Philosophie Essays

  • la voyage dans nikolski

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    Écrit par Nicolas Dickner, le roman Nikolski est une histoire de trois étrangers inconsciemment liées qui tentent de comprendre leurs identités basées sur des fragments de l'histoire de la famille et de la légende. Bien que Nikolski ait de nombreux thèmes, le voyage est un thème le plus important abordé dans le roman, marquant un changement entre les générations. Il est pertinent donc d’examiner la question suivante : est-ce que Nicolas Dickner présente le voyage sous un jour positif dans son roman

  • Bibliographie: Albert Camus '

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    qu’Albert Camus a découvert son affection pour la philosophie. En 1930, il est diagnostiqué d’avoir contracté la tuberculose. Apres cette mauvaise nouvelle, il a arrêté de pratiquer le football et a tourné son intérêt vers l’éducation. En 1934, il s’est marié à une starlette algérienne, Simone Hie. Mais, son mariage n’a pas vécu longtemps parce qu’elle lui a trompé souvent parce qu’elle le trompait souvent. Apres avoir reçu sa licence de en philosophie et après avoir présenté sa thèse sur le Néo-Platonisme

  • Phenomenology by Edmund Husserl

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    there. The Habilitationsschrift was reworked into the first part of Philosophie der Arithmetik, published in 1891. The two volumes of Logische Untersuchungen came out in 1900 and 1901. In 1901 Husserl joined the faculty at Göttingen, where he taught for 16 years and where he worked out the definitive formulations of his phenomenology that are presented in Ideen zu einer reinen Phänomenologie und phänomenologischen Philosophie (Ideas Pertaining to a Pure Phenomenology and to a Phenomenological

  • Voltaire Research Paper

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    François-Marie Arouet, better known as Voltaire, was born on the 21st of November in the year 1694 in Paris, France. He was the son of François Arouet and Marie Marguerite Daumand and the youngest out of five children. At the age of seven his mother Marie Marguerite Daumand died and left him to grow close to his godfather, a freethinker, who was a part of the upper-middle-class. Due to his godfather being able to support him economically, Voltaire was able to receive a good education. In 1704, he

  • Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

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    Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel Hegel was born in Stuttgart,Germany on August 27,1770.He was born as a son of government clerk whose name was George Ludwig Hegel.Hegel was the eldest of three children.He was brought up in a Protestant pietism ambience.Hegel was already studied about Latin before he began school by his mother.He was concerned about Greek roman classics,literatüre and philosophy.Christiane,his sister,and Hegel were very attached each other and Christiane was very jealous about Hegel’s

  • Hegel and The Libertarians

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    Hegel and The Libertarians ABSTRACT: This paper aims to show how the Hegelian philosophy can contribute to the conceptual discussions between the two strains of contemporary ethical-political philosophy. I argue that the Hegelian political theory is of central import to the discussion between communitarians and libertarians, both in the communitarian criticism of the libertarian — mainly in Michael Sandel's criticism of Rawls — and in the Rawlsian project of a society founded in justice as equality

  • Lamarck and Darwin: Comparative Analysis of Evolutionary Theories

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    Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, a French naturalist who lived from 1744 to 1829, set forth in his Philosophie Zoologique the idea that an organism’s form and inheritance are influenced by its circumstances (Philosophie Zoologique 1809).  Lamarck’s theory of evolution, also known as Lamarckism, proposed [Lamarck’s theory of evolution, also known as Lamarckism, was based on the principle that an organism could pass acquired characteristics onto its offspring. (Futuyama 2013; Campbell and Reece 2005; Stansfield

  • Timothy Findley's Realistic Journey in The Wars

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    just as pleasing and meaningful as life. In conjunction with deconstructing life and death, Timothy Findley also deconstructs what is “Wrong and right” Works Cited HOTTOIS, Gilbert, De la Renaissance à la Postmodernité. Une histoire de la philosophie moderne et contemporaine, Paris and Brussels: De Boeck and Larcier, 1998

  • Husserl y la Crisis de la Cultura

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    Husserl y la Crisis de la Cultura ABSTRACT: The topic of the crisis of culture has been common among philosophers whose thought developed during the beginning of the 20th century, and especially among those who lived through the hard times of the interwar period. Husserl was no exception. I intend in this paper a modest approach to the growth of this subject in the founder of phenomenology. I will attempt to: (1) delimit what Husserl meant by culture; (2) identify the reasons for the crisis

  • Thoughts on a Possible Rational Reconstruction of the Method of

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    Kants Rtsel der Erfahrungserkenntnis. In: Ratio 9 (1967), pp. 1-30 ________ [1973]: Probleme und Resultate der Wissenschaftstheorie und Analytischen Philosophie. Band IV. Personelle und Statistische Wahrscheinlichkeit. Studienausgabe Teil A, Berlin 1973 ________ [1985]: Probleme und Resultate der Wissenschaftstheorie und Analytischen Philosophie. Band II. Theorie und Erfahrung. Studienausgabe Teil E, 2nd ed., Berlin 1985.

  • Language Games, Writing Games - Wittgenstein and Derrida: A Comparative Study

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    Language Games, Writing Games - Wittgenstein and Derrida: A Comparative Study ABSTRACT: The concept of deconstruction was first used by Derrida in transforming Heideggerian "destruction." The deconstruction of Derrida is a textintern, intertextual, in-textual activity. He plays a double game inside of philosophy, emphasizing that our thinking is embedded in metaphysics, while at the same moment he questions metaphysics. Wittgenstein's deconstruction, however, involves a new kind of reading,

  • History of Evolutionary Thought and Inspiring Darwin

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    Throughout the levels of school, when the subject of evolution is taught, Charles Darwin is the only person we learn about. No other evolutionist is brought up. Unless the student decides to further their knowledge in the subject, they probably would not know that Charles Darwin based his theories off of several scholars before him. Contrary to many assumptions, evolutionary theory did not begin with Charles Darwin in 1859. Actually, ideas similar to evolution had existed since the times of the Ancient

  • Jean Baptiste Lamarck Essay

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    Jean Baptiste Lamarck had eight children and three different wives. His first wife, Marie Rosalie Delaporte gave birth to six of his kids before she died in 1792. They did not get married until she was dying. His second wife, Charlotte Victoire Reverdy gave birth to two children, but died two years after they were married. His third wife, Julie Mallet, died in 1819. It is said that Lamarck had a fourth wife, but it has not been proven. However, he had a deaf son and another son who was clinically

  • Agile Management: Enhancing Project Success

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    Kenechukwu Modilim Mini Research 3 ENMG 650- Project Management Keith Kirkwood Abstract As the world is constantly changing in terms of program needs and the requirements to achieve them, there is a demand for innovative and tactical ways to increase success in achieving project objectives. The ever-changing technological climate, market dynamics, relatively short-lived solutions and the arduous integration of business and I.T., have proved stumbling blocks in managing complex programs and ultimately

  • Technology and Gabriel Marcel

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    Technology and Gabriel Marcel ABSTRACT: I present the arguments of Gabriel Marcel which are intended to overcome the potentially negative impact of technology on the human. Marcel is concerned with forgetting or rejecting human nature. His perspective is metaphysical. He is concerned with the attitude of the "mere technician" who is so immersed in technology that the values which promote him as an authentic person with human dignity are discredited, omitted, denied, minimized, overshadowed, or

  • The Canterbury Tales: Two Character Exegesis Of The Canterbury Tales

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    Canterbury Tales: Two Character Exegesis The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer are a collection of Middle English short stories written about a group of pilgrims telling tales as they journey to the shrine of St Thomas Becket. In this collection of tales, Chaucer introduces a slew of interesting characters representing all walks of life who present intriguing stories of their lives. The character of Chaucer serves as our guide throughout this story. Chaucer’s narration is unique

  • Evil and the Possibility of the Conversion into Good

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    Evil and the Possibility of the Conversion into Good According to Kant, radical evil is the deep inherent blemish of our species that does not spare even the best of people. Despite judging the extirpation of such evil as an impossibility, Kant holds out the possibility of converting evil into good by means of human forces. But how can this be given the radical evil of human nature? I articulate various problems that arise from Kant’s conception of conversion while exploring certain resources

  • Writing Style Used in Foucault's The Archeology of Knowledge

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    within the context of a more general discourse. Foucault was speaking not simply about others, but about himself and his relationship to the vast discourse for which he is the author. He was, after all, speaking before la Société française de Philosophie, immediately following the publication of his monumental work, The Archeology of Knowledge. This paper will examine the general approach or style of discourse that Foucault uses to lead his audience through his argument. He opens his address,

  • Anthropologie du Bo (Théorie et Pratique du gris-gris)

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    Anthropologie du Bo (Théorie et Pratique du gris-gris) ABSTRACT: Subjective knowledge should not be separated from anthropology. But, unfortunately, this is the prevailing practice. The anthropology of Bo expresses the presence of Africa in anthropology. The authenticity of the African is found in his fervent practice of Bo. His thought, action, relations with others-his entire way of life-is based on the practice of Bo insofar as he wears Bo names. Bo is deeply rooted in his cultural values

  • A Body’s Dignity of a Maternal Brain Dead Mother

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    Angrosino, Carl Becker, A. S. Daar, Takeo Funabiki and Marc I. Lorber,” Brain Death and Organ Transplantation: Cultural Bases of Medical Technology”, Current Anthropology 35 (1994). Esser A. Respekt vor dem toten Körper, “Deutsche Zeitschrift für” Philosophie 56 (2008): 119-134. Nicole Isaacson, “The "Fetus-Infant": Changing Classifications of "In Utero" Development in Medical Texts”, Sociological Forum 11 (1996).