descartes

little consequence when it came to the knowing the true nature of something. However, Montaigne seems to limit himself in that he ...

Algerian War and Albert Camus

the limited liberty that they offered was not sufficient to the majority of Arabs in Algeria (Gildea 17). Albert Camus wrote, in...

Socrates and Odysseus

is less important than the conversation which takes place, and since the two individuals are from periods in Greek history several...

The Purpose of Life and Personal Fulfillment

didnt have a term equal to "evolution," several of them deduced that things originated in other things; for instance "Thales asser...

Can Free Will And Determinism Coexist?

life progresses and is, therefore, under the guidance of peripheral forces. Rachel (2004) asserts mankinds business on eart...

Dylan Lyrics & Greek Philosophy

the Republic. Take pornography as an example. Plato argued that objectionable ideas can upset the understanding (Johnston). Femini...

Man and Technology: Three Views of Our Future

of sex and love. Harraway explores technology from a feminist perspective, from the perspective of how man and machine can blend ...

Charles Peirce's Account Of Truth And Reality In "How To Make Our Ideas Clear"

perception is that which we, as humans, have been trained to discern as a species, inasmuch as the certain quality of perception r...

Transitions During the Enlightenment Period

secular tone ("The Enlightenment," 2006). The eighteenth century would begin the Age of Reason where there was intellectual discov...

Heidegger & Nihilism

is the ability of human beings to question that is at the foundation of human nature. As this suggests, for Heidegger, Being is th...

The Influence of the Cave Allegory

distance. In some way one can compare this to how humans contemplate form. It is not easy. If one stretches the allegory and sees ...

Ideas about Peace and War

theories abound, and this idea actually seemingly did spark speculation about other black leaders deaths, it seems that at the ver...

Hume's Ideas about the Distinct and Continued Existence of Objects

it is also the case that in general terms, people seem to believe what they see. They do not see atoms and they do see a solid mas...

Why Monotheism is Not Rational

theories of evaluating this today, such as the Big Bang. That is, there may be a world that has come about, and a cause, but the c...

Property as Defined by John Locke

In two pages this paper discusses Locke's Essay on Civil Government in terms of how the English political philosopher defined prop...

Government Views of Thomas Hobbes and Niccolo Machiavelli Compared

In twenty pages this report compares the views of government espoused by each of these influential pollitical philosophers. Nine ...

Max Weber and Karl Marx on Capitalism

have much to do with capitalism but each theorist treats the subject differently. Weber expressed that capitalism did not just ...

Jean Jacques Rousseau's Political Writings

In eight pages this paper considers 4 political writings by French philosopher Jean Jacques Rousseau. Three sources are cited in ...

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...

Do Matter, Time, and Space Coexist?

In fourteen pages this essay examines the perspectives of theorists and philosophers including Albert Einstein, Aristotle, and Ren...

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 ...

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...

Justice Concept of Young Challenging the Views of David Hume, Thomas Aquinas, and Aristotle

men for the society in which they develop. Youngs concepts of justice and mans role in society appear to challenge those prese...

Virtue as Perceived by Epictetus and Aristotle

In five pages this essay contrasts and compares the views of these ancient philosophers regarding the patience virtue. There are ...

Defining Philosophy With the Help of Stephen Clark

In a paper consisting of five pages truth and reality are two of the components factored into a definition of philosophy as well a...

Historical Context Regarding Philosophy's Intent

In fifteen pages this paper examines the intention of philosophy from a historical perspective that includes consideration of phil...

Three Essays on Descartes

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