Empiricism

them with good memories from that point in time, similar to the previous examples of conditioning. Blank slate also relates to the clown’s desire to bring down a garbage truck, because he believes uneaten snacks are inside. This is an example of empiricism, because he had most likely seen uneaten snacks thrown in at some point to come to that…

Generally, the reason why the analysis of literary works of the eighteenth century were ignored in literary trauma theory is the absence of advancements in medical discourse of that period. In this dissertation, I will refer to medical case histories and their relation to the early English novel by focusing on Jason Tougaw’s Strange Cases: The Medical Case History and the British Novel (2014) in order to undermine the idea that there were not enough advancements in medical discourse of the…

Reyner Banham, an architectural analyzer as well as a critic, tried to codify the then-upcoming structural campaign of Brutalism through his seminal December 1955 essay. He claimed that if an observer is introduced into an area of interest, then it would automatically be damaged for good. He also claims that Das Kapital had taken in the capitalist line so that the Marxists could have a rough time identifying it when they came across, and the widespread of concepts Freud that any client could…

The core of scientific thought is induction. This is not a matter of opinion or preference. It only stands to reason that a theory with any significant reliance on speculation, the mere guessing at solutions, cannot be accepted as a solid one. If we, as a society or as a people, define speculative science as valid, then speculative science will be the unsteady foundation for further scientific inquiry, placing all future research in doubt. Consider, as an example, the following subset of an…

was aiming for. Foundation can be described as the underlying basis for something. It as to be steady and strong or everything else on top will crumble to the floor. Descartes method for the foundation of knowledge was the method of doubt. Unlike Empiricism, which view knowledge as deriving from experience, Descartes was a rationalist and believed that knowledge derived from reason. He refers…

The central epitome beyond the “perfect city” in Plato’s republic relies on validity and human excellence. As Plato, he had much faith in the analogy that knowledge was highly present in many humans from birth, and the wisdom within was rather deific and god-like. In other words, all people have the capability and work ethic to operate and contribute efficiently, which meant intellect, had no experientialism throughout nature. While analyzing his own work through the views of Socrates jocularity…

Simulation Theory “There’s a one in billions chance we’re in base reality,” claims Elon Musk, product architect of Tesla Inc., founder of SpaceX, and more. In recent years, the simulation-argument has gained serious traction as we further advance technologically, and intellectually. However, not everyone is on board with the “simulation argument”—a term coined by Nick Bostrom (Philosophy Professor at Oxford University) when he published a journal stating: [A]t least one of the following…

In the choice of research methodology, the researchers first have to choose one of the research paradigms like positivism, interpretivism, and pragmatism. Every research approach must follow the way of investigation such as epistemology, ontology, and axiology (Maxwell, 2005) as the essence of research philosophy. Therefore, I would like to follow the viewpoint of pragmatism as my research approach that should overcome some disadvantageous position of positivism and interpretivism, discussed…

1. In The Sociological Imagination, C. Wright Mills states that the promise of the Enlightenment was the reason it should lead to freedom, and also believing that his statement in sociology has met this promise. It has met its promise because according to Mills, “the liberating notion of progress by reason, the faith in science as an unmixed good, the demand for popular education and the faith in its political meaning for democracy-all these ideals of the enlightenment have rested upon the happy…

skepticism will do no good to the argument at hand, and he proposes the idea of physical and critical philosophy. Throughout Kant’s discourse, he rejects the theory of knowledge through experience, and rather, suggests the mode of rationalism and empiricism. Further into the prolegomena, and more specifically the third thesis, Kant forms his argument for the idea of free will: “Thesis: There are in the World Causes through Freedom. Antithesis: There is no Liberty, but all is Nature.” Kant…