Philosophy Essay Examples

In this essay I shall explore the concepts of a priori knowledge and analytic knowledge. I shall argue that Kant is mistaken when he states that some a priori truths exist which are not analytic and I shall conclude that by the very nature of how ‘a priori’ is defined, all analytic truths are a […]

Logical positivism was a movement that was officially established in the small Vienna Circle in the 1920s. The group of 11 mathematicians, scientists and philosophers met regularly to discuss and campaign for a change in philosophical discourse. Rather than the metaphysical and normative pretensions that epitomised philosophy throughout Europe, the group advocated for a systematic […]

In a time of intellectual curiosity, 19th century philosophy incorporated many Vivid-based ideas, which have since been returned to, and analyzed by, members of the 20th and 21 the century Hindu community. The ascetic teachings expressed in the Pinheads provide the belief that the negation of all internal desires is the only way to achieve […]

Though regarded as sexless, God has traditionally been referred to by the masculine pronoun. Concepts of God in philosophy are entwined with concepts of God in religion. This is most obvious in figures like Augustine and Aquinas, who sought to bring more rigor and consistency to concepts found in religion. Others, like Leibniz and Hegel, […]

Abstract Kant is a philosopher. which dealt with human acknowledgment. He has been considered as an irrationalist. Many philosophers think that he used the irrationalism to warrant the trust in faith and to protect the faith from the scientific discipline. In this paper I shall take a position to the doctrine of Kant on recongition […]

unified text: 1.Pakikisama – It is the act of conforming to the majority’s will in order to get along with everyone and avoid conflicts. 2.Bahala na Attitude – It is the belief that things should be left as they are because nature will take its course. 3.Bayanihan or Team Spirit – This Filipino value promotes […]

In order to clearly reply the first inquiry. it is of import first to reply the inquiry – “what is the psyche for Aristotle” and as such give an history of how he views substance and separability. Aristotle posits in de Anima that the psyche is the substance in the sense which corresponds to the […]

In the following text, when we use the term “evaluation,” we mean practical value judgments regarding the satisfactory or unsatisfactory nature of phenomena under our influence. The question at hand is the freedom of a subject from these types of evaluations, specifically, the cogency and significance of a logical rule. This question is not the […]

Witch doctors, psychics, mediums, spiritualists are but just a few of the many names associated with Shamans. Many of us have heard these names echoed since childhood, but do we really know who these people are? In the United States these people are viewed as outcast; there hasnt been a need for them in a […]

Argument: Premises: 1. God exists, is omnipotent, omniscient, and wholly good 2. The tsunami caused people to suffer 3. An omniscient and omnipotent good being prevents any suffering that it can properly eliminate (that is, eliminate any suffering without eliminating an outweighing good or bringing about a greater evil) that it knows about 4. An […]

Doctrine of creation ‘What do we mean by creation? How helpful are making, emanation and/or artistic work as analogies? Is it a doctrine about the world’s beginnings or origin, or about its present or future existence, or what? Creation is often referred to as a ‘mystery’ and this is due to its perhaps ambiguous nature. […]

In life, too many things are taken for granted. We take for granted the most valuable things in our life; the love from our families and friends, the roof over our heads, and even the air we breathe. Unfortunately, most people dont appreciate what they have until its gone. So many people have become victims […]

Knowledge can be defined as the fact or state of knowing. There are many different aspects of knowledge. Knowledge comes from many different places. There are great numbers of philosophers who have tried to describe where knowledge comes from. Also knowledge can be divided into different parts according to the way we receive knowledge. There […]

Cicero, a man of both the state and philosophical temperament, often experienced clashes between these two aspects. While he gradually embraced stoicism, he did not fully adhere to its beliefs, partially due to the influence of Roman society at the time. The moral values of everyday Rome contradicted some of the early stoic ideals. As […]

The Myth of Total Cinema Andre Bazin in his article, The Myth of Total Cinema, asserts that motivation behind cinema is realism. He explains his theory by examining the technology of cinema. He argues that cinema was not born from the technology advancement but rather from innate desire to reproduce the realism of our world. […]

They simply knew he existed. Nevertheless, they attempted to prove his existence anyway, and the basic strategies employed by them are the ones used every since. Here two approaches are presented. The first, by Anselm, is perhaps the most puzzling. While it has not been all that popular with the average believer, it has fascinated […]

Eugene O’Neill is the father of modern American drama. His vision of life was essentially tragic; the human dilemma is the theme of his plays, which are all, with one exception, tragedies. He is a great tragic artist, but with a difference. He writes tragedies of modern life which do not follow the traditional Aristotelian […]

Anaximander, And again the early times, before the beginning of human civilization and the development of philosophy, people believed in the idea that Gods, who basically controlled every individual aspect of human existence, controlled the world. Some primitive people believed in the idea of Animism, or Hylozoism. (The belief that everything in the universe, especially […]

The starkest difference between the ethical theories of utilitarianism and deontology reside in that the former makes ethical decisions based upon consequences and the latter makes decisions based upon principle.

Socrates and Plato discussed the nature of afterlife in the “Phaedo” dialogue. Among four arguments he proposes in the dialogue there is a so-called affinity argument, which later transformed into one of the basic paradigms of western religious philosophy and world-view. The affinity argument concerns immortality of soul.

Ray Kurzweil’s The Age Of Spiritual Machines is a commentary which looks into the instance of humanity’s existence alongside machines which, over the decades have grown to transcend more than intelligence and acquire, much as the title of the book connotes, a degree of spirituality, inherent to humans, and not generally attributed or associated with […]

Generally, the Missing Shade of Blue is an argument used by David Hume to convey his idea of sensory experience. He argued that it is impossible for the mind to create an idea or concept without being exposed to the rudiments of sensory experience. In short, perception precedes idea creation. In the latter part of […]