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Philosophical Proofs for the Existence of God

cosmological argument. As mentioned above, an ontological approach uses a deductive argument which "claims that its premises can b...

Philosophical Critique of Iris Marion Young’s Concept of the Distinction Between Self-Development and Self-Determination

later. In each, she focuses on what she regards as the two most significant values that must be preserved if social justice is to...

St. Anselm's Ontological Argument from Philosophical Perspectives

points which are "1) God is defined as the being in which none greater is possible; 2) It is true that the notion of God exists i...

Philosophical Perspectives

philosophical movement that appeared in Great Britain and suggested that all knowledge is experiential ("British," 2004). In other...

Exploring Three Different Philosophical Dilemmas

in such a case: 1. They can tell the child what happened. 2. They can pretend that they dont know what happened. 3. They...

Health Care Delivery and Various Moral, Philosophical, and Ethical Issues

ethical, philosophical, and moral issues that characterize the one delivery mechanism also characterize the other. A particular c...

Religion and Philosophical Concepts

Indeed, it seems that within the context of philosophy, there is a wrestling with religious thought, because it is from the rejec...

Comparative Philosophical Analysis of Niccolo Machiavelli, Plato, and Aristotle

have been utilized in both historical and contemporary politics: (a) The use of diplomacy and the formation of coalitions; (b) Vio...

Philosophical and Scientific Role of Rene Descartes

critics, his reputation and fame has never been truly compromised. He has added a great deal in terms of thought in a variety of d...

The Teaching Profession from a Philosophical Position

teachers beliefs, principles, convictions and interpretation of reality are all pertinent. They influence the students and so it i...

George Berkeley's Philosophical Dialogues

In seven pages this paper examines the 3 Hylas and Philonous dialogues and what they reveal about immaterialism and the philosophi...

Finches Study by Peter and Rosemary Grant from a Philosophical Perspective

In eight pages this paper discusses how Darwin's concepts of evolution are affected by the Galapagos Islands' finch research condu...

Changing Times and Unchanging Philosophical Themes

youth by by those who wanted to restore democracy to Athens (PG). While Socrates had much faith in people and believed that morali...

Literature and Philosophical Themes

education is still substantially elevated in contemporary culture. Aristotle, on the other hand, sees virtue as choice and so mora...

Philosophical Comparison of Benjamin Franklin and Henry David Thoreau

challenged mankinds very conscience. He retreated to Walden Pond in order to refresh his own character and to effectively remove ...

Nursing's Philosophical Issues

course of action is often jumbled. Is the patient cognizant enough to make the correct choices? Many issues come into play when a...

Overview of Synthetic A Priori Philosophical Judgments

of knowledge through experience, and so is the basis for synthetic statements that are linked to a postiori knowledge. Kant used ...

Special Education Teacher Philosophical Statement Sample

normal children do. However, these tasks that ordinary children dont think twice about, offer sincere and daunting challenges to t...

Philosophical Dilemmas of Mind and Body

horrible situations such as one that would deem them a "vegetable" do have some thinking capacity perhaps. Yet, is a disembodied m...

Philosophical Works of J.S. Mill

contradictory, which is why he is so controversial. One can take the meaning of Mills writings to suggest that individuality rules...

Death Penalty Social and Philosophical Justifications

who could argue with that idea? Of course, capital punishment is an ongoing debate and one that has been around for centuries. Als...

Subjectivist vs. Rationalist Philosophical Theories

here on Earth. This of course, did not go over well with the Church who was used to organizing everyones life on Earth. Reason, th...

Justified True Belief as Knowledge A Philosophical Inquiry

develops his inquiry into the contention to see if it holds up to scrutiny: SOCRATES: And when a jury is rightly convinced of fact...

Philosophical Concept Known as 'the Great Chain of Being'

of the world (1993). Yet, one can see this in action in smaller ways. Another way to look at the world is through the model called...

Noble Enchaining the Soul as a Philosophical Proposition

human being from conception to death is encapsulated in a pod. In Platos Cave the only thing that they can see is...

Taoism, Buddhism, and Zen's Basic Philosophical Differences

Taoism, or flowing with the Tao (Dao) is best translated into English as "The Way", "The Flow of Things", the "Course of Nature", ...

John Dewey and Richard Rorty Philosophical Parallels

our understanding of language, democracy, the individual (self), within both the public and private spheres. Rorty notes, for exa...

Philosophical Views on Individual Good v. Community Good

the needs of the people as paramount. To derive this point, and other theories related to government, Hobbes paid a great deal of ...

Mortimer J. Adler's 10 Philosophical Mistakes

failure to recognize that ideas are meanings 4. the mistake of not acknowledging the contributions of philosophy are as important ...

Consideration of Philosophical Moral Traditions

are the core of moral tradition as defined within the context of societal constraints. Most people associate moral tradition with...