Questions : a. Describe the characteristics of philosophical reasoning! b. How is the use of reasoning into the framework of my thesis research plan? Answer : a. Characteristics of Philosophical Reasoning Before directly answering the questions above‚ I ’ll describe a little understanding of philosophical reasoning itself. According JujunSuriasumantri‚ Reasoning is a thinking process in drawing a conclusion in the form of knowledge. So reasoning is the thinking process started from empirical
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Nicholas‚ G. P. and Bannister‚ K. P. (2010) Copyrighting the Past? In R. W. Prencel and S.A. Mrozowski (eds.)‚ Contemporary Archaeology in Theory: The New Pragmatism‚ 2nd. Ed.‚ pp. 593-617. In Nicholas and Bannister’s article‚ they had introduced the emerging conflicting issues with regards to the direction of intellectual property rights in research works. There was discussion between the archaeologists who does the study for information and the Indigenous communities who are tremendously concern
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philosopher and teacher. Plato’s most famous student was Aristotle‚ who regardless of his education by the great philosopher has different views and opinions that Plato. The ideas of Plato and Aristotle would battle constantly. Plato’s metaphysics and epistemology split the world into the everyday perception of the world and into forms. These forms are best identified as ideas that are just out in the atmosphere. For example‚ there are so many different designs for creating a table which exist in the real
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Knowledge Power? If knowledge is the facts‚ information‚ and skills acquired by a person through experience or education‚ then the importance of knowledge and certainty is nine times out of ten the most important characteristic in the human body. In Descartes Mediations on First Philosophy‚ knowledge comes from our senses but the senses are only there to help improve all these aspects of life. His idea is the mind is a dominant weapon in everyday life‚ one that decides the certainty of all things. In
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Aristotle VS. Plato Epistemology‚ “theory of knowledge”‚ is the logic of getting to the metaphysics. Ontology‚ “theory of being”‚ is the very distinct part of metaphysics‚ where definitional divisions appear even larger than in metaphysics itself. “Ontos”‚ a Greek word‚ which means “being” and “episteme”‚ is a Greek word‚ which means “knowledge” of the highest‚ most reliable and certain kind. For Plato‚ there exist two worlds: the ever changing material world and the eternal world of Forms
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materialism‚ organicism and other theories based upon science. Moreover‚ epistemology which is a part of philosophy‚ refers to one’s theory of knowledge through basically answering the question of‚ “How much can one know about reality‚ and how does one obtain this knowledge?” Naturalistic Humanism answers that everything in the physical world is knowable‚ and science is the proper means of knowing it. Likewise‚ Marxism/Leninism epistemology professes faith in science and just as much faith that all religious
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famous Greek philosopher‚ who argued that knowledge is innate. Plato’s belief is that knowledge acquired through the senses are undependable‚ due to the ever-changing environment. However‚ another well-known rationalist‚ René Descartes‚ also argued in this movements favor. Descartes‚ who is acknowledged as the one who “began the modern emphasis on methodology‚” reasoned that the senses are an unreliable way to gain knowledge on an event or object (Solomon‚ Higgins‚ and Martin 200). This is exemplified
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the Enlightenment concepts contributed to the revolution‚ I would propose that the philosophy of rationalism was foundational to the French Revolution because of its reliance on reason‚ and its opposition to superstition. Rationalism in its epistemology is defined by the Online Oxford Dictionary as: “A belief or theory that opinions and actions should be based on reason and knowledge rather than on religious belief or emotional response.” The Online Encyclopedia Britannica adds: “Holding that
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about humankind‚ about epistemology‚ about ethics and how I came to form my own personal worldview. While deliberating my in relationship to the worldview expressed by a secular short story‚ “The Ransom of Red Chief” by O. Henry. According to an article written by Keith Drury‚ Assistant
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eye‚ this does not make you completely blind. So keep taking your two eyes off. Agreeing with this evidence‚ you should not get blind .However; you would get blind (www.philosophytalk.org). In addition‚ if we make reference to Descartes’ Meditations dispute. What Descartes argument means is that “the kind of evidence we have for our beliefs underdetermines what to believe (60).” Hence‚ we could use Bertrand Russell’s example. Imagine you had some kind of hallucinations consequence from some kind
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