Truth or Dare?

In the book Science and Religion, two philosophers Alvin Plantinga and Daniel Dennett, share their opposing viewpoints on whether they believe the two are compatible. Plantinga is a Christian and he believes that the two are in fact, compatible. His arguments are based on rationality from a theistic view and how it is not present in a naturalist view. He says, (page 9) "As I argue in Warranted Christian Belief, if theistic belief is true, then very likely it has both rationality and warrant in…

Plato’s allegory of the cave depicts the existence of human beings in the bleakest manner, we could view his allegory as one that is unfathomable and quite hard to contemplate in regards to human life and the existence as a whole. Plato’s take on the world clearly envisions the world as a singular cave, one that’s dark and enclosed, and human beings as though they are prisoners in this cave. The human beings are depicted to be trapped within the walls of the cave without a possibility of ever…

I’m not one to lie; that’s not who I am. I’m not going to say that I am the best person that has ever existed. Why? Because it would be a lie. I do, however, have some characteristics of myself that are positive. Clearly, the first is being truthful. The last four months of my life have been extremely testing and have made me hate myself as a person. Mostly due to what other people have said about me. Most of their allegations were correct. My sophomore year I lost who I was. I became, I don’t…

It is not often quite nice to convey an individual to do what one commands. Even if lying is necessary, one will use it to fit his needs. However, not all situations are bad situations. An example of lying to control someone’s actions is portrayed in between the stories “The Pimienta Pancakes” by O. Henry and “The Open Window” By Saki. In the greater scheme of what is wrong and right, lying is wrong unless it is used for the greater good. “The Pimienta Pancakes” By O. Henry Takes place in the…

the white lie, façades, ignoring the plain facts, deflecting, omission, stereotypes and clichés, groupthink, out-and-out lies, dismissal, and delusion. A white lie is a lie we tell in order to prevent more harm than good if we were to have told the truth. Façades are the way that we present ourselves to make it seems as we are better than we actually are. What ignoring the plain facts means is that even if you know someone or something is problematic and you continue to use their services…

A scenario given is that “prisoners are released…[and] turns his neck around and walks towards the light” (Plato, 360 AD, p.1), which represents that one prisoner will realize the unknown truth and knowledge. This finding of light will cause for him to "suffer sharp pains…will not be able to see the realities of which his former state he seen the shadows, [and will fancy that those shadows are truer than the objects which are now shown” (Plato…

because they have no faith and would not be able to believe in the better story. Pi creates the better story because he knows that he will not be able to forgive himself for the things he did in the real story. He even says, “It’s the plain truth plain truth: without Richard Parker, I wouldn’t be alive today to tell you my story” (Martel 164). Without the idea that Richard Parker did all the sinful actions he did Pi would not be able to forgive himself. The author even says, “After all these…

Both are alike and vary in many ways and the harsh truth is that none of it can be completely proven, we just either believe one or the other or neither. Over the years, the believers created many problems and controversies that affected the whole world, yet people still believe in one because people are…

Education is essential in order to become a well-rounded, reasonable human being. Without education people have no reason to question what they read or hear and do not have the ability to assess critically what they hear even if they do desire to question it. Plato’s “Allegory of the Cave” from Book 7 of “The Republic” theorizes on what would occur if a prisoner chained in a cave, exposed only to shadows on a wall were to break free of his chains. Plato theorized that when the prisoner was…

existence holds. An important piece of this experience is the man’s introduction to complete brightness, now that he beholds a world under sunlight. The sun in the Allegory of the Cave is representative of the absolute Truth or Good that a philosopher seeks after. When the source of Truth and Good shines its light on the man’s life, everything is suddenly…