Of the ancient Greek philosophies about reality and illusion, Plato's are the most detailed. ... This goes against the definition of the Greek word for real, alethes. ... One's definition of reality depends completely on which unifying concept and which philosophy he or she agrees with. ... If you most agree with Plato's definition, then the concept of reality itself is not real at all. ... It is in an eternal state of transformation, and by its own definition, is not real....

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If we are going to consider Thomas Nagel's way of thinking and incorporate it into our definition of philosophy, we should consider his statement that was published in the New York Review of Books. He says, "Philosophy, unlike most other subjects, does not try to extend our knowledge by discovering new information about the world. ... By this he means that most other things broaden our knowledge; however, philosophy makes us look deeper into something .a form or idea. ...

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Also there are word which definition plays off each other. ... "Nor do the definitions or explanations wherewith in some things learned men are wont to guard and defend themselves, by any means set the matter right." (17) We form our words to communicate with other, often times fight. ... " (22) This person seemingly dedicates his studies and knowledge to this one particular fascination. " if they betake themselves to philosophy and contemplations of a general character, distort and color them in obedience to their former fancies- (22) This is saying that men who try to switch from ...

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Berkeley, on the other hand argues that earlier philosophers used words that they themselves did not understand and his philosophy begins in experience. ... This leads Leibniz to spin out his philosophy from sufficient reason. ... Berkeley starts his philosophy by criticizing Lock's definition of abstract ideas. ...

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The Macquarie Dictionary defines "change" as revolutionizing, substituting, altering, and modification. Change is every shift that occurs in a person, in an environment, and in a state of any kind. On a community level change is occurring each and every day, socially, technologically, economical...

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Locke is considered to be the founder of British empiricism, while Descartes is considered to be the father of modern philosophy. ... Like logic it is a demonstrative science, mathematical truths are true by definition. Berkeley's radical opposition to the received view of mathematics in the philosophy of the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, when mathematics was considered a "science of abstractions." ...

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