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1. John Searle had a theory where he recognized there is a mental and physical dualism for Rene Descartes. In the other hand Descartes belief that dualism is composed of two different substances that are mind and body. One of them is physical and the other one is nonphysical. Descartes claims that these substances interact at some point in the body. Both of them recognized mind and body are different parts. 2. George Berkeley claims that the only thing that is real is ideas. This is called idealism

Dostoevsky and Nietzsche's Overman       The definition of übermensch, or overman, in Barron's Concise Student's Encyclopedia makes anyone who has read Nietzsche's Zarathustra - even aphoristically, as I tried to do at first - cringe. Barron's Encyclopedia defines an overman as someone who "has his act together and gets things done." Of course, considering that this is a summary of one part of Nietzsche's ideas, and that the encyclopedia reduces his entire philosophy to one short paragraph

the song, it is strongly hinted that if god does not exist, then we are left in the wild, so to speak where there are no rules and everyone is free to do what they want, this line in the song reflects a quote from Fyodor Dostoyevsky's The Brothers Karamazov: "if there is no God, then everything is permitted." Both Fyodor and jay-z seem to think, without the existence of god, then all morality is pushed to the side, because, the same way that we have people create laws for us to follow in our day to

About the Culture The Eastern culture that I chose for this week’s assignment is the Russian culture. Russia is the largest country in the world with a total area of 6,601,668 square miles and a population at about 141,049,000. With a huge population of 141,049,000, there are at least 190 ethnic groups, including those of Russian decent, Ukrainian, Tatar, Bashkir, Chuvash, and Chechen. Provided, with at least 190 ethnic groups, 100 minority languages are being spoken in Russia, including Russian

Freewill and Evil Is it possible for evil to exist in our world while humans possess free will? This paper will explore the ideas around freewill and will point out the many coherent and incoherent ideas about this discussion in philosophy. More specifically it will cover the Atheists point of view on the evil and suffering argument for gods non-existence, Walter Terence Stace’s ideas on compatibilism and its relevance to the Atheists perspective, and finally it will discuss John Leslie Mackie’s

The Themes of Dostoyevsky Fyodor Dostoyevsky, born in 1821, would become one of the greatest writers in Russian literature. Fyodor received an education in engineering in St. Petersburg, but decided to follow a literary career. He was a person who wrote how they felt about certain topics, and felt that everyone should know about the government. Dostoyevsky joined the underground group, the Petrashevsky circle, the to bring out the truth in these books, which were forbidden in the public. Through

ACHIEVING A SOCIETY OF LEADERS CIVIL SOCIETY A more thoughtful public begins with the understanding of civil society and its relationship with a democratic government. When I say civil society, I don’t mean just any U.S. citizen or community. To me, a democratic civil society represents the responsibility of each individual to stay politically informed, to check their sources, to question information presented to them, to reflect on their values, and to build an environment where people can come

Soren Kierkegaard was a Danish philosopher/existentialist born in Copenhagen, Denmark. Commonly known as the “father of existentialism”, his works included strong subjects such as seeing the human existence as fallen, and that human life is lived in suffering and sin, guilt, and anxiety. Kierkegaard’s work is mostly revolved around religion, specifically Christianity based. Coming from a line of Lutheran pastors, shows how major of an influence religion is on his work. On the contrary, Friedrich

were omniscient and omnipotent, He would be able to know of evil and prevent its occurrence. As he is perfectly good He would prevent evil, and evil would therefore not exist. If God truly exists, evil should not. There is a chapter in The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky called The Grand Inquisitor. In it the catholic church makes the argument that while God is the one who made the world, men are the ones who do evil. Man has been given the choice, and suffering is just a condition of man's fallen

Character Description • Billy Pilgrim- Billy had been drafted for the Second World War, in which he survived the fire-bombing of Dresden. Before the war he studied optometry, which he returns to after the war. In the novel, Billy has become “unstuck in time” and is constantly viewing different parts of his life. He has no control over when he travels in time or where, and he does not try to gain any sort of control. • Kurt Vonnegut- The novel is Vonnegut’s way of telling his experience in World War