Ministry of Truth

assumptions made by his contemporaries regarding the classification of identity statements as either contingent or necessary. (Heide, 26 Feb.) Firstly, he renounces the common habit of speaking of necessary truths, those that could not have possibly have been false, as being equivalent to a priori truths, or those knowable without the aid of sensory experience. (Kripke 130) Secondly, he argues for a theory of identity that drastically diverges from others of the time. Kripke offers an…

If a person believes something their whole life, evidence and facts contrary, can’t change their belief. This has proven true for countless people of many different societies. Whether denying global climate change or believing four leaf clovers bring good luck, many people have an instinctive design that makes them steadfast in their comfortable ungrounded beliefs. I witness this ideology firsthand, due to the fact, that my dad is a devout vitamin supplement consumer. He takes about eight…

Have you ever said insignificant little lies that at the end tend to becomes a bigger problem than what we thought ? These little lies that could start from the most common one:“i'm fine” when really you're not or “i didn't do that” or even “i won't do that no more”. In the book Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn, the main characters (a couple, Amy and Nick) are always lying whether it's something small or something big, they lie, whether it's to each other or maybe even about each other, they lie. In…

Objectivism Objectivism is the old values that have been around for thousands of years, while subjectivism is the rebel. Objectivism is based more on belief, whereas subjectivism is subject to our minds. Objectivism is the old beliefs of pursuing truth. Some of the main points of pursuing objectivism include: reality, reason, and self interest. Subjectivism is the view that reality, the object, is dependent on human consciousness, the subject. Objective values lie within religion, and…

Both Plato and Cornel West demonstrate important ways of teaching a student how to think in a similar way. One way being how being wrong can be beneficial throughout their stories the “Apology” and “On My Intellectual Vacation.” In Cornel West “On My Intellectual Vacation” When he notions towards being wrong is beneficial on page 24 “In other words it is not a matter of pointing fingers or calling name, but really showing that you are in the very mess that you are trying to grasp. Moreover…

According to the book, middle range theories are less abstract and are more specific than other nursing theories. They specify factors such as patient’s health condition, family situation, and nursing actions and focus on answering particular practice questions” (Grove, Gray, and Burns 2015 p. 195). Because of this, it is more appealing to medical professional. “Middle range theories also can be used as the framework for a study, thus contributing to the validation of the middle range theory”…

he had gathered is directed at him and that he has condemned himself by swearing the man responsible for the plague will be punished. This is the moment of reversal where his fortune changes because of his tragic and insatiable desire to know the truth. I cannot judge whether blinding oneself is an appropriate outcome because I cannot imagine the feelings and guilt going through his mind right now. I think that Oedipus does not commit suicide because he wants to suffer for his crimes that he…

The Skeptic Belief The search for the indubitable truth is the main aim of Descartes meditations. In order to do this, Descartes subjects everything to doubt in order to uncover what is immune to it. Therefore, his skeptical argument is said to be stronger than his positive argument in which beliefs are justified. Thus, the justifiability of beliefs and perceptions as put forward by Descartes lead people to be forced into skepticism. From Descartes first argument we look at those things that can…

Sextus Empiricus in Skepticism raises some interesting points about the life of a skeptic. A skeptic withholds all judgement in an effort to obtain ultimate tranquility. Empiricus makes a statement about all the other types of people who are not skeptics, “for the person who entertains the opinion that anything is by nature good or bad is continually disturbed” (Empiricus 357). A less drastic alternative could be proposed for those who are not skeptics to consider rather than reject skepticism…

information that is given? Would one second guess the news reporter? News stations are under fire a lot for being biased. One will often hear the President of the United States, Donald Trump, make claims about how there is “fake news”. But is there some truth to that, or is it all “fake news”? It’s almost ironic. Either normal news has “fake news”, or the people that are saying there is “fake news” are fake. As the people of this country, the citizens should have an unbiased news education.…