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and non-rational elements. Of the non-rational, the autonomic responses (breathing, sleeping, digesting, and reproducing) is commo...

In the context of a greater philosophy perhaps, a philosopher says what he thinks. Yet, he is unwittingly part of a grand plan. Wh...

the effects of "Original Sin" (Hundersmarck 133). While Machiavelli agreed with this stance, he did not do so because of theology....

Crises arise that usher in change, systems achieve equilibrium for a time and then begin to change again, leading to another round...

see the usefulness of your food donation, insofar as eating food will improve his health." And there is still yet another agreeabl...

the mind" then "no physical thing exists outside the mind" (McGreal 252). Third, primary qualities such as solidity, extension, sh...

in earlier times it was regarded only as the poor relation of quantitative research that nearly always was less reliable and far l...

were distinguished in the nineteenth century with the "natural" sciences. To a great degree, James was attempting to create and/...

for existence in which the fittest members of a varying population survive, reproduce, and pass on their traits to the next genera...

In five pages Aristotle's concept of happiness with an emphasis upon a life of contemplation is discussed. Five sources are cited...

of that century, the French philosopher, Nicolas Malebranche (1638-1715) developed his metaphysical theories known as "occasionali...

Stuart Mill (1806-1873) Mill.htm). An advocate of this particular perspective, "Popper thought that both Mill and Comte were wrong...

identifies Schopenhauers most distinctive contribution to philosophy as his "insistence that Will is more basic than thought to bo...

While Hume appears down to Earth and logical, he is, in a very general sense, a skeptic. He notes that there is a battle between r...

strive for bigger and better opportunities, to reach beyond what has become comfortable and consistent in order to attain that whi...

philosophy" was intent on raising philosophical debate above the aesthetic and theological interests which had held it captive for...

He sought not to try to make people feel any better about themselves or the world in which they lived aside from empowering them t...

on actions, then the argument would end there. Utilitarianism, therefore, is their effect on society and the world at large. Actio...

If we accept the premise, therefore, that science is capable of defining physiological death then we must ask ourselves how do we ...

done right and what potentially could go wrong, in the end one has to choose the model or models that most closely resemble ones o...

saying the above statement. The names change and the nature of the addiction changes with the substance, but the goal and reward ...

the reader into the oppressive world of slavery. Indeed, it was the authors desire to bring attention to the injustices faced by ...

but in those areas where the student was lagging a remediation course was offered in-house for the student. This seems logical, si...

the post-Civil War period, which was one of unprecedented patronage for the arts from government and private sources, produced wor...

standing and he is awarded a full scholarship to a prestigious black college. This of course doesnt last long, as through a serie...

from a state of freedom to a willingness to submit to the states authority? This is the underlying question in the majority of hi...

(Nietzsche, 1974). It does seem to be true that when someone supports old institutions and mainstays they are applauded by the lar...

do not assert any observation sentences (Yancy, 1995). And in fact, science and philosophy truly have a lot in common. Both scient...

that is good. The sun is going down, and it is cold, so that is bad. Evil is something much worse than bad. Obviously, a setting s...

well-being but our physical well-being also. For instance, Terry (54) tells us that music has been widely recommended as a techni...