A challenging concept that philosophers have pondered about, is that of emotions. ... Philosophers have there own opinion with regards to problem of emotion. One of those philosophers is Plato. ... He was taught by Socrates, one of the greatest philosophers according to Plato. ... Another philosopher who has tried to solve the problem of emotions is Aristotle. ...
This argument can be tracked back to a few millenniums ago when in 350 B.C. philosophers asked the same question about human behavior. Plato and Aristotle, for instance, were both philosophers with different views on the issue. ... Considering philosophy as a whole, it is possible to distinguish philosophers who adopt an extreme nature or heredity position, known as nativists, and philosophers who support the nurture and environmental position, known as empiricists. The basic belief of a native philosopher is that individual difference is the mere consequence of evolution; every individual i...
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." ... The American philosopher-psychologist William James was born in New York City in 1842 to the religious philosopher Henry James Sr. and his wife Mary Walsh. ... His father who wanted him to study science or to become a philosopher, strongly disapproved. ... James was basically a philosopher...
Rene Descartes, Plato and Socrates are among other Greek philosophers who tried to find answers to these questions. These philosophers believed in body-mind duality, that is, body and mind are two separate entities and mind could exist even after death (Raghunathan, 2012). ... This notion originated with the Ancient Greek philosopher Socrates who stated that people should have a sense of self and learn how to think for themselves (Hothersall, 2010). ...
Roberts does not want to include all definitions of emotions that any philosopher or psychologist has made but he gives a quite all-embracing account of occurrences: embarrassment, anger, shame, envy, gratitude, hope, anxiety, jealously, grief, despair, remorse, joy, resentment, fear, religious awe, pity, panic, pride, indignation, contempt, disgust, resignation, compassion and only to some degree exuberant delight. ... Some philosophers deny the interpretation of Roberts that the subject of an emotion is sometimes capable of controlling it and sometimes not. ...
Moreover, by identifying these aspects of The Watchmen, along with the use of philosophies ranging from philosophers like Lao-tzu, Martin Heidegger, and Kierkegaard. ... The German philosopher Martin Heidegger addresses the matter of one's self, based on one being measured through their time lived. ...
I was trying to give a scientific ground to the matters that were dealt before only by philosophers. ... Two great philosophers of the 19th century, Nietzsche and Schopenhauer, claimed that irrational, primitive forces play important role in human functioning. ...
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (c. 4 BC – AD 65) was a Roman philosopher and politician, who was one of the Stoics. Stoicism was a philosophy school which was started by Zeno(335 – 263B.C.) (Perry, Chase, Jacob, Jacob & laue 2009, p112). This essay will illustrate Seneca's views on anger by focusing on t...
What is a university? In a literal sense, it is originated from the Old French word universite, and from Latin universitas meaning the whole', and in late Latin, society or guild'. It is also derived from the word, universus. So that might mean a place where a group of people with similar goal gat...
Man is a creature of many deficiencies. Some of his flaws may be overcome through knowledge and reason, but many are inescapable and a priori. These deficiencies include, but are not limited to: selfishness, conformity, language, and hero worship. This essay will attempt to expose and explain the te...
Animals are a vital part of advertising. Businesses in every market utilize animals in their advertisements to help promote their goods, service, or reputation. According to Forbes, in the 2011 Super Bowl, when compared to advertisements with animals, the average non animal Super Bowl ad was 14% les...
The beginning of the life process is characterized by a most unusual phenomenon. The laws of probability state that as life continues, all things naturally become less organized. For instance, if I take a brand new deck of cards and begin to shuffle, the cards will continually loose their order. The...
As man progressed through the various stages of evolution, it is assumed that at a certain point he began to ponder the world around him. Of course, these first attempts fell short of being scholarly, probably consisting of a few grunts and snorts at best. As time passed on, though, these ideas...
When it comes to finding explanations to things like; why one thinks different than another person, or how does the way one lives in society shape their personality and does childhood experiences influence the way a person turns out to be as an adult? These questions have intrigued philosophers for...
But the most cursory investigation into the dream's essence suggests that after describing it as a mental something which we have while sleeping," and perhaps, in accord with experiments currently being carried out in connection with the physiological accompaniments of dreaming, such as Rapid-Eye Movements (REM), the various stages and depths of dream activity as reflected in changing rates of our vital signs (pulse-rate, heart-beat, brain-waves), and the time of the night when various kinds of dreams occur, we come up against what the philosopher Immanuel Kant called the "...
Human Behavior When compared to other marsupial, human beings are more pliable due to their physiological adaptations, which have resulted in the development of a wide range of abilities and a unique versatility in behavior. Through the first twelve years of a human's life, the brain's great s...
