My definition of 'lying' is better able than the prevailing definition to capture common intuitions about what is a lie and what is not. It does so specifically by making novel inclusions to the definition, such as the ...

I divide this paper into 5 sections. In section 1, I present viewpoints of prominent scholars like Rene Descartes, Daniel Dennett, Jerry Fodor, and Paul Churchland on the issue of language, representation, and thought. ...

Locke argues that personal identity consists in consciousness, not the substance of either the soul or the body. I raised objections to Locke and offered criticism of Locke raised by others. Determining that an element of ...

To evaluate the proper response to receiving the gift of life, we must ask what constitutes proper gratitude. I claim that there are two fundamental parts to gratitude: the mental state and the return. While this return ...

This thesis is concerned with the existence and knowledge of mathematical objects within a naturalistic philosophy. I will begin with a brief explanation of what constitutes a mathematical object and will then define and ...

Critical philosophy has severely restricted the role of philosophy of religion. A hallmark of the critical approach is an acceptance of Locke's epistemological ethics: belief ought not to go beyond what explicit data or ...

I will begin with a brief exploration of what science is commonly thought to be, and provide a philosophical schema for choosing between scientific theories. This discussion will introduce the complex nature of scientific ...

This project is an attempt to argue two things: first, that the Social Intuitionist Model can be used to advance forward a rational sentimentalist framework, and second, that empathy is necessary for both the existence and ...

In this paper, I will argue that despite philosophers' and legal theorists' attempts to justify the use of torture in certain situations, torture has always been and will always be universally morally impermissible. [From ...

I will be arguing that the concept of an ultimately free agent who takes final responsibility for his actions and desires is inherently incompatible with the dominant western paradigm of materialism and universal causation. ...