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Socrates, Rationalism, Behaviorism and Psychology

always do the good" and, therefore, is someone goes astray, it is because they lack the knowledge of how to "act rightly" (Shiraev...

Proponents of Rationalism and the Essence of the Doctrine

epistemology (the study of knowledge) and metaphysics (the study of the fundamental reality from which all others derive). This pa...

Plato's Allegory of the Cave: A Metaphysical View

would be literally nothing but the shadows of the images" (Plato, 1969. p. 409). He then likens the philosopher to a prisoner who ...

Euthanasia, Discussions and the Theory of Knowledge

on experience, the latter, that it is based largely on reason (Holt, 2006). The latest thinking however is that "a synthesis of th...

Peirce and Hume on Skepticism

director of our own narrative, but we can never say for certain how the story will end. Although we make plans, and try to foresee...

Reality Perspectives of George Berkeley and David Hume

made consistent"; meaning that its hard to believe we can draw the wrong conclusions if we have true premises to begin with (Berke...

On Science: Constructivist Views vs. Rationalist Views

programs and results can be explained ... as the result of social interests" (Campa). There is another group of constructivists le...

Cartesian Rationalism from a Critical Viewpoint

experience, will readily be admitted with regard to such objects, as we remember to have once been altogether unknown to us..." (A...

Joint Ventures, Knowledge Acquisition and Strategy Theory

as Asker, argued that the two may be compatible (Thompson, 2007). To understand what is meant by each of these strategies ...

The Influence of Economic Rationalism on the Welfare State

able to work but not doing so (Slack, 1990). There have been different approaches taken towards the development and maintenance ...

The Theory of Knowledge from the Socratic and Taoist Perspectives

would lead to an early death, he said, "... a man who is good for anything ought not to calculate the chance of living or dying; h...

Social Science Predictability According to Alexander Rosenberg

it is (L) that connects human behavior with the environment via "desires and beliefs" that the environment fosters in us (Rosenbe...

Beyond Good and Evil by Friedrich Nietzsche and Symposium by Plato

something in Platos morality which does not really belong to Plato but is only to be met with in his philosophy, one might say in ...

Knowledge Theory of Plato

was that they were certain and immutable. Also, knowledge must have as its objective that which is genuinely real as compared to t...

Theories Regarding Power and Knowledge

In nine pages this paper examines several theoretical perspectives regarding power and knowledge including 'Discipline and Punish'...

Knowledge of the World Theory of David Hume

In five pages this paper examines David Hume's philosophy regarding knowledge and how it is based upon immediate perceptual experi...

Justice, Politics, and Knowledge According to Hobbes and Plato

Essentially, the allegory likens those who remain unaware of forms to prisoners chained in a cave, and they cannot turn their head...

Hayekian and Keynesian Economic Theoretical Comparison

In thirty pages savings and investment are examined in a comparative consideration of these 2 economic philosophies and includes t...

David Hume and Immanuel Kant

In five pages this paper considers these two philosophers' views regarding empiricism and the origin of reason in a comparative ex...

Generation Gap Between Jane Austen and Bronte

In six pages Bronte's Romanticism and Austen's Rationalism and Neoclassicism are compared and contrasted in terms of how these lit...

Individuality in Notes from the Underground by Fyodor Doestoevsky

In six pages this novel is analyzed in terms of the conflict between conformity and universality and examines how individuality an...

Jean Jacques Rousseau, Moliere, Romanticism and Rationalism

In eight pages this paper discusses the rationalism of Moliere reflected in Tartuffe and the emotional appeal of Rousseau's romant...

Constructing Knowledge and Feminist Theory

the female spirit. Code implies that the concept of feminism embodies a number of critical theories by which to better address th...

Perspectives on Rationalism and Society

to devise her answer. What is arguable is not whether reason exists, but whether it is good. Is reasoning better than acting upon...

Knowledge and Sexuality According to German and French Critical Theory

In twelve pages Michel Foucault's philosophies are featured in a discussion of critical theory pertaining to the French and German...

Theories on the Advancement of Knowledge

In this five page paper the author questions whether the many advancements that have been made in knowledge are the result of evol...

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and Evelyn Fox Keller's Reflections on Gender and Science

In five pages this paper compares these two works in consideration of gender empiricism and how science directs its own study fiel...

System of Profound Knowledge Theory by Edward Deming

of components which are the appreciation of a system, the theory of variation, the theory of knowledge, and finally, psychology. ...

Miracles and David Hume

In six pages Scottish philosopher David Hume's skepticism concerning the existence of miracles is discussed which although interes...

Concepts of Empiricism and Common Sense

This paper examines the concepts of empiricism and common sense from the perspectives of George Berkeley and David Hume in five pa...