Despite this argument, I still consider reason to be a solid foundation for philosophical inquiry as it is assumed when one reasons for philosophy, they use a logical form of reason ( which is considered as the correct form of reason) "for if we have a methodical procedure of inquiry, we will more easily be able to undertake the subject proposed to us." ...
This is the philosophy of pragmatism (Stickney). A prominent figure within this sphere in philosophy is John Dewey, an American philosopher, psychologist, and educational reformer (John Dewey). As a philosopher, Dewey's beliefs as a pragmatist are similar to that of Immanuel Kant's, a major figure in modern philosophy. Here, Kant's philosophy is identical to Dewey's when looking at the extent of how much we know about anything as well as the purpose of knowledge. ... In closing, I believe that Kant and Dewey's philosophy have much in common, aside from a few interpreta...
On an article from Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy Professor Peter king from the University of Toronto wrote that for Abelard, "The word refers to the item directly by naming or nominating it," and the sentence, "is a combination of words and so what is signified by the sentence is, in a qualified sense, composed of what is signified by words." ...
Descartes" writing his Meditations on First Philosophy in a first-person format is essential to the potential success of his argument. ... Descartes provides everything the reader needs to know to follow his argument within the text, never drawing on outside philosophy. ... While it can be argued that the Meditations could have been equally written in the third person, this argument would not rest well with the major premise and starting point of the basis of Descartes" philosophy, "I think, therefore I am." ... The nature of Descartes" writing has a definite positive influence on his philo...
He begins by comparing the two different manners of human understanding, which fall under the broad category of Moral philosophy. Hume believes the first manner to be "easy and obvious philosophy" by considering "man chiefly born for action" while the second aspect is considered "accurate and abstruse" as it "considers man in light of reason" (Hume 1). Rather than direct our conduct/actions, the abstruse form of philosophy regards "human nature as a subject of speculation" in hopes of finding the "principles that regulate human understand...
Medieval society developed a new way of living and viewing life, known as the medieval synthesis. The medieval synthesis was an outlook on life introduced by Thomas Aquinas that reformed the earlier ideas of logic and reason into a more logical and meaningful view on life, this can be seen in everyd...
The society of the day is beginning to produce such philosophy, but has not wholly subscribed to these ideas of examining the world through reason and logic independent of that dictated by the Church. ... In this sense, Orgon represents the established society, which is being pulled by competing interests, and prodded by evolving social philosophies. ... While the establishment is resistant to these forces, the pressures and shifts in philosophy are beginning to take hold. ...
Can Descartes be certain that he is thinking? How? Can he be certain that he exists? How? (And who is he?) Descartes" statement "I think therefore I exist" raises questions about the meaning of thought, the meaning of existence but most fundamentally, in what sense he can be certain. The difficu...
Arguably Hume's most famous contribution to philosophy was the problem of induction. ... But as Hume points out it is conceivable that nature will change in some way, therefore in Hume's philosophy it is possible that nature will change, therefore you cannot justify beliefs about the future using past experience. ...
Rhetoric and education have a lot of common grounds and share many similarities; however, since education is the basis and foundation for rhetoric, rhetoric cannot exist without education. The most significant connection between rhetoric and education is that they both are basic elements of human li...
Free will is clearly an ontological issue, but it is rooted in the metaphysical nature of reality. There are scientific arguments for determinism, which often involve matter and energy creating the universe and all of its interactions, predetermined by the initial conditions of the universe. There are also religious arguments for determinism that entail that God's omniscient nature implies God's knowledge of all things that were, are, and will be and therefore no action could be executed without God's prior knowledge and determination of the action. In a purely material reality ...
