Leona Take LARS 3155 10 February 2013 Kant and Hegel Hegel’s concept of the “Absolute Idea” claims that there is a universal and ideal standard that is continuously being revealed throughout history‚ in various forms of human expression. The Absolute Idea can be interpreted as God‚ nature‚ spirit‚ or reality. With art‚ there is no such thing as “Art for Art’s sake” because art is a manifestation of the unfolding of the Absolute Idea. In Hegel’s Art History‚ the progression of art is always
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Knowledge and Certainty In this paper I will argue that certainty is not necessary for knowledge. In the first section‚ I will go over Descartes’ intent to show why certain knowledge is possible. Then in the second section‚ I will explain how Descartes establishes that certain knowledge is possible. Lastly‚ I will provide an argument regarding the need for certain knowledge. Descartes wanted to figure out if he could know anything for certain. Since he was a Christian and believed in God‚ he wanted
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1. St. Thomas Aquinas was a big proponent of the cosmological proof of God’s existence. This proof is based on the concept of cause and effect‚ which states that everything is caused by something. But there is not an infinite cause because there has to be a start. Another word‚ there has to be an uncaused first cause. In this situation‚ the first cause has to be God. Whoever believes in this theory might say that the creation of the universe was not caused by the Big Bang. They may still believe
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Broward College Plato’s Allegory of the cave Soto‚ Jorge #j11029782 Professor Kimber 11/14/12 We often wonder if reality is as real as it seems‚ and if we are part of a world that is real or fictional. Everyday before our eyes‚ we expose ourselves to objects; those whom we have comprised ideas of universal design. Take a bus for example‚ to see it pass by once‚ twice‚ or three times a day is no surprise to us. Similarly‚ we live with those things all the time‚ whether it’s
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A Salesman’s Deception Hulga Hopewell was a thirty-two year old woman who still lived at home with her mother‚ Mrs. Hopewell. She did not enjoy her mother’s company nor did she enjoy the company of the neighbor‚ Mrs. Freeman‚ or Mrs. Freeman’s two daughters‚ Glynese and Carramae. In her mind‚ Hulga referred to them frequently as Glycerin and Caramel. She did find joy in the company of a young man named Manley Pointer‚ though‚ who taught Hulga that he was not the boy he seemed to be and that she
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Animism ________________________________________ by Alan G. Hefner and Virgilio Guimaraes The term animism is derived from the Latin word anima meaning breath or soul. The belief of animism is probably one of man’s oldest beliefs‚ with its origin most likely dating to the Paleolithic age. From its earliest beginnings it was a belief that a soul or spirit existed in every object‚ even if it was inanimate. In a future state this soul or spirit would exist as part of an immaterial soul. The spirit
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Chapter 8 Controversies and Discussions 2 Definition of hallucination Aleman‚ A.‚ & De Haan‚ E.H.F. (1998). On redefining hallucination. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry‚ 68‚ 656-658. Chapter 8 In his interesting and thought-provoking article “Toward a new definition of hallucination”‚ Liester (1998) proposed a revised definition of the concept of hallucination. Taking the widely applied DSM-IV definition as a starting point‚ Liester argued that there are important shortcomings
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Emptiness as a human condition is a sense of generalized boredom‚ social alienation and apathy. Feelings of emptiness often accompanydysthymia‚[1] depression‚ loneliness‚ despair‚ or other mental/emotional disorders such as borderline personality disorder. A sense of emptiness is also part of a natural process of grief‚ as resulting of separation‚[disambiguation needed ] death of a loved one‚ or other significant changes. However‚ the particular meanings of “emptiness” vary with the particular context
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“It is pointless to deny the logical necessity of the existence of God.” First of all‚ we must ask: is the existence of God an analytic statement‚ or is it synthetic. An analytic statement is one which is impossible to think of as false. For example‚ a triangle having three internal angles which total 180 degrees is an analytic statement because it it impossible to think of a triangle in any other way. This therefore means that the proposition is logically necessary and it would be incoherent
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During the chapter fate‚ sophie gets three questions from the philosopher‚ the chapter attempts to assume them by saying everything in life is predetermined‚ then it talks about how a doctor and a philosopher began looking for naturalistic explanations for events that occurred in life‚ I think this quote was put in this chapter because all three of those religions are the same‚ they prey to the same god. To me this quote means if you can’t learn from the past your doomed to be stuck in it. He who
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