Philosophy

Science is not a matter of a steady accumulation of knowledge. All scientific inquiries need not necessarily lead to success. New theories are proposed, some of the existing ones are still used while some others are abandoned. The existing knowledge at any period is only provisional, never final and irrefutable. Read more…

UtilitarianismThe concept of sustainable development is an attempt to balance twomoral demands placed on the environment. The first demand is for development,including economic development or growth. It arises mainly from the interestsof people who live in developing countries. Their present poverty gives them alow quality of life and calls urgently Read more…

In our Vedas there are many prayers where saints had prayed for the welfare of the whole world. We are the first people who thought of the betterment of all the people of this earth. The stoics also believed in the principle of universal brotherhood. The Christian philosopher Saint Augustine Read more…

The frequent use of the phrase, “Thank you,” though often not more than a polite convention, nevertheless shows the universal belief in the necessity for culti­vating a grateful attitude towards those who do something for us, however small that service be. The man who stops another in the streets of Read more…

Robbie Dagg4/22/99State of NatureTo trigger off any philosophy on what should be the characteristics of the state wemust first imagine living in a state of nature (living with the lack of a state). Since wecannot trace back to any time that weve been without government, we must imagine whatit would Read more…

Of the philosophers I have studied, Socrates stands out to me from all the rest. Although I would be the first to confess that I have never put forth the time nor the effort necessary to consider myself a philosopher (at least not in the sense that I imagine most Read more…

It is clear through the literature that has come to man, that philosophers started being increasingly concerned with the task of justifying the possibility, and therefore, the credibility of human knowledge of the entire world. This is as opposed to the investigation of the latter’s nature. This is true, at Read more…

Introduction Plato, a commendable adherent of Socrates philosophy is the prized delight with the sole aim of discovering knowledge, by filtering through the facts of universal being to establish reality. As far as the great philosopher was concerned, reality cannot be deciphered through sense-perception, senses only give reality’s face value. Read more…

Introduction The question of whether there is a supreme being behind the existence the universe is a one that has confounded many people to date. This paper will therefore attempt to shed some light on Deism as postulated by various philosophers. To do this, the essay will look at works Read more…

Introduction Agnosticism is a word that was coined by Thomas Henry Huxley and he used it to describe the group of people who took a neutral stand on the argument between theists and atheists. For many centuries, religious scholars and philosophers argued over the God’s existence.. (Carroll, 650) This argument Read more…

Introduction Isaac Newton is one of the greatest historical figures who will remain the annals of history, because of his numerous contributions to different scientific fields such as mathematics and physics. As Hall (Para 1) argues, “Generally, people have always regarded Newton as one of the most influential theorists in Read more…

Introduction The question of whether God really exists has elicited heated debates and remained unsolved for as long as documented history can trace. This is mainly caused by the belief that unless man establishes the existence of God he can not really understand the purpose of his existence. The belief Read more…