Articles written by Amy Rosenberg

Arts & Humanities > Schools of Thought Free will vs. determinism: 1 of 21

Most people seem to think that they are independent agents, that their actions are entirely their own. They act as if what they do just happened based merely on their whims, which spring out of their heads full grown. What they do, they will say, they do because they want to and no other reason. They do not stop to wonder wh...
Sciences > Sciences (Other) How we define science: 3 of 6

The Uncertainty of Science Everyone is familiar with the idea of science, yet when you ask ten people what science is you will invariably get ten different, most likely ill-articulated answers. Many definitions of science exist, some elaborate, some simple, most false. In recent years many look to science as a source of obje...
Arts & Humanities > Philosophical Concepts Doubt and certainty in epistemology: 8 of 12

I have spent several years doing my best to learn the intricacies of philosophy which is hardly an easy field of study. This goal has lead me to focus a significant amount of time on learning the basics of classical logic and how they can be applied to philosophy to simplify it down to an understandable level. Classical logi...