vs rationalists). The two are very distinct interesting schools of thought among others‚ and there is quite a significant difference when it comes to concepts and ideas. Let’s start off with the rationalists and elaborate a little more on their epistemology. Plato‚ Descartes‚ Democritus and other Greek philosophers wrote and talked extensively about how to understand the world. Plato with his reality to be a reflection of a greater truth. Big name drop here also one of my favorites the fabled “Democritus”
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French philosophy René Descartes is considered by many to be the father of modern philosophy. Contributing especially to the branch of epistemology‚ Descartes’ notorious book Meditations on First Philosophy‚ was of monumental importance to the debate surrounding the foundations and accuracy of knowledge and ontology. In the first chapter‚ or first Meditation‚ Descartes calls into doubt all of his previous beliefs and all he used to consider legitimate knowledge. He does so‚ however‚ with the intent
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Plato’s Allegory Of The Cave A Springboard For The Matrix Author: Dew Property of Dew’s Matrix Fan Page (http://www.geocities.com/hollywood/theater/9175) IMPORTANT: For those of who are writing Matrix papers for school and wish to use my site as a source remember that all the articles on this site are copyrighted. This means that you MUST list Dew’s Matrix Fan Page (http://thereisnospoon.moviefever.com or http://www.geocities.com/hollywood/theater/9175) as a source and site all references
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References: Deirdre J. Fagan‚ “The Nature of Nature in the Poetry of Hardy‚ Dickinson and Frost.” A dissertation from College of Arts & Sciences‚ 2000 Stephen M. Morton‚ “Bobbing for Apples: Epistemology and the Ambiguous Nature of Robert Frost”. A thesis from the Southern Connecticut State University‚2000
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of something at which we are not thinking. John Locke was an English philosopher. Locke is considered the first British Empiricists but equally important to the social contract theory. His ideas had an massive influence on the development of epistemology and political philosophy. Locke’s theory of mind is often cited as the origin of modern conception of identity and the self‚ figuring prominently in the later works of David Hume and Immanuel Kant. Locke was the first philosopher to define the
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and Descartes developed theories thousands of years ago which changed the thought processes of many. These theories today are still influencing the lives of others. The Matrix‚ a very well-known movie released in 1999‚ retelling Plato’s theory‚ questioned the existence of reality and /or what we perceive as reality. The Matrix‚ Plato’s ‘Allegory of the Cave’ and Descartes ‘Meditation I’‚ all have similar views on reality‚ illusion and truth. Allegory of the Cave
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experiences which may help them to achieve some purpose and design for their life. Philosophy is a strong force that shapes and influences all the branches of human knowledge. As defined by Sandy Clabaugh‚ “Logic: the science of correct reasoning. Epistemology: the study of knowledge. Metaphysics: the study of reality. Axiology the study of values and includes ethics‚ political philosophy and aesthetics.” [ (Clabaugh) ] As its definition suggests‚ philosophy works with our most important beliefs
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by memorization of certain key facts‚ such as the periodic table. This is often necessary‚ and should not be avoided‚ but too often it is seen as synonymous with learning. In his essay‚ ``Examsmanship and the Liberal Arts: A Study in Educational Epistemology‚’’ William G. Perry‚ Jr. uses the term ``cow’’ to describe ``writing on the assumption that `a fact is a fact.’ ... presenting evidence of hard work as a substitute for understanding...’’ while using the somewhat more traditional term ``bull’’
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The two texts that include The Matrix and Plato’s Allegory of the Cave both have similar ideas in the way that they both show how everyone has a different idea on what reality is. Plato’s Allegory of the Cave shows a cave where people have been kept since birth. The people are tied up in a way which has them only able to see the shadows in front of them and nothing else either side or behind them. The reality for these people that are tied up is just the shadows of all different things that are walking
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Running head: DEFINING PHILOSOPHY PAPER Defining Philosophy Paper University of Phoenix PHL/215 Defining Philosophy The word philosophy comes from the two Greek words philein‚ which means “to love‚” and sophia‚ which means “knowledge” or “wisdom.” Because knowledge can be discovered in many fields‚ the Greeks‚ who invented philosophy
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