Although, Descartes and Putnam are playing devils advocate I will fully argue for Putnam’s discretization of the Brain in the Vat theory. In the First Meditation, Descartes acknowledges that most beliefs he has come to accept throughout his life have come from those resulting from his senses. He then further argues that our sensory experiences can lead us astray and that to guarantee our beliefs concerning reality we must first make sure that our beliefs are formed on a concrete foundation of pure truth. To determine whether or not anything we know is true, Descartes suggests that we must put everything we know into question. This idea of doubting anything with even the slightest potential question is termed hypothetical doubt.
In the course of arguing for this conclusion, Thrasymachus makes three central claims about justice. 1.Justice is nothing but the advantage of the stronger (338c) 2.Justice is obedience to laws (339b) 3.Justice is nothing but the advantage of another (343c). There is an obvious tension among these three claims. It is far from clear why somebody who follows legal regulations must always do what is in the interest of the (politically) stronger, or why these actions must serve the interests of others. Scholars have tried to resolve these tensions by emphasizing one of the three claims at the expense of the other two.
Frazer quickly became aware of Mazey’s insulting and derogatory behavior towards others. Despite having the pleasure of working on other assignments and getting along with other peers, Frazer felt the need to speak up about Mazey’s questionable behavior. Learning that a lot of his coworkers experienced Mazey’s disrespectful behavior during their career at Hudson, Frazer realizes that they had similarities. Frazer has a few options in addressing the problem. However, this problem is tricky as no one has ever challenged Mazey due to his expert and position power, making the situation more complex and difficult to resolve.
Nonverbal communication is an essential part of life that people sometimes take for granted. It is amazing that there are so many non verbal gestures that we give off that we do not even realize we are making. Verbal communication coupled alongside nonverbal communication is the most effective way of getting your message across to an audience. The textbook “Looking Out, Looking In” has a great chapter on nonverbal communication which has many aspects that relate to my skill of developing good skills in using good manners and being polite. I did not realize that there are so many characteristics to non verbal communication because I literally lived my life thinking nothing about them.
He talks about our consciences, both authoritarian and humanistic. He even goes into detail about why it’s better to Garra 2 obey out of love then out of fear. Erich also states that “For centuries, obedience was insisted as a virtue, and disobedience was insisted as a vice.”(Fromm 683). This statement implies that obeying was the right thing to do, and disobeying was the wrong thing to do. He even uses religion and terms that deal with religion throughout his article for more evidence.
Kant believed that everybody had an innate moral awareness, “two things fill my mind with ever new and increasing admiration and awe... the starry heavens above me and the moral law within me”. He believed that this was given to us by God and worked out by us using reason. However, many disagree about the origin of our moral awareness; a far more popular idea given the evidence is that we assimilate our moral compass through our culture and genetic makeup. Freud believed that it can be explained by socialisation and that our conscience is the product of our unconscious mind or ‘superego’. Freud explained that the mind was divided into three areas; the ‘ID’ where our base instincts are such as desire and appetite, the ‘Ego’ a part of our mind that is shaped by external influences and the ‘Superego’ a part of the ego that is shaped by the influences that have affected our development such as parents and teachers.
One could think that “good” is just relative, another could think that “good” has to do with and absolute goal in mind, and the other could think that a “good” life can’t be known to be good until one reaches life’s end. There are so many different meanings to a single aspect of philosophy. Today we are going to look at three different philosophers, Kant, Nietzsche, and Saint Augustine, and compare their ethical positions. Kant’s main philosophy was this, duty for the sake of duty. What does this mean?
The Falsification Principle is a similar principle to the verification principle as both states that statements are only meaningful if it can be proven true or false, verified or falsified. The falsification principle however if more focused on the idea of falsifying statements, as the name would suggest, and says that religious statements are meaningless because people(believers) will let nothing count against them no matter what the evidence. For example believers may have the belief that 'God is loving' and no matter how strong or how much evidence I could provide to show the opposite the believers would still have reasons why, in spite of everything, God continues to be loving. This was the point Anthony Flew was trying to make when he applied the falsification principle to religious statements and concluded that they were meaningless as he deemed it they died a 'death by a thousand qualifications'. There will never be anything believers will accept that could challenge what they believe because they will always come up with other ways of qualifying it.
An Analysis of Everyday Use Everyday use is the article I like the most in all the articles that we learnt. At the first time I see this title; I feel no interest in reading this article, because it’s just an everyday use. But after I read it, I knew that this title has special meaning to the author and for the reader. This title contains a very important question whether or not heritage should be preserved and displayed or integrated into everyday life. People have their point of view to this controversial issue, Like Dee (Wangero) in the story, in paragraph 70, line 4, “Hang them,” she said.
I have become so accustomed to seeing these types of instances daily that I do not even question it anymore. That is what bothers me the most. The fact that I am unable to locate an image that challenges me, or my perception of reality, is what I would consider to be the most challenging in, and of, itself. I did not realize this until I sat down and attempted to think of a suitable topic to address in this paper. I fear that this is not what was intended with this assignment, but I can not find anything else that is more challenging to me.