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While “generally newly discovered evidence going only to credibility” is not a basis for setting aside a judgment, it may become so when a

I would like to begin this paper by addressing what question I hope to answer through the entirety of this paper: is the mind physical? As simple as this question may seem to be, there still, to this day, is not a definite answer. There are, mostly, two approaches to answering this problem, through dualism or physicalism. The dualist, for the purposes of this paper, simply believes that the mind and the body are not equal and therefore, they are not one in the same. The physicalist, however, would come back to say that there are no such things as non-physical objects and therefore, they would conclude that the body and the mind are both physical. After weighing on both sides of this argument, I am going to defend the physicalist ideas and

Epistemological Foundationalism essentially claims that some empirical beliefs carry justification that does not require, or depend, on the justification of other empirical beliefs. In this essay, I intend to introduce the reading, “Can Empirical knowledge Have A foundation?” Written by Laurence Bonjour, to give a detailed summary of his arguments - as well as those who object to his - and ultimately to assert my belief that there is currently no example of an empirical belief that of which can be justified in an epistemic sense without avoiding reference to other empirical beliefs, which would then have to be justified themselves, not solving the regress problem.

It is often believed that the relationship between certainty and flexibility in judicial precedent has struck a fine line between being necessary and being precarious. The problem is that these two concepts of judicial precedent are seen as working against each other and not in tandem. There is proof, however, that as contrasting as they are on the surface they are actually working together to achieve one common goal.

The reason Goodman has a pressing issue with is, is due to the fact that this is a regularity of everyday life and has not been proven wrong. “An argument that violates a rule is fallacious seven if its conclusion happens to be true. To justify a deductive conclusion therefore requires no knowledge of the facts it pertains to.” (Goodman 63). Goodman here speaks on behalf of how it is impossible to call a statement such as “the sun will rise in the morning” because according to validity it must have a true conclusion with true premises. Yes the sun does come up every morning but there is always the possibility a scientific catastrophe occurs and the sun explodes and causes a supernova it will then contradict the conclusion. So many of the facts we have engraved in our brains do need to be thought through and examined carefully because if it is to be truly valid it can not be proven by just a reoccurring incident that has not been proven wrong. “I think, that lawlike or projectable hypotheses cannot be distinguished on any merely syntactical grounds or even on the ground that these hypotheses are somehow purely general in meaning” (Goodman 83). Consider the evidence that all emeralds examined thus far have been green. This draws us to conclude, by induction that universally all-future emeralds will be green. However, if this conjectures is lawlike or not relies on the predicates used in this

The idea that mental states are non-reducible properties of brain states is the central tenant of a theory of mind called property dualism. However, before we can assess the theory we must be aware that the question assumes the existence of mental states and as such we cannot answer this question from some perspectives (e.g. eliminative materialism)

Though Crabtree’s article is a bit confusing upon first read, its puzzling nature only strengthens his position that the decision and support used to include a material element in these cases

In the paper "Epiphenomenal Qualia," Frank Jackson presents the concept of Qualia and the knowledge argument in order to prove physicalism false. Jackson 's knowledge argument introduces a thought experiment about a neuroscientist called Mary. His thought experiment is designed to refute physicalism by showing that there is non-physical knowledge in the world. However, there are many flaws in Jackson 's thought experiment that lead to its ultimate failure in proving that physicalism is wrong, such as its appeal to a misleading intuition, the ambiguity of its premises, and the assumption that it is possible to gain all physical knowledge of color from a colorless room.

There are two main theories that make up the knowledge argument. The first is Physicalism, (or better known as materialism) which is the thesis that “All facts are dependent upon physical processes.”(Smart) The other main stance taken is property dualism. The thesis of property dualism states that there are “Non-physical properties of physical substances” (Calef) or that there are physical and mental properties. In this article, I will defend the stance of property dualism by acknowledging objections and replying to these objections to show why the argument for property dualism works.

Prinz publication “Is the mind really modular?” demonstrates a various examples and explanations, highlighting each and everyone one of the modular systems that Fodor created. The number of descriptions created for the modules is composed by individuals who share different points of view. This doesn’t prove that the theory is wrong, it will simply state that there is no certainty of being a hundred percent sure. My position on this essay will be in contradiction to the approach that Prinz argues to disapprove the “Modularity of the mind” theory.

Realism is the form of perception in which it is believed that there is an external world outside of our own minds. It is the belief that regardless of what we may belief is true of false, the external world is independent of these beliefs. There are two forms of realism which are direct and indirect. In this essay I will argue that direct realism is a more plausible theory of perception than indirect realism by refuting the main arguments against direct realism. I will begin by briefly describing direct and indirect realism and follow with countering two of the main arguments indirect realists use against direct realists.

precedent boundary and thereby, common law. At first, it may seem odd Artegall refrains from

Throughout the history of philosophy, the mind-body problem has been an ever-present topic of debate. One aspect of note is the knowledge argument set up by Frank Jackson in The Qualia Problem, as well as his introduction of the Mary’s room example. However, as a response, many authors have formed a skepticism around the validity of the knowledge argument. Collectively, these authors provide arguments that lead to a view that the knowledge argument is not valid.

This principle has been restricted by many exceptions: Failure leads to criminality about it, if the statute law is merely said that a success "caused" to be. But also in the field of law is not fixed common-law -crime several exceptions are discussed:

of it. "The law and the opinion of the judge may not always be one and the