Category: Philosophy

Death has always been one of the greatest mysteries that inspired and scared people at the same time. Not being able to understand the nature of this unique phenomenon, people created their own cults to explain after-life and to justify its existence to help people forget the fear of death. Thus, in the majority of…

Table of Contents Introduction Analysis of the Theme Conclusion Work Cited Introduction The purpose of this work is to view Viktor E. Frankl’s understanding of human freedom in connection with vocation. The discussion will be based on the author’s work Man’s Search for Meaning, which is partly grounded on his experiences while being a concentration…

Table of Contents Critical Assessment of the Ideas Implications for Our Understanding of Ethics and Morality Works Cited The essay by William James “On a Certain Blindness in Human Beings” was published in 1900 and provided the reader with an insightful, in-depth, and detailed discussion of the human beings’ ability to be blind toward each…

Table of Contents Introduction Robert Nozick’s Reliabilist Account of Knowledge Nozick’s Variation Condition and Gettier Cases Variation Condition and Adherence Condition Conclusion Work Cited Introduction Robert Nozick is an American philosopher, widely known primarily as the researcher of the problems of political philosophy. A wide range of philosophical problems was included in the sphere of…

Although the idea of searching for the meaning of life does not seem original enough, the difference between the common meaning of life and the essence of life for each and every individual is worth discussing. In her work The Meanings of Lives, Susan Wolf raises a peculiar question of whether a life has a…

The nature of knowledge has been of great concern to many prominent thinkers and philosophers who may represent different historical periods or schools of thought. Many of them examine the ways in which people can determine whether a certain premise is valid or not. This paper is aimed at discussing Richard Rorty’s approach to the…

A lot has changed since the appearance of rational beings on our planet, and the introduction of social norms that help people to live together amicably can be numbered among the most significant inventions. Nevertheless, there are people who tend to underestimate the importance of mutual respect and being thoughtful of others. “Jerk” presents the…

The article entitled “The house, from cellar to garret, the significance of the hut” tries to represent the meaning of a house from a phenomenological perspective. In my own point of view, I think the author of this article used the house as a symbol of human imagination. Albert Birot tries to explain how our…

I found the excerpt from Frege’s work interesting because it challenged me and made me think about fundamental assumptions that we make in language but may not realize. Some time ago, I learned about E-Prime, a version of English that does not use the verb to be. I thought it was very difficult to exclude…

What is it to explain and define something? Does the explanation require universal law? Does it depend on context? In the broadest sense, defining something means listing its key properties and explaining how these properties influence the interaction of the object with the environment. A good example of such an approach is the definition of…