Philosophy
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The Two-Sided Ywain
The Two-sided Ywain During the passage of Ywain The Knight of the Lion, it became clear that Ywain could be closely compared to an everyday Christian going through the highs and lows of the Life of a “Believer”. It is very rare to have an admirable Christian hero of any sort. But during this time Knights were considered to be of honorable status. Hence, one must attempt to consider Ywain as an example of a
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The U.S. Penal System
Prison inmates, are some of the most "maladjusted" people in society. Most of the inmates have had too little discipline or too much, come from broken homes, and have no self-esteem. They are very insecure and are "at war with themselves as well as with society" (Szumski 20). Most inmates did not learn moral values or learn to follow everyday norms. Also, when most lawbreakers are labeled criminals they enter the phase of secondary deviance.
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The Ugly God
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The Ultimate Sovereign, God
THE ULTIMATE SOVEREIGN, GOD According to Webster's dictionary a sovereign is, "One who exercises supreme, permanent authority."(www.dictionary.com/search?q=sovereign) This definition would seem to be accurate when compared to sixteenth century theorist Thomas Hobbes' definition of what a true sovereign is. Hobbes believed that the sovereign be it one man or a counsel of men, rules supreme over the populous in the land. When paralleled to Christianity, there are a few evils that plague Hobbes' theory of
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The Unexamined Life Is Not Worth Living
Socrates was considered by many to be the wisest man in ancient Greece. While he was eventually condemned for his wisdom, his spoken words are still listened to and followed today. When, during his trial, Socrates stated that, "the unexamined life is not worth living" (Plato 45), people began to question his theory. They began to wonder what Socrates meant with his statement, why he would feel that a life would not be worth living.
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The Unexamined Life Is Not Worth Living
Not everyone is as knowledgeable as the great philosopher Socrates, but many of us possess the same way of thinking as this remarkable man. The claim, "the unexamined life is not worth living," brings about many questions and possibilities about what life is and how it is valued. Not only is philosophy itself extremely subjective in nature, so are we the students of this subject. We all bring about our own beliefs and opinions to
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The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics in the Natural Sciences
THERE IS A story about two friends, who were classmates in high school, talking about their jobs. One of them became a statistician and was working on population trends. He showed a reprint to his former classmate. The reprint started, as usual, with the Gaussian distribution and the statistician explained to his former classmate the meaning of the symbols for the actual population, for the average population, and so on. His classmate was a bit
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The Utilitarian Approach
University of Nebraska at Lincoln Professor Sobel Philosophy 106 The Utilitarian Approach What is morally right, and what is morally wrong? Different ethical theorists have a wide variety of definitions to this question. Although it wasn't until the ethical revolution during the 18th and 19th centuries that utilitarianism took center stage defying all other theories. David Hume, Jeremy Bentham, and John Stuart set this revolution into progress stating that utilitarianism explains that morality is only
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The Value of a Jury System
The Value of a Jury System The Founders of our nation understood that no idea was more central to our Bill of Rights -- indeed, to government of the people, by the people, and for the people -- than the citizen jury. It was cherished not only as a bulwark against tyranny but also as an essential means of educating Americans in the habits and duties of citizenship. By enacting the Fifth, Sixth, and Seventh
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The Value of Philosophy
The Value of Philosophy Bertrand Russell In Bertrand Russell’s The Value of Philosophy Russell explains the importance of studying philosophy and why it must be done. Russell stresses the fact that philosophical questions are necessary for mankind to be liberated. Russell explains the value of philosophy to our lives. Russell also explains that philosophy like other areas of study is about knowledge; and the problem with that. Russell concludes his essay with explaining to us
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The Value of Philosophy
The Value of Philosophy Reading "What Makes the Examined Life Worth Living" by Pruim I found the section regarding internal and external question very interesting. To explain the difference between these, Pruim analyzes three different areas; physics, mathematics and morality. Let us begin with an example in mathematics. The question whether 2+2 equals 4 or 5 is an internal question in the field of mathematics, while asking ourselves if any of these numbers really exist
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The Village in Regards to Marcuse
The Village in Regards to Marcuse Marcuse believes that reality is only pacifying us from revealing the Truth. The Village is a perfect example of portraying Marcuse’s theory in some ways and apprehending another theory of its own. The Village is a perfect and yet exaggerated example of our social reality. We, as a society, have been pacified most of all of our existence, and if the Truth was ever recovered and presented to our
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The Vision of the Anointed
The Vision of The Anointed When we think what the definition of Vision is we might think that vision is the ability to see the features of objects we look at, such as color, shape, size, details, depth, and contrast, and that vision is achieved when the eyes and brain work together to form pictures of the world around us. But when reading Thomas Sowell's book, The Vision of The Anointed, one might have a
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The War on Terror
One Low Carb Diet to the Next Aisha El-Amin Monday/ Wednesday 5:00-6:15 In today's society, people's appearance means a lot to them. One of the major things that people focus on is their weight. There are dozens of new diets that people try every year. One of the more popular diets in the last few years is the Atkins diet. Even though it does help you lose weight quickly and easily, it doesn't provide a
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The Warrior Ideal Theme in Homer’s the Iliad
When you think of the definition of an ancient hero, you might conjure up a vision of courageous men, ruthless leaders, and superhuman strength, but what actually is the true character of an ancient Hero? Homer’s epic poems provide insight into the Mycenaean (ancient Greek) culture that is hard to imagine without his accounts. Homer touches on themes like life, death, love and many others. In The Essential Homer a translation of Homer’s Iliad and
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The Way of Confucius
Confucius is one of the most famous of the ancient Chinese philosophers. Confucius lived from 551 to 479 BC. He believed that Chinese culture had peaked during the height of the Zhou dynasty. During their reign, the Zhou rulers adhered to a set of practices referred to as the "li", also called rites or rituals. These rites governed all aspects of Chinese culture. The rites told everything, from the way huge political ceremonies should be
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The Wealth of Knowledge - Educating Rita
Educating Rita is a film about a young woman who wants to obtain a formal education. Rita wants to live a different life. She is a twenty six year old hairdresser that has done nothing else with her life for herself. She decides that getting an education is the only way to live a different life. She does not necessarily want more money or a different job, but just knowledge in something like the arts
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The Working Brain
Abstract Researching "Thinking, Language, and Intelligence" I found that any one of the three could be a life long study if one was to truly understand the topic. Not having a lifetime to prepare my research paper, I turned to the Internet and was amazed to find no publications covering all three topics. Even more so, that no publications covered each topic completely as a whole but instead covered individual aspects of the topic. Concluding
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The World of Majesty and the World of Faith
The world of majesty and the world of faith: A comparative discourse between Soloveitchik, Kierkegaard and Mendelssohn Intro First I must make the reader aware of that the comparison is more of a dual one then a trilateral in the sense that I will compare the respective thinkers to Joseph Soloveitchik and not vis-a-vis each other. It must also be noticed that the categories with which I operate, based upon the various philosophers, are not
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The Worth of an Action
My purpose in writing this paper is to illustrate the most important factors in determining the moral worth of an action. There are several arguments and views, however I will utilize only three. First, there's Mill's utilitarian view, which argues that it's the consequences of an act that decide the action's moral worth. Next, there is Kant's view, which states that it is the will of the person performing the act that determines the action's
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Theism or Lack There Of?
awhile back i was faced with a question that i've never really been confronted with. if the subject came up, usually i'd just dance around the subject or would say what was expected to hear.until now... so what are my beliefs or faith...or whatever else u wanna call it? i never really thought about it indepth until i was asked this question by a sibling few months back. i couldn't answer definitively, i figured i'd
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Theistic Evolution
I do not wish to change anyone's beliefs about Creation or Evolution, but wrote this in defense for people who tell me I am wrong unless I believe exactly what they do. This paper is short, incomplete, and is not in-depth. I am willing to provide more information, and hear arguments from your side of the story if you find this paper unacceptable. It is my opinion that the theories of Biblical Creationism and Evolution
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Theories of Philosophy
When we view the philosophy of mind we encounter many problems, the main being that although there are many theories on this topic it is impossible to prove any of them and thus this problem is still unresolved. How is it that we can understand more about the universe and science than ever before but do not understand what it is that enables us to understand, that is the mind? To answer this rather complicated
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Theorists
St. Augustine defines evil as the corruption of one self. He states" All beings are made good, but not being made perfectly good, are liable to corruption." He uses this definition in order to explain why even though there is a God and he is supremely and unchangeably good there is still evil in this world. St. Augustine uses this argument to help explain good and evil in this world and states that "everything that
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Theory of Care Vs. Theory of Justice
Theory of Care Vs. Theory of Justice Ethical philosophy has been defined on two separate halves over the years. One approach is that of a Theory of Justice, and one of a Theory of Care. These to theories share distinct differences in their explanations of moral reasoning. The Theory of Justice's masterminds, John Rawls and Bjorn Kant's set-in-stone beliefs of ethical Justice is the highest contradictory point of the two views. Annette Baier and Virginia
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Theory of Creativity
"Alice is brilliant, but she doesn't have a drop of creative talent." "Barbara is wonderfully creative, but she does poorly on standardized tests." "Carlos always has interesting approaches to problems, but he just doesn't fit into the traditional school environment." How many times have we, as teachers, administrators, researchers, or parents, heard remarks like these? And how many times have we concluded that abilities are etched in stone, inexplicable, and unchangeable? You can learn and
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Theory of Ecological Literacy
In the article “Ecological Literacy: Education and the Transition to a Postmodern World,” David Orr (1992) presents his argument about the lack of emphasis on ecological literacy by our education system and how this discrepancy can be bad for society as a whole. Orr (1992) precedes his argument with an explanation of ecological literacy, and its importance in the lives of all people. He claims that just as regular literacy and mathematical skills are vital
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Theory of Evolution
One of the most controversial issues in regards to civilization is evolution. Some philosophers, along with certified experts studying people, believed that evolution from monkeys is how we got to be as we are today. Others believe that there is no such thing as evolution and that the land of creation is God's work. Evidently, the existence of Earth has not been present eternally. Up to this point, both sides can willingly agree on this
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Theory of Forms
Introduction Plato expounded his Theory of Forms over a writing career of some forty years. The theory was being refined over this period and is never fully explained in any one dialogue. Thus, any explanation of the theory, involves piecing together fragments as they appear throughout Plato's writings, and recasting the earlier statements in the light of the metaphysical framework developed in the later works. General Statement of the Theory of Forms The theory basically
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Theory of Recollection
According to Socrates, the theory of recollection is that all knowledge is known from previous experience. His belief is that we already know everything and have known it since we were born, we simply recall these facts from memory when we re-learn them. It begins when Socrates seeks the true definition of virtue, and Meno wonders whether or not it is a trait that can be taught. Meno and Socrates have trouble getting to the
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