Concepts in metaphysics

we endured while growing up. An unaccustomed society that’s unlike ours values interdependence, rather, our inherent society that encourages independence. We can see the arising conflictions when the two cultures meet. African culture portrays the concept of dependence, in ways of showing unified…

is bald and someone who is not with a sharp borderline between the two, we believe this is the wrong way to think about it. What we argue is that there is a not one distinct definition for someone who is bald and who is not. The concept of being bald is just like the concept of a heap. A ‘heap’ is defined as a collection of things piled up haphazardly. While this definition makes sense, having no qualitative value to ‘heap’ allows for vagueness in definition between individuals. Just like a…

When analyzing concepts, determining the essential characteristics that make up a concept is a fundamental step. By establishing defining characteristics associated with a concept, one may have a greater understanding of it. If one fails to identify the proper attributes of a concept, than the results of the analysis may limit the ability to expand nursing theories (Walker, & Avant, 2011, p. 162). Distinguishing between types of cases will allow one to categorize concepts and understand how they…

While watching Esther Perel’s Ted Talk she discusses multiple important concepts to focus on while in a long-term relationship. The two ideas I found most interesting was the questions she posed along the lines of “What draws you most to your partner?” such as at their work, when they are far away etc. The second question she mentioned that I found interesting was “what shuts you off and turns you on?”. While watching this TED talk I actually thought about my own relationship. My current…

Nguyen 1 Randy Nguyen Ancient Philosophy Rev. Joseph W. Koterski, S.J 12/6/17 Metaphysics, What is Metaphysics? In a world where the study of philosophy combines with the principles of things, which includes abstract concepts such as substance, knowing, cause, identity, space, and time. All of these concepts are very important since they are used to determine the real nature of things, and identify the meaning, and how structured thing exist in the world. Aristotle develops what he…

quote that will be analyzed in this discussion, the importance of metaphysics or what is 'transcendental ' for Kant will be the focus. In the age of the Enlightenment, and in a response to important skeptical arguments made by Hume and others, god 's very existence is at stake for Kant. Kant want 's to have a 'perfect god ' but also a 'perfect moral law ' bound to metaphysics, but a god that is empirically grounded in metaphysics. He uses the conceptional and rational capacity of human…

Nietzsche and Kant: Metaphysics In order to discuss Nietzsche’s critique of metaphysics against Kant’s critique of metaphysical knowledge, we need to have a clear definition of what metaphysics actually is. Metaphysics is a branch of philosophy that investigates questions concerning the ultimate reality (Masters). Basically, what is real? For example, is materialism true, or are there some sort of spirits associated with the material world? What is the nature of time and space? These are…

Metaphysics is the fundamental study of what is real. Basically, it is the study of all being. It’s purpose is to determine the meaning, purpose, and structure of the reality of things. It investigates how things actually are, versus how things occur. We as human believe that what we see to be real but, what metaphysics determines is what is not so obvious. We believe our senses to be real. For example, imagine yourself running late to class in Weyerhaeuser because the wind storm caused a mass…

and Metaphysics in regards to the synthetic approach. Firstly, Descartes points out that the hostility and obscenity present in the synthetic approach is visible in the first principal of Metaphysics, although the hostility and obscenity in not present in Geometry therefore it will not prevent individuals to attain truth in. In regards to Geometry, once an individual grasps concepts and premises he understands the solution therefore cannot be hostile or obscene. In association with Metaphysics,…

Kant attributes Hume as his inspiration to the critique of pure reason as Hume’s work motivated him to prove Hume wrong. Specifically, Kant worked against Hume’s concept of causation. Where Hume found no necessity in causation nor of causation, Kant found causation necessary in both senses- otherwise no one would be able to navigate the world. However, Kant’s critique of Hume is much more general than causation, Kant through causation is asserting the existence of synthetic a priori judgements.…