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Why did Rousseau believe that modern society was corrupt and unfree?
... The main concept of Rousseau's thought is that of 'liberty', and his belief that modern society forced humans to give up their ... is an expression of Rousseau's belief that humans are corrupted by modern day society. Rousseau says that the state is unjust ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Modern Philosophy
Mill's belief that if a person isn't harming anyone other than themselves, the gov't shouldn't step in
... beliefs which he defends. The first criticism is that these citizens who do whatever they want are acting like children. The second criticism is that ... s views about justice are criticized by those thinking that these people who are doing things to hurt ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Modern Philosophy
Does Berkeley believe that objects go out of existence when nobody is perceiving them? If not, what does he believe?
... . Berkeley believed that a belief that something exists is justified if and only if the object at issue ... are real. Berkeley maintained that objects exist only in the minds of those that perceive them. His main point was that objects cannot exist without ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Classical Philosophy
Scientists claim that water = H2O. Suppose that a neuroscientist claimed that pain = the firing of c-fibres. How would a functionalist argue against the neuroscientist's claim?
... belief that mental states have a substantial essence; and functionalism, the belief that the ... belief that the essence is functional. In this essay I will be assessing each of the claims made by functionalists arguing against the neuroscientists claim that ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Modern Philosophy
A close analysis on Plato's Republic. Answers to such questions as: What is Socrates' reply to Thrasymachus's notion that injustice makes one "stronger and more effective" than justice (34)?
... The basis of these two criticisms is due to Socrates ' belief that the soul consumes everything presented to it. Therefore what ... Socrates replies to Thrasymachus by giving him an example that shows that injustice leads to conflicts in all groups of people. ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Classical Philosophy
"All That Is Solid Melts Into Air"
... the belief that everything and anything is possible in that land. The initial stronghold that Europe ... that is forced to relinquish its power to America, the country where people turn to, harbouring the belief that everything and anything is possible in that ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy
"God and the World" Talks about Teleological,Cosmological Arguments and the problem of causality in Ch.9 of Questions that Matter(SE).
... that god exists. This brings us to the two most important arguments on gods existence. The cosmological argument is based on the belief that ... all beings is the greatest is god. 5.We see that things that lack knowledge (natural bodies) act for an end. ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Classical Philosophy
This essay discusses the assumption, made in the Crito, that "one should never do wrong in return" within the context of civil disobedience.
... . Socrates decision to stay in jail was founded on his belief that the laws of Athens were in fact just and fair. ... violence. They destroyed property that wasn't theirs. Another reason that they are not a good example is that they disguised themselves as ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Contemporary Philosophy
Michel Foucault's claim that "Western man has become a confessing animal".
... belief that sex, especially discourses about sex, have been 'repressed'. Instead, Foucault suggests that sex was never actually 'repressed', and that' ... or just in everyday life. I'm guessing that by stating that Western man has become a confessing animal, ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Modern Philosophy
To What Extent Can Modern Scientific Theories Be Said To Have Disproved the Claims That the Universe Has Been Designed.
... beliefs that they will not allow evolution to be taught in schools. This happens in Glen Rose and in many other places. Creationists are people that ... "Creative Evolution" that there was something that made evolution take place, and that evolution is part ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy