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    Aristotle Research Paper

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    from the Socratic period and one of the most important founding figures in Western Philosophy. He was the first to create a comprehensive system of philosophy, which included Logic, Ethics, Aesthetics, Politics, Metaphysics, Logic and Science. Aristotle was very concerned with science and the natural world. Some of his major works were the syllogism, the categories, the 4 causes and his work in the field of natural science. The purpose of the essay will explain the purpose of logic, the roles of…

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    modern philosophers. Similar to David Hume, Nel Noddings philosophy is rooted in feeling. Noddings’ ethics focus on care: “natural caring” and “ethical caring.” “Natural care” is when one care for someone they love, such as their children. In the fictional scenario, “natural care” is threatened, because the children of the individual are potentially at risk. On the other hand, “ethical caring requires an effort that is not needed in natural caring” (Marino…

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    Appiah Intuition

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    necessity of grounding morality in priori principles is greatly emphasized by Kant on which he bases morality on his formation of a reason in its practicality. Kant believes on the un-conditionality of commands and he believes that the empirical moral philosophy or moral anthropology as the may call it, is grounded on principles inferred through experience or observation and they are limited to telling us how people act but not how to…

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    development of such things as science, philosophy, and religion. Western philosophy started in Greece and spread further to America and Australia. The word philosophy comes from the Greek word philosophia which means “love of wisdom.” philosophy has many different fields, domains, and branches: Aesthetics, Epistemology, ethics, logic, metaphysics, political philosophy, philosophy of language, etc. First things that usually come to our mind when we hear word philosophy are the question “what’s…

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    Tasked with crafting a personal moral philosophy, I ultimately started with one question to energize my efforts and frame the problem: what is a moral philosophy? Moral philosophy as defined by Merriam Webster dictionary is the study of human conduct and values. Conduct and values are words that I can easily identify with and thus the metacognition phase began. It is often naturally assumed that everyone can rattle off in a sentence or two, a philosophy that guides them however, I struggled with…

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    Margarita Rodriguez Philosophy of Nursing Millers College of Nursing October 9, 2015 Discussion Question 2 The word epistemology itself comes from two Greek words ?Episteme? meaning knowledge or understanding and ?Logia? meaning science or study. In a philosophical context, epistemology is the ?study of knowledge and justified belief,? examples of philosophical questions are: What are the necessary and sufficient conditions of knowledge? What are its sources? What is its structure, and what…

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    when reviewing these ethical philosophies is that the argument and conclusions of the philosophers often reflects that philosopher 's social benefit. In other words, someone that desires no human relation with someone ranked in a lower caste would, however, marry up to someone in a higher class. Like the allegory of the naked emperor, such a person would fail to realize the pretense. Ethical Choice: Utilitarianism From the cornucopia of types of ethical philosophies, the utilitarian…

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    Immanuel Kant's Analysis

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    The moral philosophy of Immanuel Kant is unique; not only for the time it was written, but to this day as well. Unique to modern interpretations of ethics, Kant believed in an objective morality. However, this wasn’t an uncommon belief for the time. What set Kant’s philosophy apart from his predecessors was his belief that morality came from logic and reason as opposed to God’s will. While Kant disagrees with his fellow moral objectivists on where morals come from, it is important to…

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    For example, whilst writing The Guide for the Perplexed, Maimonides saw his peers plagued by anxiety, unsure whether studying philosophy would be sacrilegious and feeling as if they had to choose between the two. Throughout The Guide for the Perplexed, Maimonides maintains the belief that they can do both. His views of prophecy reflect this. Though Maimonides makes strong philosophical…

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    Up until William Blake, William Wordsworth, and David Hume put pen to paper the most revolutionary lines of thought regarding science and philosophy came from Isaac Newton and John Locke and involved humans being passive receivers in a world of set laws ruling passive atoms. Blake and Wordsworth both agree with David Hume that John Locke’s view of the world is too logical and Newtonian. Blake and Wordsworth can agree that the world is not made up of dead, passive Newtonian atoms, but is instead…

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