Counterontology

To begin with it should be taken into consideration the circumstances in which humanity found itself in when these sort philosophical musings of ontology became so prevalent among the society of thinkers and intellectuals. With the turbulence and constant change of the late 19th and 20th century it only makes sense that people would begin to wonder what it all really means. With wars, genocide, and poverty contrasted against the unprecedented industrial and technological advances of the time not to mention the exponential growth in some populations, it became easier and easier to lose one 's identity as the world begins to

2. A Schema is a system that helps us organize and make sense of information. you may have developed a schema that all homeless people are rude and distasteful. Because of this schema, you organize your actions around it you may find the small number of them that are rude and because of this every time you see a homeless person you think they are rude and distasteful.

phenomenon, known as pareidolia, is the idea that humans are prone to find patterns in chaos. Similarly, as curious creatures, we strive to develop a guide in a life of uncertainty. An inherent aspect of human nature is the desire to establish a purpose for every action and a creed for existence. In addition, we remind ourselves of the flaws that we must abstain from. Such reminders are often found in religions such as Christianity and Hinduism and dystopian literature. Ursula Le

Specifically in the book One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s nest by Ken Kesey, an example of this idea is the scene where McMurphy compares the patients to animals is shown. In this crucial scene, the patients learn McMurphy’s view on the ‘hierarchy’ within the hospital. The patients see this through the comparison he uses, saying that

The function of cognition is adaptive; it serves the organization of the experiential world, not the discovery of ontological reality", radical constructivism  "starts with the assumption that knowledge, no matter how it is defined, is in the heads of persons, and that the thinking subject has no alternative but to construct what he or she does know on the basis of his or her own experiences"(Glasersfeld 1). These constructivist approaches recommend that the self changes and develops. One instrument such methodologies have used to clarify this claim is the psychological investigation of similitude that clarifies representation as a dialect result of thought, information, and cognizance, an illustration "is a pattern of thought that underlies our cognition and knowledge generally, including our cognition and knowledge about our daily worlds" (Turner

The foundation of this paper is situated in the (counter)narratives of three black female school leaders. A central tenet of CRT is to validate the “voices” of people of color. Scholars of CRT in education argue that data collected of the stories told by educators in educational spaces of their experience in recognizing and confronting “isms,” be seen as valid (Ladson-Billings & Tate, 1995; Solórzano & Bernal, 2001; Solórzano & Yosso, 2001, 2002b). Solorzano and Yosso (2002a) present five constructive uses of counternarratives or counter stories: (1) creates a community among those at the margins of society; (2) challenges the ideological thinking of center-wing members; (3) both discloses the existence of other possibilities and unites communities with the same goals; (4) constructs

Imagine a simplistic world without curiosity. No questions are asked, so no answers are given. Experiences like confusion and misunderstanding do not happen. A world like that is akin to mediocrity. That world would be a very bland world. Fortunately, the world today is nothing like that of the world described. Advancements in technology and culture were derived from curiosity. People wanted to know why things worked and how they could improve upon them to do better. Other occurrences came about from misunderstandings. One such example is the Meat Inspection Act of 1906 passed by President Roosevelt. “The law authorized inspectors from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to stop any bad or mislabeled meat from entering interstate and foreign commerce” (“BRIA”). This act came about due to the response from Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle. Although mentioned, the horrors of the

Object-oriented ontology is a Heidegger-influenced idea of thought that rejects the privileging of human existence over the existence of nonhuman objects. Object-oriented ontology maintains that objects exist independently

This paper evaluates an argument against Perdurantism and presents possible alternatives to demonstrate that substances do not always overlap. Firstly, we utilize the Lump and Clay example from Effingham’s (20xx) An Introduction To Ontology to illustrate what Perdurantism entails. Afterwards, we object the anti-perdurantist’s argument because it is arbitrary to claim that a substance’s career only begins when it is born and it ceases when it dies. Then, we provide a response on behalf of the anti-perdurantist to show that our objection can be implausible because it can lead to unintuitive commitments. Lastly, we provide a general assessment to show that our objection only works if we can accept the unintuitive consequences.

How should we engage in such speculation safely without overstepping our bounds? This question is particularly important in law—we don’t want to equip judges with the power to engage in pure, unbounded speculation. Sometimes the cost of speculation is high, but the cost of abnegation may be higher. I certainly hope that the first section, which offered examples that were intended to demonstrated the indispensability of counterfactual reasoning, was convincing enough to suggest that we indeed do sometimes need to engage in the enterprise. I certainly do not advocate that we engage in counterfactual reasoning recklessly or without care—quite on the contrary, I advocate a keen awareness of our counterfactual reasoning.

Counterfactual means that you describe an event as if it were not the case. Essentially it's removing a a factual part of history to make a point or describe the significance of the group, thing, or idea removed. Writing about historical events in a counterfactual way can have flaws as well as triumphs.

First, an innate craving for understanding is an important trait unique to humans. It is remarkable that Homo sapiens take time to just try and figure things out. This is something that has been apparent throughout the entirety of humans’ existence, and still is today. We try to conceive a way to make tasks easier, and we understand that the only method by which this can be done is to first have a total understanding of the mechanics of things. This desire for comprehension is reflected in humans’ gradual exodus from Africa. The most popular theory is that humans left Africa solely because they were instinctively curious about what lies beyond the environment they have become accustomed to (NOVA, episode 2). Humans have

Throughout time, people have always had varying views and ideas of everything. Through philosophy, these views and ideas can be put into solid words, theories, and assertions. Two very influential and famous philosophers are Plato and Aristotle. Although Aristotle was a student of Plato, they have differing views of metaphysics and epistemology. Metaphysics is a branch of philosophy that attempts to give a complete and systematic account of all reality and existence. Epistemology is a branch of philosophy that studies the nature and grounds of knowledge; epistemology asks what something is and how it came to be. One’s metaphysical position influences and affects their epistemological view by forming opinions on what is real or not and coming to knowledge through experience and/or by their metaphysical beliefs of reality.

Ontology is the science of being; therefore ontological security is the security of being, the maintenance of identity and the self. This would cause anxiety and result in the withdrawal from certain experiences or activities to maintain the ontology.

to categorize the things that are known and explanations of what it all means. Life is full