Existence

Eternal Recurrence • In Ecce Homo, Nietzsche asserts that the point of Thus Spake Zarathustra was not Superman, but the doctrine of "eternal recurrence." Eternal recurrence is the highest form of "yea-saying" that can be attained. • The idea is that life, even in its smallest details, will recur innumerable times. This dismaying and oppressive notion is a further test of strength for the Übermensch. The world-approving man is the one who wishes to have life in all its misery and terribleness…

The philosophical debate during the mid-1900’s is the “No-Ought-From-Is” was then debated between the philosophers and thinkers of that time. Even today's philosophers still debated about this problem. David Hume a Scottish philosopher, who is known for “No-Ought-From-is” or Hume’s law. On “Hume on is and Ought”, Pigden recognizes some errors and questions the NOFI. Some of the errors are the reasoning behind the argument itself and whether NOFI supports non-cognitivism? Finally, Pigden points…

The word nommo means word in the Kilango language, but it has a much bigger picture. Nommo is what makes everything exist as it is. The name of something is the reason it is so different than any other thing. Rachael’s name in the Kilango village is Mvúla, which means termite. They think of her as this because the termite is very pale, as is Rachael. But they think of Rachel's paleness as a choice; she is only pale because she stays inside all day and does not go out. Nobody really likes…

This house believes that if no one believes it, then it still happened. This House is defined as “this deliberative body of Honors Communications 243” Believes is defined as “holding the view that” or “of the opinion” No One is defined as not a single person It in this context is defined as an event or occurrence due to the use of the word happen in the pro claim and happened in the con claim. An ideology, fictional work, or hypothetical example cannot “happen” or “occur” Happened is defined…

How should insiders deal with factual challenges from outsiders when discussing religion? A simple answer could be to ignore it. But would it really be that easy? Outsiders try really hard to prove one’s religion wrong. But why? Many outsiders come up with reasons to say that God does not exist or the things in a religion are not true. They try to pull people away from their beliefs. In my opinion, I feel as though if outsiders don’t believe in God or our religion they shouldn’t try proving…

If God tells Alex Rodriguez (Arod) that he will hit a homerun tomorrow, and Arod has freedom of choice, and chooses to stay home, it will seem like God’s foreknowledge is false, and not knowledge at all. However, Boethius would disagree with this statement through various reasons. First of all, Boethius claimed that everything God sees is present to him. Because God is “eternal”, which is “the total and perfect possession of life without end” (Boethius, 110,4), he can grasp and see events…

In the fourth Meditation, since Descartes' forswearing that God could be a double crosser, he is utilizing an origination of force and presence that would have been recognizable in his day, however which may strike us as rather odd today. Presence and the ability to act are both brought about by Descartes to be positives. The more power and presence one has, the better one is. Underhanded and negative acts are not an aftereffect of some negative being that balances being, however come about…

There lacks agreement among key scholars as well as scientists, with regards to whether the universe has a purpose. There are those that are, to a large extent, certain, that the universe has a purpose, while some are unsure of whether it has a purpose. Others however argue that the Universe does not have a purpose. The Universe having a purpose is from a certain perspective evident in the presence of different laws of nature that determine what happens in the Universe. According to one scholar,…

In the novel, The Lathe of Heaven, the author, Ursula K. LeGuin, introduces a character named George Orr who has the ability of effective dreaming. These dreams alter reality outside: both the past and the present. Therefore, the rest of the population (except Haber and George) accepts this reality as their only one. However, George was sent to Voluntary Therapeutic Treatment with Haber and he takes advantage of these meetings in order to experiment with him and modify reality as he pleases.…

What evidence is there for the physical dependence of pure awareness and against it? What are the limitations of the physicalist perspective here? What are the limitations of the Buddhist perspective here? There are good reasons for believing the Buddhist view that the fundamental character of consciousness as pure awareness is not dependent on the brain, however, there is other evidence to suggest the opposite; consciousness is indefinitely dependent on the brain. In this essay, I am going…