Philosophy Essay Examples and Topics. Page 5

In Foucault's views however the full lighting used in panoptic institutions was a "visibility trap" that is replicated in the larger society in order to enforce discipline.

Although Leibniz tries to explain the essence of the ultimate reason for existence by the invocation of the presence of a metaphysical reason, he also continues to illustrate the mechanism that relates the metaphysical reason [...]

His speech has a somber tone and tells the fabled story of the beginning of love. Aristophanes creates the notion that the earliest humans were androgynous a combination of both male and female using his [...]

People gain vital abilities that prepare them for a variety of jobs through the study of philosophy. Only philosophy makes a distinctive contribution to the growth of expressive and communication abilities.

I need to attend to my students; I can implement through action, and the mere thought of it calls for effort.

Aristotle recognizes the value of the family as the foundation of society, but he does not sufficiently address the person's role and the inherent goodness of marriage and family.

This paper evaluates Plato's Republic to show how the differentiation between justice and injustice, the worth of a successful beginning, and the exchange of knowledge through education contribute to creating the perfect Kallipolis.

The pieces conclude the impact of the discussed issues on the real world and, therefore, I agree with Strauss' point about the necessity of researching Plato's works to understand a general meaning of philosophy.

He intensively examines the concept of a teleological suspension of the ethical, arguing that one is justified to commit an unethical or sinful act, but only under the instructions of God, as demonstrated in the [...]

As a result, I believe that the mentioned philosopher is trying to convey various ideas and notions that highlight the complexity of human existence.

Immanuel Kant's essay "Answering the Question: What Is Enlightenment?" contains the thoughts of a philosopher about the distinguishing features of a person of the Enlightenment era.

Poetry and religion, other subjects under humanities, have also influenced the expression of culture's values. Culture's values are a result of the combined efforts of people who viewed life from different points of view.

Firstly, nature is the source of human spirituality and love, and Emerson confirms this by stating that "a nobler want of man is served by nature, namely, the love of Beauty".

This essay seeks to explain skepticism, exemplify its propositions regarding the unreliability of normal sources of knowledge, and address the theory's implications and possible responses to its proponents.

The cognitive method of conceptual thinking is attributed to the parable of lines, and the perception of the sky corresponds in this scheme to the mind's cognition.

The central theme that unites St. Augustine's principles of pedagogy is that of the dynamic nature of the teacher-student relationship.

He further asserts that so long as the same sound being is the same self, the self has the same personal identity.

Firstly, speaking about the principal contrasts between Stoicism and Confucianism, it should be mentioned that Confucius developed the teaching aimed at the improvement of the state structure, whereas the Stoics pay the main attention to [...]

A few early Greek philosophers of the 6th century BCE began forming theories about the natural formations of the cosmos that went beyond the commonly held beliefs of the divine beings in the sky2.

Pascal's "Wager" is probably one of the strongest arguments in philosophy when people should be ready to put their lives on the line to demonstrate if God exists or not.

The idea has been traced back to ancient philosophy and history which spurred the differentiation between the values that are subjective by nature and the attribution of value to the desire of an individual.

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.

The author maintains that the continents of America and Europe are the epicenters of Critical Regionalism fissures. However, the author argues that even though this regionalism approach is liberating because of its freedom of expression, [...]

That is to say, there is a realization of the absurdity of human existence and that, therefore, life is not worth living.

The paradox of the question about free will for humans is also related to the role of God and the impossibility of great philosophers to provide a clear answer.

Although the Augustinian-Dispensational framework has several distinctive issues, particularly, the one with the identification of the nature of sin, it still needs to be examined as a valid interpretation of the concept of holiness and [...]

Various social scientists and religious scholars have given different interpretations for the emergence of the universe and the forms of life in it.

Truly, I have realized that sincerity is found in Jesus discipleship and the study of persona, but the varying aspects guiding the honesty are the belief in Christ and analytical thinking.

Since deontological theory assesses the importance of an individual's goodwill in the performance of activities that are right, it was correct for the coach to hire Gareth Bale because owners, management, and fans of the [...]

Therefore, the meaning of "utopia" did not change to a tangible extent, as the modern meaning aligns with the one that More assigned to it.

Socrates explained the difference between true opinion and knowledge by saying that true opinion is something that we had tethered to us by force.

He was one of the leaders and ideologists of the Indian movement for independence. His motherland was dependent on Great Britain, and for Gandhi, the struggle for the truth was inseparable from the struggle for [...]

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

This is a philosophy of education that views the world as it is. In addition, it is founded on the principle that reality is what we see and judge as to the truth.

On the other hand it is essential to know of the highest goals of humanity in terms of what leads to ultimate fulfillment in life and the quest of human beings is to engage in [...]

A man is the one of the most intelligent creatures on the Earth and this is why he is usually interested in a number of questions, a lot of them are philosophical, such as the [...]

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 [...]

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.

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 [...]

An epistemological turn is a philosophical term which in the history of philosophy, refers to the shift in philosophical attention from the classical and medieval focus on themes of metaphysics to a primary focus on [...]

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.

In this theory, Aristotle refers to a good life as being a happy life. Aristotle says that good life, since it is a final end, is explained in terms of human functions.

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".

During this week, Chapter 6, "Faith and Reason", has to be analyzed to contribute to the discussion of theism and atheism and clarify the connection between faith and reasons.

In many cultures, there is a tendency towards isolation and spiritual loneliness to distract oneself from the bustle of the outside world.

The participants in the third study were asked to repeat the recalling process of the first study after which they had to choose between a pencil and an antiseptic wipe as gifts.

The ideas which do not resemble the objects that caused them are the ones of secondary qualities: sound, color, odor, and taste.

The importance of the given phenomenon can be evidenced by the fact that there have always been multiple attempts to determine beauty and introduce a sample that could be followed.

The third argument that can be employed to discuss whether Socrates was a Christian thinker is the philosopher's loyalty to his people.

Darwin gave the world his famous book On the Origin of Species, in which he tried to trace the genealogy of some species and which made a revolution in the world of science.

Determinism takes the position that everything which happens is supposed to happen only in that way and not in any other because everything is planned before and ours is just to follow the programming of [...]

The teachings of the old and the wise seemed buried in the annals of yesteryears. This is courage in the truest sense of the word because it leads to many other virtues.

After scrutinizing the past of the public sphere, Herbamas establishes that there was no between the public and the private spheres, because of the class groupings by the feudal government. He views the liberal model [...]

I admitted it was impossible to complete the coursework before the deadline, but I persisted and worked through the night to complete the assignment.

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

Therefore, the original ideas and thoughts of Taoism are believed to have influenced the development of Zen Buddhism in China. This discussion shows clearly that emptiness in Buddhism points to dependent origination as the true [...]

Hume proposes two main concepts in this book: the concept of impressions and the concept of ideas. Surprisingly, this concept of cause and effect closely resembles the modern scientific ideas of cause and effect.

Rene Descartes is one of the main ideologists of the free will and the error inclination of the human intellectual knowledge, and his main idea penetrating all the aspects of his philosophic views is that [...]

First of all, the paper will divide the concepts of freedom and civil society in some of the notions that contribute to their definitions.

It is in the ally of the state for through its leaders to maintain a status and to achieve power and secure its goods.

The strong conviction in own rightness thus deprives of the opportunity to comprehend the vastness and beauty of life and to wonder.

Additionally, it is possible to say that it is not just a religion, however, it is the way of life and philosophy.

A product of Frankfurt School, the critical theory was established in the 1920s, later reviewed in the 1950s, and returned to throughout the post-war history of political philosophy.

In the illustration, the man was of the view that the vessel was fine and went ahead to overlook the fact that the ship was really out of order and that it was safe for [...]

Nevertheless, the acquisition of knowledge is a complex process which philosophers have developed different explanations to explain the same. Infinite regress: This refers to the process of reasoning to amplify the rationed credibility of a [...]

First, according to him, a prince should be able to develop the state he is governing and come up with the laws that will govern the state; to attain this, the prince should be ready [...]

Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics is one of the ethical writings that have spurred understanding of ethics of work place relations. A critical discussion in the Nicomachean Ethics provided by Aristotle is the argument and conversation over [...]

The laws of nature provide the fundamental rights based on the concept of reason. The law of nature refers to the general analysis of flora and fauna through reason.

In this way, the author wants to show that the source of meaning lies within the individual perception of a person.

Regardless of the extent to which some people are opposed to the applications of moral principles, which should be consistent with the scriptures of God, they are used to produce the best results in communities.

Instead, the best understanding of inductive reasoning, along with the various kinds of logic commonly referred to as inductive, enables the reader to assess the characters of the three stooges critically and develop the essay [...]

Thus, Frankl claimed, "there are two races of men in this world, but only these two the "race" of the decent man and the "race" of the indecent man".

The dialogue between Socrates and Euthyphro is focused on the definition of piety or holiness and is set up in a humorous and sarcastic tone.

The state of being is crucially determined by the principle of fundamentalism, which in turn leads to the essence of an object."The attributes, singly or collectively that make an object of a substance what it [...]

In addition, the article reveals that the concepts of 'the right to be sure that' and 'has adequate evidence for' only work if the element of 'justified true belief' is not introduced in an analysis.

To speak of it in our present time, there are only a few people who are given the power of 'sound judgement about what is right and what is wrong' and should have the power [...]

A strong connection exists between the ideas of the two philosophers, Plato and Galileo, whereby, the actual nature of human mind and the nature of learning have been exposed. This is contrasted to the massive [...]

Berkeley supports the view of the matrix hypothesis that human beings are in a matrix and disputes the view that the matrix hypothesis is skeptical using the idealism of reality.

Locke believes that the world is physical and thus in his account of solving the mind body problem, he says that the mind and body are just one and the same thing and continues to [...]

The malfunctioning of both the background assumptions and the hypothesis may perhaps lead to the falsification, as well as examination of the experimental scientists.

He believed in the role and nature of the state as that of the well-being of all individuals in the society.

In addition, it is also an indication of the facts that human beings are always nosy and ready to participate in other people's issues.

Comprehensive theories of personality should aspire to include both a specification of human nature and an account of the major ways in which individuals differ.

Christianity and Hinduism are certainly at the top of the list of important attempts at explaining the origin of the universe and human nature, since approximately 47% of the world's population belongs to these two [...]

The farmer desired to do a variety of things that he had no legal right over this is because, the government in the region had restricted on the type of food the people in the [...]

Mills's viewpoint on human moral equality To prove that Mills's position is wrong, one is to read Locke's arguments on the state of equality.

It is very important to know and to apply a philosophical life in our lives in order to have a divine life and the better understanding of what life really is.

There are natural rights such as the right to live and freedom if one adheres to the law of the land.

Contrary to the expectations of the Chinese people, this situation disenfranchised Confucius up to the point of leaving his government post.

According to Holinger, a world class citizen relates well with other groups, and all human beings: Cosmopolitan is about justice, which should be evident in all aspects and it must be the one governing the [...]

He had the view that individuals naturally possess knowledge and that what they need is a direction for them to come to terms with what they already knew. He seems to be of the opinion [...]

The test for universal acceptance involve: determining the agent's maxim; imagining that everyone in the same position as the real-world agent observed that maxim; deciding if there is any contradictions generated from the maxim; if [...]

In this regard, people would not be the means for the mandate of heaven path and not the ends. In Confucianism, you would be wrong to rebel if you are not the Son of Heaven.

The principle of inferring the existence and nature of God from the cosmic design is uncertain because the design of the universe is beyond human experience, and is useless because no one can revert and [...]

From this point, beauty can be discussed as the attribute of things and as the independent form, and deja vu is the example of the reality as illusion because the life is only the reflection [...]

However, he takes the view that some humans are not guided only by laws to act and they are not able to exercise their own free will.

Dealing with people and trying to combat them, it is important to be aware of their abilities as the outcome of the battle also depends on whether one knows the strengths and weaknesses of an [...]

This paper highlights the different perspectives to the moral dilemma in the movie by David Hume and Kant. The murder leads to criticism of the government because even after intense investigation, the government is not [...]

The major difference between good morality and bad morality according to Nietzsche is that good morality is connected to nobility and bad morals are linked to the common man and simplicity.

The main aim of Moore's essay is to explain that if there are some reasons not to believe that external objects exist; the author is to convince people of physical things existence before they understand [...]

This paper therefore seeks to address the crisis of modern science, how and why the religion and metaphysics continue with their long and slow decline as well the role of Romanticism in the crisis of [...]

Therefore, in his experience, Descartes believed that confusion or absolute lack of knowledge is necessary to spearhead the search for truth about objects within the context of the world.

According to him, the motive behind an action is the one that makes the action to be deemed as right or wrong.

The reason of why Kant's ideas are preferable to me is that the categorical imperative allows to define what actions are obligatory and which ones should be forbidden and to choose the way that is [...]

In general, the Descartes' philosophy is linked to the church's connotation of the most significant part of an individual's body, which is acknowledged as existent, even after the end of physical life.

Cartesian developed the Cartesian Dualistic Theory of Pain to explain the relationship between physical and psychological types of pain. Therefore, Descartes developed the Cartesian Theory of pain to explore pain in the context of mind [...]

The significant distinction between these two philosophers is that, although Socrates seldom spoke about the soul of the human being, Plato emphasized the soul of the human being more than the body. The philosopher contends [...]

At the same time, it could be argued that Sartre is overstating the extent to which people can define themselves when saying that 'existence precedes essence.' While he is correct in asserting that individuals are [...]

The proverb "a stitch in time saves nine" is strongly tied to the notion of effective time management. The larger picture of this instance is that a little management may go a long way toward [...]

He claims that the government's power is based more on the influence that the majority possesses rather than on the desire to act legitimately and fairly, which makes it overall unreliable as a source of [...]

The essence of Aristotle's doctrine of the mean is that virtue lies in between two extremes, none of which is virtuous on its own.

The main problem that makes the difference between nominalism and realism is the question of the existence of properties beyond objects.

Nevertheless, the fact remains undeniable that Socrates significantly influenced both his modernity and the future development of society, demonstrating his unsurpassed oratory, proposing his method of refuting statements, and making his splendid contribution to the [...]

For Christians, the revelation/interpretation and hermeneutics methods of knowing seem to be fitting. The combination of revelation/interpretation and hermeneutics methods would be most beneficial for the Christians.

In this regard, it is important to separate human perceptions from reality, hence at all times endeavor to ascertain the reality of things and occurrences.

Studying it, obtaining new and new facts, enlarging his knowledge, man started to think not only about the principles of the functioning of the surrounding world, but about the ways his percepts the information and [...]

Unlike the older versions of power which, although they did include modern thinking, like feminism, always argued that power was only for a dominant group in society, Foucault believes that it is quite silly to [...]

Being a man who believed and supported all that the government of Athens stood for, he was not going to be the one to falter from his beliefs and faith in the state and its [...]

This is due to the fact that individuals can effectively plan what is of necessity to them and the society in general.

He is examining the notion of autonomy and what truly constitutes an autonomous act and arrives at the understanding that what is important in the question of free will is the rationale behind the choice [...]