Metaphysics

Once Descartes has laid the foundation for what he does not know and his skepticism, he goes on to talk about what he does know. Descartes then goes on an intellectually based journey to establish a greater understanding of his “self”, because that is what is most reliable. He begins this journey with an argument called the ‘cogito’. Descartes realizes that since he is capable of doubting- which is what he has been doing- then he must exist. Although he doubts everything else about the…

In applying the foregoing factors a court will most likely determine that Rodriguez’s image is not a portrait or picture. Firstly, the logo that Rodriguez displayed is placed on the window of the studio, his website, and promotional material. Rodriguez is clearly a fan of the band U2, as he named his tattoo parlor after one of their songs. Rodriguez admittedly attended one of Out of Control’s gigs in Brooklyn that features Forrest playing the role of Bono. Forrest contends that the logo…

The Margaret Esherick House and the poem “Order Is”1 are both considered famous works by the renowned architect Louis I Kahn, however, the ideas put forth by each respective work seem to contradict each other as well as some of his principles. There are several instances where we can see that the ideas seen in his construction do not accurately reflect his ideas and instead go against them. It is these clashing principles that have prevented the Margaret Esherick House from achieving its full…

Kripke draws a distinction between ‘the number of planets’ and ‘eight’ in terms of “rigidity”. What is rigidity? What is the evidence for the claim that names are rigid? How does Kripke’s notion of rigidity help address Quine’s objection to de re modality? While Kripke’s predecessors argued that proper names are hidden descriptions of the objects they designate, Kripke notes that names function not as descriptions, but as a means of referring to objects themselves. By examining intuitions of…

In his argument Aquinas believe is important to prove God's existence, although god existence appears self-evident to many, not eveyone is on the same page because everyone has their own opinion on whether or not god exist. Most of the time you have to presuppose God's existence. I believe he wants to make his point clear and give proof of his words by providing as with his five different proofs. Aquinas' proof of God's existence are very decrepit. I don’t feel that his argument is competitive…

The Enlightenment, also known as the Age of Reason, began in 1648. It ushered in a new era of dramatic revolutions in science, philosophy, society and politics while progressing away from the medieval times of yesteryear. A lot of these views are still in use today throughout the western world. Johann Gottfried von Herder was a very famous and influential philosopher of his time. Herder's writing often seems emotional and grammatically undisciplined in ways, such as random capitalization and…

Second-order volitions are inadequate for defining the concept of a person. In this paper, I argue that Hume would disagree with Frankfurt, in that a person is to be identified with her second-order volitions, because human action is inconstant and manipulated by temporary feelings. American Philosopher, Harry G. Frankfurt, claimed that second-order volitions defined the concept of a person. He said that it is the want to have the ‘desire’. I will now explain what he meant of this. Second-order…

The Problem with the Problem of Evil There are several arguments today that reason the impossible existence of God-or a “good” God for that matter. One in particular, “the problem of evil”, greatly supports such claims. It rationalizes that God would never allow evil to flourish based on three specific attributes of Him being omnipotent, omniscient, and just. Essentially, the problem of evil argues that there should be no evil if God is aware of it, has the capability to end it,…

All creatures have a material appearance, namely body, but is does not fellows that it all have a mind. The body allows us to perceived knowledge through five senses, which includes touching, seeing, hearing, tasting and smelling. The mind allows us to perceive knowledge through reasoning, including thinking, judging, understanding. Today, Modern science has been able to use the language of biomechanics to explain the structure and the interaction of the body. However, our mind is not yet able…

The approaches to causal dependence presented in both of the argument were very effective causality. This is because the approaches focused on demonstrating that earlier events are the main cause of the later events. Following the definition of causality amongst the two parties, they can be considered to have a similar ideology and understanding. For instance, Lewis views that future depends on the way the present is while Russel’s considers causality as the necessary connection of time in the…