Philosophy of history

Richard Rorty, an American philosopher of the late twentieth and early twenty-first century who explored expertise in philosophy and comparative literature into a perspective called “The New Pragmatism” or “neopragmatism.” Rejecting the Platonist tradition at an starting period. Initially he was attracted to analytic philosophy. Rorty’s views were strong when he came to believe from representationalism, this tradition in its own way suffered a lot. He associated with Platonism flaw. And he…

has been on the minds of many individuals for centuries is “What is a good life”. In philosophy, one could consider the good life to be full of materialistic needs, wealth, family, or a love interest. To others, a good life could be to find inner peace and contentment within simple pleasures. In the “Good Life” reading six philosophers explored the idea of what a good life entailed and even though their philosophies shared many similarities they also had many differences. These philosophers…

Hegel’s philosophy of history incorporates his reasoning of how world history exists within the realm of the Spirit. He explores the actions of men and women, and concludes that they are driven by the Spirit. “Hence it is of interest, in the course of history, to learn to know spiritual nature in its existence, that is, the point where Spirit and Nature unite, namely, human nature” (Hartman). Hegel goes on to explain the purpose of human activity by using great men in world history and what…

meaningless. Grendel throughout the book is seeking an explanation for his personality and the purpose of life. He must go through obstacles with the help and confusion from the Dragon and Shaper to find his answer. While John Gardner explores numerous philosophies and thoughts in Grendel, the three most prominent are existentialism, solipsism and nihilism. Existentialism according to Merriam Webster is a philosophical movement centering on analysis of an individual existence in an…

approach can be applied to many different areas of teaching to enhance the educational delivery and the resulting understanding of the students. Idealism is possibly the oldest Western philosophy we know and study in the present day. It traces back at least to Ancient Greece and Plato. It was once the dominant philosophy of Western culture and is still influential today. Idealism naturally takes its name from the root word idea. Idealists believe that ideas are reality. They typically reject…

Anais, Alonso Module #3 PHI2010 1 Compare and contrast various views of Hinduism, Buddhism, and Taoism. Hinduism is one of the world’s oldest religions. It predates written records and its origins are lost in the past. The term Hinduism refers to the collection of faiths that are believed to have originated in India, but other scholars believe that was brought to India a long ago by nomadic people. It is a polytheistic system with various gods and goddesses as well as lesser deities.…

etymology of the word philosophy, it very literally means “lover of knowledge”. But what a broad term; what does philosophy englobe? It has many branches which specify on various topics, such as aesthetics, ethics, logic, metaphysics, epistemology and politics. All of these cover the broad subject that knowledge is, of what our world is composed of. One of the most famous names amongst the many philosophers who have contributed to the furthering of knowledge throughout history is Socrates. Even…

many different viewpoints and second because of the lack of a full education (Jokimen, 2011) (New World Encyclopedia, 2014). This could have led to his feelings of inferiority or a yearning for more education. Pope was Catholic and at that time in history, this religion was still frowned upon (Jokimen, 2011) (New World Encyclopedia, 2014). This also could have some biases for this poem. Pope could have been pondering or scolding those with a higher education with a narrower view of the world and…

causes. The term “idealism” at least within philosophy, is mainly used in such a way that it gets its meaning through what is taken to its opposite, like the meaningful use of the term “outside”…

The Greek philosopher Plato, known for being one the most influential figures in western philosophy, wrote a dialogue called The Republic in which is found a very insightful philosophical story describing the nature of reality. This story is widely known, by anyone who has studied philosophy, as The Allegory of the Cave. Plato and his philosophy keep influencing people in the modern era, therefore is not surprising to find books or movies with similar approaches to the nature of reality to the…