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Essays 211 - 240
done about those who suffered, those simple cultural people who were victims of the civilized world (Castillo 40-45). This...
economic theory; operational policy; national accounts; population; international trade; pioneers in the field; and ethics and rel...
Sustainable Development A. Chapter 4, "Operationalizing Sustainable Development by Investing in Natural Capital" - defines incom...
infinite substance: God, "the universal essence or nature of everything that exists" (Wozniak, 1995). Spinoza (1997) persevered a...
way they are like human beings who are mentally handicapped. Animals have souls and are loving and lovable, but they do not have t...
and truth, Benjamin (2002) surmises how those who have invested both time and pains in its postulations should partake of a greate...
experiences were possible (Gogan, 2006). This author indicates this in the following: "Kant gets rid of the usual foundation for r...
conclusion that "a being than which none greater can be conceived can be conceived to be greater than it is," which is "absurd" (A...
perception is that which we, as humans, have been trained to discern as a species, inasmuch as the certain quality of perception r...
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...
the Buddhist worldview and the goal of detaching oneself from the material world and the body. "Thought is an attribute that rea...
accept the cogito at face value. It is only after answering an objection, that he comes up with a conclusion, which is that while ...
awareness of the moment at hand and draws attention to the fleeting nature of existence that unifies all things. "The ideas of Se...
rising above childhoods of extreme poverty or abuse, yet cases do occur. James second argument in defense of free will point to th...
Despite her poor reception by those that disagree with her philosophically, Costello makes many valid points about animal rights. ...
enlightenment philosophy? What form did those ideas take in classical criminological thought?" First, a look at each of the named...
Some (not Descartes) focused on the fact that reality is mainly material - these are the materialists (What is Philosophy?). Other...
is an objective reality, people are basically defining what is real and what is not. Life becomes confusing. Loeb (1986) explains...
Smarts philosophies regarding the correlation between brain and mind are supported by a number of historic philosophers and scient...
certain choices in life. They make communion and choose a new middle name. They go to school, and their degree is attached to that...
a thinking thing, or a thing possessing within itself the faculty of thinking" (Descartes, 1960, p. 7). The fundamental asp...
or the perception of identity changes through time. For example, someone grows up and has certain experiences and perceptions and ...
and balances helps to equalize what man truly knows and that which he thinks he knows - the very foundation for identifying weakne...
It is in the Second Meditation, however, that the apparent flaw in his logic appears and gives rise to the Cartesian Circle. In th...
attempt to free themselves. What he has realized is that what they had seen all along on the wall of the cave were mere representa...
at those responsible for the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. In other words, education is supposed to take a neutral appr...
of the most important philosophers when talking about knowledge and where it comes from. His explanation suggests that there is a ...
of that century, the French philosopher, Nicolas Malebranche (1638-1715) developed his metaphysical theories known as "occasionali...
upon life are not likely to be duplicated in the near future. Indeed, the praise for such progression during these two periods ca...
at the conclusion that there is no belief of which we can be certain, since the process of acquiring such information is inherentl...