The problem is point of view. Advances in medicine and science have taught humans that sense information is not to be trusted. High-paid performers have perfected the art of capitalizing on the unreliability of human sensation. The fundamental lack of trust in perception means that every human un...

Early Sartrean philosophy is one of a pursuit of being. It is an attempt to grasp being through an investigation of the way being presents to consciousness - phenomenological ontology. Phenomenological ontology refers to the study of being through its appearances. This simplistic definition needs fu...

A dictionary definition of God is a being conceived of as supernatural, immortal, and having special powers over the lives and affairs of people and nature. Along with many other individuals throughout the world, they believe in a higher human being otherwise known as God. Therefore I am defending t...

Dear Socrates, When comparing my "Allegory of the Cave" to the "Five Dialogues", which covers your dialogue during your pre-trial and trial, I see our philosophies overwhelmingly agree. First of all, I would have to agree that both of us thought that the "unexamined ...

Enlightened American society teaches us that success and happiness is measured and goes hand and hand with having a college education. It is learned from a young age that getting a college degree should be one's primary goal; a goal which will ultimately lead to a long and prosperou...