… of empiricism. He was born in 1632 at Wrinton in Somerset, and was the son of a Puritan attorney. He was educated at Westminster by Puritans, and studied mathematics and medicine at Christ Church College at Oxford. In 1666 he met Anthony Ashley…

… as: '1) Principles concerning the distinction between right and wrong or good and bad behaviour; a system of value and moral principles. 2) The extent to which an action is right or wrong'. What is morally right in relation to one moral framework…

… 2003 Abstract This is an overview on how metaphors play an intricate part of our lives. Today we will be looking at life experiences throughout the world as traveled during my experiences within the Special Operations field. Time after time we hear…

… July 7, 2003 Abstract The brain is like an extensive intricate sponge through nuclei within its path, absorbing every crumb within its path, to be used at some latter-date, neurons hold information of one's own free- will, and embrace that which…

… just that, an allegory, or a symbolic story. One should not take it literally. I like to equate Plato's allegory with education ... how one starts off in ignorance (chained to the dark well) and has to be compelled, quite against one's wishes often,…

… theories that tried to provide answerers on the search for good and evil. Kant's theory on deontology, Freud's theory on psycho egoism and self deception Theory of Ethical conventionalism, Theory on human and nature centered ethics, Ethical pluralism…

… hard determinism is the only viable position with respect to the free will and determinism debate. I will consider W.T. Stace's objection concerning the semantic problem, which is explaining what the real sense of the word" free will" means, and the…

… three views of metaphysics. These will include idealism, realism and antirealism. I will present and then assess the premises and claims of each of these theories. I will then base my conclusion on that assessment. The first view of metaphysics that…

… the most influential thinkers in western history, having written numerous works on politics, ethics, and metaphysics - the study of things that transcend the physical world. In The Republic, Plato aims to give an account of the ethical life. Themes such…

… events in the world an improvement over that of the Old Testament? That depends on the parameters and definitions of the comparison. For simplicity's sake, we will let "account of the events in the world" include how the world came to be in the first…