A priori/ A posteriori differences Essay
The terms a priori and a posteriori are used in philosophy to distinguish two different types of knowledge. A priori knowledge is independent of experience, for example all bachelors are unmarried men...
Building a Bridge Between Poppers Philosophies Essay
Karl Popper is regarded one of the greatest philosophers of his century. He had a major influence on the establishment of the philosophy of science and politics. Yet little research has been done on t...
Explain the Platonic Concept of Forms Essay
Plato believed that reality is more than what we sense around the world (e. g. taste, smell, hear, see and touch), he believed that behind these physical realities lies a perfect version of them in wh...
Forms Teach Us Nothing About The Physical World Essay
To what extent is it true to say that the forms teach us nothing about the physical world? (15 marks) There is an ongoing debate as to whether Platos Theory of Forms truly teaches us anything about t...
How Is Certainty Possible? Essay
Certainty is defined as being free of doubt. In philosophy is there such a thing that we know without any doubt? Do we know anything with absolute certainty? Although we may believe to have genuine kn...
Notes on Chapter Two- Does the Center Hold? Essay
Epistemology * Theory of knowledge; often provokes big questions on the meaning and justifications of conventional knowledge. * Ex; What is knowledge? Can we know anything for certain? What are the li...
John Locke distinguished, in his Essay, real essence from nominal essence. Nominal essence, according to Locke, is the abstract Idea to which the Name is annexed (III.vi.2). Thus, the nominal essence ...