nonetheless important. Ancient philosophy is grounded on Being or Logos‚ which is something objective and not according to one’s own ideas alone. Truth and justice are eventually grounded on being. Here marks the beginning of western philosophy. Ontology or metaphysics comes from the Greek term ontos which means being‚ thus it is the study of being as being Aristotle talks of four levels of beings: Man – being capable of laughter and language (henceforth rational) Animals – capable of sense consciousness
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Philosophies of Education |Philosophy |Cosmology |Theology |Anthropology |Ontology |Epistemology |Ethics |Aesthetics | |Existentialism |Believe in the freedom to choose. |- The universe and humans exist during the same time. | -Existence precedes essence: there is no God and no fixed human nature | -Man is entirely free and wholly responsible for himself-point of awareness. | -It is we ourselves who shape our lives. -Humans have a materialistic relation-ship with nature and society. | -How
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In An Essay concerning Human Understanding written by John Locke there is a focus on physical objects and the interpretation of such objects in the human mind. In the text Locke takes a full empiricist point of view and argues that ideas or perception are created from our own experience with objects. He projects the human mind as being just as a blank page‚ void of intelligence before sensations and experiences. In reviewing the first paragraph of the text on can notice that Locke makes it clear
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Kaylee Brown Professor Jeffrey Librett COLT 470 10 November 2013 Being and Time by Martin Heidegger the concept of “Resoluteness” Martin Heidegger was a German Philosopher who examined the concept of phenomenological ontology. All of his writings‚ such as: Being and Time‚ What is Metaphysics?‚ Identity and Difference‚ and What is Called Thinking? have influenced the progression and development of ideas on existentialism and temporal being (Scott). Specifically‚ in one of his works‚ Being and
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Throughout time‚ there has been different opinions on the existence of the Supreme Being (God) and‚ has been disputed between philosophers‚ scientists‚ and other scholars for quite some time. The problem with some of these arguments is that they often end up circular without a clear answer and‚ in reality‚ there is no coherent response to answer this inquiry and along these lines can make anyone question why these individuals are posing this question in the first place. Concerning this matter there
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At some point in our lives people have thought that there is more to life than the material world‚ which surrounds us. For centuries‚ a belief in a God or Gods has been an ongoing debate. As humans‚ we have a natural instinct to find explanations for events that cannot be explained. I‚ like many others look for something transcendent on which to build our lives upon. There are numerous arguments presented to prove the existence of God‚ however the most convincing of those ways begins from the fact
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reality is considered to be greater than a being that only exists only as an idea. In this case we can imagine someone who is greater than that idea in our mind. So‚ according to the superiority that being should be God but according to believes and ontology we cannot imagine someone greater than God because God is the greatest possible thing that can be imagined. When we look at the complexity of earth‚ stars‚ solar system and everything around us‚ it clearly points to some deliberate creator. Our
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thought that trouble in the human soul/mind arises when the three parts don ’t work in harmony with each other. Plato thought that the key to such harmonious relationship was to yield control to the rational soul; after all‚ he was the founder of the rationalist program in philosophy. Freud‚ on the other hand‚ concentrated on dealing with the id by means of psychoanalytical
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INTFILO Rationalist believe in Apriori. Apriori comes before sense experience. EMPIRICISM – Senses (Page 191) 1. JOHN LOCKE – TABULA RASA = BLANK STATE Notebook Mind begins with clear state We use our senses to find out about the world Sense data or qualities World existing outside of us Primary qualities: Scientific characteristics of an object Substrata – what truly exists / reality a. HINDU MYSTIC – praying and sitting on a bed of nails What supports the Earth? A white elephant What supports
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proposes that since necessary existence or more strictly‚ non-contingent existence is greater than contingent existence‚ so God necessarily exists. This argument is put forth by philosophers ’ like Anselm‚ Descartes‚ Leibniz and Platinga who are all rationalists. The design argument is rooted in empiricism and proposes that all matters of fact to be discussed based on experiment and observation (much in the same way as science). It uses observation of our world‚ complex interaction of forces of nature
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