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Jun 12, 2014 · When we do science we see ourselves as determined, but science tells us only how the world appears, not how it really is. Recognizing this fact suggests that when Kant posits that humans have this intrinsic value he calls dignity, he is not “constructing” the value humans have, but recognizing the value beings of a certain kind must have.
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Can we be sure of our beliefs? Philosophy encourages students to explore questions that challenge their ideas and beliefs. It gives students an opportunity to reflect on topics that are often oversimplified by general society and traditional educational disciplines.
Ethics is the study of what we ought to do and what sorts of people we ought to be. Ethicists theorize about what makes acts right and wrong and what makes outcomes good and bad, and also about which motivations and traits of character we should admire and cultivate.
Since philosophy is the universe, we do it by existing in the universe. Thinking is the most obvious way of doing philosophy, but we can’t overlook the actual doing of philosophy: as Marx said, in probably his least controversial statement, “The philosophers have only interpreted the world in various ways. The point however, is to change it.”
Why Philosophize? is a very early work, prior to Lyotard's major writings. It is also a bit more accessible than his other writings, since the audience was undergraduates. The topic continues to be timely, as it explores the reason for doing philosophy, particularly in a world in which it is misunderstood and largely unappreciated.
Oct 11, 2024 · Arguments for the existence of God are usually classified as either a priori or a posteriori—that is, based on the idea of God itself or based on experience. An example of the latter is the cosmological argument , which appeals to the notion of causation to conclude either that there is a first cause or that there is a necessary being from whom all contingent beings derive their existence.
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Oct 10, 2020 · It is as though when we go against society, we perform—or imagine we do—for an audience of one. Needless to say, people, including mature adults, may want a bad judge, rather than a good one.
