In “The problems of Philosophy” and “Meditations”, Bertrand Russell and Rene Descartes both doubts the ideas of perception and existence. In the book, Descartes built up his ideas by doubting the basic foundation of his knowledge. However, compare to Descartes, Russell focuses more on the object around him, like the rectangular table, rather than himself. In this paper, I will argue if their aim is successful by comparing the differences and similarities between them. My comparison will cover two
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argued that evolution can explain all and there was no need for a God. Dawkins believed that natural selection would explain our origins. Bertrand Russell also did not believe there was a God and in a famous radio debate against Copleston he stated that the every human had a mother which meant that the human race had a mother which he believed was not true. Russell rejects the idea of causality as he states it cannot just stop at God. However people would argue against those arguments and state
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Grayson Philosophy 106 Essay Number 1 January 28, 2013 The Value Of Philosophy Limited, Unlimited, Certainly, Uncertainly, Possibility, and Impossible are all words that both Socrates and Bertrand used frequently especially Russell in the passage “The Value of Philosophy”. In this passage Russell reflects on the practical man. The practical man is to be considered, one who is mainly concerned with practical needs. What I mean by practical needs are: what movie to watch, what food to eat, etc
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Defining the “Good Life” Growing up my dad always told me that I will never be able to look back at everything I accomplished and say “I made it,” he said I might be able to when I retire but not anytime soon. I came of age with this mentality in the back of my mind, I worked, never becoming complacent with where I was. I was only focussed on where I wanted to be and that wasn’t there in that moment. In that moment I was focussed on one thing, the “good life.” In that moment, as I powered down
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This means that the ‘I’ might lack a body and soul but only with thoughts. This contradicts the major argument by Bertrand Russell, “For if we cannot be sure of the independent existence of objects, we cannot be sure of the independent existence of other people’s bodies, and …… minds, …… we have no grounds for believing in their minds except …. from observing their bodies” (Russell). This counters the argument by Descartes that he exists as a thinking thing implying that he has a mind but not body
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unpack the central arguments brought forth by Bertrand Russell and Frederick Copleston. “A Debate on the Argument from Contingency” is an a posteriori argument, Copleston’s bases his argument on the assumption that the universe is the sum of contingent objects, and as such, there must be a necessary being which explains its existence. The notion of contingency is essentially contested by Russell, this contention monopolizes the nature of the debate. Russell assumes the position that the notion of contingency
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that existed in reality were no different in value to 100___ that existed hypothetically as both, in theory were worth the same and therefore equal. Bertrand Russell makes a similar point, he claims that the ontological argument uses the word ‘exists’ incorrectly and that existence is not a property of things, but of the idea of those things. Russell uses the example of dragons, saying that if someone says a dragon does not exist what they mean is of all the things that exist the word dragon refers
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a rational conclusion based on facts rather that emotion, communication assessment, and scientific methods in approaching ideas. Bertrand Russell; an analytic philosopher advanced these theories of truth. Russell was an idealist, and a metaphysical philosopher; he “studied mathematics and wanted to find a satisfactory account of numbers and mathematics”(p 209). Russell did come up with a mathematical theory know as logicism; “all mathematical truths can be proved from principles of formal logic”
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Nothing ParmenidesOne of the earliest western philosophers to consider nothing as a concept was Parmenides (5th century BC) who was a Greek philosopher of the monist school. He argued that "nothing" cannot exist by the following line of reasoning: To speak of a thing, one has to speak of a thing that exists. Since we can speak of a thing in the past, it must still exist (in some sense) now and from this concludes that there is no such thing as change. As a corollary, there can be no such things
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After reading both the American Counseling Association (ACA) (2014) Code of Ethics and the American Mental Health Counseling Association (AMHCA) (2011), I felt that it was important to touch upon certain sections that I feel could become potential issues for us as counselors. Essay 1. There are many skills needed in order to work with a patient presenting with a co-occurring disorder. According to the American Mental Health Counseling Association (AMHCA) (2011), there are eight skills that we
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