Philosophy

W. V. O. Quine’s “Two Dogmas of Empiricism” essentially attacks two core parts of the philosophy of logical positivists: the difference between synthetic and analytic truths, and the idea of…

My personal philosophy of success is defined with three strategies I use for college success. To succeed in college you need to set yourself goals, and to help achieve those…

Philosophy Homework 15/09/2011 Deductive Arguments: A deductive argument isn’t necessarily valid, it could be invalid. It also isn’t necessarily sound – it could be unsound. If the argument is valid…

The field of environmental ethics is a new but now well-established sub-discipline of philosophy. Emerging in the mid-1970s, the field coalesced with the inaugural volume of the journal Environmental Ethics…

I believe that every child:* needs reason/motivation for learning * can be influence but not totally by his/her environment * is unique individual with an inherently complex nature * is…

Every society has a structure and a way in which they think. Human beings who live together in a society have a way of viewing thinks and there is a…

Six Sigma is a methodological approach by which errors in a company’s current processes and plans are identified and strategies to fix the same are formulated. It is fact-based technique,…

It is the time and time again old saying does the tree falling in the woods make any sound if no one is around to hear it hit the ground….

As new nurses, it is important to determine your own definition and philosophy of nursing. We need these to decide who we will be as professional nurses. Our original definition…

My personal ethical Lens is the Rights-Responsibility and Results Lens. The lens says my core values are Autonomy and Rationality/Sensibility. The lens states, “You prioritize the value of autonomy over…

Following the beginning of the industrial revolution, various environmentalists and philosophers began to speak out about our relationship with nature, and how we should treat it. Each person views differ…

Nowadays, in the XXIst century people are living life of the constant pursuit for money, successful career, what is making impression that only those values are important. Than they have…

In Meditations I, Descartes conceives that he is “A thinking thing,” and this is based on his reasoning that there must be something that exists that is producing the meditations…

Socrates and Euthyphro present a dialog about the definition of piety or holiness and impiety. This is a long and drawn out conversation built on what Euthyphro assumes the definition…

Power and influence are a part of everyone’s life. Typically we see this demonstrated in a corporate setting, ranging from a Chief Executive Officer down to an entry level employee….

The Socratic Method was used to help clarify certain concepts in philosophy such as beauty, piety, morality, etc. This paper shall aim to clarify another concept in philosophy, which is…

The transition from Mythology to Philosophy include events which brought the transitions, early philosophers, What kind of philosophical thought prevailed during the Middle Ages along with key Church philosopher of…

“A categorical imperative would be one which represented an action as objectively necessary in itself, without reference to any other purpose” (Kant, brainyquote. com). Immanuel Kant along with some other…

Rene Descartes was one of the most prominent philosophers in the world. His contribution to philosophy was remarkable; he was given the title “Father of Modern Philosophy,” as the thinkers…

Descartes’ explanation on distinguishing false from truth forms a basic philosophical identity in his contemporary life. To him, he has the ability of distinguishing the truth from the exact force…