The CyberPhilosopher

Kant’s conception of the Categorical Imperative is, as he puts it, ‘The categorical imperative would be that which represented an action as necessary of itself without reference to another end, i.e. as objectively necessary’. On the other side, a hypothetical imperative represents practical necessity or things that are directed towards a goal or desire. Kant […]

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I have been reading “Mind of the Market” by Michael Shermer and he discusses two different Psychology experiments that have been conducted that show how much environment and situation can have an effect on our actions, i.e. if we behave what we would consider in a good way or a bad way.
The first experiment is […]

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1. What is Spinoza’s method?
I would have to describe Spinoza’s method of philosophy as reason and rationality on steroids. Spinoza recognized the wholeness of the human intellect (reason, will, and passions) and instead of attempting to subjugate the passions to Reason, he instead incorporates them and says that it is the understanding of our passions […]

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“Existentialism isn’t so atheistic that it wears itself out showing that God doesn’t exist. Rather, it declares that even if God did exist, that would change nothing. There you’ve got our point of view. Not that we believe that God exists, but we think that the problem of His existence is not the issue. In […]

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When looking at an argument, one of the first things you want to do is determine if an argument is Deductive or Inductive. Most of the arguments we make from day to day are actually inductive arguments, but they tent to have a fair amount of deductive sub-arguments in them as well as wording […]

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Wikipedia defines logic as the study of the principles and criteria of valid inference and demonstration.
Logic, as well as mathematics, formalize our system of thought. In a lot of cases we are already thinking logically when we go through our daily routine and are faced with propositions. The issue comes when we THINK […]

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I am taking a class on Japanese philosophy, and had to read ‘The Code of the Samurai.’
The ‘Code of the Samurai’ is as relevant today as it was at the time of its writing. While it is true that it is less likely that the book will be read by those that are young or […]

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On the recommendation of a philosophy professor I know, I recently decided to read David Hume’s ‘Dialogues concerning Natural Religion’. I have a certain fascination with Hume, who many consider the original philosophical skeptic (at least the first true one since the Ancient Greeks). This is the first in a series of thoughts regarding […]

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