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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.

Another theory that Kant criticized is the view of Baumgarten wherein it states that God is the author and the legislator of all the natural obligations because HE was the one who made the world.

The author introduces his heroes as individuals: Ahab, on the one part, a brave sailor and a captain, who is always ready to meet any difficulties and reach his goal at any coast and a [...]

The study of the books of the Bible requires the ability of the scholar to understand the meaning of the words.

In other words, his theory of utility is based on the principle of moral obligation: the greatest pleasure for the greatest number of people who are involved or affected by the action performed by one [...]

The next task is to find the existence and nature of justice in this state. Plato adds to this that justice is "the principle of doing one's own business".

According to Locke, a person can claim the right to own some land if the individual is ready to make this part of the world flourish.

The fact is that the author is concerned with the search of specific relations between natural sciences and society, the social law in accordance to which it functions, and the nature of particular processes.

On religious beliefs, Clifford advises that belief matters are private and that people have the right to choose whichever religion to believe.

A hero is one who chooses to go against the status quo even when, by doing so, he risks the wrath of the authorities or the powerful.

Immanuel Kant was largely affected by the death of his mother as he was only 13 years old at the time of her death.

In order to develop a sufficient understanding of what this proposition means, it is necessary to recognize the specifics of the philosopher's approach to philosophy and how it relates to practical life.

Following Descartes' argument, the mind is independent of the body yet eye witness testimony relies on a judgment that has to be internalized as memory on the mind.

Among this view's foremost weaknesses is named the fact that it is based upon the philosopher's belief in the existence of God.

It is in the form of a dialogue. Arjuna is the prince of Pandava.

One of the basic virtues of a human being is to be rational, and it enhances all other virtues. A human being must have the ability to select his actions, goals, and values carefully for [...]

Even though knowledge is often forced upon people, especially children, and due to the deficiency of the human mind, knowledge is biased.

To a great extent, they profoundly influenced people's views on the origins of life, the transformation of society and the behavior of an individual within the community. This is one of the main details that [...]

As noted by the author, Socrates depicted the human body as the part or an instrument of the soul, admitting at the same time that the corporal health depended directly on the wellness of the [...]

He asserts that the duration of an activity and the intensity of pleasure are very important in measuring the levels of pleasure.

Compatibilism is closely linked to causal determinism in that it agrees with the fact that past events affect future events. In essence, people are not locked to determinism only but also to the fact that [...]

In particular, the modern generation attaches so much importance to money in the sense that success and money are presumed to be one and the same thing.

As opposed to the rational theory, the empiricism theory estimates that the main source of knowledge is the experience which can be based on the "perceptional observation of the world".

It is necessary to understand the structure of society and how it was established to understand the point of view of the author.

An example, of a group of people who have not mastered the concept of Li, may be judges who make their decisions based on their understanding of the law and not the prevailing special circumstances [...]

On the other hand, Hume defines the concept of necessity as the kind of uniformity observed in the unique operations and processes in nature.

Ontology as a name was developed from a Greek word 'onto' which means 'being' or 'that which is.' Ontology is a branch of metaphysics that deals with issues about the existence of entities, and how [...]

Instead he or she is more interested in seeing the logical inconsistencies of life and the paradoxes of people's behavior. On the whole, one should not assume that S ren Kierkegaard is altogether critical of [...]

Platonic philosophy, precisely the concept of world of forms, had dominated the medieval era that subjected the human body, as a shadow of a real body in the world of forms, to little or no [...]

Socrates and Euthyphro show that the application of justice in different societies is not always fair. Plato's arguments are ambiguous because they do not offer a rational basis about how religion can be used to [...]

The allegory of the cave can serve in revealing some of the key reasons to mistrust the views of the majority.

Later on at the age of eighteen, he moved to Athens to study and this became his home for the next twenty years, after which he moved to Asia after the death of Plato where [...]

Another way of understanding the concept of truth is through looking at it on the grounds of whether it is absolute or relative.

According to Locke, the state of nature is a state of perfect freedom and a state of equality that is only bound by the law of nature.

Aristotle argued that the understanding of nature could only be accomplished through the analysis of the aspects of nature as the first step in understanding the target object, and then processing the mental reaction of [...]

Bentham lived at a time of hasty development of the ideas of liberalism and socialism, the bloody and violent emergence of European nations, and the Industrial Revolution.

In response to the skeptics, it can be argued that although sources of knowledge may be fallible, they are still helpful and allow people to function in the world.

In contrast to Plato, Aristotle asserted that the senses were necessary for accurately determining reality and that they could not be used to deceive a person. Aristotle and Plato both considered that thoughts were superior [...]

In his works, Aristotle enunciates that the meaning of being a good citizen is relative to the institution that one is a citizen of.

The protagonist travels to the Himalayas mountains, where he meets a sage he believes has answers to the meaning of life.

The main objective is to convince the other and win. However, the objects may be between what is true and what is not.

William James starts his article "Pragmatism's Conception of Truth" focusing on the idea of truth and what makes it work. Rationalism and pragmatism contrast each other: while pragmatism seeks to understand how an idea applies [...]

German philosopher argues that one should have the freedom only for creating something of value for herself or himself or for others and be able to take responsibility for their own actions.

When comparing the two perspectives of liberty and ideal society, it is necessary to note that both philosophers find the liberty to be an intrinsic feature of a human being.

Heidegger is very interested in the essence of modern technology that is highlighted in his work "The Question Concerning Technology" but the basic subject of his work is not the interpretation of different approaches of [...]

Scholars and thinkers of repute in the fields of philosophy, political science, and history during the ancient, classical, and contemporary epochs of learning have put forward theories that attempt to explain the origins, necessity, and [...]

This due to the fact that only the aspect of ethics in the Buddhist philosophy can be significantly likened to the Confucian philosophy.

The first type of faith is expressed in the continuity of the nation which one is born in and he is a member.

The ways of the modern world have deemed that virtue is to be rewarded and vice is to be punished. The standard of merit and how to apply it in a situation appears to be [...]

However, as any numerologist would predict, born on the 31st of the month, a number 4, destined Descartes to search for the esoteric and the 'opposing' point of view.

One of the first important considerations he gives to his assessment of why humans engage in art is the constant oppositions he finds in nature the male/female opposition being the strongest of these as they [...]

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

Even in times of ancient Jews and peoples which surrounded them the core accent consisted in the purity of spirit, soul and body, but most of all they emphasized the concept of spiritual life minding [...]

According to Hegel's concept of the ethical life of the family, it is very essential to have the love which is said to be the spirit of feeling of ones own strength of mind of [...]

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.

Concepts of the roles and duties have differed across civilizations and many discourses, books, and precepts have been offered to the young prince about how to conduct themselves in the affairs of the state.

The author of this paper will outline all four of the philosopher's lines of reasoning that a person's soul is immortal while promoting the idea that it specifically the second one, concerned with one's possession [...]

The article entitled "The house, from cellar to garret, the significance of the hut" tries to represent the meaning of a house from a phenomenological perspective.

This idea transitions into other arguments that Descartes explores in the book, and as a way to be sure of the existence of at least one thing, he proposes that since he is capable of [...]

Divine ego is part of the mind that reacts to reality by deciding on what options to take in response to life experiences. Human beings, therefore, need to have faith in the Almighty.

The concept shared by the author consists in the statement that human life is irrational: one has to admit that it is senseless and is forced to overcome this knowledge to continue living, working, and [...]

Consequently, the outcome of a course of action that is on the course of being undertaken or is to be undertaken lies in the value of the outcome.

The philosophical concept of being as being is concerned with the notion of existence, more specifically, that of the thing in and of itself.

In the quest to understand patterns, reason can be regarded as the capacity to mentally work out and solve a problem or understand things that are not easily discernible.

In its turn, this is the direct consequence of the fact that, in order for this civilization to remain on the path of progress, in the linear sense of this word, it may never cease [...]

The ideas of the Polish novelist in the Heart of Darkness aimed at unraveling the issues that faced ivory traders in the Congo basin meaning the author attempted to look beneath the surface.

This paper discusses how both Daoism and Legalism differ from Confucianism on the issues of family, human nature, education, role of ruler, role of government, and role of individual.

Heidegger concludes that authenticity is temporary as opposed to inauthenticity because we are born with the former and achieves the later after some time Nietzsche on his view argues that authenticity is the elementary mode [...]

Despite the proof that Nielsen provides for the fact that determinism and freedom can actually coexist and, moreover, complement each other, Nielsen makes it clear that the existence of moral luck defines the boundaries of [...]

The concept of rebirth is also absent in Daoism and individuals are asked to lead a life that is in harmony with nature.

In her essay The Traffic in Women: Notes on the "Political Economy" of Sex, Gayle Rubin strived to outline factors that contribute to the fact that even today, women continue to be subjected to different [...]

In particular, he writes that virtue is "a state that decides, consisting in a mean, relative to us, which is defined by reference to a reason, that is to say, to the reason by reference [...]

In particular, he emphasized on the importance of human experiences in the comprehension of cause and effect. Hence, the theory of cause and effect highlights that the tendency to associate events is the foundation of [...]

As the sense of independent and development sunk in peoples mind, the aspect of communism disintegrated and in its place individualism and the sense of "I" was adopted that is embraced world-wide.

Experiences, the level of information, the uniqueness of the situation and urgency of the matter are some of the factors that influence decision making.

The task of the social leaders is to orient to interests of the majority in order to avoid the opposition of the public which can lead to revealing the negative qualities of people living in [...]

Paley based his argument on the complex nature of the watch and magnified the reasoning in regards to the designing of the universe and its complex organisms.

That is they believe that religion is the bedrock of ethics and that religious persons are individuals with immense moral principles.

This is to mean that the life of a person is what makes up what is referred to as the person's 'essence'.

This examines the foundation of the position, his understanding of the nature of thought and the body, the essential certainty, and its conception.

As a result, a tragedy's focus should be on the heroic deeds of its protagonists and the various factors that contribute to the tragic ending.

The concept of substantiation is central in the theory of knowledge in general and in the methodology of scientific knowledge in particular.

A breakdown of why and how virtue ethics, utilitarianism, and personal moral philosophies apply to her unethicality, alongside a proposed solution to her actions, form the basis of this paper.

The Principle of Sufficient Reason or PSR is one of the promises and, at the same time, a controversial topic within the framework of philosophical teaching.

David Hume, a Scottish philosopher and historian, developed a theory of aesthetics that takes art and standards of taste in mind.

The Allegory of the Cave" is a fascinating story that provokes many thoughts about the nature of reality, truth, and perception.

Analytic philosophy is essential and more apt to critical contributions to culture and society because of its pragmatic approach that relies on logic, which is more objective than the continental approach, which is more subjective.

In the first chapter, tired "Camel, Kangaroo, and the Elephant, the author presents the list of the seven questions that help one form their worldview, which is arguably the most significant aspect of the book.

Kant proceeds to identify a philosophical gap in the form of the lack of a means to determine the possibility, principles, and scope of pure knowledge.

Moreover, the philosopher believed that society's progress and scientific achievements contributed to the lowering of the role of Christianity and religion was a burden for society.

The research explores ancient Greek philosophy and modern studies of the "sensory turn" period in order to bring clarity to the discussion and evaluate the significance of common sense and reason in the cognitive process.

His philosophy is based on the belief in God and his ancient understanding of the universes construction. Saint Augustine is one of the most prominent Christian thinkers.

The differences in the concept of philosophy as a science between Husserl and Descartes relate primarily to the concept of intentionality and the method of intentional analysis.

The open question argument is an attempt of George Moore, an English philosopher, to prove that natural properties cannot be reduced to moral ones.

In the case of the question about reality, Plato offered insightful knowledge and a framework to understand the nature of reality.

It is not individual achievements but rather the feeling of having contributed to a general human goal and becoming a better person that grants life meaning.

In contrast, Aristotle believed that the purpose of ethics lies beyond the knowledge of what is good or evil, but rather focuses on the application and practice of the theory.

The myth about Sisyphus is known as the symbol of the meaninglessness of human toil. He rolls the stone to the top of the hill and the stone then immediately backs down and Sisyphus has [...]

Classical liberalism focused on the issues of political and economic freedoms, the natural rights of the individual, and the social contract. The novelty of the ideas of classical liberalism is based on the European and [...]

The challenge is that they are unable to account for the use of moral reason as a driver behind an emotive statement.

The concept of an ideal life forms the core of utopia according to Saint Thomas More who developed it in the beginning of the 16th century.

The paper will argue that the Augustinian view of sin excuses man from accountability and that the best way for solving such a problem is through adoption of Kant's categorical imperative.

This is the study of value that surpasses the ability of a man to reason over the universe and its state on the whole.

Aristotle considers human beings to possess the understanding of these differences and apply them in their writings as well as conversations.

The truth of love is to follow the way of love like philosophical way and see the soul behind the body, everlasting beauty of virtue, and idea behind the beauty of transient love.

Thus, Confucius formulated the measure of human virtue and stressed the importance of learning and love in the human life: "The nature and duties of the human being must be studied diligently and cultivated, he [...]

In this chapter, he explains that "It may be answered that one should wish to be both, but, because it is difficult to unite them in one person, is much safer to be feared than [...]

The author makes an assumption that the net result of economic habits is to fund the armed forces of the country because people lend savings to the government.

In the chapter entitled "The concept of essence", Marcuse defines the philosophical construct of the essence as the abstraction and isolation of the one true form of existence from a multitude of changing appearances, and [...]

If to assume that moral relativism is true, then it is impossible to discuss good and bad outside the specific situation. Thus, their actions were morally wrong according to the assumptions of moral relativism.

The purpose of this essay is to consider the Euthyphro dilemma and what problem it poses for the Divine Command Theory.

If the mind does not need the physical body to exist, it means that the state of unconsciousness due to injuries and other objective reasons is impossible.

However, when it comes to Heraclitus, he believes that fire is the principle of all that exists. In addition to that, Heraclitus further develops his idea by mentioning that the existence of fire is commensurate [...]

The first reason why people can choose to be happy is that even in sad circumstances, they can remember positive experiences and improve their mood. Despite the circumstances, it is possible to remain happy when [...]

In the end, both Hobbes and Locke come to agree on a rather plan ground that, in the state of nature, human behaviors are supposed to be guided by the laws of nature.

To understand the connection established by Aristotle between a good life and a rational one, it is first necessary to discuss the concept of good used in the Nicomachean Ethics.

It may be supposed that justice and honesty as the one unqualifiedly moral virtue, could fulfill the role of the fundamental virtue as it can also be noticed in the case of righteousness, the general [...]

Others argue that for some reason, the gender of the child that was delivered is not the one the parents wanted so they get rid of the baby.

Self-deception is the nature of moral judgments because relying on a set of rules that is universal for everyone, regardless of how limiting, presupposes the control over the people's actions and the security of the [...]

Responsibility and accountability are the facets of morals, the consequences of your actions should be borne by you alone and no one must suffer or gain favors in the name of a lie.