Natural philosophy

to study it, we find many problems and difficulties especially with people who believe that they are experts in the field, but really, they do not have any formal preparation or any study on that topic. An example of these theories discredited by philosophy are Cultural Relativism and Divine Command. Although these theories are discredited, they are powerful in their cultural impact. Cultural Relativism is a stream of thought which posits the idea that every culture must be understood in its own…

writings are actually Socrates thoughts, Socrates was the main philosopher behind Plato’s philosophies. The philosophies were structured around, thinking your own mind/obtaining knowledge, living the good life, and the immortal soul. Kant’s philosophies can be looked at as branches from Plato’s knowledge and thought because of the gap in their lifetimes though they are independent and unrelated. Kant’s philosophies are centred around our reality of what ‘reality’ is, the categorial imperative, a…

Bootstrap philosophy is a philosophy that asserts the universal interconnectedness of all things, especially the connections and inter-dependence of all elementary particles. It was introduced by the philosopher Alfred North Whitehead in his publication ‘Process and Reality’. At the time of the writing, elementary particle physics did not yet exist. Whitehead only applied this philosophy to biology. In the mathematics of computer science, this bootstrap philosophy is equivalent to feedback loops…

January 31, 2013 at 11:22 PM Candide is a sustained assault on the optimistic philosophy associated with the German philosopher Gottfried von Leibniz. Essentially, Leibniz argued that since God created the world, everything was as good as it could possibly be. For a reform-minded philosophe like Voltaire, this philosophy encouraged stagnation and the uncritical acceptance of existing institutions. In Candide, this philosophy is represented…

When we apply the theory of argumentum absurdum to both Hume and Aristotle’s argument, the equation would yield the same results. Since humans are capable of infallibility, and humans write about miracles, then miracles cannot be proven to exist, therefore, God cannot exist if his existence is reliant upon the miracles. Therefore, the existence of God cannot be logically proven under Hume’s claim, since we cannot see God, we cannot prove miracles exist, and God cannot exist where man is…

There are two sides in the reflection of “Apology", artistic and logical side. Artistic side of "Apology" is certainly commendable. Socrates shows up as a majestic and inflexible thinker, sentenced to death because of miserable allegations. Socrates was shown as a majestic and dedicated servant of the truth. Speech of the prosecutors on the trial of Socrates remains unknown. It is clear that the allegations consisted of only common phrases. If only two main charges against Socrates - in youth…

Some would say that philosophy and the critical thinking that comes with it is as important to the mind and soul as food is to the body. This influence philosophy has on an individual has been argued as having various degrees by innumerable scholars. One such that makes the case for its relevance is Bertrand Russell, in his The Problems of Philosophy, most notably in “Chapter XV: The Value of Philosophy.” In his writings, Russell strongly illustrates the value philosophy holds and the importance…

Many people will ask that if God is so powerful and all knowing then why is there still evil in the world? Evil can come in multiple forms, there is moral evil and natural evil. Moral evil is evil acts committed by people against others, like rape and murder. Natural evil is natural disasters such as floods and sickness. The Bible tells us that God loves all his children and yet every day God’s children die before they grow old, suffer from disease, and have heinous crimes…

age sixteen entered the University of Konigsberg where he studied mathematics, however, that is also where he that he developed an interest in philosophy. Due to the death of his father he left the university and worked as a private tutor to assist his family. In 1755 he returned to the University of Koningsberg where he received a doctorate in philosophy. Kant then worked as a lecturer and taught metaphysics and logic at the University of Koningsberg until 1797. It was during that time that…

are making something up or not, we should just assume that they are and we therefore cannot take their word for their experience into consideration when it comes to miracles. A flaw in this argument, however, is that we would have to apply this philosophy to the ideas of the laws of nature. Hume argues that any evidence of a violation of a law of nature is completely destroyed on the premise that there is too much evidence for normal laws of nature. However, this evidence comes purely from…