Epistemology

The philosophical theory of skepticism claims that certain knowledge is impossible because beliefs are unjustified or unreliable. Descartes suggests the possibility of an evil deceiver; an all-powerful but evil being out to deceive us that makes our minds skip every time we think or draw conclusions. Descartes says, “I shall therefore suppose not that God who is supremely good and the fountain of truth, but some evil genius of the greatest power and cunning, who has employed all his energies to…

Hume argues that believing miracles are based solely on testimonial evidence is irrational. Hume believes that we tie testimonies with normally being true or facts, but Hume himself believes that testimony and it being true or the facts varies. Hume says we have no compelling reason to believe in miracles, and certainly not to consider them foundational to any religion. Our knowledge of miracles comes exclusively from the testimony of others who claim to have seen miracles. Since we receive…

Many skeptics over the years have doubted many things regarding Jesus Christ. They have doubted His virginal conception, they have doubted His miracles, but mostly importantly they have indeed doubted His resurrection. It’s not overly analytical for some to doubt or even question the resurrection of Jesus Christ; especially in 2016 where society is always demanding for tangible proof. These collection of people who want to believe in the resurrection but request tangible proof are sometimes…

The mystery of what embodies "knowledge" is as old as philosophy itself. The Gettier Problem, refuting the JTB (justified true belief) account, has been a historical and on-going debate in the epistemological field. In simplistic terms, knowledge is understood as an awareness or understanding of something, such as facts, information, descriptions or skills, which are acquired through experience, perceiving, discovering, learning or intuiting. Consequently, truth is understood as a verified or…

The good old omission lie. Omission lie is when someone or something has been left out or excluded. An omission lie can affect someone’s self esteem or break it. Also it can stop fights within the family,or it can simply get what you want by leaving bits and pieces of information out that is not need it. To tell a omission lie is not such a bad thing at times. An omission lie is what can make or break a person or situation. Ericsson said “You break a pair of glasses that are guaranteed under…

Sokrates presents us with quite a striking paradox in the platonic corpus by characterizing himself as being ignorant and wise combined. Like so many of his other claims this one is rather provocative in its obvious contradiction which none the less hides a striking idea for us readers to note. By relevant definitions he would be the person to answer philosophical questions on moral properties. Those questions take the nature of – can a truly good man be virtuous? Is that action just? These…

Research is a rigorous and systematic method of enquiry, which intends to define phenomena and expands new theories concepts (Polit and Beck, 2011). Moreover research process includes activities which consist of steps such as data collection, analysis, research question and conclusion (Maltby et al. 2010). Fundamentally in relation to nursing practice research process contributes to a systematic way of producing evidence to encourage good practice. Therefore, to use the research process to go…

Knowledge is derived from an infinite amount of ideas, created from both personal and shared knowledge, which are then further evaluated to be either proved or disproved. Accuracy, which is the quality or state of being correct of precise, is important in the creation and development of knowledge, as inaccurate knowledge could be detrimental to society by providing falsified information to an individual or organization, which may then be spread to others. The altercation of this knowledge, in…

Certainty and doubt are two concepts that one’s mind goes back and forth. They are both concepts that one experiences in many situations but, having doubt is better than being certain. When certain, one has confidence and feels powerful but, when one is doubtful it creates the opposite feelings. However, being doubtful develops and build one’s character. In most cases, it is very common that one becomes doubtful, but later one discovers certainty replaces the doubtful thoughts. In order, to be…

Melissa Moody Philosophy 201 25 April 2016 When we think you knowing something we tend to think of what we believe in. It could be something as small as a mathematical equation or something as big as knowing whether or not God exist. Either way everyone has a belief that turns into knowledge. There are a number of ways to be justified in believing each belief that we have, but the question of whether it is the truth arises. We could think about some different readings like The Matrix, The…