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Dec 15, 2014 · Revision notes for Nemeth and Wachtler (1974), from OCR A2 Forensic Psychology, this study considers the impact of minorities on the majority.
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Plato (427-347 BCE) was one of the first to argue that the systematic use of our reason can show us the best way to live. [Platonic thinking is part of this rise of reason in ancient Greeceoften called the Greek miracle. It replaced superstitious, religious, mythological, supernatural thinking with rational, scientific, philosophical, naturalistic ...
A) Logical how does table or tree apply to various tables/trees? How does a universal concept like bed or dog or red or hot apply to many individual things? [Any word, except proper names and pronouns, refers to a form.] Nominalists argue that words simply name things, there are no universal concepts existing over and above individuals. [Words are...
B) Metaphysical are forms ultimately real; do they exist independently? Plato says yes. Universal, eternal, immaterial, unchanging forms are more real than individuals. Individual material things are known by the senses, whereas forms are known by the intellect. And the forms have a real, independent existencethere is a world of forms. The parable...
C) Epistemological knowledge is of forms, perceptions in this world lead only to belief or opinion. We find the clearest example of knowledge based on forms in mathematics. [Hence the motto of Platos academy. Let no one ignorant of geometry enter here.] The objects of mathematical reasoning are often not found in this worldand we can never see mos...
Diagnosis Persons differ as to which part of their nature is predominant. Individual dominated by reason seeks are philosophical and seek knowledge; individuals dominated by spirit/will/emotion are victory loving and seek reputation; individuals dominated by appetites are profit loving and seek material gain. Although each has a role to play, reas...
Plato differentiates between 5 classifications of societies. 1) The best is a meritocracy, where the talented rule. This may degenerate into increasingly bad forms, each one worse than the other as we go down the list. 2) The timarchic society, which values honor and fame while reason is neglected. In such a society spirit dominates the society and...
To achieve this end Plato, the guardians or rulers must engage in a long educational process in which they learn about the Forms. [After a nearly 50 year-long process, those of the highest moral and intellectual excellence will rule.] The guardians cannot own personal property and cannot have families. [The idea is that only the desire to serve the...
Critics have called Platos republic authoritarian or totalitarian, and Plato advocated both censorship and propaganda as means of maintaining social control. He certainly believed that the masses [who he says like to shop and spend] were unable to govern the society and that an elite, composed of the morally and intellectually excellent should make...
The Platonic version of the good life comes in for a thorough drubbing at the hands of Friedrich Nietzsche, as do Aristotelian, Kantian, and Judeo-Christian ideals. Nietzsche’s declaration that “God is dead,” and in particular the Christian god, “allows us the possibility of living more mean ...
Sep 8, 2014 · Bringing together the ancient Greek conception of happiness with a modern conception of self-respect, it turns out to be bad to be a bad person, while in fact, it is good to be a good person. Here are some reasons why: (1) Because being bad is bad.
Oct 8, 2013 · Although he was an excellent student and pianist, Nemeth, who was born blind in New York City, received no encouragement to pursue his interest in mathematics. His teachers and school counselors saw the lack of a notation system as an insurmountable barrier.
Jun 19, 2016 · His answer is that being just will lead to living a happy life. Prichard famously complained that this is a wrong kind of answer, since ordinarily people suppose that the reason for being just should not appeal to one's happiness, but to its being the right thing to do.
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According to Plato’s philosophy, a good life involves striving for self-knowledge, developing virtuous character traits, seeking philosophical wisdom beyond superficial appearances, and aligning one’s actions with moral principles.
