Foundationalism

Epistemology is the study of limits, nature, source and validity of knowledge. Epistemology is mainly focused on reviewing and analyzing statements individuals make that they ‘know’ something. ‘Is knowledge possible?’ ‘What is knowledge?’ ‘If you know something, does that mean that you are certain about it?’ ‘What is the difference between knowledge and belief?’ These are example question that is examined. Knowledge is justified true belief, for beliefs to be justified it has to be a known truth…

subjected to careful criticism and yet some useful points remain to be made. His direct examination of the evidentialist objection turns up nothing that weakens it in any way, that his claim to have found the root of evidentialism in classical foundationalism…

Nietzsche is one of Foucault’s more repetitive and positive reference points in some of his writings. In a close look at both Foucault and Nietzsche, one would find a profound use of criticizing power of the will thesis and using other historical thinkers such as Freudian and Marxist beliefs and ideas. Both philosophers, Foucault and Nietzche had a longing to articulate and speak out about concepts and theories like rhizome and other conventionally perceived concepts and ideas that pertain to…

Sara Sainvilus October 13, 2015 Prof. Moret Why should we question everything? If the human species wasted life trying to find answers to everything, when would they have the time to actually live? It is certainly agreeable that humans fear what they cannot explain. Therefore, Dawkins’ theory of questioning religion rather than accepting it by default is a sign of fear. Nonetheless, his argument about religion is only for the credulous public. Dawkins’ defines religion as an especially potent…

The allegory of the cave by Plato and systematic skepticism by Descartes, are arguably two of the most influential concepts within rationalism. The formulation of Plato’s work served to fight back the growing influence of fallacious sophism at the time that paid attention to rhetoric and semantics over truth. Similarly, Descartes’ approach of radical skepticism confronted the monopoly of traditional scholastic philosophy that prevailed for centuries before him. Although both concepts are…

I endeavor to analyze what I have understood of identity and discrimination from Jeffrey Eugenides’ Pulitzer winning book Middlesex. Middlesex has developed my understanding of what I know of gender, gender identity, cultural and immigration identity, and race and discrimination but I will focus on gender identity as Middlesex concreted my view on the matter. Middlesex is a narrative told by the protagonist Cal/lie, a hermaphrodite who is raised as a girl until his adolescence when he decides…

The strength and amount of the Innate Concept differs with the ideas claiming to be innate. The further an idea seems distant from experience through mental processing the more we can rely on that experience. Although, experiencing pain our perception of the former thoughts is a more assuring in being innate. The Innate Concept and Knowledge are vital to rationalism. However, experience does not deliver the knowledge we get from reason. Reason is considered to be more valuable than experiences…

The ninth standard applicable to the contribution of the performance ratings based on the FFT evaluation approach relates to professionalism, leadership and advocacy (Illinois State Board of Education, 2012). In this case, the teacher evaluation should assess the model professional behavior reflecting the honesty, integrity, confidentiality, respect and personal responsibility. Importantly, the evaluation is required to assess the maintenance of accurate records, effective management of data…

Popular Culture Postmodernism possess both a positive attraction and a usefulness to the analyst of popular culture as it offers a wider and more dynamic understanding of contemporary representation. It has entered into a more diverse number of vocabularies and has spread outwards from the realms of art history into political theory and on to the pages of youth culture magazines, record sleeves and fashion spreads. In the book “Postmodernism and Popular Culture” by Angela McRobbie, she talks…

Immanuel Kant, and his Critique of Pure Reason (1781/1787) sparked a new movement among many European philosophers, known as the age of German Idealism. Names such as Fichte, Schelling, and Hegel are all in the realm of German Idealism, each bringing their own ideas to complete the system of philosophy itself, and specifically destroy, defend, or further develop the concept of human rationalism. There is an agglomeration of world-renowned philosophers in the era of German Idealism, but this…