Philosophy and Philosophers
Philosophy is the rational study of fundamental and general problems, including knowledge, reason, values, existence, and language. Philosophers, such as Aristotle and Plato, are persons who act based on the rules of practical wisdom. They are considered “lovers of wisdom.”
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The meaning of life - making life meaningful. Here are a variety of answers from WikiAnswers contributors (in no particular order...
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Because it is your one chance to do anything. You can use you body and go to amazing places and see amazing things. Life is a...
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There is an extensive amount of debate on the subject of "What came first? The Chicken or the Egg?" Here are a few alternating...
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Merchants try to manipulate the price of commodities by controlling the amount available for sale. Sometimes it works and...
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There is not one person who would want a friend that is not honest with them. In order to make up a good friendship or any...
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Science without philosophy has no guide. It researches pointless things, like different colors of mushrooms, rather than what we...
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A deed can not become moral or immoral because we consider them so. It is beyond the way we feel some thing good or bad. A deed...
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they have a bad habits like smoking etc.Considering the americans virtually colonised the philipines during and after WWII I...
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Ontological Empiricism is the belief that all knowledge comes from the senses, or "Experience" in a metaphysical (which is sort...
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To me, "generative thinking" labels the process, or processes, that create, within the mind of the thinker, new ideas; it is the...
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It is not at all clear exactly what you mean by shemale; maybe you could define it in the discussion area. There are individuals...
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Your car breaking down resulting in you Being late for work at the world trade centres on Sept 11th
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you start by creating premises that make the conclusion probable but not necessary (as is the case with deductive arguments). For...
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There is no such thing as evil or good, unless there is a standard. Man is what he chooses to be. Enough said. In the eyes of the...
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Honesty has been always the best policy. A peaceful mind is a valious treasure.
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It means that all phenomena (outer and inner) arise through the coming together of particular causes and conditions. This means...
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A checkered career ( or life) has a lot of black marks, that is failures and ignominies in it.
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Platonism was born exactly in 399 B.C. in a prison cell in Athens in an evening, when the 28 year old Plato wept over the...
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He also studied mathmatics
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Most basic answer:No, because the definition of sound is "something that you hear." No one's there to hear the tree fall, so the...
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Philosophy is a science that systematically develops a hypothesis on a premise with analytical tools to resolve the problem...
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Michael Pritchardanyhow, originally instead of "playing" it should read "laughing".
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It's spelled copacetic. It means things are going fine, as in "What a great day! Everything's copacetic."
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Art "movements" are convenient, simplifying and distorted labels that attempt an historical account of art work. Modernism is...
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a system of principles for guidance in practical affairs. It is a system that attempts to understand the fundamental principles...
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Opinions: Is there a Supreme Being and is his name really God? How far does space go? Is there life on other planets? What is...
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OpinionTo gain wisdom, to teach us a lesson, so we get closer to Him. OpinionBecause God is just a form of reassurance for...
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great poverty after his father died when Confucius was 3 years old.
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This is true to an extent in that, being doubtful or unsure about something gives one the desire to research and find out as much...
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Philosophy: Doctrine: a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school Logic: The branch of...
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Not per se, although Wittgenstein drew on Kierkegaard and his own thinking on certainty to articulate what is now known as...
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Because hen you do it reflects on yourself and that would also be part of God's job
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In sociological terms, members of a minority group: is experience unequal treatment. not sure if these two are the same....
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Because you probably live in a free, democratic society where the liberties granted to it's citizens have reversed into one...
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here are a few techniques. first close your eyes, then open them and look at some text, then close them again and look back at...
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Antiquities repatriation is the act of returning an antique back to its country of origin.
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The truth of this matter is based on the fact that morality is only applicable to the person in one society and in a determined...
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I can't think of anything more important than the truth. If we don't know the truth, then we are dealing falsity. Not knowing the...
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Definitely! I actually fit in with that category. Computers can used for many things according to age.+ 1-4 years, some parents...
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He discovered rays, invisible to the eye but NOT xray or cathodrays (have been discovered prior) but radioactive rays.
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In Mayan civilization in Africa
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Put a video recorder there and you'll see.
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Psychopathic deviation is characterized by the following symptoms: asocial or amoral tendencies, lack of life satisfaction,...
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Time is the philosopher of hedonism.
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Plato was one of Socrates's students who then taught Aristotle
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Algerian born philosopher Jacques Derrida is largely agreed to be the founder of the philosophical movement, Deconstruction.
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it most defenetly was a chicken, although there is a greate debate about it. some sientists from Harvard say it was a cow, so...
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using facts, examples makes an argument strong
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Very simply, the "concrete lower mind" KNOWS NOT. It is logical and illogical, rational and irrational. It is not intuitive,...
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Citing the following passage, Bartlett's Familiar Quotations attributes the phrase, "Man is a social animal," to Baruch Spinoza:...
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One Answer Inductive reasoning is a form of logical reasoning that begins with a particular argument and arrives at a universal...
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In the first quadrant.
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Going counter to the facts in order to prove one's point.
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Transdermal infusion is a method of administering drugs by placing the drug in a gel-like matrix applied to the skin. The drug is...
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I considered my present position as one of my greatest accomplishments in my career. I was able to get my second promotion at the...
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Sigmund Freud (1856-1939) was a big believer in the unconscious mind ruling and affecting our actions. Freud was awarded a...
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No, demosthenes was an Athenian general.
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Axiology is the branch of philosophy dealing with values such as religion, ethics, or aesthetics.Does this institution offer...
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Real friends often become our virtual friends.Sometimes our best friend may go far away from us but with their virtual support...
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According to Thomas Hobbes, what threatened in social contract theory was the loss of individual freedom, everything to be...
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on the plan politics
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That term is taken from Marxist theory. According to Karl Marx, the world is engaged in elaborate class struggles involving the...
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The First Self-Righteous Church (as portrayed by Ray Stevens) is actually called First Baptist Church. It is located at the...
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To relate a traditional proverb: Ui mai koe ki ahau he aha te mea nui o te ao, Māku e kī atu he tangata, he tangata, he...
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definition/restatement
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Socrates, who lived in Greece in the 5th century BC, was the first major philosopher in Western society. There were other...
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Pascal's wager is touted to be one of the best argument for belief in God's existence. It says that if one believes in God and in...
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Humanist attitude.
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bureaucrats
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Depends on who and when (what time period) you ask. Yes, Plato and Aristotle. I disagree with the above answer. Socrates was...
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There are four factors of production: Land, Labor, Capital and Organization. In any business entity production process is...
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The 3 Economics questions are: 1) What to produce 2) For whom to produce 3) and How to produce.
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that is too simple, what would you consider unjust actions? is it something that disturbs the balance of the world and the world...
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A system built up generation by generation that states which courses of action will best preserve the hapieness and safety of the...
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what is the difference between informal and non formal as general
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montesquieu, voltaire, diderot
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