Skepticism

David Hume’s Fork is one of the many answers to Descartes’ Challenge. The Challenge asks, “How do I know the outside world matches my sense data?”. Hume’s Fork responds by stating that there are only two types of “justified knowledge”, the knowledge being the certainty of what you know to be true, which is asked for in Descartes’ Challenge. The first type of knowledge is a synthetic, a posteriori claim, which we make based on the sensations we experience as raw, forced data. One example would…

When Americans voted Donald Trump into office, they expected change however in terms of his environmental policy, the only thing that’s going to be changing is the climate. Trump has made it clear that he denies the existence climate change stating on twitter that, “The concept of global warming was created by and for the Chinese in order to make U.S. manufacturing non-competitive.” This claim has received criticism from scientists across the globe who are stating that climate change is not a…

fact and act. In the Introduction to Transcendental Philosophy, he calls philosophy an experiment and says it contains uncertainty and fiction. He also asserts that philosophy begins with skepticism. (To Kant, skeptics were merely annoying complainers who showed up every once in a while. For Fichte, skepticism was useful in making progress in philosophy, but isn’t where philosophy begins.) His romanticism is continues in his declaration that one must have enthusiasm and passion for the absolute.…

but what he does propose is out of place. There have been skeptics before Descartes, but the level of skepticism he reaches is quite absurd and even more, it would be absurd if it was even true and could not be refuted in any argument. To begin with Descartes’ evil genius, there will be two vital topics of discussion, doubt, and certainty. Doubt is a key concept when it comes to Skepticism and even more so when it comes to Descartes’ Evil Genius. The concept is simple, there is an evil genius…

Cynicism is the inclination to believe that people are motivated purely by self-interest; skepticism. Cynicism has its roots as a pessimistic outlook on life, which Szymborska regularly conveys through the use of symbolism in her poems. She portrays cynicism in many of her works such as in the poems “Parable” and “Cat in an empty apartment”, and more specifically her use of symbolism to convey her cynical belief that people are intrinsically motivated by self-interest and a sense of…

is under the control of political leaders. The EU promised reduced emissions for both the first and the second commitment periods. Other nations such as Canada and United States are more focused in the economy rather than the emission reductions. Skepticism is another factor to Kyoto Protocol’s failure. A study ADDIN EN.CITE Brenton201320(Brenton, 2013)202017Brenton, AnthonyWolfson College, Barton Road, Cambridge, CB3 9BB, United KingdomClimate PolicyClimate Policy541-546135climate…

The Age of Enlightenment was a 17th and 18th century intellectual movement that changed peoples’ ideas concerning God, reason, nature, and humanity. This period of great change was heavily influenced by several 17th century philosophers – René Descartes, John Locke, Isaac Newton, Immanuel Kant, Voltaire, Jean Jacques Rousseau and Adam Smith– who stressed the importance of thinking for oneself, disregarding socially accepted ideologies, especially those of the church, and the need for testing…

Parents bear the responsibility of making life-shaping decisions in issues such as education and healthcare for their children. The growing skepticism against vaccines and the healthcare industry is worrying because it can potentially cause preventable deaths. In this paper, I will be responding to Sarah Pope’s entry in The Healthy Home Economist where she argued against vaccines. Pope established her family’s medical background to show that her claims are not unfounded. It is ironic that she…

Death is feared by many, yet in other communities death is celebrated with festivities. It is important that we form our own understanding of death and how it affects us because without an answer to the question “what happens after we die,” we live in fear for our entire lives when we should be enjoying the time we have in this life. The only way we can hope to find a solution to the previously mentioned question is by questioning our existence through philosophy. By this method we may find…

event is still active on campus today” (Tucker). Lindy Li believes that these experience will help prepare her for candidacy. Lindy Li is not naïve about her age being a potential downfall, as she is quoted in saying ““There is going to be a lot of skepticism because of my age but patriotism,…