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There have been many people that have attempted, and failed, to explain how the human mind operates. After reading Hume, I was in agreement with a lot of what he was explaining. Hume, in my mind, has come the closest to uncovering the minds operations…

philosophy? It is an abstract, totally impractical, useless subject! You're wasting your time!" Joe         - "Well aren't we quick to mock what we don't understand? " Bill         - "What I understand is that the only thing to understand…

belief system, I think it would be helpful to shed some light on the playing field in which these ideas are to be considered. This playing field is constructed of words and statements, of course, but the precise meaning of 'words' and 'statements'…

many ways but through brainstorming I found that three main keys to achieve it are, having a good attitude, respect for yourself and others and being well organized. These aren't only keys to happiness but those to success. A good attitude will…

in the arguments and theories of the alternating scientific procedures expressed by the empiricist philosophers Hume and Popper. Additionally, I have added the thoughts of Kuhn, a historian of science and of Feyerabend, an extremist philosopher…

must always be a presumption against the occurrence of a miracle?.. The evidence for a miracle will always be weaker than the evidence for some other hypothesis; why? Lot of evidence in support of the laws of nature (gravity).. That there is much less…

show their opposing views on the importance of internal and external functions of culture. In the first chapter of Culture and Anarchy, 'Sweetness and Light', Arnold describes culture as being responsible for the progress of politics and society…

only be defined through God. Science can not define what life is; it can describe how most things work but not what makes life "alive" or even what makes life exist. America's forefathers centered almost all their discussions on what the bible taught.…

5000 Martian beings to Earth, but the question that has sparked fiery debates still remains: What is to become of these Martians? Upon arrival, the Martians immediately adapted to the Earth's oxygen levels, biochemical composition, and temperatures.…

people have in their individual perceptions of reality is brought into question upon reading Plato's Allegory of the Cave. In this excerpt from The Republic, Plato questions the validity of our perceptions by using the analogy of the cave, where…