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3 days ago · Definition. Metaphysics is the study of the most general features of reality, including existence, objects and their properties, possibility and necessity, space and time, change, causation, and the relation between matter and mind. It is one of the oldest branches of philosophy.
4 days ago · I contrast what professionals think of as core philosophy – typically metaphysics, epistemology, meta-ethics, philosophy of mind, and philosophy of language – with the areas of philosophy they mark as applied. The distinction comes with a difference in status. Applied philosophy is all very well, but it isn’t the real thing.
2 days ago · The format of Thomistic metaphysics takes a dyadic structure of descending generality, focusing on essence and existence, substance and accident, and matter and form. Aquinas's concept of essence is the definable nature of a thing that exists, signified by its definition. In finite entities, essence is that which has existence but is not existence.
5 days ago · Jealous of Othello’s success and envious of Cassio, Iago plots Othello’s downfall by falsely implicating Othello’s wife, Desdemona, and Cassio in a love affair. With the unwitting aid of Emilia, his wife, and the willing help of Roderigo, a fellow malcontent, Iago carries out his plan. Learn about the characters of Othello as discussed by ...
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4 days ago · Walden, series of 18 essays by Henry David Thoreau, published in 1854 and considered his masterwork. An important contribution to New England Transcendentalism, the book was a record of Thoreau’s experiment in simple living on Walden Pond in Massachusetts (1845–47). It focuses on self-reliance and individualism.
8 hours ago · Accounts of revelation and contemporary views of these are based on beliefs and historical citations. These accounts shall not be limited to the understanding and interpreting of historical and other events within writings but must present the possibility of an objective analysis of the nature of revelation as a phenomenon, an object of our sensory and mental conscious experiences. This paper ...
2 days ago · Epistemology ( / ɪˌpɪstəˈmɒlədʒi / ⓘ ih-PISS-tə-MOL-ə-jee; from Ancient Greek ἐπιστήμη (epistḗmē) 'knowledge', and -logy) is the branch of philosophy concerned with knowledge. Epistemologists study the nature, origin, and scope of knowledge, epistemic justification, the rationality of belief, and various related issues.
