Truth Theories, Knowledge, and Human Nature: A Philosophical Analysis
Theories of Truth
In the epistemological sense, a proposition is true when what is said corresponds to truth.
Correspondence Theory
A proposition is true if it corresponds to the truth. That means there is basically a representational correspondence because it has something to do with what is supposed to arise. Problems arise for those who attempt to analyze the correspondence. This theory is associated with realism, which assumes that reality exists independent of our minds and that this reality is
Read MoreSocial Principles, Economics, and Christian Influence
Social Principles Summary
From the right guidance can be found social life. Since the reason you come to the same principles to reach the church. Coexistence is surrounded by: Love, Truth, and Justice. The principles guiding appropriate coexistence are few and universal: Subsidiarity, Universal destination of goods, Common good, Participation, and Solidarity. The organic conception of social life. Each principle applies in a particular case, as the social event it covers. The reference point to be
Read MoreAristotle’s Metaphysics, Logic, Ethics, and Politics
Aristotle: Historical Context
Natural from a Greek colony, Aristotle’s philosophy aligns more with science than with Platonic theory. He educated Alexander the Great for a couple of years and then returned to Athens, where he founded his own school.
Plato and Aristotle
Aristotle denied the existence of an intelligible world and developed a theory of motion.
Theory of Physics and Metaphysics
Metaphysics is considered the first philosophy, studying the cause of beings and all things prior to existence.
Read MoreSociology: Founders, Concepts, and Influences
Defining and Explaining the Term Sociology Etymologically
The word sociology is a compound word from the Latin word societas (society, socius = fellow) and the Greek word logos (study, science). Sociology is then a science of society, or association, or fellowship. So, sociology is the scientific study of the fundamental forms of human coexistence.
The Emergence of Sociology
Sociology was born of a radical change in society, resulting in the emergence of capitalism. The century was marked by change,
Read MoreNietzsche’s Critique of Western Culture and Values
Critical Values of European Culture
The rational, the religious world, and the moral world are the three worlds invented by Western man. Nietzsche interprets their values as symptoms of decay.
Criticism of Morality
Morality, as it has been taught so far, is under laws, decalogues, standards, and requirements that oppose life and its primary instincts. The moral philosophical foundation of this is a natural anti-Platonism. The center of gravity of these ideas is placed not in this life, but in the other,
Read MoreHistorical Development of Citizenship: From Ancient Greece to Modernity
Historical Genesis of Citizenship
Citizenship, in its classic sense, corresponds to a legal and political status through which citizens acquire, within a political group, certain rights as individuals: civil, political, and social. It also entails certain duties, such as paying taxes. In its modern sense, it corresponds to the right and duty to participate in community life and a democratic state.
Citizenship in Greece and Rome
The concept of citizenship began to develop in ancient Greece, mainly in
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