a difficult topic for the philosopher, despite the fact that modern science and philosophy are built on it. The list goes on and on. No matter how you look at naturalism, your arguments will many times be based on philosophy. Take for instance the need to prove that success is an important virtue to pursue. Scientific inquiries on their own cannot lead to meaningful conclusion.
It is quite difficult for scientists to buy some new idea. In the first place, they don’t know what it is all about, and also do not have a guideline on how to evaluate it. Conflicting… Continue Reading...
Political Obligation
When it comes to political science and philosophy, there are many subjects and points of analysis that are very intriguing, widely discussed and heavily debated. There are also certain people, both past and present, that have proved themselves as scholars on those political subjects. Such is the case with both John Locke and David Hume. One particular subject that both men weighed in on was the role of consent when it comes to the creation of political obligation. The positions of both men will be covered in this report and the author of the same… Continue Reading...
also mentions conflicts between science and philosophy that makes it an impossible task to decide: "Not only are the other sciences and the philosophy still farr from being completed, but in their present state, we find them full of conflicts. The sciences of nature know nothing of spiritual presences and on the whole hold no practical commerce whatever with the idealistic conceptions towards which general philosophy inclines" (490).
James rejects both ways of overcoming pessimism. James rejects both belief in the world of the scientist and the "invisible world" invoked by our religious demands… Continue Reading...
