Religious beliefs

is not as strictly delineated as we thought. However, it is useful to think of American organizational life as a left-brain culture, meaning logical, analytical, technical, controlled, conservative, and administrative. In fact, we still have that belief of we are dominated and shaped by those same characteristic. Indeed, our culture needs more right-brain qualities, needs to be more intuitive, conceptual,

sentences mean. hearsay is inarguable. Hearsay is a source, whether reliable or not depends on the source itself. The source of one’s own knowledge, sense data, and various other means of gaining relevant information to build a foundation for our beliefs, is by definition, foundationalism. We must question only to a certain degree and allow

The Sunday Night Blues The Sunday Night Blues: a case about 59% of Americans come down with every Sunday night before starting the work week ahead. These people absolutely dread going to work every week, the majority of them wishing they could be able to quit their jobs and chase after their passions. A highly credible philosophical professor named Dr. Gordon Marino, made an entire article arguing why it would be inadequate and unethical for someone to quit a job that is necessary in order to provide

For thousands of years the most prominent theory of knowledge was Plato’s Justified True Belief theory. He was convinced that in order to know something the following criterion must be met: a) one must believe said thing to be true b) said thing must actually be true, and c) one must be justified in believing said thing to be true. This theory made a lot of sense to most epistemologists, and was generally accepted as true for a very long time. It wasn’t until a man named Edmund Gettier wrote a

to be obvious. This will inspire you to show everybody what you’re beginning to see and understand. But they won’t be interested. People don’t want to know that their beliefs are wrong. Every person assembles their beliefs like a ‘house of cards’. They stack them, one on top of the other, without realising that each belief can only remain standing with the support of the others. That’s why people keep their metaphorical ‘doors and windows’ firmly shut. They know that it only takes the slightest

have “knowledge” you must understand how you to achieve that knowledge through truth, belief and justification. The next couple of questions that are asked are usually “what is knowledge?” and “why is knowledge considered a belief?” The study of knowledge (logos) or better known as Epistemology focuses on the investigation to differentiate between the justified beliefs from opinion. Knowledge is considered a belief because our experiences, what we see, hear, taste, touch, and smell. This breaks down

Aristotle sets out his theory of akrasia, or weakness of will. Aristotle attempts to explain both how such actions are possible (contra Socrates), and how we can dissolve the puzzles (aporiai) generated by our most important (kurios) commonly held beliefs, which arise in response to the actions of the incontinent person. This paper will review book VII of the Nichomachean Ethics (EN), and attempt to resolve some of the remaining questions left open by Aristotle’s critique. According

were against blacks. They also didn’t like the blacks because that’s why most Irishmen were being drafted for the war (to abolish slavery). Amsterdam didn’t act that way because he didn’t discriminate, and had didn’t go against his Catholic/Irish beliefs. In Ireland in 1842 many signed a petition that declared “Irishmen and Irishwomen! Treat the colored people as your equal, as brethren.” That was what he seemed to believe. Boyle McGloin believed that a true American is defined as white and didn’t

Philosophy is the study of examining and thinking about questionable ethical problems and/or generally accepted certainties. Philosophy aims at knowledge that combines a variety of academic fields as well as convictions, prejudices and beliefs. What is Russell’s essay about? Present Russell’s position in your own words. Bertrand Russell’s essay addresses many issues concerning philosophy. In the writing, he states philosophy’s nature, value, and criticisms. The essay explains these aspects of

Truth The question of right and wrong has been battled over for centuries. Many conservatives still believe that truth is absolute, while others disagree, saying that truth is relative. I believe that truth is an individual’s perception of beliefs and decisions. For that reason, truth differentiates among individuals thorough their contrasting opinions. But, truth is something that everyone believes to be correct. Thus, it greatly depends on what’s true in the minds of the people. On the contrary