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Essays 1681 - 1710
acknowledging it as the source from which the mind receives sensory information. However, Kant argued that the mind cannot know th...
in earlier times it was regarded only as the poor relation of quantitative research that nearly always was less reliable and far l...
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...
constructed and the meaning made perfectly clear so that all understand what types of behavior will be tolerated and which will no...
highest truth and certainty I have learned either from the senses or through the senses" (Descartes 29). But he is quick to note ...
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...
manner in order to attain end-E" (Honderich, 1995, p. 436). For example, a person might resolve to pay a bill as soon as it is rec...
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...
of that century, the French philosopher, Nicolas Malebranche (1638-1715) developed his metaphysical theories known as "occasionali...
While Hume appears down to Earth and logical, he is, in a very general sense, a skeptic. He notes that there is a battle between r...
strive for bigger and better opportunities, to reach beyond what has become comfortable and consistent in order to attain that whi...
(Nietzsche, 1974). It does seem to be true that when someone supports old institutions and mainstays they are applauded by the lar...
contributions to ethical and social theory" (Anonymous John Stuart Mill 1806-1873, 2002; MILL.HTM). In his work "Principles of ...
of the same) is "reason" rather than the self-conscious "I." One may then extend the concept from ethical ideas to morality, whic...
Camus relates the substance of the Greek myth and how Sisyphus was condemned to endlessly roll a rock up a hill in the underworld,...
Power is behind all that we perceive, then the Higher Power would be a deceitful one. Descartes arrives at this conclusion becaus...
the old mans money to the poor. While he fears being found out, when he is, the people not only forgive him, but elect him their n...
Even in the absence of hard and fast codes of ethics such as those that exist for some professions, there are certain basic guidel...
(Kemerling, 2002). Lacking professional teacher training, Socrates elected to do some "free-wheeling" by partaking of spirited di...
therapeutic manner (Tourville and Ingalls, 2003). This relationship may refer to a single individual, or the "person" may be a sma...
gear pedagogy accordingly, politicians, policymakers and the public at-large are still "stuck" in the old paradigm, which states t...
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...
who waste time believing or fearing that which is untrue could not possibly be calm or contemplative; as such, they could change t...
people must strive for a knowledge that only comes from being true to ones own choice. According to Plato, men and women both hav...
would come about as a natural consequence of romanticism ("Romanticism," 2005). For example, romantic music inspired nationalist t...
This paper discusses the 'realistic' value of realism in a theoretical comparison with nationalism, Marxism, and liberalism consis...
in Modern Thought points to two cataclysmic moments in history that were responsible for altering the contemporary perceptions of ...