EPISTEMOLOGY

Notes on Charles Peirce for an undergraduate philosophy course in epistemology

How do we know what we know? Epistemology answers these and other important questions we may have about out lives...

Epistemology. The word brings shudders to one and all alike. OK, maybe it doesn't. But perhaps it should.

Epistemology and the basic philosophy of empiricism are the topics of dicsussion. I will explain where Greek philosophy began and who the main contributors were to ancient philosophy and what their contributions were.

Reflections are given as to the meanings, denotations, and connotations behind the significant change in describing what is now usually called, in short, the Civil War that occurred on American soil, 1861-1865.

Discussion is historically and otherwise rendered as to why the USA is not politically what the vast majority of ill-informed people often think it to be.

Discussion of misinterpretation of modern terrorism and its consequences for lessening security against it.

A brief discussion of some epistemological concerns of mine, particularly as they relate to science (and philosophy).

Alphaville's visual poem about a man who awakens a woman's innate knowledge of love by rescuing her from cold, logical thinking is as most sci-fi, a film about film. Machines cannot give us knowledge, only the voice of the poet behind the machine can.

There is too much uncertainty in Hume's moral theory. While impractical, Locke's epistemology leaves much less room for doubt.

Although not everyone will agree, St. Augustine's epistemology is one the most logical and rational explanation for the existence of god, yet.

Brief critique and review of various understandings of conservatism in America versus the traditionalist right.

Feminist empiricism is one of the main critical perspectives in feminist epistemology and is most frequently applied to philosophy of science. This article provides a brief overview of the key concepts in feminist empiricism.

Rene Descartes, who lived from 1596 to 1650, was a French philosopher and mathematician. He is regarded as a founder of modern epistemology, or the branch of philosophy dealing with the origin, limitations, and methods of human knowing.

Some concerns regarding the remote possibility of objectivity in general, but especially as it relates to the field of epistemology and philosophy of mind.

Dialogue between a moral skeptic and moral rationalist/realist to better illustrate the nature that exists between the two schools of thought as it relates to 1)epistemology and 2) metaphysics of morality.

What is the scientific method, and what is its position amongst the continuum of classical epistemological theories?

This paper discusses the theoretical gap left between the positivist approach to sex research and the postmodernist approach. I then offer initial and tentative ideas about a complex systems framework which has the potential to bridge parts of the gap.

Life philosophy can change with how you perceive your surroundings. There are many needs in life that must be met, before one can progress to the next level.

Native Hawaiians still report higher morbidity, mortality, and high-risk behaviors. A summary of authors' recommendations to improve Hawaiian health is also presented.

Review of the new release by the Los Angeles-based prog metal band Tool

This essay seeks to explore the dimensions of the theme of chronophobia in Jerzy Kosinski's Being There and Thomas Pynchon's The Crying of Lot 49.

The novel is Woolf's manifesto in fiction of her unique enterprise to create character beyond the one-to-one mimetic method of conventional Victorian and Edwardian realism.

The idea that human beings have a sense of innate knowledge, passed on by their ancestors, is one that has long been considered a myth-like explanation of why certain ideas and theories seem to come to people "out of nowhere".

Concentration on the writing styles of six writers' from different writing genres, including technical writing, academic writing, and fiction writing. Comparisons are drawn from different writers' composition style and the steps to writing a book.

A synopsis on essays by John Clifford, Michael Foucalt, Gee, and James A. Berlin on culture, discourse, and the ideology in writing.

A review of E.H. Carr's book "What is History?", his stands on historical study, and why American historians have neglected Carr's seminal work.

In this case, the research was to examine why minorities are under represented in faculty positions in colleges and universities in the United States.

Applying one's mind to an issue is a difficult feat, it is hard work, so people prefer an easy way out- that of blindly imbibing their ideas from dominant contemporary themes.

Anthropology struggled for years to be accepted as a science - and then promptly began denouncing it's scientific credentials once they'd been accepted. This paper represents a young graduate student's views as to the future for scientific anthropology.