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knowledge has long been purported as the only viable means by which mankind truly knows how and if something exists; without empir...

philosophers and playwrights, addressed themselves to the reality of the absurdity of life and argued that that its reality should...

possible fat man in that doorway; and again, the possible bald man in that doorway. Are they the same possible men, or two possibl...

one may see it as quasi-scientific determinism. Yet, from a Western point of view, Buddhism is considered to be indeterministic (A...

and had been released some months earlier (Biodrowski). The novel, which has the subtitle of "The Modern Prometheus," is "a sort o...

sense of direction that otherwise would merely drift in subconscious thought, which also helps to apply a modicum of understanding...

of wildlife and marine life are being endangered as well. Business must make a better effort to solve pollution problems not simp...

Hobbes believed that people, when left to their own governance, that is, without official laws and government, live in continual...

problems in the industry. Yet, while it is arguable as to the degree of safety problems inherent in the industry, it is safe to sa...

with the profits generated from their production of greater importance than the care and welfare of the animals (505). During the...

the public quite often. Yet, behind some of these more popular concepts are theoretical models that could prove important as well....

involves a critical evaluation of values and desires, and to act in accordance with them after careful reflection. Valuing a pers...

a moral fashion, it ceases to function in the proper manner and ceases to exert genuine authority over the individual. According ...

In five pages the drug testing issue is examined in terms of various social and philosophical ramifications. Nine sources are cit...

In six pages this paper examines Plato's Gorgias which describes a philosophical dialogue between the title character and Socrates...

In this paper consisting of seven pages a better understanding of such abuses as Amadou Diallo's murder by NYPD officers is provid...

In five pages this paper questions the ethics of brain stem transplants in a consideration of an article on the subject and philos...

In five pages black philosophy is defined and a discussion of the validity of negritude is also included in the ways in which it m...

In sixteen pages this paper discusses slavery within the context of Jean Jacques Rousseau's social philosophical treatise, The Soc...

In five pages Hume's attack on the self or personal identity is discussed as represented in A Treatise of Human Nature and also co...

In seven pages this chapter is discussed in terms of how the author portrayed the philosophical influences of such theorists as Hu...

In this six page consideration of life after death various philosophical arguments are examined in an attempt to draw a definitive...

bits of philosophy. For example, transcendental meditation is thought by some westerners as being a way one opens the door to the ...

In five pages this paper examines the philosophical debate regarding determinism versus free will with the use of the texts Donald...

a state of disinterested selflessness. Confucius (or more accurately Kung-Fu-Tzu or Kongfuzi) explains the thinking and motivati...

Indeed, the issues behind ethics and morality are critical to defining what meaning truly represents. One who has addressed these...

In a paper consisting of seven pages Avery Dulles' text is analyzed in terms of the current issues he addresses as well as the way...

In five pages this paper considers 3 formulations regarding a single categorical imperative as presented in this philosophical tre...

role of rhetoric within the political arena. Therefore, "Rhetoric is the expressed genre of the second grammatical person" (545)....

In five pages universalistic and particularistic perspectives are employed in a discussion of African philosophical aspects as rel...