I am a girl with two heads. At home, I wear my Chinese head, in school I wear my English head. Being an Asian, or Chinese, as it is commonly referred to, my culture plays a key role in the development of who I am and what I do, my personal identity. An identity is the distinguishing character or personality of an individual. Parents are often one of the key factors of this culturally developed personal identity. “Fortunately, children do not need “perfect” parents. They do need mothers and fathers
sufficiency for knowledge, there must be a necessary justified, true belief. The following definition shows the analysis of
Philosophy Paper #1: Personal Identity What is personal identity? This question has been asked and debated by philosophers for centuries. The problem of personal identity is determining what conditions and qualities are necessary and sufficient for a person to exist as the same being at one time as another. Some think personal identity is physical, taking a materialistic perspective believing that bodily continuity or physicality is what makes a person a person with the view that even mental things
granted as necessary, according to a priori concepts of understanding. One of these concepts is causation, which he introduces as the principle of temporal sequence according to the law of causality. In this paper I will argue that the law of causality is divided to general and empirical law of causality. General law of causality earn its necessity from the fact that, even observing temporal sequences, require the concept of causation, yet, particular laws of causality cannot be necessary in this way
of anything, or is all a priori knowledge analytic and therefore trivial.” In examining knowledge, the general consensus by philosophers and theorists is that true belief is a necessary condition for knowledge, and it was once thought that justification, when added to true belief, yields a necessary and sufficient condition for knowledge. Its sufficiency however, was disproved by Edmund Gettier. My purpose of this paper, is two look at the dualistic relationship, if any, of these two aspects (A Priori
nobody can intrude, the modern world has prevailed over such hindrances throughout technological innovations that offer freedom of speech. Also, economical affluence is not a necessity for women to engage in the fictional world but rather a sufficient condition in the modern world. Thus Virginia Woolf’s predictions failed to represent the current vantage point revolving around women and fiction. First, due to the development of technology, not only can women express their ideas and stories freely
or different, without the fear that it will not fit under conditions for being a work of art (1956, 32). As a result, individually necessary and jointly sufficient conditions for being a work of art are problematic for Weitz as he believes they lack inclusiveness to avant-garde works. 20th century avant-grade art renounced definitions of art at that time. Weitz states that any definition of art would continue to be renounced as conditions would not be able to accommodate all art works. To demonstrate
medieval lovers of wisdom talked about causation, Taylor talks about its explanation. For the medieval philosophers' principle of causality, Taylor uses the principle of sufficient reason. Taylor is following a tradition begun in early modern philosophy and then develops his theory of action and purpose. Taylor's Principle of Sufficient Reason states that for every positive truth, there is a reason why it is so, rather than not. Besides, W.Norris Clarke uses two of the 4 causes of Aristotle as his explanation
philosophers believe there is some important feature that determines a person’s identity. For John Locke, this important feature is memory, and I agree. Memory is the most important feature in determining a person’s identity as memory is a necessary and sufficient condition of personal identity. John Locke believes that A is identical with B, if and only if, A remembers the thoughts, feelings, and actions had or done by B. This shows that the important feature, memory, is linking a person from
philosophers believe something is an important feature in determining a person’s identity. For John Locke, this something is memory, and I agree. Memory is the most important feature in determining a person’s identity as memory is a necessary and sufficient condition of personal identity. John Locke believes that A is identical with B, if and only if, A remembers the thoughts, feelings, and actions had or done by B. This shows that the something,
Question 3: Can psychological continuity alone establish personal identity (/ individual continuity overtime) or does it presuppose it? By: Student No: #201347697 Psychological continuity theory is when a person at one time is the same as the person of the future if and only if the person of the future is psychological continuous (memories) with the person of the past (Parfit p.202). We remember being in our experiences, we can not trust
some important feature that determines a person’s identity and keeps it persistent. For John Locke, this important feature is memory, and I agree. Memory is the most important feature in determining a person’s identity as memory is the necessary and sufficient condition of personal identity. John Locke believes that A is identical with B, if and only if, A remembers the thoughts, feelings, and actions had or done by B from a first-person point of view. This shows that the important feature, memory
the article Is Justified True Belief Knowledge? by Edmund Gettier was to argue that justified true belief does not provide sufficient conditions for knowledge. He provides two points that he bases his argument on, and then offers two examples explaining his argument which are based on fallibility and luck. I will explain one of these examples and argue that a fourth condition, eliminating inappropriate causality, should be added to justified true belief to ensure that in the case provided, justified
An Exposition of Aristotelian Virtues In his Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle explores virtues as necessary conditions for being happy. A virtuous person is a person with a disposition toward virtuous actions and who derives pleasure from behaving virtuously. Aristotle distinguishes between two types of human virtue: virtues of thought and virtues of character. Virtues of thought are acquired through learning and include virtues like wisdom and prudence; virtues of character include bravery and charity
Sufficiently Less Than Enough: Consent, Sex, and Moral Behaviour Consent is uniquely argued position within philosophical analysis of moral and immoral behaviours, especially in regards to positions refuting consents ability to be sufficient enough to legitimize moral behaviour. We must remain critical in our analysis of consent, and ways that it may, or may not legitimize moral behaviours. At first glance, one might assume that; the consent of two people is enough to constitute moral behaviour
POLI 212 09 April 2014 Elections in Democracy As the world observes an electoral tsunami, with most of the modern countries holding national or sub national elections every once in awhile a big question imposes itself: Are elections a necessary and sufficient condition for democratic politics? In fact, we can look at the coming April elections in Algeria, where Abdelaziz Bouteflika will probably win the elections with a striking majority of the votes, although he has obvious health issues that will
Explain why it is important to have an intention to create legal relations when making a contract and why is consideration of the parties to the agreement necessary-: Intention to create legal relations can be defined as follows. ‘An agreement will only become a legally binding contract if the parties intend this to be so. This will be strongly presumed in the case of business agreements but presumed otherwise if the agreement is of a friendly, social or domestic nature.’ Source (HNC unit 5 Business
Economic growth is a necessary but not sufficient condition of economic development. There is no single definition that encompasses all the aspects of economic development. The most comprehensive definition perhaps of economic development is the one given by Todaro: ‘Development is not purely an economic phenomenon but rather a multi – dimensional process involving reorganization and re orientation of the entire economic and social system. Development is a process of improving the quality
it, Gettier demonstrates that the three conditions which must hold for knowledge outlined in the JTB definition are not sufficient for knowledge to be attained. His short paper caused a major
existential calling on Frankl as he describes that a man’s purpose cannot The article’s title, The Necessary and Sufficient Conditions of Therapeutic Personality Change, is almost a summary in itself. In the article Rogers tries to answer the question he proposes, “Is it possible to state, in terms which are clearly definable and measurable, the psychological conditions which are both necessary and sufficient to bring about constructive personality change?” (Rogers, 2007). Rogers proceeds to describe the