Foundations Study Guide: Literary Theory
Aristotle originated the kind of literary theory that emphasizes the objective features of texts and the authorial intentions that those....
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Aristotle originated the kind of literary theory that emphasizes the objective features of texts and the authorial intentions that those....
Fred Miller is professor of philosophy and executive director of the Social Philosophy and Policy Center at Bowling Green State University.
Maria Montessori, the first woman to graduate from the University of Rome Medical School, became a doctor in 1896. Her first post was in the
Dr. Stephen Hicks is chairman of the philosophy department at Rockford College, and executive director of the Center for Ethics and....
The philosophy of mathematics is the philosophical study of the concepts and methods of mathematics. It is concerned with the nature of....
Early in her novel Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand presents us with a scene aboard a train that is entering Philadelphia. “An office building...
Objectivism has no position on most of the questions you ask, and in many cases the same general answer applies: We'll see when we get there
Magic and illusion are actions that aim to produce effects that appear to be paranormal or impossible by the laws of logic and nature that
Marxism and Objectivism are similar in very few respects: —They are systems of thought. But Marxism is primarily a political and economic
Objectivism's social ethic (which underlies its theory of rights) is based on the recognition of a complex fact about rational beings: that
Art is a selective re-creation of reality according to an artist's metaphysical value judgments. Man's profound need of art lies in the fact
"Capitalism is a social system based on the recognition of individual rights, including property rights, in which all property is privately
Inventions have long since reached their limit, and I see no hope for further development.....
April 3, 2001 -- Human life begins at conception. Biologically speaking, human life begins when a cell with 23 pairs of chromosomes capable
February 1, 2004 -- Some 30 to 40 thousand years ago, human beings began making images in caves like Chauvet-Pont-d'Arc in southern France
January 31, 2002 -- “Thirty million Americans a year go to circuses with animal acts,” a stony-faced Peter Jennings told his ABC News
I am not primarily an advocate of capitalism, but of egoism; and I am not primarily an advocate of egoism, but of reason. If one recognize
When someone asks why is there Something rather than Nothing, they are asking for the cause of Existence in the widest possible sense—for
Question: Who coined the term/word "altruism?" Was it Kant and if so where is this information? Answer: According to the Oxford English