Articles written by Doug Frame

Mao says academic philosophy is useless without effective action. To take effective action, one must have experience interacting with the world.

Sep 12, 2011 - Doug Frame

According to Marx, revolution results in paradise from two different causes. One dynamic is Historical Materialism, the other is Class Struggle.

Aug 16, 2011 - Doug Frame

Metaphysics is a source of much discussion. Questions abound, such as what is truely real, matter or ideas, or is reality in one state or many?

Jul 10, 2011 - Doug Frame

Informal logic can used to deceive people using fallacies. The informal fallacy discussed is the Ad Hominem fallacy literally "argument against the man".

May 3, 2011 - Doug Frame

According to social contract theory the government acts according to the needs of the people in an implied contract. In return citizens must obey the state's dictates.

Mar 24, 2010 - Doug Frame

Locke claims that all ideas were based on perceptions of matter. On the other hand Bishop Berkeley claims that perceptions were ideas God put into the human mind.

Mar 5, 2010 - Doug Frame

Conditions of slavery have varied historically, but the nature of slavery has not. How are we to understand the relationship between master and slave through the ages?

Feb 24, 2010 - Doug Frame

Utility or Deontology: With Utility individual rights are not always protected. Yet with the Categorical Imperative societal protection is not a given. Which is right?

Feb 13, 2010 - Doug Frame

Aristotle's enthymeme is also known of as the rhetorical syllogism. It is a technique of persuasion, engaging one's emotions, ethics and logic by using rhetoric.

Jan 20, 2010 - Doug Frame

Epistemology refers to theories of knowledge. How can one know things? Epistemology is subdivided into rationalism and empiricism. What is truth?

Jan 15, 2010 - Doug Frame

There are four paths to come to know God in Hindu thought. While the paths are different the goal is the same. But how can God come to be known in so many different ways?

Jan 13, 2010 - Doug Frame

He proves that the senses are reliable and serve as a firm foundation for science. Yet his premises of a Mind/Body interaction are impossible and have dire consequences

Jan 6, 2010 - Doug Frame