Category: Philosophy

John Locke is a renowned English philosopher and physician. Contemporarily, his name is encrypted in the historical chronicles of most influential Enlightenment thinkers. He revolutionized the nature of politics through his writings that influenced the British and American politics. He is a man of many firsts and most known for the theory of mind, which…

In ancient China the attitude toward the Confucians was disputable. The first philosophical teaching, which criticized Confucians was Mohism. This social movement described a typical Confucian as a beggar and idler. They charged Kongzi with different sins, beginning from hypocrisy and ending with the war instigating. The founder of Mohism was Mozi. In our days,…

Table of Contents Perdurance Theory Endurance Theory Comparison of the Two Theories Perdurance Theory The theory of perdurance has a rather simple justification: any object that exists, in reality, has only temporary structural elements. Proponents of this theory argue that the object is not able to have a permanent state of presence throughout the entire…

Table of Contents Theories of punishment Utilitarian theory of punishment Retributivist theory of punishment Merits of Utilitarian Theory Merits of retributivist theory Utilitarian versus Retributivist Effectiveness of the Approaches References The aim of the philosophy of punishment is to understand the reason behind administration of punishment and the procedure used in determining the suitable punishment.…

Table of Contents Introduction Ibn Rushd Aristotle’s concept of essence human and the ontology perspective Ontology and Essence Ibn Sina Inb Rushd on Aristotle Interpretation of Metaphysics according to Rushd Rushd on Ibn Sina Conclusion References Introduction Fundamentalism in everyday life is important, which makes everything that exists equally important. The state of being is…

Table of Contents Berkeley’s critique of Realism Berkeley’s argument in §§18-20 of The Principles of Human Knowledge Hume’s version of the argument Idealism as Berkeley’s alternative to Realism Hume’s critique of inductive inference Why Hume thinks that causal judgment is inductively based Works Cited Berkeley’s critique of Realism Berkley’s criticism of realism is premised upon…

Table of Contents Definition Personal opinion Reference Definition Human describes the characteristics of human beings, which conform to righteousness. The human concept elicits evidence from the feelings and responses expressed to different circumstances that arise in life. Divine ego is part of the mind that reacts to reality by deciding on what options to take…

René Descartes begins his Meditations on First Philosophy by adapting what seems to be a rigorously scientific method. The French intellectual who is best known for the proposition “cogito, ergo sum” chooses to doubt everything that he knows and perceives in order to distinguish between certain and uncertain things. In his second meditation, Descartes sets…

Table of Contents Abstract Introduction The most credible methodology Conclusion References Abstract Proponents of using quantitative or qualitative methodologies in the research process are inclined to point at advantages of their preferable paradigm while ignoring strengths of the other methods. Nevertheless, debates on the problem seem to be groundless because today researchers choose methodologies while…

The question of whether people can be allowed to do whatever they please if it does not harm others has attracted a lot of debate. To answer the question, it is crucial to specify what societies or governments deem harmful. Several philosophers such as John Stuart Mill have developed theories and principles that shun the…