Empiricism

In Principia Ethica (PE) Moore seems to set out to clarify what is good and what the good is. Although history has concluded that he did not reach his goals it's my contention that those who so conclude have misunderstood the more subtle, pedagogical point of Principia Ethica. Just two examples of those that misconstrue Moore’s strategy might be indicative of my contention: Bertrand Russell’s elegant review of PE ('The Meaning of Good,' The Independent Review 2, Mar 1904, 328-33) and more…

Where Can We Put Phenomenology, Logical Positivism, and Critical Theory in The Urban Planning Context? This short paper addresses the evolution of social inquiry in the planning actions. To shed some light on the social inquiry subject and its development in the planning field Logical Positivism, Phenomenology, and Critical Theory approaches will be examined in detail. These three perspectives will be compared and contrasted in each other to obtain similarities and differences in what is seen as…

to protest the general state of intellectualism and spirituality. Inheriting the goodness of people and nature and having faith that people are their best when truly self reliant. Transcendentalism emphasizes subjective intuition over objective empiricism. Although this era has come to an end, core beliefs of the Transcendentalists are shared throughout modern media. Pure simplicity was an important fundamental belief to this philosophy and the anti-materialistic followers. Society has become…

This essay will evaluate Immanuel Kant distinction between public and private reason of An Answer To The Question: What Is Enlightenment? In doing so Kant allows readers to comprehend exactly how to world exists based on his point of view. The thesis will regard the comparison between Kant point of view of the world and how the world is currently functioning right now. This essay will address three topics about this subject which includes the public and private reasons of the politics, religion…

The final skeptical argument that Descartes offers is the argument from God’s omnipotent power (Class notes, Week 1). This argument is different from the first two arguments because it is calling into question God’s omnipotent power to deceive us into believing what is true is actually false. Descartes arrives to this argument because after the dream argument he admits that though he maybe dreaming, there are things in that world that remain consistent whether the senses were fooled or not.…

John locke There were many philosophers in the 17th century but one, stands out as one of the most Influential of the enlightenment thinkers. His name was John locke, He is one of the great influential minds of the enlightenment period of western civilization. He was also known as the father of liberalism. In adition to being the father of liberalism he was also a co-founder of the social contract theory. The English philosopher and political theorist John Locke born in 1632 and died…

CIV 102: Essay Outline Hogar Hadi Hassan (Strayer: 2012, 565) Section: 2 Question: How did the ‘Scientific Revolution’ transform perceptions of nature, society and politics? Context: while a large number of Europeans were trying to spread Christianity to distant part of the world, some others were trying to understand the working of the world and its nature. These were the men of science, a great intellectual, social and cultural transformation happened between the mid-sixteenths and…

PHILOSOPHERS THAT INFLUENCED THE U.S. CONSTITUTION The founding fathers drew from many philosophers as they were trying to write the United States Constitution. Some of these philosophiser includes John Locke, Thomas Hobbes, and James Harrington. John Locke established a theory that where personal liberty could coexist in political order. Thomas Hobbes believed a society is a population beneath a sovereign authority, to all individuals their natural rights was a sacred and need of protection.…

In his essay, “Ancient History in the New World: Integrating Oral Traditions and the Archaeological Record in Deep Time,” author Roger C. Echo-Hawk argues for the integrity of indigenous oral traditions found throughout the continent. He covers primarily the Caddoan language family groups such as the Arikara and Wichita peoples. By providing multiple examples of story truths and evidence, Echo-Hawk makes a convincing argument for the importance of oral traditions as valid historical sources.…

footnote by Aniela Jaffe explains, “In his obituary on Freud (1939), Jung calls this work ‘epoch-making’ and ‘probably the boldest attempt that has ever been made to master the riddles of the unconscious psyche upon the apparently firm ground of empiricism. For us, then young psychiatrists, it was…a source of illumination, while for our older colleagues it was an object of mockery’” (p. 147, fn. 2). These words of praise should not be taken lightly, for as any student of the history of…