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W. V. Quine's Naturalized Epistemology and Rationality
My aim in this essay is to portray Quine's naturalized epistemology, despite its points of departure from traditionalist rationalist and empiricist epistemologies, as a viable theory of knowledge. I will conclude by ...
Beyond Just the Words
Human communication is embodied -- facial expressions, gestures, and prosody (tone of voice and rhythm) add layers of important information to just the words used by a cognitive agent. In fact,just the use of words often ...
Authenticity, Faith and Love
"The term 'religion' I am using in its broadest sense, meaning thereby self-realization or knowledge of self." Gandhi's simple view of the word 'religion' reveals an important insight about its
meaning: religion in its ...
An Investigation into the Fear of Death
Our thesis shall be to investigate the fear of death and the belief that death is an evil. By clarifying our notions about death as a harm to the individual I hope to show how many of our fears about death may be unwarranted ...
Rawlsian Liberalism and Its Moral Support for Gay Rights
In this paper, I will examine the various objections to same-sex marriage and homosexuality. I will include traditional moral arguments against rights to homosexual marriage and other family rights denied to homosexuals. ...
An Introduction to the Epistemology of Immanuel Kant: With Special Consideration of Transcendental Aesthetic
In the Critique of Pure Reason Immanuel Kant attempts to resolve the problem of how it is possible for men to make synthetic a priori judgments. This was a problem which had been developing in his thinking for many years. ...
Is the Honor System the Best System?: A Philosophical Inquiry Into and Defense of the Honor System at Washington and Lee University
While the Honor System at Washington and Lee (W&L) is widely regarded as one of the most important and consequential aspects of the school by both alumni and current students, and while it is regarded as one of the most ...
Nietzsche: Genealogy and the Spirit of Moral Revaluation
Nietzsche is concerned with the lack of value that threatens the moral structure upon which man has relied for generations. He challenges us, therefore, to reflect upon our moral history in a new way. His use of a genealogy ...
Political Liberalism in Crisis: The Deep Conflict Between Sex Equality and Religious Freedom in Rawls's Political Liberalism
In "Political Liberalism, Justice, and Gender," Susan Moller Okin criticizes the account of the family presented in John Rawls's Political Liberalism. As I see it, Okin levels two distinct
charges against Rawls. [1] First, ...
Folk Psychology, Parallel Processing, the Intentional Stance, Supervenience, Multiple Realizability, and Some Hard Problems: Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Brain
The objective of this paper is to suggest that folk psychology is the most deeply entrenched myth in the history of the human race. Yet, it appears that -- considered as a theory of how the mind works -- we have ample ...