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Berkeley's "Three Dialogues Between Hylas And Philonous": Direct Realism
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5 pages in length. Throughout most of the First Dialogue of Berkeley's "Three Dialogues Between Hylas and Philonous," Hylas' position has two components: (R) For an ordinary physical object (such as a tree) to really exist is for it to exist external to, and independent of the mind; and (D) We immediately perceive ordinary physical objects. Sometimes this position (R + D) is called Direct Realism, a position which Philonous openly argues against. No additional sources cited.
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Bertrand Russell on Instinctive Expectations
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This 5 page paper considers Russell's views on the way that instinctive expectations are formed and the difference between causes of belief and reasonable grounds for belief. The paper is based on the book "The Problems of Philosophy". The bibliography cites 1 source.
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Bertrand Russell on Plato's Attempts to Account For Knowledge of the Nature of Reality
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A 3 page paper which contemplates what Bertrand Russell would think of Plato's attempts to account for our knowledge of the nature of reality. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Brazil under Civilian and Military Rule
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5 pages in length. Brazil has had an interesting and varied government throughout the years, going from military rule to a subsequent transition to civilian rule. South America's largest nation, Brazil has always speculated on what it's future holds. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Capital Punishment: The Philosophies of the Ancient Greeks, Kant, Mill, and Contemporary Thinkers
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A 10 page examination of the moral acceptability of capital punishment. Explores the opinions of Pythagoras, Socrates, Kant, Mill, and others to determine if their is a common consensus of the morality of taking another life as a matter of punishment of one's deeds. Concludes that there is no consensus and that the true answer to the morality of such a practice lies in a fully developed moral consciousness. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Careless Mining And Timber Harvesting: Kantian Theory
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6 pages in length. Careless mining and timber harvesting in tropical rain forests can destroy entire species of flora and fauna, create soil problems, and even threaten the existence of primitive people who are reliant on what the forests provide. Yet in a number of countries business entrepreneurs are exploiting the rain forests for profit. Kantian theory addresses just such self-seeking behavior, inasmuch as the philosopher believed that such tremendous devastation is not accomplished for the greater good. According to Kantian duty, those who compromise their ethical responsibilities do so in disrespect for the understanding of universal duty. The writer discusses Kantian theory as it relates to careless mining and timber harvesting. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Causal Theory of Action
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This 12 page report discusses causal theory of action and the fact that it is in and of itself an example of the ways in which causal realism describes a direct perception of causality rather than a perception based an actual innate ability or a learned response. The psychological aspect of the causal theory suggests that perception can be separated into mental and physical parts, which are then related as cause and effect. Unlike the theories associated with behaviorism, causal theorism presents the idea that mental states are real inner states that cause human behavior. In other words, behaving in certain ways is not all that there is to thinking or the processes of intelligence. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Chisholm's Theory of Knowledge
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A 6 page paper discussing Roderick M. Chisholm's approach to relying on the senses and on memory as sources of knowledge. Even though other approaches hold that we know nothing at all and that the senses cannot be trusted, that approach also requires acceptance of assumptions. Because those individuals uttering or writing the words have the knowledge that can translate into symbols for the ideas belies the position that such knowledge is not possible. Knowledge originates from physical function, but it is not reducible to purely physical properties because we are able to revise the beliefs we generate from collected knowledge. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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