Concepts in metaphysics

measures reflect association to which the individual lacks introspective access while explicit are deliberately formed and are easy to self-report. • One explanation of implicit measures is that they indicate associations- between concepts that have been activated and other concepts, affects, behavioral scripts, etc. that are associated with them. Does this indicate that you “believe” in this association?  It is important to distinguish…

Shimano Calcutta 400 Review: The Pros and Cons If you are looking for a powerful reel that can withstand the harshest conditions, the Shimano Calcutta 400 may outperform other reels. It is built with heavy-duty materials that can certainly last a very long time. You can be sure it won’t break down on you while you’re in the middle of reeling in your big catch. In this article, we’ll give you a rundown on the pros and cons of the Shimano Calcutta 400 review. At the same time, we’ll list down…

The Buying Experience, Not Things article argues that experience is better than material things. The article is attempting to persuade readers that experience is greater than objects. Money and time are 2 factors that could have been factored into the article but by leaving them out shows that experience is more important to the article and the author. The mind wanders often. It wanders while you sit, eat, or even read. Often time’s humans don’t even realize that the mind is wandering.…

By definition, the word beauty means “the quality of being physically attractive.” However, the meaning of beauty differs depending on one’s interpretation of the word. Some think beauty is merely what you see on the outside, which can sometimes be deceiving. True beauty runs deeper than one’s outward appearance. True beauty comes from within. It is human nature to look for the beauty in things; the eye tends to be drawn towards pretty faces and objects. Beauty is in everything, and it truly…

The term relationship can be defined as the state of being connected with two or more people or things - although this may not always be the case as the concept of acceptance can vary from one person to another. In Peter Skrzynecki’s “Feliks Skrzynecki” we explore the relationship between the poet and his father, and their contrasting experiences of belonging in a new country. We learn that Feliks belongs…

defining what an idea is; “Some thoughts are like images of things, and the term ‘idea’ applies in a strict sense to them alone: for example, when I think of a person, a chimera, the sky, an angel, or God” (Descartes, 2003: 32). Descartes conveys this concept by asserting that ideas are not true or false, and the things of which the idea is an image of does not necessarily have to exist. Descartes then proceeds to implicate that we have reason to believe that our ideas can be innate, fabricated,…

I will argue that Descartes, using his own criteria for making and avoiding mistakes, cannot be making a mistake when he proves the existence of God in meditation three in his Meditations on First Philosophy. I will develop my argument in two parts. First, I will present Descartes’s argument for how mistakes are made and avoided. Second, I will present Descartes’s first proof for the existence of God in the third meditation, and in the process present the steps clearly and distinctly, exactly…

INTRODUCTION Ernest Holmes suggests in the Introduction to The Basic Ideas of Science of Mind that we study this philosophy to learn how to have: 1) “… an understandable, permanent, and dependable relationship with God.” 2) “… happiness, health, prosperity and a more satisfactory way of living.” The Science of Mind philosophy provides a way to relate to Life and a way to think about our experiences in life. If there is something else you are seeking, something other than a more satisfactory…

Philosopher George Berkeley formulates a compelling and idealist argument on the basis of human knowledge and human perception in his work “Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge.” Berkeley founds his argument on the statement “esse is percipi,” which means to be is to be perceived. In his view, we do experience things that create ideas within our mind. Since ideas can only resemble other ideas, our mental ideas can only come from an external world that is also made solely of…

An abstraction is the process of thinking of something independently of its association, attributes, or concrete accompaniments. In other words it’s taking a complex system like a computer, automobile or a weapon, and removing the complex parts that make the system function, and only thinking about the basics. People often use abstract systems without even thinking about it, one does not need to know how or why something works in order to use it daily. For instance, for one to use a weapon, one…