René Descartes Philosophy Born in the 17th century, René Descartes was a French philosopher and mathematician. He is considered the father of modern philosophy. In the field of mathematics, Descartes developed the Cartesian coordinate system (Descartes, 2013). As a philosopher, he shifted the concerns of earlier philosophers, which were majorly based on theology, towards a

From the view point of Bertrand Russel, philosophy is to be classified according to the effects it has upon those who take it seriously. In his book, he mentions that viewing philosophy is a result of having “wrong conception of the ends of life” and “the kinds of goods which philosophy strives to achieve” (Russell

The history of philosophy is awash with great individuals who developed landmark philosophies to understand human behavior. However, very few can stand shoulder to shoulder with Socrates; an ancient Greek philosophy with a seemingly endless wit and philosophical perspectives on social and political spheres of life. That Plato, the great philosopher, was his student is

Truth and Meaning of life One of the main issues and questions that have bothered many people is regarding their purpose of existence. It is because by being able to answer this question in the right way, it becomes easy to understand the true meaning of life. However, people base their meaning of life on

Argument for Monogamy The most popular contemporary argument refuting monogamy is that it makes liars about us. The monogamy gap contends that, sexual exclusivity gives men the sexual variety they need and women the radical honesty they crave for. This argument is compelling in that, by abandoning monogamy you presumably get insurance against betrayal, this

Callicles, Aristotle, and Aristotle: Philosophy of Pleasure Looking through Greek philosophy it is inevitable not to come across Callicles preposition of a life an endless supply of pleasure. It is said that Socrates offered Callicles with an example of two men who had many Jars filled with resources hard to find. One filled his jars

Deductive Argument Question one A deductive argument states that if premises are right, then there is an assurance of the truth of the conclusion. The conclusion that the ferry is blue shows that it is correct to say that the fairies have two colors that are either blue or green. The fact that the ferry

Online Learning Introduction The current world is facing a major transformation in the learning sector as the online learning culture takes over as the current trend in the process of acquiring knowledge. Online learning has been embraced significantly by learners and teachers across the world as an efficient way of passing knowledge (Sun, Lin, and