Philosophical logic

The Conditions of Human Existence Simone de Beauvoir believes that humans have ambiguity that they often fail to embrace. She says what makes up this ambiguity is our objectivity and subjectivity. Many philosophers have chosen one side to adhere to, Nietsche prefers objectivity while Kant and Plato embrace subjectivity. Our objectivity is our belonging to this external world based in reality. Our subjectivity is our ability to transcend that external world beyond our physical limitations…

As a philosopher, Theodor Adorno is recognizably a Negativist, an individual who recognizes and explains the fact that there is a problem, that critiques are required of something taken relatively for granted, but does not actually cast a detailed so-called “solution” to the problems he is pointing out. His main problem of focus, when broken down, is that most other philosophers are asking the wrong main questions when they are creating their moral systems. For Adorno, it is not “’what shall we…

The thesis focuses on the Expressivism and Aristotelian argumentation of Alasdair MacIntyre’s Ethics in the Conflict of Modernity. Throughout my academic career I have delved into various aspects of philosophical, political, and religious teaching all of which have encompassed ideals of theistic ethics. Today, I will present a claim conceived by Alasadair MacIntyre in his book Ethics in the Conflict of Modernity. I will use the other philosophers as the occasion arises as I provide support for…

Descartes: The Special Causal Principle and the Existence of God In the 3rd Meditation, Descartes concludes that the he is a thinking thing and continues by determining whether there is anything that exist outside of him. Descartes then provides an argument which aim is to determine whether God exist, and this is presented as an argument for the existence of God based on an idea. In this, the Special Causal Principle arises and well as the concept of “clear and distinct ideas”. The aim of this…

Plato and Aristotle’s political philosophies are deeply based in their ontology, epistemology, and metaphysical philosophies. In this way, these philosophers’ differing views on the fitness of rule has an origin in their differing views in these more primary philosophies. As a result, in this essay, I will argue that Plato’s justification for rule by his philosopher kings on account of these philosophers’ inherently reason-governed souls that can understand the forms, especially the form of the…

John Searle argues in his article “Minds, Brains, and Computers,” that computationalism is a false logic that fails to explain the mind. In doing so, Searle distinguishes between two modes of artificial intelligence(AI)—the strong and weak AI. Searle acknowledges that the weak AI hypothesis, which claims that digital computers are merely powerful tools, could potentially be correct. However, Searle objects the strong AI hypothesis because it claims that appropriately programmed computer is not…

In the “Apology” Socrates is on trial for crimes he has not committed. Socrates ultimately does not fear death because of his innocence, he believes that death is not feared because it may be one of the greatest blessings of the soul. For a person such as Socrates that has lived virtuously there no reason for them to fear death. Socrates makes the argument that one should not fear death because only the gods know what is beyond death,because death could be a blessing. According to Socrates,…

Socrates was arguably one of the most influential Greek philosophers within ancient history. From his great intellect came the reputation of being the father of western philosophy. Socrates spread his knowledge to many students, the most famous being Plato. Plato is the author of The Trial and Death of Socrates in which four dialogues describe Socrates’s final chapter in life. Through these dialogues it is often questioned whether Socrates was responsible for his own death at the hand of two…

Darcy’s Justification Prejudice often wards one from viewing another’s character correctly while pride hinders from further investigation. Consequently, Elizabeth Bennet got tangled in the sticky web of this cycle in the novel, Pride and Prejudice, concerning Mr. Darcy. However, had she gone straight to the origin of the information instead of relying on a second hand story and observations made from afar Ms. Bennet would have gained invaluable information that would have stopped her…

Adnan is likely to be innocent because the evidences that go against him were inconsistent. Some of the inconsistencies were Jay’s credibility, the cell phone pings, the autopsy report, and the state’s conviction. First, Jay’s testimony was inconsistent because his story didn’t match with the autopsy report. Based on what Jay said at Adnan’s 2000 trial, he helped Adnan to bury Hae around 7:00p.m., which was about four and a half hours after Adnan killed her. However, according to Rabia in…