Essays on Metaphysical theories

‘from being to nothingness: tennessee william’s”cat on a hot tin roof” “There’s gotta be some purpose in life, some meaning.” —Brick Third Act, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Man has always searched for the meaning of life.  Philosophers, biologists, and even psychologists down the ages have always pondered the question of life’s meaning. Why…

In Plato’s “An Argument for Dualism from ‘Alcibiades I,’” he discusses the idea that man is one of three things: soul, body, or both together forming a whole. In his dialogue between Socrates and Alcibiades, Plato argues that neither the body, nor the union of soul and body is man. This leads him to claim…

According to Jaina’s substance is defined as the substratum of qualities and modes. It is divided into two broad categories namely astikaya (extended) and anastikaya (non-extended). Time or Kal is the anastikaya dravya. The astikaya dravyas are subdivided into two namely- jiva and ajiva. There are again four ajivas namely- dharma, adharma, akash and pudgala….

Free will is something that has been debated through generations of philosophers. We have opinions of philosophers that range from believing that free will is free in nature and cannot be constrained, to free will being something that is pre-determined. With the presence of free will, we are in control of our lives and we…

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…

The statement “I think. therefore I am” lays the basis for Rene Descartes’ statement in the Meditations. To understand this look. one must set themselves in Descartes’ topographic point. He started off seeking to calculate what he can cognize with certainty. He examined a big organic structure of cognition and figured out that he can…

Plato, a Greek philosopher, authored a book titled the ‘Republic’ during the period of 428-347 BCE. Within this work, he elucidated his theory of the World of Ideas and the Natural World through an analogy known as the cave. This analogy serves as an explanation of ‘the truth’, asserting that to uncover it, one must…

The visual imagery present in this composition is very detailed and conceals hidden messages through metaphors, that in general are negative a nd nihilistic. The speaker also utilizes personification and other forms of figurative language to display the grim reality of impermanence. In the wake of this idea of impermanence the speak er emphasizes the…

1) What are the main differences between Husserl’s and Heidegger’s transcendental phenomenologies? Transcendental phenomenology is defined in general as the study of essence. It designates two things: a new kind of descriptive method which made a breakthrough in philosophy at the turn of the century, and an a priori science derived from it; a science…

We all human beings are born social animals and owe our existence in a certain bond of relationship to each other and to God. This is an essence of our life. Generally, our perception towards the world is towards the materialistic objectification of each existence and has set certain parameters in relation to each other….