John Dewey was an American psychologist, philosopher, educator, social critic and political activist. He was born in Burlington, Vermont, on October 20, 1859. Dewey graduated...
HAS THE AMERICAN REALIST MOVEMENT LEFT ANY SUBSTANTIAL MARK ON JURISPRUDENTIAL THOUGHT?
We must approach this question in consideration of the fact that the American Realis...
After the terrorist attacks of September 11th, 2001 our country underwent a change that has drastically affected the fundamental values that our founding fathers instilled in...
: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business (1985), is a controversial book by Neil Postman in which he argues that mediums of communication inher...
Robert DeGregoris
Sister Mary
René Descartes on Substance
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Mind-Body Dualism
In Meditations on First Philosophy, Rene Descartes sets out to form a new philosoph...
Alan Gewirth justifies the existence of human rights in his “Duties to Fulfill the Human Rights of the Poor” by claiming that human action is the grounding to possessing r...
“There is but one truly serious philosophical problem, and that is suicide.”
–a quotation from Life Is Absurd by Albert Camus.
Suicide is a social phenome...
There is no concept so central to philosophy than Reason. It is reason that is the very focal point of all discovery and knowledge, for a philosopher to achieve any kind of e...
What is a moral? This is a question that has plagued philosophers for many years. Is it possible
to have a set of universal morals? There are many questions that surround...
Perception as a pramana or method of knowledge has not been discussed at length in Western logic. In so far as it has been discussed, it has created a divide amongst the reali...
Descartes overall objective in the Meditations is to question knowledge. To explore such metaphysical issues as the existence of God and the separation of mind and body, it wa...
Protagoras, an Ancient Greek sophist, was a self-proclaimed teacher of virtue. In ancient Greek times the term ‘sophist’ described men who claimed the ability to teach the...
The world is a complicated place and today's standards of society make it even more difficult to live and act in one's own way. I sometimes wonder what lif...
"Nature has placed mankind under the governance of two sovereign masters, pain and pleasure. It is for them alone to point out what we ought to do, as well as to determine wha...
Preface
The foundation of the metaphysics of morals is a critical examination of a pure practical reason.
The present foundations is the search for and establishment of...
Outline Hobbes' theory on the social contract giving details on what he believed was needed to maintain it.
I will attempt to answer this question by initially explaining...
The exploration into Immanuel Kant's thought is one of, insight, perception, and open-mindedness. His work in the field of philosophy and intellectual development spanned over...
Il testo presenta una struttura del 3+1: tre strofe, all'interno delle quali sono presenti rispettivamente tre domande (di tipo riflessivo) cui l'autore propone "un'unica solu...
Julian Betancourt March 3, 2009 Prof. Hodge Draft Paper #1 Snappy and Informative Title
AHF Linkage: The overall theme of this semester’s linked RHT B and AHF courses...
Kant Sewction 1
By: Dan Dimiuos
Kant starts off making two distinctions regarding kinds of knowledge, empirical/rational and formal/material. Empirical or experience-bas...
Using the model of Cesare Borgia in The Prince, Machiavelli proposes a new theory of virtue that is consistent with no moral standard other than what is called for by necessit...
The question is raised within the dialogue between Socrates and Crito
concerning civil disobedience. Crito has the desire, the means, and many
compelling...
The next step in the pursuit of knowledge, then, is to prove that god does indeed exist. Descartes's starting point for such a proof is the principle that the cause of any ide...
A Separate Peace is an impeccable paradigm of critical mythology interpreted by philosophers such as Marx, Engels and Hegel. The philosophy of Marxism serves as a basis for s...
