Philosophy of language

René Descartes is one of the most famous modern philosophers in the world. One of his most reputable works is called Meditations on the First Philosophy. The book is made up of six mediations in which Descartes seeks to prove what knowledge is undoubtedly true. In his third meditation, Descartes attempts to provide evidence for the existence of God. He raises one main argument, followed by a supplemental argument. He sets up his first premise by stating that he, in fact, does have a concept of…

Who is Pierre Bourdieu? Pierre Bourdieu(1 August 1930 – 23 January 2002) was a French sociologist, anthropologist, philosopher, and renowned public intellectual. After graduating from college, he taught in a high school on the study of philosophy and spent two years in Algeria which lead to his writing of his first book, Sociologie de L'Algerie (The Algerians). In 1981, he was given the chair at College de France which is a presigious placing for a sociologist. Heavily influenced by Karl Marx,…

Socrates main method of analyzing language, the mind and soul was through analyzing others. He did this through simply having conversations with them about things like ethics and morals, ideas like happiness and piety. For Socrates, the only important thing to him in life “has always been…

teacher he thinks in a way as his teacher wants him to think. Nietzsche express discontent to “slave revolt in morality” which believes rich, powerful as evil and poor as good. 6. We scholars: With the success of science and scholar, the level of philosophy…

philosophers. He set the tone for many 20th century philosophers. He lived a very short and prolific life. He considered himself a religious writer, however he had a very peculiar form and understanding of faith. What is interesting about Kierkegaard’s philosophy is his idea of linking faith to religious existentialism, which is far from being a traditional Christian approach. He believed that religious existentialism implicates a leap of faith, marked by the search of the truth through an…

importance to human rather than divine or supernatural matters. Humanist beliefs stress the potential value and goodness of human beings, emphasize common human needs, and seek solely rational ways of solving human problems. It is a progressive philosophy of life that, without theism and other supernatural beliefs, affirms our ability and responsibility to lead ethical lives of personal fulfillment that aspire to the greater good of humanity. Without humanism, we wouldn’t know the greater good…

The Psychology of Thomas Aquinas Having acknowledged the fuzziness of the boundaries between what we now recognize as the separate disciplines of religion, philosophy, and psychology, one must admit that Aquinas’s extensive writings nevertheless delved deeply into psychological subjects. The Scholastic movement, beginning in 1150 with Peter Lombard’s Four Volumes of Opinion—an effort to align human reason with the high value placed on faith during the papacy-dominated middle ages—did not reach…

Language contributes in the development of scientific ideas. In natural sciences, scientists perform experiments in order to develop theories and models that try to explain how nature behaves. Since theories are difficult to prove to be true, experiments have to be repeated several times in order to get accurate results and hence lead us to the truth. Therefore, language is important while analyzing results in different experiments. Without language, scientists would not have…

In “Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals,” Immanuel Kant developed a philosophy of morality that was considered “pure” philosophy, a philosophy that was completely independent of subjective personal experience or perception. In that work, Kant presents the idea that ethical decisions should be based on a priori reasoning which is a type of reasoning that is based on logical observations, not experiences. Kant breaks these actions into the categories of good will and categorical imperatives,…

major theme and problem in Marx's philosophy. Alienation, or estrangement, of people from aspects of their human nature, Gattungswesen, is a consequence of living in a society or community that is stratified into social classes, particularly the bourgeois and the proletariate. This…