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Evaluation of Socrates' Argument that he is Not Afraid of Death
... that better suit his needs. Like all humans, Socrates ' belief in an afterlife that appeals to him lessens his own fear of death, not because of his belief that ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Classical Philosophy
Compare and contrast two beliefs about life after death. Assess which of these two views may provide a stronger philosophical basis for belief in life after death?
... and understanding of the universe that has one substance only, that being material, and generally a belief that the universe is ... Theory; this is the belief that the whole body continues after death. John Hick argued that in certain circumstances the ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy
THERE IS NO MEANING OF LIFE WITHOUT THE LORD GOD Do you agree with Baier that human life may satisfactory purpose or meaning, in the absence of a supreme being?
... I strongly disagree with Baier's belief that life has purpose in the absence of a "supreme being". Kurt Baier ... . People avoid God because society does all in its power to discourage belief in God. People have exchanged the glory of the incorruptible God for ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy
Using Viktor Frankl, Hitler, and Sartre sources to show that we have to make our own choices: :"Lessons in Choosing"
... , in religious beliefs that arose more than 1500 years before Hitler came to power, and second, on political beliefs, often ... the acceptability of Hitler's beliefs about the Jews that made the German people believe that Germany must rid themselves of ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy
The question of whether or not God exists is one that has existed for thousands of years
... beliefs that they had, such as the idea of higher thinking and thought. In the first premise of the generality of thought they argue that ... it that makes there beliefs not only different from others but acceptable on the basis that there beliefs were widely ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Comparative Philosophy & Ethics
TOK- “That which can be asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence.”
... that intuition or faith is unreliable and even if we did have a way of measuring and clearly seeing it, people have different beliefs that ... because the assertion made is an opinion, idea or a belief that the artist presents to us artistically. There is no ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy
Does the fact that we might be deceived by an evil demon mean that we actually do not know anything?
... we should not want to call his belief knowledge" (5), for S cannot infer from his belief that p. In order to avoid this ... a reasonable one, it was claimed by E. Gettier that justified belief of a true proposition is not sufficient for having knowledge ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Comparative Philosophy & Ethics
David Hume, "Room for Faith" In the cosmos, is it possible that everything can be proven through scientific law, but still have room for religion and faith?
... belief that god is separate from the universe, and the belief of Gods dues being part of the natural law. Although a romantic will agree that ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy
A System of Beliefs
... opened that door, I will now venture into even murkier territory: one thing which Optimistic Skepticism leads me to dispose of is the belief that I ... I can go on to lay out the foundations of my belief system, I think it would be helpful to shed some light ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy
According to Aristotle, how is it that being a good person will also lead to happiness?
... belief that you always must be "morally virtuous" to be happy. These situations can always arise and if one moral virtue is chosen over another does that ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Classical Philosophy