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Comparison and conclusions about the nature of knowledge between knowing a friend and knowing how to swim, knowing a scientific theory and knowing a historical period.
... just an act of moving through a substance that is not air. Although, swimming allows us to experience a part of the world we are in. ... a piece of history in a story when we try to understand it, it might not mean the same as the person who is telling the ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy
Is Hegels' philosphy of history valid?
... History of Philosophy to be a kind of outline of world history, from the oriental despotism of China, India and Persia to the Germanic culture of the ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Modern Philosophy
TOK: Autobiography of the Knower: Describe seminal moments in your own history of knowing.
... of what was actually happening. In History, it was impossible to know anything for certain, because of the bias ... The Laws of Mathematics, and 3) The world exists (it might be in my dream, but it still exists). Everything else is subject to my doubt. Of ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy
Discuss the claim that some areas of knowledge are discovered and others are invented.
... the real, full range of the artistic aspect of the world. Ethics and ethical issues are (in my opinion) the most controversial and most wide area of the theory of ... object that brings about inspiration. One history of the muse derives from Greek mythology in ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy
Marcus Tullius Cicero was not just an ordinary man, he one of the best philosophers in history. But he was much more than just a philosopher; Cicero was an orator, lawyer, and a politician.
... The Life of Cicero Marcus Tullius Cicero was not just an ordinary man, he one of the best philosophers in history ... of Events in The Life of Cicero." Ancient History. 1996.http://www.ancienthistory.about.com Hooker, Richard. "Roman Philosophy, Cicero." World ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Classical Philosophy
Discuss the philosophy of materialism. Explain its basic claims. Give the names of some who hold this position and point out some of the problems with materialism.
... history. It starts with the ancient Greeks Leucippus, Democritus, and Epicurus. It had been furthered by Descartes, Hobbes, and Locke of the ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy
Personal point of view in the pursuit of Knowledge
... The whole world depends on records of the past, so we hope that these accounts are reliable. In this case, the personal point of view of the author of my history ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy
How is the allegory of the cave in Plato's Republic a good example of hubris; and how is hubris portrayed in Livy's, Thucydides', and Euripides' respective works of literature?
... the history of Rome. Thucydides is another author of history, and he too speaks of hubris in it. Towards the end of the book in regards to the Sicilian expedition and the ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy
To What Extent Is Doubt The Key To Knowledge?
... the world to report his accounts. It is because of this that he has become known as the Father of History." (Herodotus). Again, we see a pioneer in one of the areas of ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy
Theories of Materialism and Idealism
... of history being composed of opposing forces. Hegel believed that the world is merely made up of appearances, and that true reality is an idealistic view of the world ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy