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the Western tradition. This is because they combine powerful introspection with a radical desire for the discovery of truth that, ...

namely that similarities between myths count the most, that myth must be interpreted nonliterally and that religions, for the most...

In ten pages Hume's life, works, and writings are considered including his Treatise of Human Nature, with an assessment of his inf...

Christianity was based upon a vast compilation of both positive and negative influences acquired from the short-sightedness of pow...

enlightenment philosophy? What form did those ideas take in classical criminological thought?" First, a look at each of the named...

a thinking thing, or a thing possessing within itself the faculty of thinking" (Descartes, 1960, p. 7). The fundamental asp...

actually been a supporter of revolution in the American colonies. Burke certainly believed in individual rights, but he stressed t...

an ends justify the means ideology. To Machiavelli, justice has to do with an end. One can take Machiavellis concept a bit furthe...

certain choices in life. They make communion and choose a new middle name. They go to school, and their degree is attached to that...

guidance that gives meaning for man. Rather, as he explains, mans actions and intellectual activity seem to provide meaning. This ...

and balances helps to equalize what man truly knows and that which he thinks he knows - the very foundation for identifying weakne...

Nozicks Theory of Justice presents a strong argument for the libertarian view. This view honors property rights, that is, that in...

is an objective reality, people are basically defining what is real and what is not. Life becomes confusing. Loeb (1986) explains...

and truth, Benjamin (2002) surmises how those who have invested both time and pains in its postulations should partake of a greate...

or the perception of identity changes through time. For example, someone grows up and has certain experiences and perceptions and ...

experiences were possible (Gogan, 2006). This author indicates this in the following: "Kant gets rid of the usual foundation for r...

Smarts philosophies regarding the correlation between brain and mind are supported by a number of historic philosophers and scient...

the Buddhist worldview and the goal of detaching oneself from the material world and the body. "Thought is an attribute that rea...

accept the cogito at face value. It is only after answering an objection, that he comes up with a conclusion, which is that while ...

he saw in a cartoon as a symbol of painting. He started brushstroke paintings in 1965, and he has been making sculptures since the...

In seven pages a Girardian perspective is applied to an examination of Dostoevsky's The Brothers Karamazov. Three sources are cit...

A 5 page review of the short story that was included in the book And We Sold the Rain.The three mysteries presented by the author ...

human senses can be mislead. This is seen when there are individuals close and far away, with the difference in size seen by the e...

chooses to present. In the following we note one particular focus as it pertains to divine knowledge. Maritain states that, "divin...

Meditation, the three skeptical arguments are that one does not really know if he or she is dreaming, that one does not know wheth...

with most of the guests as a large part of his life had been shaped by political factors. When he was...

According to Descartes a human being used his facilities to gain knowledge of his own world. No one would particularly argue with ...

of his faculties he created the hyperbolic doubt. Hyperbolic doubt is when one sets aside the information gained by any sense that...

This research report looks at how knowledge is acquired according to these two theorists. A great deal of information is contained...

This research report looks at the ideas of these two philosophers through written works. Other works are explored such as those by...