Functionalism And Physicalism
.... concern
themselves with mental state type; not a specific token of the type. As in the
case of pain, they are concerned with a mental state called pain, and not of
particular pains (i.e. stomach-ache, pin-pricks, etc.). But, according to
Putnam, if the Physicalists does indeed attributes the name "physical states"
to the enormous number of mental states we humans have, then, I think it would
be impossible for them to be concerned only with the type and not the tokens.
But once they started to consider .....
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Kant: Goodness
.... will? Is what he is doing good,
objectively, and purely? He is purging and purifying the world. He is Christ
like in many senses. He is purifying the world by purging it of its
evil...relating to the Old Testament. God decided that the human race was too
evil to survive, so he flooded it. God killed, as well as the Misfit. This
isn't the same as Christ, though; it just adds to the religious element.
Christ's mission was to try and rid the world of evil, and sacrificed for it.
The Misfit sacrifi .....
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The Quarrel About Historical Explanation
.... of anti-Hempelians. There are those that
agree with Hempel to the point that there are rules and general laws that can be
followed, but a historian's explanation is adequate if all he can provide is a
sketch. The second group states that the general laws are not necessary and as
long as the explanation provides an understandable narrative, it is complete.
The final group believes that only one condition is necessary, and if more
information is needed, one only needs to elaborate on that one condition.
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Thomas Hobbes: What Is The Difference Between Obligations In Foro Interno And In Foro Externo, And When Do We Have Such Obligations?
.... as for peace and defense of himself that he shall think it
necessary to lay down this right to all things, and be contented with so much
liberty against other men, as he would allow other men against himself." The
question now is, when do we have an obligation to strive towards peace when it
means giving up our natural rights?
According to Hobbes, we always have an obligation to work towards peace,
and have an obligation in foro interno, but not always in foro externo. The
difference betwee .....
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Human Perception: An Intimate Look Into The Most Intriguing Aspect Of Modern Psychology
.... source of nectar. This brings us to the question-
"is what we see real, or is what we see our own reality?". What the human mind
sees is only three dimensions. Since Albert Einstein first conjured the
scientific possibility of a fourth dimension, human beings have longed to see it.
Many people assume that it does not exist simply because they cannot see it.
They are not able to see the yellow "run-way" into the heart of a flower, but to
the bee and an ultraviolet light, that "run-way" is certainly real. .....
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Hume's Mind Game
.... is saying, basically, that everyday life can change tomorrow. The sun may
not come up in the morning, a pool ball, being hit by another, may not move. I
still believe the sun will come up tomorrow, but I see what Hume is trying to
get at. Everything that is thought to be definite can change. There is no
proven facts that say the sun will come up tomorrow, we just assume it will. In
Hume's writing, assumption is a dangerous word. Assumption is made up of what
you believe and what you don't. I can b .....
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Hume And Descartes On The Theory Of Ideas
.... of his convincing argument, "If the objective reality
of any one of my ideas is found to be so great that I am certain that the same
reality was not in me…therefore I myself cannot be the cause of the idea, then
it necessarily follows that I am not alone in the world, but that something
else, which is the cause of this idea, also exists" (75). Descartes weakness is
his idea of innate ideas. It is not necessarily correct to say people have a
mind the minute they are born, instead they have gained .....
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Existentialists: I Am Me, And You Are You
.... never be the same. They would then argue that every
person is an individual, not a copy from a predetermined mold. Jean-Paul Sartre
also portrays his characters as individuals, not carbon copies of each other.
Garcin, a soldier who went AWOL, certainly lived a different life than the baby-
killer Estelle.
These individualistic qualities lead to us by Tarzan's statement, now
guide us to the existential belief of existence before essence. This idea
consists of the belief that people are formed from thei .....
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Existentialist Themes Of Anxiety And Absurdity
.... Subquestion one, “E -->
C”, simple asks whether it is true or false that if you have an ethical theory
then does it have to be consistent. Subquestion two, “(?) --> H”, poses the
idea of what makes up the essence of being a human being. Subquestion three, “E
--> (H --> M)”, asks whether it is true or false that it is ethical to assume
that humans should be given moral priority over animals.
I order to support my interpretation and answer the topic question, I
will try to explain my personal e .....
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The Existence Of God
.... not to exist. In short, the fact
that said being can not be considered not to exist, would thereby make it
greater than any that could be considered not to exist. This would in all
reality be the secret to God's omnipotence in Anlsem's eyes. Another point that
he stresses is that just be understanding the concept of what a God is, you are
proving his existence. This is because if you understand who God is, you can
also accept his existence, and therefore cannot conceive that he does not exist.
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John Locke: Property Rights
.... for,
“... a thinking, intelligent being, that has
reason and reflection, and can consider itself as itself, the same thinking
thing in different times and places, which it only does by that consciousness
which is inseparable from thinking.” This ability to reflect, think, and
reason intelligibly is one of the many gifts from God and is that gift which
separates us from the realm of the beast. The ability to reason and reflect,
although universal, acts as an explanation for individuality. All r .....
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John Rawls And Utilitarianism
.... By this he means that all deciding parties
in establishing the guidelines of justice (all citizens) must see themselves as
equal to everyone paying no mind to there economic situation or anything else
that they could keep in mind to negotiate a better situation to those qualities.
For example, if everyone in this society has an equal amount of influence toward
the establishing of specific laws, a rich man may propose that taxes should be
equal for all rather than proportionate to ones assets. It .....
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Does Science Explain All?
.... When people attend a magic show everyone looks for the invisible
wires and hidden projectors. No one really believes the magician has
supernatural powers, except for maybe a handful of children in the audience who
still have faith in Santa Clause.
Science does seem to explain all. It has enabled humans to fly, cure
incurable diseases, explore the depths of the oceans, stave off death, walk on
the moon and wipe out entire civilizations with the push of a button. It is
becoming more and more widesp .....
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Justice
.... Money has value because it represent labor, or value, one has created but
not yet used. Money in my pocket is what I have created but not yet consumed.
Money is not a natural resource; it does not grow on trees. Men can make money
by their physical or mental labor. Do I not, then, have full claim to my
earnings?
If A discovers a cure for AIDS; it surely was not solely a product of A.
Society's framework made the discovery possible: A had to build on previous
knowledge; she had to use a laboratory s .....
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Plato's Argument For A Just Life
.... bad things to happen to them, why do
people engage in self-destructive activities? The answer lies in the fact that
the only reason that we desire to drink is that we anticipate the result of our
thirst being quenched. Our appetites see no further consequences than the
immediate fulfillment of our desires; they do not contemplate the results of the
actions we take to fulfill our desires.
For this reason, Plato believes that we must separate the soul based on how it
reacts to desires. There must be a .....
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