Mathematical logic

. Famous philosophers like Aristotle and Aquinas spoke highly of virtue ethics and each developed their own theories on the topic. Although both philosophers wrote about virtue ethics, their approach was quite different. So, what is virtue ethics? According to Lewis Vaughn it is “a moral theory that focuses on the development of virtuous character”(Vaughn 808). Although both Aquinas and Aristotle had different approaches to virtue ethics, there was a consensus on what virtue ethics ultimately is…

The Correspondence Theory of Truth by Lauren E Munroe The correspondence theory of truth is the understanding that when we analyze a statement, we determine whether the statement is true or false when we compare statement(s) to objects within their corresponding world using knowledge of this world, and if those objects are performing and or visually reflecting what the statement is stating they are doing. For example, person 1 states that they are a platypus. Person 2 analyzes the truth or…

Peter Morath 12/22/2017 Philosophy of Mind 330 Prof. Jon Stoltz In Defense of Disjunctivist Theories of Mind Confronting Naïve Realism Most philosophers agree that some forms of hallucination might not be subjectively distinguishable from proper perception. This agreement, however, does not bring unity to ideas of perception. The intentionalist claims that because these two experiences cannot be subjectively distinguished, then they must be experiences of the same kind. The disjunctivist,…

Paradise Lost holds some of the greatest literary elements throughout its series of books. This work, by John Milton, showcases many persuasive skills and rhetoric. Aristotle once stated that rhetoric classifies as “the ability, in each particular case, to see the available means of persuasion.” Among the three main arguments in Paradise Lost, each carry, at least, one form of Aristotle’s rhetorics: Ethos, Pathos, and/or Logos. Whether it be Eve persuading Adam, or Satan persuading Eve, each…

The story “ Three Questions” was written by Leo Tolstoy and it explains deeply what bothers the king of the kingdom. According to the narrator, the King came up with three questions that trouble him and anyone who interprets best will be rewarded bountifully. The three questions are as follow; “how can I learn to do the right thing at the right time? Who are the people I most need, and to whom should I, therefore, pay more attention than to the rest? And, what affairs are the most important, and…

Essay #2 Assignment When it comes to names in philosophy, there are many different arguments and views for how names should be dealt with and in what situation. Linguistic tokens, such as names and referential terms, have been the center of philosophical questions into the nature of reference. In his book, Naming and Necessity, Saul Kripke outlines his causal theory of reference for names. Gareth Evans, who, along with many others, was not satisfied with Kripke’s causal theory, wrote, The Causal…

Traditionally, epistemology has been defined as the theory of knowledge in which the primary goal has been to obtain truth while avoiding false beliefs . Knowledge was defined and universally accepted to be “Justified True Belief”. However, this was challenged when Edmund Gettier released a 1963 paper which demonstrated that justified true beliefs are intuitively not sufficient for knowledge due to epistemic luck. This sudden revelation triggered “a cottage industry of knowledge-analysers” ,…

Imaginary Adoption I didn’t really look like my parents. My face was just different, and I didn’t realize that was something that wasn’t uncommon, but my sisters looked a lot like my parents. In fact, they looked a lot like each other too, so in old pictures, we really couldn’t tell which was which. I felt like I was different from my family from a behavioral perspective as well. I think that the main reason I thought my personality differed from the rest of my family was because I based my…

As time passes, knowledge becomes more complex and philosophers start to develop different theories regarding how people come about this knowledge. There is a distinct difference between both Rationalism and Empiricism and both Descartes and Locke have found ways to discredit and support both views. Descartes argument towards Rationalism is much stronger than Hume's argument towards Empiricism. There is quite the distinction between both empiricism and rationalism. The major difference…

During the years following the Patristic era, Christian theologians and philosophers began to move away from mysticism and Neo-Platonism in order to synthesize Christian doctrine with systematic Aristotelian philosophy. This movement would be come known as Scholasticism, and it would become the principle school of thought throughout the medieval period. During this period, the line between philosophy and theology was blurred, and the problems of, psychology, metaphysics, and ethics were admitted…