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Hedonism
Hedonism
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The first view, called "ethical hedonism," affirms that only pleasure is intrinsically desirable and that only displeasure (or pain) is intrinsically undesirable. More fully stated, it is the thesis that only pleasant states of mind are desirable in themselves; that only unpleasant states of mind are undesirable in themselves; and ...
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PHILOSOPHY
Mind Uploading
Mind Uploading
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Mind Uploading is a technique that could allow hypothetical transfer of a spirit of a brain to a computer, have it scanned first. A computer could then reconstruct the mind by simulating its operation, without that one cannot distinguish a biological brain "reality" of a simulated brain. The ...
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MAN'S SEARCH FOR MEANING
“Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl”
Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl
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The book Man's Search for Meaning was written by Viktor Frankl. In this book, he shared his experience as a camp prisoner finding a reason to live by describing his psychotherapeutic ...
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The Virtue of Faith
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The Story Virtue of Faith is writing of Robert Adams he is renowned as a leader in giving contemporary philosophy idea that has moral obligations and it may be founded on the command of God. The collection of Adams essay, draws from his widespread writing on philosophical ...
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Psychological Theory of Mind: Eliminativism (Churchland), Realism (Fodor), Instrumentalism (Dennett)
Psychological Theory of Mind
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Folk psychology or psycho-pop psychology refers to designate. Usually with a connotation negative concepts of psychology human exposure found in books or media called public. It is under the guise of theories and practices that have potential base ...
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Spontaneous Philosophy
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There has been prevailing conception that philosophy is strange and difficult to understand due the reasons of specificity and involvement of specific intellectual activity and systematic philosophers. Therefore, there is a vital need that it must be demonstrated that all men are philosophers having the characteristics of “spontaneous philosophy”. ...
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A Standard of Existence
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The paper attempts to devise a standard for the purpose of deterring the existence or nonexistence of something. The paper firsts discusses the concept of existence in a philosophical context focusing on the theory of philosophical realism. It explains existence in various in relation to the philosophical ...
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What Does it Mean to Believe on Pure Faith?
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The word faith comes from the Latin fides , meaning to believe. Faith is accepting the word of another, understanding and trusting that is honest and therefore his word is true. The root cause of all faith is the authority (the right ...
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Ditching Classes for an Utilitarian
Ditching Classes for an Utilitarian
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The utilitarian doctrine is an ethics that prescribes action (or inaction) to maximize the overall welfare of all sentient beings. Utilitarianism is a form of consequentialism: it evaluates an action (or rule) only by its consequences, what distinguishes the moral ...
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Jean Paul Sarte
Jean Paul Sarte
Sartre was born in the summer of 1905. His father died when he was just fifteen months old. For the little orphan, the maternal grandfather, Charles Schweitzer, a man nostalgic towards the past, who becomes a father figure. Under the influence of this being a strong personality, the ...