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A Coherence Theory of justification is one that supports two central ideas that distinguish it from foundationalism: There are basic beliefs that serve as the basis for other beliefs, and

Surely, there is much injustice in our world, and nobody will argue this fact, but the question is in what would be if everything were equal and all people got merit and desert according to [...]

The same goes for the state and its laws: the citizens are expected to obey these laws for they are meant to do good to them; when, for some reason, the contrary occurs, the citizens [...]

For instance, Descartes in the principles of philosophy says of color: "when we think we perceive colors in objects although we might not know what this might be, that we call by the name of [...]

Thus the concept of a small town can be viewed according to the background knowledge, social position, age and many other different principles.

From their arguments, it is evident that natural law is directly related to the concept of justice and that they are the foundations to good governance.

He does not satisfactorily give justification of his claim that the relationship between the truth of the idea objective and the recognized truth of the event that brings about the idea is direct.

Among the seekers of the sense of life was the American metaphysician Robert Taylor, whose essay "The Meaning of Life" addresses the title issue in a thought-provoking way that involves a negative proof: in his [...]

At the beginning of the eleventh book of "Confessions" Augustine justifies his analysis of the problem of time by means of referring to the act of creation of the book itself, saying that he analyzes [...]

Platos book the Republic is now believed to be one of the most influential works in the history of Western philosophy and political science. This is one of the core ideas in the Republic.

It is possible to give the right to the ones who think that money can buy happiness. This conclusion is not accepted by psychologists who think that wealth brings the happiness only in the moment [...]

The philosophy developed by Friedrich Nietzsche is referred to as Nietzscheanism and it politically and intellectually influenced every part of the world during the beginning of the 20th century.

However, in the context of immigration issue facing our nation today, it can be stated that the entire statement is not correct and though the stronger, in this case the government, has every right to [...]

The plan to kill Oedipus takes a twist when his mother and the servant refuses to kill him, allowing the opportunity to live and later to fulfill the oracles.

Many topics that are discussed by the philosophers in psychology are the ones that arise because of the recognition that the philosophers have in cognitive sciences.

According to this thesis of Huntington, the fall of communism signaled by the breakup of the former Soviet Union in 1991 ended the Cold War era in which the protagonists were the forces of democracy [...]

They also are learning the things that I am learning and starting to see dimensions where before there were not any.

In general terms, human beings try to explain the occurrence of certain events in terms of the cause. Many assumptions in the scientific study are mere hypothesis for the object under test, and many of [...]

The essence of his crime lies in corrupting the youth by teaching them the subjects he himself does not know, by making the youth believe the information contrary to what the general public believes in, [...]

Watching on the sky people know it is blue, but they are mistaken, as they can just believe that it is blue, and so on.

The realities of living in contemporary Western countries, ruled by neo-Liberal promoters of Globalization, leave no doubt as to the fact that the very concept of "pluralism" is nothing but sophistically sounding, yet utterly meaningless [...]

The veil of ignorance presumes that the representative is logical and considers the concept of right inform of prioritizing irreconcilable alleges, application of justice to all irrespective of social status or race and should be [...]

The framers had in mind the preservation of the public good, and not the promotion of private interest. The notation that the motivation to maintain a position of power can be destructive was addressed by [...]

Velleman is correct in his conviction that in this case, the patient's decision will be the outcome of a federal right to die; the situation with euthanasia is common to that of abortion with the [...]

This approach is considered with the fact of how these loved ones should, on the one hand, bear all those condemnations and disagreements with life and words about soon death along with a perpetual presence [...]

We want to live in the present, and the only history that is worth a tinker's damn is the history that we make today.

It is essentially described by the existence of pleasure and in living an aesthetic life to the maximum one has to aim at maximizing the given pleasures.

The rapid progress of humanities in that period was close-knit with economic and technological developments across the whole Europe and North America, in particular, the invention of the internal combustion engine, formation of the new [...]

Such wisdom is useless to a common man who is limited to materialism and lacks the wisdom to see his inner self-understanding that constitutes and provides the ground of Socratic rationalism in the sense of [...]

How can he distinguish what is fundamental in his nature from the changes and additions which his circumstances and the advances he has made have introduced to modify his primitive condition?"1 For Rousseau, the two [...]

Basically, Philosophy is concerned with the rational explanation of reasonable inferences that concerns human values as well as the establishment of claims which are related to human knowledge and making interpretations of the nature of [...]

Similarly, John Stuart Mill concurs with Kant's assertions on the best kind of life because he claims that the best kind of life is one in which freedom of opinion is fully expressed; this argument [...]

From a philosophical standpoint, all people have some knowledge that may not be apparent to other due to the difference of perspective, and as such, certainly, entire nations of people have at least something that [...]

For instance, when it comes to cognition one can say that trees are the important components that make a forest while in philosophy one will say that the soil is the vital component that makes [...]

Confucius' principal intention is to ask people to abide by the law and wants the rulers to be the persons of virtue and character.

The Bible is the infallible word of God as depicted by His inspired prophets and the story of a people. The plethora of ills plaguing the planet and the human family today is the result [...]

The church needs to encourage the member to live by the God's grace by trusting more on God than in their own abilities Bonding with your people is the second point.

This essay examines Descartes' principle ideas of the utility of doubt for arriving at truths and the concept of dualism between the mind and the body.

In the book "On the advantage and disadvantage of history for life" Friedrich Nietzsche dwells upon the problem of the necessity of history for people, how it can change people's lives and whether it helps.

The Apology by Plato is the account of Socrates' defense in the court of law, while the Plea for Captain John Brown by Henry David Thoreau is the essay defending the captain who rebelled against [...]

Therefore, gender/sex communication questions will be formed such as "How does the gender influence the time spent using mobile phones?" The question will focus on the relation between the gender as an independent variable and [...]

As far as Emile Durkheim is concerned, we should that the overarching argument of his work comes down to the following: he suggests that the constant process of labor division or specialization as it is [...]

The body is affected extensively failing to cope with a triggering event; various systems in the body respond either individually or in conjunction with other systems to produce the signs and effects of stress.

To: Name From: Name Date: 25 August 2009 Subject: Developing Sensitivity to Your Perspective The purpose of this memorandum is to reflect on the role of intellect and morality in the research process and in [...]

The philosophical heritage of the US from the side of African American authors is significant to evaluate on the prospects of freedom, religion, education, and social importance of Black population for the United States.

The following examples from the work by Stevenson and Haberman demonstrate the unacceptable and acceptable instances of paraphrasing and explain the reasons for their acceptability: "We have here two systems of belief that are total [...]

The past life in the Arab environment and the way of life of the people influenced the formation of Islam since the customary norms of the society in the Western Arabia was a basis for [...]

An individual right to liberty is similar to the right to be free, that is, to do what you want. The main issue that arises in libertarian is whether the right to liberty is a [...]

One of the founders of Greek ancient thought was Plato whose works became the handbooks of many modern philosophers and scientists.

Phenomenology is a radical practice of the philosophy that emphasis more the attempt to describe phenomenon the way it is presented on the consciousness of the person experiencing it rather than on past knowledge or [...]

Anne Bradstreet's role in the cultural literary movement was not more than a female poet, striving hard to achieve her identity in a male dominated Puritan society."The Prologue" is one of the attempts of Bradstreet [...]

The belief is that God is a being, who is not only the creator of everything in existence and is the central source of wisdom, love, and divine intervention in the universe.

This is why the discussion of self-development cannot do without the integration of analysis of profound works of several transcendentalists in the present paper such writers as Henry David Thoreau, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and Frederick [...]

The part of Leviathan entitled "Of a Christian Commonwealth" addresses such religious controversies of the 16th-17th- century United Kingdom as state and church relationships and establishment of Church of England's position towards continental Protestants and [...]

Their points of view help us to understand history better, the development of people's thought and the changes which occur in people's lives for passed times."A Guided Tour of Five Works by Plato" by Christopher [...]

In that regard, a definition that covers all the concepts of critical thinking might be considered as follows: Critical thinking is the use of those cognitive skills or strategies that increase the probability of a [...]

Though, "the natural liberty" of an individual is argued in the work so that to find out the truth in evaluating the concept of freedom in the state supported by the Constitution in our case.

More than thirty years ago, one of the most interesting philosophers of the twentieth century, Hans Jonas, discussing the problems of the experiments on human, outlined the necessity to limit the appetites of "number-hungry research [...]

Despite the controversies about the relationship between the rational soul and its sensitive and nutritive faculties, however, the Aristotelians were still united in their belief that the soul is the form of the body and [...]

It is very difficult to assess the beauty in general. The perception of beauty is the perception of our minds through our tastes.

Eventually becoming a noted lecturer and author, his most notable works include 1959's The Theory of Moral Sentiments and An Inquiry Into The Wealth and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, which he wrote in [...]

According to her, "The pursuit of his own rational self interest " is the guiding spirit and moral purpose for life on earth.

It is impossible to treat the world and human beings' activities and way of life on the basis of abstract notions and thoughts, as it was underlined in Hegel's philosophy.

It is the goal of the present paper to review such areas of ethical issues within the field of criminal justice as: pretexting during investigation and police misconduct, and their influence on the investigated case.

Accordingly, the essence of the aforesaid Socrates' argument in the court is the focus of the Apology written by the student of Socrates, Plato, sometime after the court decision was taken and Socrates was killed.

The Sophists deferred from the Prestocratics due to the contradictory statements offered by the prestocratics regarding the nature of the universe; the sophists were not concerned with the theoretical science practiced by the Prestocratics but [...]

In the light of the current political or social system one can see that Plato's comments about the involvement of the people in the public sector to destroy the republic is absolutely right.

The consequence of the sin implicated in Abel's murder is a judgment that is bound to follow generations Gen 25 records the second form of sibling rivalry in the Old Testament between Esau and his [...]

However, at the end of this theory, he sums up by saying that people have the right to partition property based on the quantity of labor they have put in and they can do this [...]

His lecture appeared to be areal inspiration to many watchers; the professor highlighted his principles of life and attitude to death.

That which creates, sustains, and maintains life in harmony with the natural cycles of this planet, doing no harm to the ecology or people of the Earth- is right.

It can be assumed that Nietzsche is praising the moral values provided by religion, whereas knowing the fact that he rejected the religion as an institution, it can be stated that Nietzsche points out to [...]

The philosophy of Plato on the components of the soul and their role towards the development of character is also accepted by Aristotle.

The paper focuses on ethical naturalism and as such differentiates between "ethical naturalism' and "unrestricted naturalism" on the grounds that ethical naturalism is only concerned with moral properties and ignores other properties of naturalism.

Those theses might be listed as follows: the identification of reflective practice in the sphere of worship leading; the interrelationship of the already mentioned worship to doctrine, concerning such religious fields of it as "atonement", [...]

Nietzsche regarded that every personality needs to arrange their moral structure: the key point of principles is to facilitate every individual to sublimate and regulate their obsessions, to emphasize the originality inherent in their being, [...]

He does so through VII:15, in saying that happiness is found in the acceptance of the conditions of one's environment, not in varying degrees of performance. Socrates, if trying to gain the sense of a [...]

The Upper Scripture of Purple Texts engraved by the Spirits is gained from a being more distant and majestic than those religions that the former scriptures were obtained from, and the procedure for getting the [...]

In the field of individual rights, more or less for the purpose of protecting the rights of citizens in society critics have a shift from a philosophy of individualism to one of public welfare and [...]

If a person is certain of one thing more than of another, so the first thing he is certain of is considered to be absolute for him.

It will be recalled that a person is free to perform an action if and only if that person performs the action if he chooses to perform it, does not perform the action if he [...]

Judaism is a religion based on the relationship between God and man and to the Jewish wisdom means having insightful knowledge of the relationship between oneself and God.

In the case in which there is a problem, on the other hand, it seems absurd to suppose that activity either is or is not a game and that whether it is can be ascertained [...]

In addition, the prominent thinker estimated rhetoric in the context of logic, because logic, as well as rhetoric and dialectic, point out the studying of persuasion methods.

Although realism contributed in the understanding of the concepts and environment through provision of an ideal approach, it also left out in art the hope and love in their work.

Descartes draws a strong line between the belief of the existence of something and the knowledge of the existence of something.

By utilizing the Theory of Opposites, Socrates suggests that the existence of soul could not possibly end with the death of one's body, because life and death actually derive out of each other: "Suppose we [...]

In reading about all the various theories of physicalism, also often called materialism, it presents a confusing array of philosophical stances, which all have one thing in common: the separation of the physical from the [...]

Researching the mind/body problem necessarily involves a discussion of the theories of Descartes as it was he who first proposed the division and began to define the proper realms of the mind versus that of [...]

But the fact is that ethics would be completely shattered if the motive is not as logical and piercing in connection to the willpower of the majority of men.

In his book, "Compassion: A New Philosophy of the Other" the author explores the role of empathy and compassion in solving the problems that people have to surmount.

As a distinguished member of the board of trade in Britain, he was the secretary of the council of and plantations; he had a major role in the drafting of the Fundamental Constitution of the [...]

Kant basis his principles of moral ethics on rational procedures and distinguishes the concept of duty from the "self and others" asserting that all actions must be performed only out of a sense of duty [...]

However Descartes explains that the question about God's existence works in a slightly different way; that if you have once proved God's existence and you posses the memory of the proof of His existence in [...]

The growth of the movement towards the formation of states is, however, a gradual one; it is continuous, from the sixteenth century to our day, and while, throughout this period, and in almost every country [...]

The enlightenment period also popularly referred to as the age of reason denotes an explosive era in human history stretching from around the year 1600 to the year 1800; a period in which the West [...]

A lot of skepticism way-lays most of the claims presented in the discipline of knowledge, as well as the means employed to produce the same.

The kingdom of God has thus come and is present in the Church despite the fact that the Church is to be purified, at the Final Judgment, of the tares that now grow within it.

In contrast to utilitarian ethics, natural rights do not take into account the consequences of actions and their benefits for a person.

In this novel, the hawk is a symbol of freedom, and the boy, the main character, Will Falke, who is watching the flight of the hawk is watching what this freedom is like and what [...]

Ethics is not a theory of discipline since our inquiry as to what is good for human beings is not just gathering knowledge, but to be able to achieve a unique state of fulfillment in [...]

Logic frowns upon superstition, but superstition has a stronghold in the society, as indicated by the pervasive presence of horoscopes in magazines and dailies.

Sometimes it seems that if everything in this life was equal it would be easier to perform our main function in this world to live happily.

In understanding the rights to be a citizen to a given country of countries, there is a strong argument for and against its relation and relevance to the basic theories of justice.

Before attempt to answer this question, it is necessary to discuss the definition of the doctrine of egalitarianism, prioritarianism and the purpose of this doctrine.

The theory advocates for actions that bring a large amount of pleasure and little pain to the majority of the people or rather the course of actions that maximize happiness and minimize pain by considering [...]

The history of logic relates to the progress of the science of valid inference. The logic of Aristotle was of importance during the period of the Renaissance too.

However, the sense of malfunction that can result in a crisis in both political and scientific development is required as a precondition to a revolution.

This, therefore, means that any moral being is allowed by Kant's moral reasoning to enter into a relationship with an individual based on the goodwill of the individual rather than the vicious nature he is [...]

Both parts in these cases are interested in the time running; the part deposited and the bank receive profits if the period of time is long enough for this.

The intention of many people is to act in a moral site of theirs. It is therefore the situational pressures that make the failure of moral people to act morally.

This sharper definition is essential to truly live the enlightened life of the faithful, as one must have a clear idea of one's beliefs and their basis if one is to live in harmony with [...]

One of the elements of pluralism that has served to confuse today's secular culture is the various approaches that have been taken to the 'true faith.' According to Carson, a great deal of the confusion [...]

The level of how weakness and sensibility to pain, adversity is discouraged is shown when the lord Krishna makes it a point to elaborate to Arjuna, that in his position as a warrior he has [...]

Propositions of relations of ideas are related only to the matter of thinking and logical observation, whereas the propositions of relations of facts are based on the relations of cause and effect, which can be [...]

The authority of nature God was replaced by religious logic and ruled till Descartes developed a amechanistic view of knowledge' and the paradigm in the present world of information technology is that "the universe and [...]

To define philosophy is rather difficult, as like Popkin and Stroll claim, "philosophy is generally regarded as per haps the most abstruse and abstract of all subjects, far removed from the affairs of or dinary [...]

This is so due to the fact that view by Aquinas is the most adequate and acceptable in respect of such questions as proving the existence of God, reasoning the existence of the Holy Trinity [...]

This plainly makes it a duty to love ourselves and regard our own happiness by the value of the scale. It is our desire only that induces within us the spirit to help others therefore [...]

Being among the first to question the dominant Aristotelian schools of thought that had so dominated academic thought throughout the ages and approaching the subject from the mathematical field rather than the traditional philosophical stance, [...]