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Article Critique

Aristotle’s scientific method of analyzing empirical data helped pave the way for later generations to understand the “whys” of our world in a much more precise way. The later philosophy of empiricism or “experience-sense data” made famous by John Locke and David Hume, is a better method of philosophical discovery and explanation than other more “rational” or “metaphysical” methods because it deals with the actual material nature of things, and dismisses metaphysics as meaningless. (Refer Locke and Hume and contrast this philosophy with that of Descartes. You may bring in other scientific sources or references as you find applicable.)
Aquinas’ five ways of justifying the existence of God ...

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and Hume’s strict empiricism and show the failure of each on its own. Argue how Kant not only synthesized these two philosophies but also developed the idea of inner categories that are “universal” and define the basis for moral law. He showed that we have inner dilemmas and can make moral judgments of what we “ought to do” that override pure ...

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Added: 3/7/2011 02:52:03 PM
Submitted By: alitaylor84
Category: Philosophy
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