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An Overview of Philosophical Egocentrism

"endowed with special grace or powers" (Christian, 2008). It is easy to understand how such claims are perpetuated and reinforced:...

Politics and Ethics - A Philosophical Overview

to explore the views of human nature of Plato and other thinkers, as well as how these views were expressed in governmental form. ...

Alfie Kohn's The Trouble with Gold Stars, Incentive Plans, A's, Praise, and Other Bribes

reward. He has been joined by a number of other theorist, each of whom present their own social cognitive theories. Several of t...

The Potential benefit Of M&A's in Supporting Nigerian Economic Growth

During the early 20th century merger and acquisition (M&A) activity in the United States provided one of the tools for economic gr...

New Synthetic Motor Oil Development

time, there was, of course, virtually no interest in a synthetic motor oil anywhere outside of a laboratory. Application in aviat...

Nature vs. Nurture - Examining the Dichotomy

deep-seated neuroses which unconsciously drive behavior (Keltner et al., 2001). Since the early 20th century, then, psychologists ...

No More Frankenfood

industry has managed to persuade consumers that they are actually given a wide variety, rather than acknowledging that what theyre...

Bioidentical Hormones

are grand variances in price throughout the country, the standard scale is between $250 and $395 and half that much for subsequent...

Ecological and Social Issues Associated with Synthetic Pesticides

pesticides, such as DDT and chlodane (Cook 34). However, any advances made by these activists can be eradicated with the stroke of...

Spinal Cord Injuries and Pre Hospital Use of Methylprednisolone

injury is something that has gone from impossible to repair to something that can be repaired. While such injuries still do create...

The Dietary Supplement Creatine and its Natural Function

In seven pages creatine and its synthetic as well as natural sources are examined and discusses its use as a dietary supplement an...

A Review of the Film, Synthetic Pleasures

This paper analyzes Ira Lee's film, Synthetic Pleasures. The author criticizes Lee's lack of any clear, organizational plot or th...

Synthetic Rubbers and Their Chemistry

In three pages this paper examines uses of synthetic rubber, discusses their chemistry and considers such properties as monomers a...

Shakespeare's Audience and Artist Influence Revealed in A Midsummer Night's Dream

This paper consisting of six pages employs a priori interpretations in a discussion of this play and the ways in which this interp...

Bertrand Russell and 'A Priori Knowledge'

In one page this paper explains Russell's The Problems of Philosophy in which he discusses how a priori knowledge exists and emplo...

Two Articles on Anti-Individualism

In five pages the articles 'What An Anti-Individualist Knows A Priori' by Anthony Brueckner and 'Anti-Individualism and Privileged...

A Priori Knowledge from a Foundationalist Perspective

it applies to the view of a priori knowledge and also consider the writings of philosophers like Kant and Descartes as they serve ...

Beliefs of the East

In seven pages the Taoist, Buddhist, and Confucian concepts of 'nothingness' are examined in terms of how these ideas represent a ...

Contingent A Priori Truths

or observation. For example we can only argue that the mans eyes are blue by looking at his eyes. Here we have a statement that ne...

Time and A Priori Knowledge According to Immanuel Kant

In five pages this report examines the 'purest' intuition forms of time and a priori knowledge as defined within Critique of Pure ...

Saul Kripke's Philosophical Propositions

In five pages this paper examines the connections with 'a posteriori' and 'a priori' knowledge, contingent truth and necessary tru...

Test of Intelligence by Alan Turing

The beliefs of Rene Descartes and other humanist philosophers are considered within the context of Turing's argument that a comput...

Anselm, Aquinas, Descartes/Existence of God

conclusion that "a being than which none greater can be conceived can be conceived to be greater than it is," which is "absurd" (A...

Kant And Sartre: Modern Philosophy Is Marked By A Spirit Of Man As Artist

have an otherwise broad range and potentiality; however, these aspects were often squelched by a need for systematic control. ...

Anselm’s Ontological Arguments

by humanity, without turning to any other body of factual information or knowledge. In other words, it is possible for people to c...

God Exists According to the Arguments of Saint Augustine

something greater than humans and that is God (Donati, 2002). He offers further proof through mathematical concepts, for instance,...

Looking at Atheism Through O'Leary-Hawthorne's Eyes

that there is really little true proof and the atheists will argue that there is only scant knowledge on this subject. There is no...

Knowledge and the Concepts of Immanuel Kant

delve further into the subject matter and ask how reason transcends experience. Clearly, while elevating experience above reason, ...

Philosophy Questions and Religion

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

Questions on Personal Philosophies Answered

Crises arise that usher in change, systems achieve equilibrium for a time and then begin to change again, leading to another round...