Ontology

Possible worlds theory and immersion depend on each other: Individuals have to accept or at least have understanding of diversity in worlds in order to be able to immerse into one of these (textual) worlds. Immersion in itself is only possible if the individual is capable of suspending the disbelief that only one world can exist and the prevailing laws in this world will be overthrown during the time of immersion. What is known to be the real world for an individual must not necessarily be the…

THEORY OF EXISTENCE OF GOD St. Thomas Aquinas, a medieval philosopher, has once proved that there is a God by using his Cosmological and Teleological arguments. But still, there are still some questionable things with his belief that there is an existing God. According to the bible, at the moment God created us, we are human beings who are free of sin. Evil simply started when his first human creations, Adam and Eve, abused the freedom he gave them and changed everything. This sin is called…

How does one develop their own thoughts and opinions? Do we wake up one and suddenly think: hey Sea World shouldn’t be open? No, probably not. We all start off on a clean slate. In Percy’s reading, he discusses how the views of the people around us sometimes decide our views for us. Of course, every day we hear many different opinions. Does this not help us decide what we believe? Our opinions are built off of thoughts and ideas we have heard. The people around us help us grow into the people we…

Awareness is the Alpha and Omega of Yoga(corrected) Introduction In the last Chapter, i.e. the Introduction, the concept of ‘awareness’ was elaborated upon. A clear and precise distinction was drawn between awareness and consciousness – two terms which are generally used synonymously. In addition to the confusion between these two terms a further complication arises when a third term i.e. the ‘mind’ is synonymously used with ‘consciousness’. In Western philosophy, no clear-cut distinction is…

Across all spectrums there have been different beliefs, thoughts, opinions, perceptions, and experiences. These ways in which people interpret the world help to conclude what people might think as “right” and “wrong”. But really, there is no such thing as a “right” or “wrong” that all people live by. One could say instead, that these ways in which we interpret the world are actually guidelines that people live by, partially uniquely subjective input and partially societal input all control an…

One of the most important physical properties of molecules is their chirality, or lack thereof which is known as achirality. Chirality is defined as the ability of a molecule to exist in two no superimposable images called enantiomers. This means that achirality is the opposite, in which molecule is superimposable on its mirror image. When two molecules are related in the fact that they are stereoisomers of each other, but are not mirror images. In nature chiral molecules do not exist in their…

Personal identity refers to certain properties that make a person feel a special sense of attachment or ownership. Both philosophers John Locke and Rene Descartes had contrasting views about one’s working mind. Descartes believes that the mind cannot be identical to the body whereas Locke emphasizes that our bodies and mind are the same thing. Locke’s ideas on personal identity are primarily focused on memory, whereas Descartes is focused on the “thinking mind.” The thinking mind is our way of…

These three philosophers Anselm, Guanilo and Thomas Aquinas present their arguments about the existence of God that not everyone would agree with their view of how God exists. One philosopher Thomas Aquinas gives the better evidence in opinion because he argues that everything that has breath must have a creator. Aquinas opinion is the only thing that makes sense of what these three philosophers say about the existence of God. God does exist not for what these three philosophers say, but God…

Rene Descartes proposes a variant of substance dualism that maintains the equal and distinct existence of physical and mental substances. Descartes (1641) discusses that bodies are physical substances because they extend outward and occupy spatial regions while the human mind is a mental substance because it cannot extend through space (P.165). Descartes also notes fundamental differences on their activities; the human body is passive because it cannot think while the mind can handle complex…

Analysis of themes in Don DeLillos novel White Noise. Reality versus fabrication. An obvious theme within DeLillos novel White Noise is the conflict between reality and fabrication. For example, this applies well to Jack and his altering personalities. Even though Jack has created a respected, intellectual identity for himself through the character of J.A.K. Gladney, professor in the studies of Hitler, he remains awkwardly aware of the fact that this entire character is a lie. In reality, the…