Concepts in metaphysics

be the father of modern philosophy. His groundbreaking work on morality is best exemplified in his book, The Grounding for the Metaphysics of Morals. This book introduces readers to the concepts of morality and the idea of what it means to have good will. Metaphysics is defined as a branch of philosophy that deals with the first principle of things which includes concepts such as being, knowing, substance, cause, identity, time and space. In this book, Kant explains that all rational knowledge…

Immanuel Kant is a phenomenal philosopher whose works has shaped the nature of western philosophy. He has made profound contributions in metaphysics and ethics through academic articles like The Critique of Pure Reason, which has intense knowledge on topics like what man can possibly know. I. Kant challenged the concept of suicide. a. Kant believed in human autonomy and believed that freedom has paramount importance taking precedence over life itself. i. One should believe the reason, because…

“What Would Jesus Do?” (WWJD) is a pop culture phrase that some Christians - and even some non-Christians - employ to direct their moral compass. As illustrated by many tales in the bible, Jesus is selfless and always does what is right, even when it seems more beneficial for him to do what is wrong. So by asking yourself WWJD, you really ask yourself what is the right thing to do in any given situation, using Jesus as the model for morality that guides your actions. Your professor miscalculates…

what something is. Finally Aristotle defines the term “form” by stating that it cannot exist independently and can be distinguished from content only in thought and never in fact. 2. Explain Aristotle’s concept of the Golden Mean. Aristotle had an interesting approach in describing his concept of the Golden Mean. He believed that a mean was a midpoint between two other points and characterized moral virtue as a mean between too little and too much. In other words, Aristotle’s mean was located…

life this might be a bird flying in the sky and to ask all questions about the bird, and in the end there would be and understanding of the bird existence, making sure to build a philosophical system that would include how and what method of metaphysics. The people of the Rome era respected Descartes as being the father of modern Philosophy, and the reason why the people called him the father of modern Philosophy , he was willing to break away from the standard ruled…

is given to us in sensibility (intuition) and thought through concepts. Kant argues the only things in themselves are space and time, which he still argues are merely formal features of how objects are perceived. Fichte introduces a similar philosophy, however, doing away with the contrast between a priori and a posteriori knowledge, takes out the concept of a thing-in-itself. In the preface to the first edition of Concerning the Concept of the Wissenschaftslehre, Fichte touches on Kant’s spirit…

There are many formalistic expressions in the critique of practical reason, the most formalistic emptiness debate is around Kant’s interpretation of law-giving force of the moral law that must stem from its mere form, if its universalizability stemmed from the content, the law could only hold for that content and not universally. For example, ‘for which the mere lawgiving form of a maxim can alone serve as a law is a free will’, the law giving form of a maxim is ‘the only thing that can…

In Emanuel Kant’s Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals, he provides his readers with the definition of free will. Moreover, from his definition of free will, Kant will attempt to prove that free will is the equivalence of following the set of moral laws that you would want everyone else to pursue. In this paper, we will focus on Kant’s concept of a free will, and the inferences he makes in order to prove his conclusion that free will is equivalent to following moral laws as long as the moral…

Paper VIII Unlike the vast topics of philosophy, free will (ability to do otherwise and be the originator of the choice) is one that appeals to everyone regardless of their beliefs or life choices. The topic itself is an ontological issue, deeply rooted in the metaphysical nature of reality. For example, arguments for logical determinism are dependent on the aspect of the reality of time and whether or not the future already exists or if it is adaptable. Additionally, logical determinism can be…

TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 3 SARTRE’S LIFE AND WORK 4 METAPHYSICS: CONCIOUSNESS AND OBJECTIVES, ATHEISM 5 THEORY OF HUMAN NATURE: EXISTENCE AND ESSENCE, NEGATION AND FREEDOM 6 DIAGNOSIS: ANGUISH AND BAD FAITH, CONFLICT WITH OTHERS 7 PRESCRIPTION: REFLECTIVE CHOICE 7 THE “FIRST ETHICS”: AUTHENTICITY AND FREEDOM FOR EVERYONE 8 THE “SECOND ETHICS”: SOCIETY AND HUMAN NEEDS 8 CONCLUSION 9 REFERENCE LIST 10 INTRODUCTION This assignment focuses on Jean-Paul Sartre who was a philosopher…