Category: Philosophy

Table of Contents Knowledge as justified true belief Brain-in-a-vat (or matrix) scenario Huemer’s argument against the idea that some of our knowledge is foundational. Knowledge as justified true belief A good approach to tackling the idea of “justified true belief” would be by starting with the introduction of the Theory of knowledge, a philosophic discipline…

Philosophy belongs to the number of disciplines that consider primary questions related to human existence. It addresses the questions of ethics, logic, and metaphysics. The meaning of philosophy can be learnt from the word itself; it means “love to wisdom”. To put it in other words, philosophy is a tool used by people in order…

Table of Contents Introduction The Role of the Constitution in the National Building National Building through the Development of Political Institutions Conclusion Introduction The introduction of the rule of law is an integral part of state-building. Ensuring that a state has a fully established legal system involves intricate tasks such as formulating policies, developing laws,…

Table of Contents Introduction Brute-Luck Egalitarianism Moral Relativism Conclusion Works Cited Introduction The Ethan Couch care is one of the most famous recent examples of the use of affluenza defense in criminal court. Essentially, affluenza defense argues that the person has “a diminished sense of responsibility due to his [or her] wealth, pampered childhood, and…

Table of Contents Introduction Comparison Strengths and Weaknesses Conclusion Introduction It can be assumed that political philosophy is opposed to ideology in the standard sense. This philosophic approach calls for the arguments concerning the concepts of freedom, equality, democracy, and power and enables several concepts to coexist. In terms of the political philosophers, Locke, Hobbes,…

There is quite a large number of philosophic works and theories on the connection between the human will and the intellect and their collaboration. Some philosophers sincerely believe that everything is either presupposed by nature and higher laws or is implemented in the human’s consciousness and controlled by people. Rene Descartes is one of the…

Table of Contents The Importance of Planning Advance Directives and Worldview Sample Plan Final Thoughts References The Importance of Planning Dying is inevitable for all human beings. Surely, there is always a possibility that one might die by accident, but people generally tend to plan the end of their life. Planning the end of life…

John Locke is a prominent philosopher and thinker who was concerned about the nature of human society and the ways it evolves. Trying to understand why people cooperate with each other and what are the types of relations between them, he introduced a number of ideas that became one of the most important paradigms explored…

Table of Contents Determinism and Indeterminism Compatibilism Libertarianism The Free Will The Problem of Knowledge The Rationalist Road A Feminist Perspective on Knowledge Theism and Religious Experience Work Cited Determinism and Indeterminism The doctrine of determinism explains that all events and person’s deeds are regulated by the external agents and not the people’s will. For…

Table of Contents Introduction Discussion Conclusion Introduction David Hume is a Scottish philosopher from the 1700s. In his book “An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding” he describes his take on the concepts of impressions, ideas, and causality. This paper will provide an overview of this book. Discussion Hume proposes two main concepts in this book: the…