Philosophy Essays

Left And Right Censored Survival Times Philosophy Essay
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Introduction: Provide a clear explanation of what is meant by “left censored” and “right censored” survival times, and illustrate your answer with some examples of how each may arise in a so...

From Galileo To Hubble Philosophy Essay
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Introduction: The 16th century provided the world with scholars such as Galileo, Kepler, Copernicus, and Lagrange, all of whom helped to advance the scientific phenomenon of space exploration through telescopes wit...

The Issue Of Animal Euthanasia Philosophy Essay
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Introduction: Each year between 3 and 4 million animals are euthanized each year. These animals include any domestic animal, such as cats, dogs, horses, cows, etc. The reasons for which these animals are ‘p...

The History Of The Meaning Of Stress Philosophy Essay
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Introduction: In psychological terms, stress is a feeling of pressure, strain, anxiety, being overwhelmed. It is characterized by overall irritability, feeling of insecurity, nervousness, withdrawal from social ...

Personal identity
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Introduction: Personal identity starts at the moment of conception, within time personal identity can change or not change. The change in identity differs in many instances by causes of psychological, physical or e...

Short guide for explicating a philosophical text
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Introduction: The task at hand: To write a critical explication of one of the assigned passages from the required readings. To explicate means literally to “fold out.” The task is to unfold the meaning...

Defining And Discussing Truth Philosophy Essay
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Introduction: In our real life, we always talk about truth. We try to find the real meaning of truth in every aspects of our life. This is because people want to ensure that they can know the best for their own li...

Examining Both Sides Of The Abortion Controversy Philosophy Essay
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Introduction: It seems that Americans want to oppose abortion and yet keep it legal. The public debate on this subject has reached an impasse, yet the issue continues to be debated (Kavanaugh 1997). While there i...

Phenomenology In The Heideggerian Sense Philosophy Essay
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Introduction: Martin Heidegger, born in 1889, was an influential German philosopher known for his existential and phenomenological explorations of the question ......

Separates Science From All Other Human Activities Philosophy Essay
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Introduction: Science is distinguished for its changeable nature of conclusions. It addresses the method used to reach conclusions; the ideas of verification, falsification, and the thought that science presents i...

Art To Bring Us Closer To The Truth Philosophy Essay
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Introduction: “Art is a lie which brings us closer to the truth”- Pablo Picasso Ever since I can remember I have always loved art in one way or another. I remember, on numerous occasions, sitting my fat...

Bergsons Elan Vital As Source Of Life Philosophy Essay
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Introduction: A very famous French philosopher of late 19th and early 20th century Henri Bergson was born in Paris on October 18th 1859 and died on 3rd January 1941 at the age of 81 years. His fame and influence re...

Faith As A Basis For Knowledge In Religion Philosophy Essay
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Introduction: Analyse the strengths and weaknesses of using faith as a basis for knowledge in religion and in one area of knowledge from the ToK diagram. Faith is a word with a lot of different definitions. It is a...

Vegetarian Diet Is It Good Or Bad Philosophy Essay
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Introduction: God has created food in different varieties and there are different ways to obtain it, so it was clearly easy to anyone to differentiate in the way they’re obtaining there food and how they want...

Grounding Of Metaphysics Of Morals Philosophy Essay
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Introduction: Grounding of the Metaphysics of Morals by Immanuel Kant argues for a priori basis for morality. Kant states that an action is moral only if it is good in itself. Our actions cannot be moral if we have...

General Happiness Equation Using Econometric Models Of Panel Data Methods Philosophy Essay
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Introduction: This study presents a general happiness equation using econometric models of panel data methods. The model tries to observe and estimate the relationship between income and happiness after controlling...

The Inherint Good And Evil Of Humans Philosophy Essay
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Introduction: “Are humans inherently good or evil”. This argument is controversial because it involves our own species and the nature of us being good or evil and is also very subjective. Human nature ...

Observing A Candle Burning Philosophy Essay
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Introduction: In this lab I observed the burning of a candle very closely. I found out that the candle needs oxygen to burn, that it produces carbon dioxide similar to the way that my body produces carbon dioxide, ...

Life Of Contemplation As Per Aristotles Argument Philosophy Essay
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Introduction: In Book 1 of Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle puts forth 3 different types of life that man associates with happiness – a servile life of pleasure (which majority of people confus...

Ambition As A Negative Quality Philosophy Essay
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Introduction: Ambition is defined as a longing to accomplish something or even as the motivating factor for one’s personal success. Everyone has a goal or dream that he or she wishes to achieve, but sometimes...

The Theoretical Similarities Between Hinduism And Plato Philosophy Essay
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Introduction: In the stories of Hindu’s Bhagavad Gita and Plato’s Phaedrus, there are underlying parallel themes. Phaedrus, a dialectic not restricted to a single subject, passes from one subject to ano...

The Ethics Of Abortion Philosophy Essay
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Introduction: Abortion has been the source of considerable debate for many years. Most people feel strongly one way or another, which makes it a pretty heated topic of conversation. The fight between pro-life and p...

Are Scientific Revolutions Irrational Or Not Philosophy Essay
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Introduction: Kuhn’s theory of scientific revolutions is an output of his seminal book ““The structure of scientific revolutions”- which he later......

Relationship Between Ethics And The Law In Business Philosophy Essay
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Introduction: Whatever the power and influence of the lawyers prior to the client’s arrival at court, it becomes overwhelming once the parties are on court premises. The powerlessness of clients in the hands ...

Galileo Galileis Theory Of The Tides Philosophy Essay
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Introduction: Galileo Galilei’s theory of how and why the tides worked was, as we have known for hundreds of years, horribly wrong, and yet phenomenal; one that only a mind as brilliant as his could have form...