Monism

Can Substance Dualism Be Defended? Substance dualism is a never ending argument in the Philosophy world as it’s been going on for decades. It is the view that the universe contains two important types of entity which is mental and material. The structure of this paper is that four main argument leads to one conclusion. Firstly, I’ll argue about Descartes’s ‘separability argument’ which stands as the definition of Substance Dualism. Secondly, I’ll argue that mental and physical have different

must be dissected and understood in order to knock it down fully and coherently. In this paper I will be explaining and assessing this new age way of thinking itself and through the worldview questions before proving its fallibility. A syncretism of monism and new age thinking states that “all is one” and claims a total unity of everyone and everything as an ultimate reality. This view of the world sees all of existence as one whole where everything is connected and in this, people find their being

CROSS CULTURAL CONFLICTS Abstract: As said by Jonathan H. Turner cross cultural conflicts are "differences in cultural values and beliefs that place people at odds with one another". Generally cultural conflicts have been used to describe crime and violence but that is a pretty narrow definition. The objective of this article is to elaborate upon the conflicts varying across cultures, not only criminal but also cover various other aspects of it such as identity conflicts, conflicts in ethnic and

THE EARLY APPROACH TO CREATION AND REDEMPTION. 1. Creation and redemption in the early Christian Church.. 2. Modern theology and creation and redemption.. II. THE RELATIONSHIP OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD TO CREATION AND REDEMPTION The stronghold in the life of the believer 1. The relation of the order of creation to the order of redemption. 2. The original creation of God. 3. The new creation in Christ. Paul 's doctrine of the new creation appears to be centered in man. This anthropocentricity, though

A worldview is the framework from which we view reality and make sense of life and the world. I base my worldview on the infallible Word of God. I believe the Bible to be entirely true, that it is the foundation of everything I say and do. I believe in a Christian worldview in which my primary reason for existence is to love and serve God. I stand firm on “The Apostles Creed” believing in God the Father, who is maker of the heaven and earth.  I recognize that “in Him all things hold together” (Col

Ecological Economics vs Neoclassical Welfare Economics In the past, the economic school of thought regarded the resources as unlimited and focused on more production under the light of the unlimited growth assumption. Every economic action was suggested to only consider about making more profit. While the economy and the human population are growing; more natural resources are used and more pollution is observed. Human become to deal with the results of its production such as environmental problems

Searching for the origins of evil is one of history’s most difficult problems. While there are varying answers and approaches to the answer, we know that evil does not exist as a singular substance within the universe, therefore making determining the origins of evil more complicated and contentious. Throughout history, many ideas and narratives have been told that attempt to justify the existence of evil within the world. Stories range from evil being released through Pandora’s box to it existing

Cartesian Rationalism Descartes is considered to be the father of modern day Western Philosophy, and was a mathematician who began to consider if what he knew was actually true. Born into medieval times where the global knowledge was coming unwound, everything that had been considered common knowledge was coming into question. He concluded that nothing was true, unless you could sway any argument against it. This method of system doubt would leave him with a core bit of knowledge to build upon, but

The Dissection of Light and the Diffusion of Truth: Constructing God in Paradise Lost In the final canto of Paradiso, the third book in the Divine Comedy, Dante ascends into “The Empyrean”, the layer of heaven outside the realm of physical space where he is finally able to see the face of God: But through my sight, which as I gazed grew stronger, That sole appearance, even as I altered, Seemed to be changing. In the deep and bright Essence of that exalted Light, three circles Appeared to me;

ABSTRACT: In European atomic theory, Euclid's geometry and Aristotle's logic complement each other and are generally acknowledged sources of Western science. In China, the book Zhou Yi is the source of Chinese science because it system contains a unity of philosophic, logical and mathematical thinking. These two systems form the core of the scientific models of the Western and Chinese cultural traditions. In political and ideological arenas, the Western is a contract model based on the individual