Category: Philosophy

The search for truth is a quest that humanity has undertaken for as long as we have been on this earth. Whatever religion one belongs to, or whatever kind of belief we have about the beginning of life on earth, there is a common search for truth that has carried on to this day and…

Table of Contents Bacon: The Wits and Enchantment of Science Harvey: Giving Birth to a Brand New Science Locke: Sliding down the Trail of Thoughts Looking Deeper into the Truth: The Esoteric of the Ordinary Cutting to the Quick: The Golden Section Bacon: The Wits and Enchantment of Science The world in which Bacon’s ideas…

Each person determines his or her life’s meaning: Camus’s ideas The main ideas contained in the assignment where Albert Camus expounds of the issue of life’s absurdity and suicide can be outlined as follows: The absurd derives out of dichotomy between an individual’s inner predisposition to seek logic in a surrounding reality, on one hand,…

Table of Contents Introduction Main Body Conclusion Introduction Legal failure is one of the major causes of economic crises in developing countries. This is because of the wrong attitudes in the society which are mainly caused by the failure of the legal system. This chapter discusses why the legal system fails on the basis of…

Table of Contents Connection Between Legalist Thoughts and Empire Sima Quian’s Views My Opinion Connection Between Legalist Thoughts and Empire There is a deep connection between the quotation by the Legalist philosopher, Han Feizi, and the actions of the First Emperor of Qin. The sweeping changes and innovations carried out by the First Emperor were…

Table of Contents Introduction Discussion Conclusion Reference List Introduction Falsifiability or ‘refutability’ is a characteristic of hypothesis, conjecture or theory to be proved false through observation or an experiment. An idea being falsifiable does not directly translate into it being false. This is due to the fact that the idea can be proved whether it…

Table of Contents Self-identity in Locke’s philosophy Strengths of memory as a key in self-identity Weaknesses of memory as a key in self-identity Works Cited There exist many influential arguments that explain how human beings acquire knowledge in philosophy. According to John Locke, knowledge is only acquirable through sensory experience, which is infallible (Nichols, 169-179).…

Frustration is the emotional feeling that occurs whenever a person is prevented or does not achieve their desires. When humans do not reach the set targets, they may succumb to frustrations or feel angry and irritable. The most ultimate source of human frustrations can either be external or internal. Internal sources of frustrations revolve around…

Table of Contents Faith Provides Life’s Meaning Each Person Gives His Their Life Meaning The Meaning of Life Works Cited Faith Provides Life’s Meaning In “Faith Provides Life’s Meaning,” Leo Tolstoy characterizes religious belief as to the relationships between the finite and infinite. The main argument is that genuine faith is the one that can…

William James starts his article “Pragmatism’s Conception of Truth” focusing on the idea of truth and what makes it work. Like his contemporary writers, Schiller and Dewey, James subscribed to the pragmatism school of philosophy. The pragmatist idea of truth relies less on a theoretical concept and more on its practical side: true ideas, as…