Distinction

Instead, the psychological mechanism of social grouping has become the predominant means of social intercourse. John Teehan, in his article entitled “Islam, Violence and the Religious Mind”, clarifies the meaning of social grouping by making a distinction between ingroups and outgroups; the social capacity to create mental categories (groups) has evolved as an adaptive trait to ensure social bondage, to the effect that the human species becomes dominant. An equally important feature of social…

Katherine A. Burnett wrote Mold on the Cornbread: The Spore Paradigm of Southern Studies (2016) with the purpose of arguing for “the continued importance of regional distinctions and, further, the importance of southern studies.” (Burnett 162). She starts her essay by stating that scholars seek to dispose of the Southern distinction of literature and states a couple of arguments that might be made for the disposal of it. Then she turns around and states her thesis and starts to argue for…

positioned at the same location along the timeline and granted the knowledge that Searle possess, I think that Descartes, assuming he had an open mind, would agree with Searle’s propositions and subsequent conclusion. Descartes prefaces his real-distinction argument by restoring the idea of a just god, therefore the idea of an…

was more tangible than in the provincial small towns or villages, where the strong connection with traditions was still present. Our textbook illustrates that, according to the Oath, 1868, it was proclaimed to unite everyone, discard old status distinctions, public discussion important, old customs replaced, and seek knowledge around the world (348). “Botchan” by Netsuke…

the core idea behind legal positivism, Fuller wrote, “The common objectives of all system of [legal] positivism is to preserve a distinction between the law that is and the law that should be or is trying to be.” This distinction between what is and what should be is the foundational idea separating law in the form of constitution and morality based on the distinction between good and bad. By creating a boundary between law and morality, the legal positivists thus try to theorize on the nature…

Within in each civilization, there are many differences and distinctions among each one from all around the world. In particular, the ones that are widely spread out around the world all show characteristics that are unique and are unlike one another. Although, in many aspects, they can also be very similar, seeming to blend all together into one unique culture. But to show some distinctions among the civilizations that have been discussed, the most that contrast but have also shown some…

Through clearly presenting the distinction between himself, and his white counterparts, Bigger separates himself from their world. In the quotation, it is important to note the use of binary oppositions such as, ‘We black and they white’, ‘They got things and we ain’t,’ and ‘they do things and we can’t’. It is through the use of contraries, that indicate that Bigger and the larger ‘we’, can only exist as opposite to white society. Wright both deconstructs this image of internalised prejudice,…

around the sun and not the opposite. Galileo's words have huge epistemological importance: despite the Church's values and norms his claim was true because it was based on facts1. This means that it seems to be important, in science, to make a distinction between facts (what is) and values or norms (what ought to be). Consider the case of the number Pi (π) which is…

to the issues Le Poidevin is struggling with here. Lee’s response to Le Poidevin would first be to make distinctions within morality. Le Poidevin makes a false dichotomy between God as absolute dictator of morality and total autonomy. Lee would argue that there is a difference between natural law, aimed at human fulfilment, and divine law, aimed at divine fulfilment of humanity. This distinction is necessary because there is a level on which humans can morally judge for themselves, and a level…

Baruch Spinoza Concerning God Baruch Spinoza was a famous philosopher whose most famous work is ethics. In ethics Spinoza tries to reinvent religion. Part one tries to teach his philosophical notion of God, and how God is everything. Spinoza does his teachings through definitions, explanations, proposals, proofs, and truths. He ties all these together in a mathematical sense; however, Spinoza’s notion of God is complete nonsense. He contradicts himself, two propositions can be debunked, and his…