Essays on Logic Page 4

Introduction Epistemology is “the branch of philosophy that studies the nature of knowledge, its presuppositions and foundations, and its extent and validity” (“Epistemology”, 2009). The Epistemological basis for the ‘theory of ideas’ is different between empiricism and rationalism. Empiricism claims that knowledge cannot be gained without experience; any other method that can generate ideas is…

Chilvalry is the most important construct throughout history. Chivalry, in its formal codification, came to be in the Middle Ages around the twelfth century. It is non clear as to whether the Romans, the Franks, or the Germans gave rise to gallantry, but each civilization brought the seeds of behavior with them. The formal codification…

“…the littlest children, whose diapers were in various stages of anarchy” It was hard to identify the figure of speech that is used in this line. But within my knowledge, personification seems to come closest in its definition to the usage in this line. Personification is a figure of speech where human qualities and traits…

The Ontological Argument was, and still is, a hot-topic for debate among philosophers; many famous philosophers have published criticisms of the theory including Immanuel Kant and St. Thomas Aquinas. This obviously raises questions regarding whether or not this argument works. While there is no clear-cut answer to these questions, I personally believe that the negatives…

            Confidence intervals (CI) and p-values are two different approaches in determining whether the result of an experiment is statistically significant or not. CI, which is sometimes called the acceptance region, provides a statistical range with a specified probability that a given estimator lies within the range (Gujarati, 2003). P-value, on the other hand, is…

Since the first man walked this earth, we have been trying to understand why everything is the way it is. Why do things work the way they do? What happens if you put this with that? Humans have always been determined to learn and understand everything they can. As a result, the knowledge that beings…

Propositions are proposals, statements or concepts that either shows affirmation or negation. A proposition also seeks the truth or falsity of the claim. Categorical proposition differs from hypothetical propositions. In the categorical propositions there are three elements that can be distinguished and these are the subject term, predicate term and the copula. The subject term…

Yes, it is true that the fallacy of complex question is one of the fallacies of presumption. Complex question is also known as many questions, loaded question or presupposition. Complex question is firstly logical fallacy belonging to the fallacy of presumption. This fallacy is committed when a person asks a question presupposing something unproven and…

“Hence we shall go on to hold a deterioration ecologic crisis until we reject the Christian maxim that nature has no ground for being save to function man.” ( Lynn White Jr. ) Discuss. “The Historical Roots of Our Ecologic Crisis” an Introduction This essay will be looking at Lynn White Jr’s 1967 article ‘The…

Explain Plato’s Form of the Good Plato held the belief that the world we perceive is not real and that the ordinary things we see are mere imperfect copies of the true essence behind them. He posited that every material object and abstract idea, like beauty, has an ideal version that exists beyond the earthly…