Empiricism

Lately in the media you may have recently heard about yet another celebrity claiming the Earth is flat. The theory claims that the planet we live on isn’t actually flat and the pictures from space are just hoaxes. Shaquille O’Neal is one of the many celebrities to come out in recent months claiming that Earth is flat. O'Neal said to a reporter, “It’s true. The Earth is flat. The Earth is flat. Yeah, it is. Yes, it is. Listen, there are three ways to manipulate the mind — what you read, what you…

In the book, The Alchemy of Race and Rights by Patricia J. Williams describes the usage of of words as floating signifiers in legal language as, “a model of inductive empiricism, borrowed from-and parodying-systems analysis, in order to enliven thought about a complex social problem” (7). To enliven is to decrease that matters importance or lighten the gravity of the crime/offense that an individual has committed. An example…

others definitely unlocked my mind, generated further questions, and inspired me to want to explore other areas of newly found interests. The class covered a theme of concepts that would be relevant throughout the history of psychology including, empiricism, materialists, and determinism. It was debated whether or not psychology should be considered a science and on what grounds, which is still a debated topic. Greek philosophers were introduced, like Pythagoras, who believed that math could…

Second Modernity Theory and Risk Society Theory were spearheaded to a large degree by Weber. However, Durkheim is considered by many to be founder of sociology as a science. Durkheim’s Suicide is of great importance because it attempts to establish empiricism in sociology that would provide sociological explanation for a phenomenon traditionally regarded as exclusively psychological and individualistic. In Durkheim’s suicide study as socially influenced phenomenon, he identified this act with…

The Ring of Gyges, introduced in Book II of Plato’s The Republic by Glaucon, is a magical artifact that enables the bearer to turn themselves invisible at will. While not founded in historical fact; the scenario is rather a thought experiment used to explore the fundamental nature of human morality when the bearer faces no retribution for their actions. Glaucon alleges that the temptation provided by the ring is irresistible by any man, and that without consequences the bearer would disregard…

This is done, by using empiricism to efficiently think of a feasible equation to supply the demands of hunger within the city of Dublin. By calculating and estimating efficient production, humans as livestock and commodity becomes a part of an economic equation. The feeding seen…

brightness. Mental philosophy is implicated in the senses when one considers the epistemological question of the day, which was whether or not our experiences of the outside world furnished our knowledge, and if that knowledge could be trusted. British Empiricism, as exemplified by John Locke, was the first philosophy to assert that the senses are the…

Nature vs. Nurture Donald Hebb once asked "Which contributes more to the area of a rectangle, its length or its width?” (Jasuja, S., Sehgal, thefoxmancometh@ymail.com, 2015, Para. 2). Scientists have been debating for decades on whether nature or nurture has the biggest impact on human development, and until this day there is no definite answer. Is it biology that determines how we turn out to be as individuals, our genes, DNA and family line? If you agree, then you are on the nature side of…

All knowledge comes from somewhere. Even if it is innate (comes from within us) we still have to say how that knowledge appears. The Ways of Knowing are the methods through which knowledge becomes apparent to us. There are eight different ways of knowing: Language, Sense Perception, Emotion, Reason, Imagination, Faith, Intuition, and Memory. This essay will analyse two ways of knowing: Reason and Sense Perception. One way of acquiring new knowledge about the world is by using reason. Most people…

Even Sigma knew this. Under joy's influence and pursuit, human minds became a wasteland of irrationality; a mental stretch that sepulchered reality. Even its pursuit led typical intellectuals to their downfall. Reason often abandoned them, and empiricism buried rationalism when darkness ushered into their world. Its inimical presence always circled near as it awaited the striking hour; dwarfing—to unopened, latent eyes—every speed known to humans. Consequences didn't exist until then, and the…