Modern Philosophy Essays, Research Papers & Term Papers (362) essays
Modern Philosophy essays:
Bergson's ideas and theories on time and free will
... Time and space. Duration. Two separate entities according to Bergson. As separate as oil and water placed in the same container. He claimed that in order to understand free will, we had to first discern what truly makes up and constitutes the abilities given to us so as to allow for a creature ...
Individual freedom.
... 19th century European philosopher wrote extensively about individual liberty. Mill argued that the society should have minimal interference on the liberty of the individual and should only do so in order to promote true individual development. Mill is concerned with progressive liberalism; the aim ...
Descartes' Optics
... sixth sense" that the blind man seems to possess. Descartes then goes on to call into question one's ability to fully understand the things which our eyes see. In this discussion of optics, Descartes draws a comparison between a blind man's abilities to understand the shape and ...
Utilitarianism and Kant's Moral.
... states that we should do what produces the most happiness for the greatest number of people. With this in mind, we would be able to make a sound decision based on the amount of happiness it brings to others. To speak of it as a consequential moral ...
Emerson's quote, "Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind". A personal analysis of this quote.
... sense, is being in possession of ones own undivided body, mind, and emotions. Emerson believed that the feeble minded were destined to suffer unless they could train their mind to ...
The importance of the social contract as a necessary tool for any functional government.
... to aid each other mutually. The individual people should be motivated from their double roles as individuals and members of the body, to combine all the advantages which mutual aid offers them...." Jean Jacques Rousseau said in "The Social Contract" that any attack against a person ...
Existentialism in the early 19th Century. Speaks of writers and philosophers.
... individual freedom, and choice. Moral Individualism Most philosophers since Plato have held that the highest ethical good is the same for everyone; insofar as one approaches moral perfection, one resembles other morally perfect individuals. The 19th-century Danish philosopher Søren ...
This essay discusses why William of Ockham can be considered as the initiator of the "modern way" of doing philosophy
... sense, but are simply general words that we apply to a collection of things. Thus, there exists no such thing as blueness, but only individual blue things (or particulars). He claims that the object and ...
John Dewey's philosophy on adult education
... progressive education methods. As I stated in my teaching philosophy, I feel that the learner comes first and their comfort in my 'home' (classroom) is paramount to connecting with that learner. Respect within the classroom environment has multiple aspects. There is an understanding ...
Mill's Theory of Liberty
... Mill's theories of Utilitarianism and Liberty is to understand that underlying both is his theory of human nature. It is because of man's hedonistic nature that causes him to strive to develop his own individuality and satisfy his wants at the costs of others. By trying to ...