Essays on Branches of Philosophy

“Aesthetic knowledge is a fundamental dimension of the human culture, which was and still is crucial to the development of scientific understanding of the natural world.” The word aesthetic can refer to people, objects/lands, and a more important points of view. There is no real accepted definition of Aesthetic behavior, which is the concern with...

In this paper, Susan Haack supports the argument laid out by Dorothy Sayers’ in her 1936 novel, ‘Gaudy Night’. Haack’s argument is a critique of the current feminist perspective; stating that feminism confines women to a “pink-collar ghetto of women’s issues and feminist approaches”. (Haack, 2008: 31) Moreover, Haack’s analysis in her paper demonstrates that...

The philosophy of the judgment of aesthetics has been historically dominated by 18th century assertions of ‘good’ and ‘beautiful’. Notable German enlightenment philosopher Immanuel Kant proposes in his 1790 thesis The Critique of Judgment, that the all-pervading aesthetic experience which transcends one in reverberation to art can be attributed to “reflective judgments” described by the...

1) Discuss the importance of ontology and epistemology for research design, illustrating your answer with reference to one ontological and epistemology position. All social researchers have their own philosophical stance when it comes to conducting research, this refers to the ways in which the researchers formulate their worldview on social reality which is based on...

In his seminal book The Logic of Collective Action, Olson establishes the ‘collective action problem’ and develops an original theory of group and organisational behaviour which traverses disciplinary lines. Olson elucidates his theory with empirical and historical studies of different organisations. Olson challenges conventional wisdom by arguing that “rational, self-interested individuals will not [voluntarily] act...

Introduction What is Aesthetics? The term aesthetics refers to a branch of philosophy, which deals with: ‘such notions as the beautiful, the ugly, the sublime, the comic, etc., as applicable to the fine arts, with a view to establishing the meaning and validity of critical judgments concerning works of art, and the principles underlying or...