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is real? Again, the Cartesian Cogito is something that resolves the problem for some. Still, this is a problem that many philosoph...

ideas. As we shall soon see, through these speeches Plato seems to have reasoned out how it is that mankind make their way from th...

develops his inquiry into the contention to see if it holds up to scrutiny: SOCRATES: And when a jury is rightly convinced of fact...

In six pages the philosophical and mathematical theories of Rene Descartes are discussed. Four sources are cited in the bibliogra...

considerable empirical consideration but one which has yet to be either proved or refuted. Such as statement, therefore is not a ...

Taoism, or flowing with the Tao (Dao) is best translated into English as "The Way", "The Flow of Things", the "Course of Nature", ...

to treat everyone equally which may mean a policy of affirmative action. One has to recognize race, and then level the playing fie...

is a case for communism at least for the lower classes. The supporting premises for that conclusion have already been noted and ge...

with happiness, but the instant gratification achieved through immoral pleasure is not as good. It goes beyond that. Does one give...

charges of impiety and corruption of youth by by those who wanted to restore democracy to Athens ("Socrates," 2003). While this ph...

We can better understand this by invoking a comparison. A generalist would demand sameness in terms of how something functions ca...

This is found in Descartes work Meditations and is referred to as substance dualism, which is also known as Cartesian interactioni...

well as] hard physical work and unhealthy lifestyle" and most donors are sent home after only five days (Tomiuc, 2003). While the ...

defines pornography, which is that they do not know what it is, but they know it when they see it (11). Similarly, it is not out o...

should be used to silence the opinions of others makes the implied assumption that his opinions are infallible. Mill grants that i...

human being from conception to death is encapsulated in a pod. In Platos Cave the only thing that they can see is...

must recognize that the consciousness (cit) is a separate phenomena which is present regardless of the presence or absence of stim...

consider that if an entity, such as a nation, is to grow and become prosperous there will be enemies and as such perhaps war is es...

avoids trying to force the same concept of right and wrong upon all of the worlds societies, objectivism believes there is conside...

here on Earth. This of course, did not go over well with the Church who was used to organizing everyones life on Earth. Reason, th...

not for ones performance, but for his or her actions which may be attributable to a sense of duty (Honderich 323). To some, this m...

education, Aquinas was exposed to the work of the ancient Greek philosophers. Throughout his writing , Aquinas worked out a relati...

the only way to arrive at this point, he seems to be saying, is to carefully examine anything that one believes with the yardstick...

doubt and thought. If he thinks, then he exists: at least, his mind exists, since what he knows of his body is dependent, again, o...

for social control and the exercise of power, on the other. All government, indeed, all institutions of society, exist along this ...

who could argue with that idea? Of course, capital punishment is an ongoing debate and one that has been around for centuries. Als...

contradictory, which is why he is so controversial. One can take the meaning of Mills writings to suggest that individuality rules...

the time, today people are faced with decisions and can decide to be honest or face dire consequences. Journalists today sometimes...

also be allowed to have their own private property. In Aristotles belief, man is inherently born sinful. Because of this ...

it, these are all abstractions on the concept of the apple in the first place. These notions could not be made without the immedi...