Philosophical skepticism

than differences. However, these similar ideas led to two drastically different outcomes. The Enlightenment Revolutions, such as the American Revolution, were inspired by the ideas of the Enlightenment Era: reasoning, equality, individualism, and skepticism. In a similar aspect, the Egyptian Revolution emphasized the sovereignty of the people, equality in government, and the rights of the people. During the Enlightenment Era, many Enlightenment thinkers believed in the importance of keeping the…

force his interlocutor to rethink his definitions. (Euthyphro, 7d-8a) In addition, Socrates’ use of his knowledge combined with Euthyphro rethought definition of pious opens the door for Socrates to give rise to the Euthyphro dilemma, a well-known philosophical inquiry concerning the source of pious things piety. (Euthyphro, 10d) Moving to examples from the Republic, in this circumstance, Socrates seems to display some amount of knowledge about what is just and unjust as well as what a happy…

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…

God is a benevolent, omnipotent identity who is good and thus worthy of worship, or being displayed as liabilities by the atheist perspective where it attempts to dissect that ideal character projected onto God. Through deductive reasoning and philosophical endeavor, more objective concepts can be obtained beyond the experiences of suffering and of pleasure, where the discussion alludes to the nature of good, evil, and eventually, a conversation of God’s possible nature. An interesting…

In the recent past, John Hick; a philosophy scholar has contributed much to the theological and philosophical disciplines. John Hick’s pluralism hypothesis has put input into his ranking in addition to his provocative contribution to his discourses of the theology of Christianity in today’s history (Hick).Through his pluralistic hypothesis, he describes and analyses different religious fields of the perspectives of Dalai Lama. Dalai Lama is the 14th head of monk of Tibetan Buddhism…

definition of physical literacy (PL) and its philosophical roots, and the second section will develop the use of PL to guide several national sport and athletic performance development programs in youths, particularly in Canada, Australia, and the United Kingdom (UK). The final two sections provide a summary of evidence related to physical literacy interventions and large-scale partnerships to increase physical activity on a national level. Philosophical roots of physical literacy Physical…

Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev is a famed Russian novelist, poet, and playwright who had a very large impact on Russian literature and culture. Turgenev and his writings helped influence a new era of Russian literature. His works also had a profound impact on the Western world as well. Many of his works have been translated into many different languages and he is highly regarded by the French. His writings also helped to produce a new generation of Western authors and influenced great authors like…

Meditations I is written by Descartes. Descartes is a Greek philosopher who wrote Meditations I in 1639. Meditations I is part of a set of six Meditations and the full title of Meditations is actually Indiscernibility Skepticism Meditations on First Philosophy. During the time that Descartes was alive Galileo discovered that Earth was not the center of the universe, and in fact Earth actually rotated around the sun, not the other way around. This made everyone question their former beliefs,…

interpretations of the same question and the question might vary from interpreting the humankind as a whole to the interpretation of world events. They are not omly two different theories rather they provide two different world outlooks based on different philosophical traditions. For example, to explain a particular world event, idealist explanation would resort to spiritual and the materialist explanation would resort to the scientific or the material causes. The term “idealism” at least…

“The Social Contract” was Rousseau’s most important contribution to his time, and to philosophy in general. It played a key role in establishing governments after the American Revolution and French Revolution. He brought to light these new ideas, and they would have a lasting effect for the years to come. Going hand in hand with Rousseau’s “The Social Contract”, his “Discourse on Inequality” provides many key points and factors left out. While “The Social Contract” gives a solution to failures…