Philosophy

Religion and Morality

Religion and morality jointly show the relationship between morals and religious views. Determining what’s right and wrong is usually important in every religion. Every religion must have some values to guide its followers. Religion and morality don’t mean the same. Even when religion may depend on morality and develop together with morality, morality does not […]

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Religion Without God

The book “Religion without God” written by Ronald Dworkin dictates the question that many of us have been asking for generations: is there a GOD without the existence of religion? The book narrates the relation between immortality and death and the connection between God and religion. The book has been based on the lectures imparted

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Quine and Strawson

The term ‘philosophy’ literally translates to ‘love of wisdom’. Philosophy is the field people undertake when searching fundamental answers for the way of life, about themselves, the world they are living in, and about their interrelations with people and to the world. Quine and Strawson were notable philosophers of their time who had contributed greatly

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Problem of Evil

The problem of evil is the challenge of reconciling evil and suffering in the world with belief in an omnipotent, omniscient, omnibenevolent God. These arguments assume that a being like a possible God would agree with human views and eliminate evil as people understand it. Although not all theologians agree, it indicates that God is

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Political Ideologies

Political ideology is a dynamic concept that combines ethical values, doctrines, belief systems, social movements, or larger groups. These provide the framework for society’s proper functioning and give a layout for social orders.  Political ideologies come under the philosophy that deals with the government, state, justice, legal rights, and amendments. It provides support to authorities

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Plato and Aristotle

Aristotle and Plato were philosophical thinkers who taught in the Academy of Athens, founded by Plato around 380 BC. Aristotle was a student and a colleague of Plato. The thinkers studied and proclaimed their views on disciplines like ethics, politics, philosophy, science, and other related fields. However, the only difference between Plato and Aristotle was

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Phenomenology

Phenomenology is the philosophical study of the structure of experience and consciousness. Edmund Husserl (1859–1938) founded phenomenology as a philosophical movement in the early 20th century. His followers later spread it at the University of Göttingen and the University of Munich in Germany. Following this, phenomenology spread to France, the United States, and elsewhere, often

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Nyaya Vaisheshika

Two significant branches of philosophy are Nyaya and Vaisheshika. Vaisheshika is linked to the Nyaya philosophical system. Both systems see the freedom of the individual self as the ultimate aim; both see ignorance as the source of all suffering and unhappiness, and both think that liberation can only be achieved through the proper understanding of

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