This excerpt describes the philosophical views of two people: Descartes and Plato. Descartes believe that our senses deceive us; just like in an optical allusion. ... Descartes also believes that it is impossible to distinguish between the dream world and the reality world that we live in. ... This vaguely reflects what Descartes and Plato are saying where we live in the sensory world and we cannot see beyond it. ...
In this paper, I will argue that the theory of coherentism is more justified than foundationalism. First, I will explain justification. Then, I will explain the theory of coherentism and foundationalism. Finally, I will argue that coherentist theory is closer to the truth than foundationalism. Just...
Assess Nietzsche's View Of Truth In the first section of Beyond Good and Evil (BGE) it is clear that Nietzsche's view on truth is that there is no such thing as "T"ruth. This is because God - according to Nietzsche - is dead, and God was the soul guarantor of Truth. Without God, we now have to...