Scientific skepticism

In the book The Road, the son and father have a very complex and strained relationship due to the world that they live in. The reasons of this complex and strained relationship could be linked to the facts that the son is fairly doubtful of his father at times, the father places his son at a very high ranking; believing he is the only remaining sign of Gods existence, and that since they are the only two on this journey that lead from a tragic incident, the way they interact and speak to one…

Descartes was a philosopher in Sweden who taught others philosophy, and was also a huge advocate for mathematics, specifically geometry. He doubts everything that his senses inform his of, and even the reasoning procedure, because he wants to conquer skepticism. He knows, however, that he is real because he has the ability to think. By looking at Meditations of First Philosophy by Descartes, one can see that knowledge can’t…

DollanCummings Value of College experiences Summary: To summarize this section I am going to start off by saying this motivates me more to do well in college and enjoy it. This section is about enjoying your journey college life, but also being responsible also. It’s about making fun out of college the best way you can while you’re on your way to your academic success. The most important thing about college is maintain your grades and your responsibility. You can have fun but remember school…

The existence of God has been an argument that society has been fighting for years, along with other debates within them. If you believe that God exists, then the argument would be whether or not Jesus Christ is his one true born son. The cosmological argument only deals with the fact that the universe is created by a great designer. Some say that this argument is illogical because one can simply not know whether or not that there is an intelligent creator, and the universe could create itself…

Today`s society persuaded the majority of American to believe that if you are certain in an idea or scenario than nothing can deactivate it, which is a valuable concept. To believe in yourself can truly push people to new heights to do things never considered before. In the case of the Wright Brothers, their predecessors could not fathom the idea of man being able to fly, however Wilbur and Orville were certain they could find a way, and they did. A healthy amount of doubt is a good quality and…

Doubtful Dreams As any other philosopher, Rene Descartes was driven by the need to find the undeniable truth. He was very upset when he realized as a young man that many of the things he was taught in school was scarcely supported by evidence, if not out right false (Pojman & Vaughn, 2011, p.487). Therefore, when he began his foray into philosophy, he decided would deny and ignore all previously accepted opinions and build an entirely new foundation of truth to build on (Tweyman, 2013,…

The real proof of existence Descartes built his philosophy from the very bottom. He took nothing for granted. “I think therefore I am” is not the beginning of his philosophy; it is the first important conclusion on which he builds his further meditations. But what if the whole proof of existence starts with wondering? Descartes didn’t write anything about wondering in his “Discourse on Method”, but he gave it a big part in his meditations and in “The Passion of the Soul”. So what if he just…

René Descartes’ main purpose was finding whether some truths really existed or not. Consequently, he understood that his aim would have been satisfied exclusively by doubting each belief he previously owned and, in order to do this, he had to meet the sceptical challenge of the evil genius. In this essay, I will start by explaining what the sceptical challenge is, examining other possible approaches to discover illusions, and arguing about what one I hold to be the most efficient. Afterwards, I…

with no values. Hume also states that we need to have passion, and that these passions shouldn’t be overdone or underdone. Our passions must be benign, cheerful, nonviolent, and social. Hume also puts a large emphasis on nature. He states, “Such a reflection certainly tends to mortify all our passions: But does it not thereby counterwork the artifice of nature, who has happily deceived us into an opinion, that human life is of some importance?” (Hume, 352). The artifice of nature means that…

judgements over the years. Because we constantly react to decisions reached from moment to moment, future experience and this particular species of argument is completely insufficient and not a reason for total skepticism. Simply put, our actions overthrow excessive principles of skepticism (Pyrrhonism). Hume states that as soon as the skeptical philosophers leave the shade of their walkways and enter a world or real sentiments and objects, all their principles vanish like smoke and leave even…