Dualism

There is a well known dichotomy in science between the mind and the brain. It is a dualism of psychology and biology, where the fascinating components of life come together, to create a consciousness. Comparable to the symbiosis of a plant and its fungi, the mind and brain are integral parts of each other. Finding answers to the mysterious of the human brain is a captivating thought. It is this desire that drives my goal to understand the medical science behind the human brain, and treat its…

COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE ULTIMATE REALITIES PROPOSED BY SANKARA AND RAMANUJA 1. Introduction: The two important systems of thought in Indian Philosophy are that of Sankara and Ramanuja. Sankara who proposed a monistic philosophy claimed that the one and only ultimate reality is the “Brahman”. Ramanuja too proposed a monistic philosophy and claimed that the highest reality is “Ishwara”. We find a definite critique given on the philosophy of Sankara by Ramanuja, which shows that he was very well…

Depending on who is the president and who is the prime minister, there are three iterations that can occur: presidency with a figure head, presidentially dominated system, and true dualism. The true advantage to Semi-Presidentialism is this true dualism: when the president and prime minister carry out executive functions parallel to each other. However, this works only if the two leaders are politically aligned. If we find that the PM and president are of opposing…

Anthony Giddens and Pierre Bourdieu are two famed synthetic sociological theorists whose primary work revolved around solving the issue of structure versus agency. The sociological question of structure versus agency is a question that revolves around how structure and agency influence and shape human action and social life in general. Structure, in sociological terms, is defined as things outside of human nature such class or education level that to a certain degree shape human action.…

Descartes program of methodological doubt was to doubt absolutely everything. He thought that if all were doing is perceiving how do we know that what we’re perceiving is real when sometimes even our mind makes mistakes. For example, we see things aren’t there or hear a noise that wasn’t actually made or even think we see a family member but it was actually someone else. In my opinion Descartes theory goes very deep into the mind and really makes you think and almost makes you afraid. When it…

stem from the foundation and socializations in which the society was built upon: dualism, hierarchy, competition, individualism, and domination. These principles result in a sense of conflict within ourselves. The main factors that drive the current cycle of socialization and society’s present state of order are fear of repercussions…

using the doubt method. He discovers that he cannot doubt that he exist as a thinking thing because as long as he is thinking when he tries to doubt his existence, he actually just proves that he existed. Descartes not only establishes a mind-body dualism but he also supports the theory of interactionism. One can often examine the difference between what it means to be a human person and what it’s like. A human person could be proven by testing their physical traits compared to another human…

Reading/Discussion Questions Assignment 1 1. Students improve in the way they think. They would be a better person, be happy, and find the correct truth about what happen in life. That is what Philosophy do to us, it guides you to develop your brain better. Also the word Philosophy is more often recognized as “the love of wisdom.” 2. The Socratic Method of teaching is one of the oldest and powerful methods. This method is very useful because it develops critical thinking and involves giving…

Introduction If a real estate agent and a farmer are given the same piece of land, it is likely that the former will perceive it as a potential space for building, while the latter will see it as a land for growing food. Therefore, being the piece of land always the same, it derives that people might have different perceptions of nature according to their identities. To this extent, this paper will address the question of whether it exists a nature ‘out there’ as maintained by Positivism or if…

What Role Does Richard Parker Play in Pi’s Survival? what you need here is something to warm us up to the idea of belief“The Life of Pi”, by Yann Martel is a creative story depicting the journey of a boy named Pi stranded on a lifeboat, somewhere in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, for seven long months, with an adult male Bengal Tiger. In this story, Yann Martel gives his readers a choice to make. That choice, is the choice to believe, or not believe. The choice the reader makes alters the…