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of veracity. This is because each segment of humanity is its own little universe and what is held to be truth in one section of th...

for example, would exist even if there were no human beings there to see it, but not that colour was an independent spiritual form...

in his own personal progress at the cost of everything else. He was wholly supportive of the scientific community during the Enli...

constructed and the meaning made perfectly clear so that all understand what types of behavior will be tolerated and which will no...

the world, but only derive essence later. In other words, a human is nothing to start with, and the essence of the person comes fr...

highest truth and certainty I have learned either from the senses or through the senses" (Descartes 29). But he is quick to note ...

well-being but our physical well-being also. For instance, Terry (54) tells us that music has been widely recommended as a techni...

world, one would find the "ideal tree of which all trees which we see are copies, the ideal house and ideas of all other objects i...

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...

an almost detached amusement. He describes them rushing about, in a hurry to get to work and to work as hard as they can. However,...

It is further rather specific in that it notes particular parts of history which ultimately culminates in a state of communism (19...

In order to explore his general theory, it pays to look at his Second Treatise of Civil Government. It is rather compelling and ...

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

gear pedagogy accordingly, politicians, policymakers and the public at-large are still "stuck" in the old paradigm, which states t...

therapeutic manner (Tourville and Ingalls, 2003). This relationship may refer to a single individual, or the "person" may be a sma...

considered his philosophy to be heresy. Abbey (2004) notes that the work which gained Diderot the charge of disseminating pornogr...

and their duty, and allowing them to share the advantages of education and government with man," which Wollstonecraft indicates wi...

what is real and what is perceived, and the one is not dependent on the other. Naturalism states that it is the laws of nature whi...

did the so-called "technostructure" - the idea that technology can have an impact on the economy (Landry, 1998). Furthermo...

to immigration reform, attacking affirmative action programs, welfare reform and tort reform (1996). Joshua Murachik, quoting Eliz...

Hume presented his arguments in a pair of treatises that are still considered required reading for any student of Western philosop...

childhood, during his early life, Socrates was a sculptor, following in the footsteps of his father, Sophroniscus (Wikpedia, 2003)...

believed that everything we had heard to the contrary from the Martin Luther Kings and the Roy Wilkinses and the Whiteny Youngs wa...

humans, it is not necessarily the best thing to do. Kant also supports a categorical imperative principle which suggests that some...

belief, but at the "priests and their stupid or hypocritical instruments . . we shall think of them only to pity their victims and...

fine, but teaching them what counts is best." This quote, which includes a clever play on words, suggests a very practical approac...

persuasive arguments, Aristotle mentions three techniques: pathos, ethos and logos (What is logos?) "Pathos" (from which we get th...

if the "future is set and cannot be altered or whether free will makes that future a possibility rather than a certainty" (Berardi...

for the student of psychology to develop a well-rounded and complete understanding of the discipline, it is necessary to study bot...

simplest gift of God" (Ortberg 67). In other words, celebration is when we stop to appreciate Gods wondrous gift of life, such as ...