Essays on Philosophical Theory

Throughout history, there’s been a countless amount of different views and perspectives on what should be taught in classrooms. More importantly, how they are taught. Ancient philosophers had a great influence on the dynamics of our modern-day classroom activities in the sense that their educational…

Education is one of the world’s most affluent institutions. Every weekday, children go to school and are educated within the many subjects we study in our grades. Whether it’s math, english, science, history, geography, or any other subject, the process is the same. We are…

Law creates standards, keeps order, settles conflicts and protects the human rights and freedoms. However, a lawless society will suffer with chaos and crime. Hence, various philosophers have given their educated version and reasonings on the purpose of law, which have been referred to, throughout…

In macroeconomics theories, Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is used to understand and measure the relative prosperity of a country by the institutions over the world. However, some important factors connected to the welfare of human being is not included in the concept of GDP. It…

“Nonviolence is the weapon of the strong” – Gandhi. Is humankind not strong enough to use it? From the evolution of life till date, history is peppered with strong footprints of violence in one form or the other. From the life lived by the early…

Many people have different personalities, perspectives influenced due to their early childhood or environment. Some of which may influence mental disorders or a personality change that exists since the start of early childhood. So what are mental disorders? What causes that significant personality change in…

This school of thought arose as a comeback to structuralism. It aims at the study of consciousness. It lays stress on function rather than structure of consciousness. Functionalism conjointly includes the approach by which human beings adapt to their environment. William James William James is…

Functionalism is the second archetype of psychology. It is a theory regarding nature of mental state of humans. According to functionalism, mental states are identified by what they do rather than by what they are made of. Functionalists: Disapprove the search for the components of…

To assess how Functionalism contributes to society’s view on families and households, I will compare the Functionalist perspective to the Marxist perspective as both have extremely strong influences on sociology’s understanding and allows us, as a society to pick and choose what aspects we agree…

In the readings of this week about nationalism, I interpreted that nationalism is seen as a social problem, which eliminates human reasoning and leads to actions that are counter-productive, as can be seen in case of war where generate losses in all aspects of a…