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Summary of Voltaire's Philosophical Dictionary
... . Voltaire was overwhelmingly concerned with religious and ethical issues. His belief that spirituality was a private matter simply didn't correspond ... appear in the Bill of Rights and represent the core beliefs which have been shaping U.S. culture for over ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Classical Philosophy
Read Descartes, Meditations 1 and 2. What is the significance of the wake/sleep contrast in these two meditations?
... beliefs, beliefs that rely on our senses. If one is dreaming, than a posteriori beliefs formed to this experience is unreliable. However, as pointed out that ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Modern Philosophy
Descartes' Meditations
... to your brain that the stick is bent. Or, to put it another way, the eyes send the brain the belief that the stick is ... brain the belief that the stick is bent. However, once the stick is removed from the water, your eyes would yield the impression that the ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Modern Philosophy
To what extent is faith a legitimate basis for knowledge claims, in religion and different areas of knowledge?
... is no guarantee that it will continue in the future. The belief that it will is based on the assumption that the course of ... that the sun has always been observed to rise on schedule is no guarantee that it will continue in the future. The belief that ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy
Nietzsche : The Father of Existentialism?
... beliefs to the tyrants was they both shared on some level the belief that god is dead, but the main parelell is the belief that ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Modern Philosophy
Essay on kierkegaard
... that Kierkegaard is discussing a type of belief that is "the organ for apprehending history," i.e. a type of ordinary belief ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy
The Pursuit of Knowledge at the Cost of Ethics
... upon the Nazi belief that Jews were inferior, and whereas there was an absence of evidence to justify this belief the Nazi's ... decide to have an abortion. As a result of the Catholic belief that abortion is immoral in certain areas of the world karyotyping ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Comparative Philosophy & Ethics
Introduction to Philosophy: an essay that offers my own answers to 6 major questions in philosophy
... on one's personal and religious beliefs. Believers in a creator know there is meaning to life; and that meaning is given by the ... To "believe" that we do not believe in anything means we must lack entity. For we all act on certain beliefs, and our ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy
The Comparisons of Charles Manson to Transcendental Philosophy
... were important to the transcendentalists of the 19th century. The belief that the individual, not the government was key to society, ... full credit for his beliefs and inspiration to create a better society, but people must remember that his ideas compare ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy
The Clash of Titans
... belief that God created man out of the dust of the earth and Eve from one of Adam's ribs, was the way that ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy