Have you ever thought you heard something, but there was nothing there? Have you ever thought you saw someone in the corner of your eye, and when you looked there was no person there? There are thousands of occasions when we think something is really there, but when we go to investigate, we find no...

My Philosophy of Life Over the past five months of learning "philosophy," by its definition, is extremely vague and confusing. It can be related to anything to do with thought, perception, and even basic human existence. However, over the homework, projects and assignments I have do...

According to my Metaphysical Profile, I would be considered a materialist. I believe in concrete items that can be touched and seen. The chair I sit on is at the top of the list because it is solid and can be felt underneath me. Love is also something that I believe in. It can't be touched, but ...

Meditations is a discussion of metaphysics, or what is truly real. In these writings, heultimately hopes to achieve absolute certainty about the nature of everything includingGod, the physical world, and himself. It is only with a clear and distinct knowledge ofsuch things that he can then begin und...

The central part of Berkeley's metaphysics seems paradoxical or even absurd. Its claim is that what we call solid, and indeed everything else that we find laid out in the three-dimensional physical word that is apparently around us, is only fictional. It appears to be there, but it does not re...

Joseph Moreira01-205Period 5Philosophy of Being1.Faith is often compared to trust or is considered the same astrust. However this is completely erroneous since faith is far more complexand totally different from trust. By its very essence Faith is independent oftrust. For trust is a reliance on ...

Humans existing in the world affects the world in some way and creates a certain reality or truth. Therefore, nothing is built into being. Nothing is a byproduct of negation. Negation is a product of our minds and can't be the subject of scientific reasoning. Totality is anything that is ...

Bob: Today in class, someone mentioned that the concept of God is a false belief. I am not sure whether I believe this and therefore know such a statement. What do you think?Jane: Hmmm...what an interesting topic. I see that you partake in agnosticism because you do not have enough evidence to neith...