Proposition

dealing with propositions, a direct belief that “is a necessary proposition such that one cannot understand it without thereby knowing that it is true” (p. 73) is known as either “a priori” or an axiom. The two, however, have different conditions for them to be considered as true. For a proposition to be axiomatic it must “i. [be] necessarily true and ii. it is also necessarily true that if the person believes that proposition, the proposition is then evident to [them]” (p. 73). For a…

follows: suppose somebody states the following proposition, “There will be a Sea Battle tomorrow.” According to bivalence, this proposition must either be true or false. For, if it were to lack a truth-value, there is a logical gap, and if it’s both true and false, there lies a contradiction. By denying a truth-value to the proposition, one denies bivalence, but maintaining it has a truth-value is an assertion of fatalism. The problem with the proposition lies in the future contingent tense.…

based of the individual perception, their entire case is based on their ability to provide proof of their proposition. Their proposition can be anything from a memory to something that they perceived. Ayer acknowledges that it is hard to possess such a proof of these types of proposition. He advises that the individual states general ideas, they also need to have evidence backing their proposition, in this case memories, testimony, or other forms of evidence is reliable (Ayer, p. 32). Ayer…

nincompoop.” (Tobar 2016) He never took a class in Spanish literature or grammar like the English equivalent, but instead was force into a monolingual world. The debate on the implementation of bilingual education is more than just California Proposition 58. It has developed overtime and has only grown with importance and heated arguments. “The strongest arguments against bilingual education came from two employees of the U.S. Department of Education, Keith Baker and Adriane de Kanter (1981,…

Aquinas, but in modern philosophy the view of Bertrand Russell, who is a modern philosopher, is upheld. “Undoubtedly the most popular theory of truth is the correspondence theory , which says that truth is an agreement or correspondence between a proposition and some fact in the real world”(Velasquez 403). As a student of philosophy, I would like to analyze The correspondence theory of truth by comparing it The pragmatists theory of truth and The coherence theory of truth, I would like to…

customers or even with employees. Perhaps this lack of communication explains, to some extent, an image of silence or inefficiency of the company. Therefore, in this study the focus is in sales and communication with the customer with the help of value proposition…

Epistemology, philosophically, is the study of knowledge. To ascertain knowledge, one must possess the ability to determine truth and falsity. If it is not unclear whether something is actually true or not, then no viable knowledge can arise. Attempting to discern knowledge without truth can be likened to taking a test when neither the subject nor the material was learned. There was no study material on which to base the student’s answers for the test just as there is no truth on which to base…

split the Social Security payments in half. Just like many reform propositions, has detractors, this, for example, this is a frightening proposition for those already receiving benefits, since there would be less taxes entering. The Cato Institute’s ”6.2 Percent Solution” is one of many policy recommendations to help reform Social Security, but one which is especially frightening to the elderly. The Cato Institute builds its proposition on notion which former President Bill Clinton said “The…

The ads of proposition 8 both portrayed a different message of whether same sex marriage should continue to be valid or recognized in California. A yes vote on this measure means that citizens are against recognizing same sex marriage in California. The yes ad on proposition 8 portrays the idea of recognizing same sex marriage as something that will cause multiple consequences such as impacting churches, children, adoption, etc. The participants of the ad use strong vocabulary to show that same…

testing a candidate proposition, namely, “virtue is teachable”. Meno himself supplied such proposition in the form of a question. Likewise, in the Republic, Socrates puts forward for testing the candidate proposition “justice in the soul is a matter of each part performing its own function”. The next stage, in both dialogues, begins when a second proposition is examined, the truth of which is necessary for the truth of the original candidate proposition. In the Meno, this new proposition is…