He was a philosopher and psychologist, but was most well known in the field of psychology for developing the philosophy of pragmatism, or the functionalist theory: "Theory of mental life and behavior that is concerned with how an organism uses its perceptual abilities to function in its environment." ... James grasped the idea of the functionalist theory because he disagreed with Wilhelm Wundt's "atoms of experience". ... Thus becoming the functionalist theory of mental life and behavior and the conclusions he came to with relating to only human life merely scratches the surface...

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The narrator, a poor senior in college, tutors immigrants in the English language to make some extra money due to the poor economy after the Great Depression. ... The moral normative theory, Subjectivism, from Hume's philosophy examines the moral pleasure the narrator receives by doing this action. ... For this normative theory and all the theories, the action is buying the second hand fan and giving it to Oscar. ... The second moral normative theory is the Categorical Imperative by the philosopher Kant. ... The last moral normative theory is Utilitarianism by John Stewart Mill. ...

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He argued that philosophy deals only in the realm of logical thoughts, and that since thought is expressed through language, true philosophy should deal with the study of language. ... Albert Einstein added even more uncertainty when he introduced his theory of relativity. ...

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While Kant is often labeled as a difficult writer because of the language he selects and in part to the imperfect translation from German, Kant is strictly liable for his inability to rectify one particular inconsistency in his theory. ... It is the intention of this essay to briefly establish that free will can not exist in the Kantian ethic in order to preserve the logical and structural integrity of the theory when dealing with purely moral decisions. ... Consequently, the action of limiting one's freedom is teleological and if used as the premise for Kant's deontological theory, ...

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"Philosophy is called upon to be the theory of practice, though ideas sufficiently definite to be operative in experimental endeavor." ... Kant considered religion, together with language, as the most important obstacle to attaining world government as a condition for establishing a lasting peace. ...

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