Metaphysics

It is both fascinating and disturbing to examine the problem of free will. As intelligent beings, we ironically want nothing more than to nod our heads aggressively in agreement to the concept. However when one digs deeper into what free will is and what it does or does not imply, it’s inevitable that we are nodding not because the factors of it are logical and non-contrary, but because we refuse to accept the rattling notion that our lives are, essentially not our own to govern So what exactly…

The philosophers have only interpreted the world,in various ways. The point, however ,is to change it. Even though there can be countless arguments, there is no right or wrong. Recently, students in CUHK are debatingg the contract renewal of an Islamic restaurant. Even though arguments from both sides are well-supported, I would still like to offer some possible solutions. From what I have observed, the major disputes are about multiculturalism, fairness and quality of food. Multiculturalism…

“Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.” This quote was said by Albert Einstein. It is a great quote, and it makes perfect sense. Imagination is what moves this world. Imagination is what brings the making of new and different things. If no one had an imagination, we would not have the things that we have now. There would be no cars, no phones, no televisions. All of these things came about from other people's imaginations. People had…

I. Post-structuralism Foucault thought is often associated with post-structuralism. Although he denied his association with it, there are aspects of his thought that are aligned with post-structuralist thinking. Like post-structuralism, he is very critical of concept of a human subject. He is highly critical on the concept of the Cartesian subject. In one of his interviews, he says that the subject “… is not a substance. It is a form, and this form is not primarily or always identical to the…

The text contains two information: one is Zeno’s idea, and the other is the difference between Zeno and Platonists and Peripatetics. Firstly, Zeno is Stoic and he is the founder of stoicism. As the text explained, the Stoics think that it was totally impossible that something incorporeal should be the agent of anything, and that only a body was capable of acting or of being acted upon. According to their theory, the ideas are the concepts of the human mind. Since concepts are not substantial,…

Idealism and Materialism are two different ways to approach every question. They provide different interpretations of the same question and the question might vary from interpreting the humankind as a whole to the interpretation of world events. They are not omly two different theories rather they provide two different world outlooks based on different philosophical traditions. For example, to explain a particular world event, idealist explanation would resort to spiritual and the materialist…

Analysis Brief #1: Magic and Religion in The Churning of the Ocean Comic E.B. Tylor and J.G. Frazer define religion as “belief in a spiritual being” (Pals, 26). This definition is broad in nature, thus leaving the identification of a ‘spiritual being’ open for interpretation. The comic The Churning of the Ocean: Vishnu Saves Creation follows Tylor and Frazer’s definition of religion by depicting Vishnu as a spiritual being. Throughout the story, other holy figures seek his guidance multiple…

While representing the elements of concords in the metaphysical nature of man in the philosophical thoughts of Gandhi and Iqbal we have discussed the similarity that both Gandhi and Iqbal believed in the essential goodness of all individual men. There is an element of essential goodness in the heart of all men. In discussing this element of goodness as an aspect of man we have considered the questions like what does it mean by essential goodness, how can we arose this goodness in man, why this…

David Hume was a well known Scottish philosopher who lived in the period of 1711-1776 and was greatly recognized for his empiricism and skepticism. He held a strong belief that the idea of knowledge is something practical, straightforward and clear, which essentially led to the formation of his famous “Copy Principle.” In his Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, Hume expands on the concepts of experience and senses as means of providing knowledge. Before analyzing the degree of validity of…

Thing theory is a branch of critical theory that focuses on human-object interactions. It is borrowed from Heidegger's distinction between objects and things, which says that an object becomes a thing when it can no longer fulfill its function according to the use to which it is commonly put (Brown, 2003). The teddy bear is qua teddy bear, meaning that the maker – or the process of making – does not make the teddy bear a teddy bear. Many people cling to teddy bears that they do not even…