Bertrand Russell

story that during the creation of the universe, God said, “Let there be light.” After that, there was light upon the entire universe. “Physicist Victor Stenger says the universe may be ‘uncaused’ and may have ‘emerged from nothing.’ Philosopher Bertrand Russell adopted this position in a debate on the existence of God. He said, ‘The universe is just here, and that's all’” (D’Souza). This question stumps both Christians and philosophers, because no one really knows for sure what was before time…

The mind-body problem is a debate that has raised questions throughout history and is still doing so today, philosophers argue as to whether the mind and body are one entity or two separate entities. The body is what we perceive to be our physical attributes, things like the head, legs, and so forth, the mind is one that controls our feelings, thoughts, and beliefs. For philosophers there are many ways to explain the mind and body problem but the two main ones include materialism and dualism. In…

“War does not determine who is right- only who is left,” is a quote by Bertrand Russell. This spectrum expresses the casualties of war. In other words, Russell means war is used as an outlet to define a “winner”, or in this case, someone who is right. The veiled truth is that there are no true winners of war when comparing the damage created and the lives lost. Looking at war through that perspective, John F. Kennedy, among others, also agreed. Kennedy believed if mankind didn’t put an end to…

omparative Analysis ISU Part 1 Company: Metro Stock Market Symbol: TSE:MRU 1. Company Background a. The history of Metro dates all the way back to 1947, where local, independent grocery store owners came together. With the intent of making their products more reasonably priced than large dominant retailers, they founded the Magasins Lasalle Stores Itee. 25 years later, in 1972 the concept of a supermarket was created and Marches d’Aliments Metro Itee become one of the first stores to…

St Anselm’s ontological argument is based on the premise that God exists through analysis of nature, existence and reality (Ajkin & Hodges 116). A proper understanding and analysis of nature reveals that there is a system that was properly constructed to ensure inter-dependence and correlation. A slight change in one aspect of nature would have led to completely different results. This means that there was and still is a supernatural being that ensures that everything interacts in accordance to…

“Neither a man nor crowd nor a nation can be trusted to act humanely or to think sanely under the influence of a great fear.” This is a quote that was once spoken by Bertrand Russell and describes what mob mentality is. Mob mentality is when instead of following your judgment, you go with the group in order not to be against them, or in other words just going along with what everyone else is doing. In both works “A Gathering of Old Men” and “Julius Caesar,” there is a connection between both…

Can You Find It? There is a destructive disease affecting the entire world. The disease has always existed, but only recently influenced the entire world. This disease entices its victims and acts harmless like rainbows and butterflies. The innocent disease then infects its victims with hopelessness. This disease is happiness. The idea and concept of happiness dictates human fate. One would think happiness is the cute and cuddly word taught in western cultures. Humans have adapted to the world…

Negative emotions stop us from thinking and behaving rationally and seeing situations in their true perspective. When this occurs, we tend to see only we want to see and remember only what we want to remember. This only prolongs the anger or grief and prevents us from enjoying life. The longer this goes on, the more entrenched the problem becomes. Dealing with negative emotions inappropriately can also be harmful - for example, expressing anger with violence. Anger is an emotional response…

in a free atmosphere. (ii) Dewey did not favor the recommendation of any particular aim for the children. He found the aim of education in the process itself. Education always proceeded from the process of reconstruction of experiences. (iii) Bertrand Russell believed that for proper growth of the child personality, it was necessary to give freedom to the children in schools. (iv) A great feature of Tagore’s educational philosophy was the naturalistic trend. He never appreciated the artificial…

Plato 's case which favours philosophers creating the ideal polis, the Kallipolis, which is dependent on philosophers ruling with political power; knowledge and love of wisdom being key for this ideal polis. The case, presented in “the Republic” which is Plato’s most fascinating and most significant pieces, works in the development of philosophy. Socrates is at the center of this narration and for this reason is described as, “merely, the mouthpiece of his own opinion.” The case is subject to…