John Locke's epistemologyJohn Locke was a 17th century empirical philosopher. In his work An Essay concerning Human Understanding, he set out to examine the sources of human knowledge, and to what degree of certainty these sources of knowledge were ultimately capable of achieving.Like Descartes befo...

The only real similarity between the views of Lycan and Searle are that they are both materialists. By this they both believe that only physical properties exist and are relevant. However, on the subject of computing machines and artificial intelligence there is little else that the two agree on. ...

Of all the topics that are currently occupying the attention of philosophers, the mind-b`ody problem is at center stage. It is one of the classical metaphysical issues concerning the relationship between that which is mental and that which is physical. The simple question asked is: what are we? Ar...

Nothing has ever progressed without building upon the less advanced that existed before it. Everything needs a step upon which to climb and build the next level, continuing forever an endless staircase. Knowledge is no exception, in that it too requires building upon the fundamentals in order to a...

Philosophy of Mind in ChinaConceptual and Theoretical Matters Historical Developments: The Classical Period Historical Developments: Han Cosmology Historical Developments: The Buddhist Period Historical Developments: The Neo-Confucian Period BibliographyIntroduction: Conceptual and Theoretical Matte...