For the lastcouple of decades, there was a topic that was always touched upon and arguedabout. It was about if God existed or not. There always has been ongoingargument if god existed which formed many people into an atheists and theistswho are people who believe in a god or multiple gods. The main reason I …
Category: Philosophers
Zeno of Elea was recognised forhis string of paradoxes which altogether had a significant influence onphilosophy and namely, the idea of motion. Zeno was a Greek philosopher who wasan Eleatic, which is a term used when describing an individual or group fromthe ancient city if Elea, where there was a school of philosophers. On top …
Topic # 1 Descarteswas the founder of the modern day scientific method and his creating of thescientific method was used as a way for him to find truth to prove God. Thistopic throws a lot of people off but it’s really an interesting thought becauseyou look at science and religion to what they have become …
Mo Zi is one of the greatestphilosophers in China. Though people do not usually hear of his name, he wassaid to be comparable to the great Kong Zi or famously known as Confucius.There is only very little information about Mo Zi. In the book of Co (1992), heclaimed that …
Everything in the universe can be calculated in some way.Even life is quantified. The Human Genome Project, during which the sequence ofchemical base pairs that make up human DNA was calculated, was resolved bycomputers. All secrets of the universe are solved with the help of mathematics.Our Universe is better explained by the language of mathematics …
For the last couple of decades,there was a topic that was always touched upon and argued about. It was aboutif God existed or not. There always has been an ongoing argument if god existedwhich formed many people into atheists and theists who are people who believein a god or multiple gods. The main reason I …
ReneDescartes is known as one of the greatest philosophers. His theories about the existenceof God and how they relate to human beings were too much for the minds of histimes. Rene often debated the relation between the mind and the body, beingskeptical of himself. He was one of theof the primary representatives in the scientific …
“All philosophies, if you ride them home, are nonsense; but some are greater nonsense than others. ” (Moore/Bruder, 17) The words of Samuel Butler play a large part in my own personal philosophy. Many of the questions asked by philosophy are unanswerable: “Why are we here? ” “Is there a God? ” Philosophic questions like …
Plato was an immensely influential classical Greek philosopher who live between 427-347BC, he was the student of Socrates and the teacher of Aristotle who went on to write a critique about Plato’s Allegory of the Cave and his theory of the forms. Plato often takes on the persona of Socrates because when Socrates died he …
Immigrationis considered a fundamental human right as indicated in Article 13 of theUniversal declaration of Human rights1the notion of human rights is a byproduct of natural law theories, which have amoral principle code prescribing treatment of all human beings to equaldignity. The pioneers of natural law in regard to human rights were developedby classical philosophers …
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Free will is a complex concept. Do human beings have free will or is everything determined? Two prominent Jewish philosophers: Gersonides, a french philosopher born in 1288, and Hasdai Crescas a Spanish philosopher born in 1340 both fabricated new ideas to the issue regarding free will. Gersonides takes a better publicly perceived standpoint and claims …
ETHICS AND THEIREFFECTIVE IMPORTANCE Ethics are bestdescribed as systematic moral principles that generally define what is good forindividuals and for the society. It is well known as moral principles. Theywill affect how people make their decisions and how it leads to their lives. Itis also concerned about how well for individuals and society. Before headingtowards the …
Thomas Hobbes was one of the core social contract philosophers andis probably best known for his work Leviathan.The doctrine of Leviathan has come to be regarded as ‘an isolated phenomenon inEnglish thought, without ancestry or posterity ‘ (Trevor-Roper, 2001, p.233).For Hobbes, the Leviathan was the ultimate ruler whom had absolute power. Hobbes recognized that people …
Jasper RushPhil 101Britni Weaver18 January 2018Do we perceive reality as it actually is, or are we receiving only partial view of reality??In order to determine what portion of ‘reality’ we as humans envision, we must first discuss what reality supposedly is. Reality can be described as the way we perceive our world, the way we react the objects and …
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