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First, let's be clear what an argument is. An argument is a set of claims intended to establish the truth of another claim. The set of claims are the premises of the argument, and they are intended to establ...

Supervenience is the relationship between two different kinds of facts (or properties) such that A type supervenes on B type if and only if there cannot be a change in A without a change in B. To illustrate ...

As a substance dualist, Descartes defends the theory that there exist two ontologically distinct substances; the mental substance and the physical substance. His divisibility argument is as follows:i. the mi...

The tripartite analysis of knowledge suggests that there are three criteria which must be met in every case of knowledge, and that every time these three criteria are met one has a genuine case of knowledge....

Sartre's idea is that we are "condemned to be free", which can sound bizarre since this sentence is an oxymoron. As human beings, we are entirely free to do whatever we want. This can lead to a cer...