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Plato's analogy of the soul is unambiguous. Discuss

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Another implication is seen in the analogy of the soul and the polis. Firstly, the assumption that the analogy is legitimate to his argument[1]. The analogy used[2] can only supplement his ar...

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What is the difference between moral realism and moral cognitivism?

Moral cognitivists hold that when we make a moral judgment, such as ‘Lucy ought to pay back the money she borrowed’, we are stating a belief. The importance of this is that beliefs can be true or false: e...

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What is the difference between a priori and a posteriori knowledge?

A priori knowledge is prior to sense experience (thus 'priori'). For example, even prior to actually going out into the world and doing experiments, one could simply close their eyes, think, and deduce th...

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Explain Jackson's Knowledge Argument and why it could pose a problem for physicalist accounts of mind.

Jackson’s Knowledge Argument is used by opponents of physicalism to cast doubt upon the physicalist’s central claim, that talk of the mental can be reduced to talk purely of the physical. I will now set a...

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Define the meta-ethical position of moral universalism

The core thesis of moral universalism is that moral claims are ultimately grounded in moral facts, and these facts are what give these claims their truth or falsehood. For moral universalists, the facts t...

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