Belief In Life After Death Comes From Emotion, Not Reason Belief In Life After Death Comes From Emotion, Not Reason Bertrand Russell (Philosophy of Religion, B. Davies, p.721-723) What happens after life is over' Philosophers used to think that the soul once created would last forever, even without the body. Russell points out that this is false. He defines our life as

Berkeley And Humes Views On The Vulgar Vs. The Philosophical What is the relationship between philosophical and vulgar ideas in the writings of Berkeley and Hume' For as long as philosophy has existed, the paradigms of the intellectual thinkers and the common men have come into conflict. Philosophers have often been accused of living in ivory towers, positing theories, which, while t

Book III In Book III, Aristotle gives an account of what a voluntary action is. Which is an action that a person can be held accountable or responsible for. In this essay I will explain what Aristotle means in saying that an action can be voluntary without being chosen, the difference between involuntary actions due to constraint, and those due to ignorance, and the difference between

Brain In A Vat Brain in a Vat There are valid arguments for both sides of the brain in a vat problem. Since I have no idea if I am or am not a brain in a vat, I will first tackle the question “Would I be happier being a brain in a vat'” There are pros and cons to both sides. The next question should be, “What is the motivation for the controller of the brains in vats'” The evil demon

Brew Haha In this class thus far, we have had the opportunity to read and learn about 26 different philosophers and ways to ascertain the good life. Most recently, we have dealt with philosophers who talk about the use of reason, self-exploration, and self-realization. The works that I found more interesting of the three topics were that of Self-Exploration and Self-Realization. Furth

Butterfly Effect As Maximus says in the movie Gladiator, “What we do in life echoes in eternity.” The Butterfly Effect, in its essence, says that a small change, such as a flap of a butterfly’s wings in China, may trigger a much larger circumstance across the globe, such as a storm front in New York. Drastic changes result from small changes in the initial settings. When we take a clo

Buddhist Belief On Suffering At some point in life, every inhabitant of our world will have experienced the feeling of suffering. Suffering can take many forms from stress all the way to being homeless and trying to find a scrap of food to maintain survival. There are many different religious theories that make an attempt at an answer to the question: Why do we suffer' In turn, everybody

Buddhism Let’s begin with some text book terms of the eight fold path which include: 1. Right aspiration-which is to rid yourself of attachment and hate because the minds intentions are the key link. 2. Right speech is to not lie, or talk down about people because “bad speech” is instigation for wars or enemies. 3. Right action- is to do good deeds, not to go out and kill someone, ste

Cameras In Public Places The issue of cameras in public places is an invasion of privacy as been a heated issue in the last 10 or so years. I think that having cameras in public places is fine, since it is a public place there really isn’t any invasion of privacy. There are a lot of arguments on both sides of the issue but where does privacy stop and invasion begin' You are on a publi

Can Free Will And Determinism Co-exist Free Will and Determinism: Can They Co-exist' The question of free will has been discussed by philosophers for ages, and will undoubtedly continue to be an issue. David Hume, as a determinist, believed that every event in the world is caused by some previous event, and that there is no randomness present in the universe. He also believed in the

Can Happiness Be Achieved By Chance' Happiness is defined as “something final and self-sufficient and the end of our actions,” (P to D p.191 lines19-20). Happiness is not only a feeling; it is a means to an end and the result of goodness. However, where and how happiness is found, varies among the different philosophies. Can happiness be achieved by chance' No, happiness can not be reach

Canadian Politics Economics Power and control is what the Canadian government try’s to establish. Government engagement in business is becoming too strong as “in 1992, 6 of Canada’s 100 largest corporations were operated by, government or government agencies throughout Canada”, (Canadian Democracy pg. 88). The problem with government control in business is that it restricts sole propr

Captain Planet Was Not A Carvakan Captain Planet is Not a Carvakan The Upanisads, which are the conclusion and perhaps most integral part of the Veda, are the major backbone for a large part of Indian philosophy. The word Upanisads comes from the way that they were originally taught to the followers of the Veda; that is, people would gather around a teacher, sitting and learn. Hen

Career Wants When I graduate from College, I have certain careers that I would like to pursue. These careers have many similarities and many differences but in the end they are the choices which I have chosen. All of the three careers I have chosen are business related and have the same price range. Two of the careers job clusters are in the Management category while the other career is

Aristotle Vs. Plato Introduction The Chinese revolution of 1949 was one of the most momentous events of this century. The old order, dominated by warlords, police terror and the rivalries of Western and Japanese imperialists, was overthrown by a millions-strong peasant army. For a quarter of the human race, the way seemed open to eradicate the roots of poverty, misery and famine, and bu

Plato and Aristotle To begin with Plato and Aristotle are two of the most highly recognized and respected philosophers of their time. Plato was once the student of a philosopher by the name of Socrates and then Aristotle was a student of Plato. Because he was his teacher the two have some of the same views on certain subjects, but also had very different views on other topics as well.

Charles Murray Charles Murray’s essay “Choosing a Future” depicts what the future would be like if all federal transfer payments to the poor were abolished. Murray is convinced if our country did away with all federal transfer payments such as AFDC, Medicaid, Food Stamps, Unemployment Insurance, ect… that our country would be better off. Murray seems to be overly optimistic about our f

Child Abuse Child Abuse Child Abuse and Adult Behavior Child abuse, and its possible effects on the relationship that the children, now adults, form with their own children. Doyin Natiya Adeoba Saint Leo University Abstract: My experiment will consist of 347 families with a child age 3 through 17 at home. Child abuse information will be obtained from a randomly selected child in eac

Chulla Suffering: The prerequisite for having interests “We cannot directly experience anyone else's pain, whether that “anyone” is our best friend or a stray dog. Pain is a state of consciousness, a “mental event”, and as such it can never be observed. Behaviour like writhing, screaming, or drawing one's hand away from the lighted cigarette is not pain itself; nor are the recordings

Clemson Football A Synonym For The Nature Of The World Clemson Football a Synonym For the Nature of the World The nature of the world that we live in is hard to define in one word or a group of words. It is a constantly changing world that we live in, much like one’s opinion of the nature of the world is constantly changing. In order to clarify this an example is in order. Ever

Cognitive Science And AI Recently, the media has spent an increasing amount of broadcast time on new technology. The focus of high-tech media has been aimed at the flurry of advances concerning artificial intelligence (AI). What is artificial intelligence and what is the media talking about' Are these technologies beneficial to our society or mere novelties among business and marketing p

Cloud People I found my article in National Geographic Magazine and it covered the exploration of the Lost Tombs of the Peruvian Cloud People and what caught my attention was the location of these tombs. These Peruvian Cloud People would not bury their dead but put them on these ledges or tombs on the sides of these one thousand foot rock faces, about two-thirds of the way up. These peop

Cogito Descartes Meditations Descartes¡¯ Cogito Ergo Sum(I am, I exist) argument is a complex one. In many ways, he constructs a convincing argument for the existence of the self, and for the process of the thinking being, the essence of that self. In this meditation on his philosophy, Descartes on numerous attempts tries to convince both the readers, as well as himself, of his theory th

Cohabitation Cohabitation The article that I used for this abstract was titled “Let’s Stop Harassing Couples Who Finally Commit.” This article talks about the movie “High Fidelity” and how every Catholic Priest should see it. The author of this article talks about how priests and parents are against cohabitation and how they feel it is a sin. It is a shame that some parents agree

Cohabitation Should We Live Together' Cohabitation is replacing marriage as the first living together experience for young men and women today. More and more young adults favor cohabitation during this age of divorce revolution. For them, living together seems like a good way to achieve some of the benefits of marriage without the risk of divorce. Couples living together can share exp

Combating Societal Change “’Then doesn’t it follow, as we said to begin with, that the amusements in which our children take part must be better regulated; because once they and the children become disorderly, it becomes impossible to produce serious citizens with a respect for order'’” – Plato Republic, 424e Plato argues that the reasonable men in his republic will learn to be so

Compare & Contrast: Plato, Descartes, & James The concept of truth is one that has been debated for years and will continue to be the subject matter of debates to come. It is commonly pondered whether truth is absolute, or if it more subject to the interpretation of the individual. Blaise Pascall’s coined phrase, “the heart hath its reasons, which the reason knows not of” establishes the

Conception Of Feminism The Conception of Feminism That fact that the female gender has been historically viewed as weaker, more ignorant, and biologically dependent on the male sex is well known. What is surprising, at least to modern eyes, is that this idea held up for so long, and throughout so many cultures regardless of technology, wealth, or education. Any degree of political, s

Balance as the Center of Ones Life Balance as the Center of Ones Life Balance, our world depends upon it physically, psychologically, and spiritually. This principle, although easy to overlook, is the foundation of my personal philosophy. Without balance there is no harmony, no conflict and no growth. Any productive result, any achievement, any strength is useless without it. The balan

Conflict Resolution Why Conflict Happens It is natural as human beings for us to have conflicts especially when working amongst teams. “In our marriages or relationships, with our children, with friends, with co-workers, in politics-we all accept conflict as a normal part of the equation”. (Swenson, 2000 p.215). There are many types of conflicts such as emotional conflict and