Contradiction

makes clear and precise definitions for what makes an action permissible or impermissible to perform. Through his two formulas one could conclude that secretly using more water than your roommates is by no means a moral act because it contains contradictions in conception, and does not follow the formula of humanity, therefore not conserving water under your circumstances is…

whose ideas and works are largely influenced by the social revolution theory proposed by Karl Marx. Mao, just like Marx, pays particular attention to the conflicts of interests between classes and revolution movement as a manifestation of those contradictions. He adopts Marxist theory and adapts it to China, where instead of a proletariat revolution, he considers an agrarian revolution led by the peasant. Wittig recognizes the social reality of oppression between the two different sexes. She…

Theoretical, by Fredrick Engels, is a paper written about the contradictions within capitalism, through its social and economic conflicts. This essay will begin with a clear and concise definition of historical materialism through Engels’s perspective. Later, it will touch upon the fundamental contradiction of capitalism, as written within his paper. The essay will also explain two particular contradictions that arise from the fundamental contradiction of capitalism. Finally, it will further…

The two types are a contradiction in conception and a contradiction of will. A contradiction in conception is when I attempt to imagine a world in which everyone acts from my maxim, I find that in doing so, the maxim would never be successful. This is a violation in perfect duty which is a duty that we must fulfill in all circumstances and at all times. When I try and fail to universalize my maxim, due to the creation of a contradiction in conception, I know that I have a perfect…

it can be. In “She Walks in Beauty”, the woman is analyzed through contradictions from “dark” and “bright”. The sonnet emphasizes on how someone’s beauty is perfection because amongst all the darkness, she still illuminates with her purity. Byron is viewing this woman through exaggeration of unnatural beauty, but somehow her contradicting beauty is natural because of her purity. In “Mutability”, there is this main contradiction about humans lives that seems complex, but is simple because it is…

these stories are “tense with extreme, unresolvable contradictions,” and contends that these are “neither temperamental nor linguistic in origin but expressed [Faulkner’s] profoundly discordant view of Southern life.” It opens with a quote from Faulkner’s Intruder in the Dust that suggests the exact kind of contradiction that the article is out to prove. The article then moves on to provide more detail on what exactly causes this contradiction. It discusses the history of the South, and how it…

performative contradictions. A logical contradiction is the “conjunction of a statement p and its denial not-p. According to the law of non-contradiction (more or less the same as the principle of bivalence), a statement and its denial cannot both be true. Some examples could be to assert that it is raining and it is not raining, or that you know that nothing can be known, or to say that all general claims have exceptions.” (Bernecker) A performative contradiction is unlike a logical…

Great job! This is a truly excellent paper. Very insightful and well structured. The author presents a clear picture of the theories that he draws on to develop a coherent whole, and enough meaningful information is provided about each theory in an non-biased way for the readers to judge for themselves the theories ' relative merits and their logical connections. The empirical case serves well the author 's purpose, and as is the case with the theories, enough historical facts are available for…

Equality is nonexistent. One of the most significant contradictory statements in American history was written by Thomas Jefferson when he included “all men are created equal” in the preamble of the Declaration of Independence. A contradiction occurs when two opposing ideological beliefs are held at the same time by the same people, causing tensions in society and eventually producing social change. The ways in which African Americans were treated from the founding of America and onward are…

of the two strategies into one photo. I incorporated the strategies of contradiction and also exhibitionism to portray the destruction of stress. I tried to express a contradiction of my personality through the visualization of a gag, and the process of stress causing the contradiction of my true personality. The gag, which is stretched is to appear as it is skin being stretched. This is supposed to symbolize the contradiction of my personality as stress makes me feel as if my whole being is…