Essays about: "Ancient Greek philosophy"

Found 4 essays containing the words Ancient Greek philosophy.

  1. 1. Ethics in Artificial Intelligence : How Relativism is Still Relevant

    University essay from Södertörns högskola/Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap

    Author : Loukas Piloidis; [2020]
    Keywords : artificial intelligence; ethics; Ancient Greek philosophy;

    Abstract : This essay tries to demarcate and analyse Artificial Intelligence ethics. Going away from the traditional distinction in normative, meta, and applied ethics, a different split is executed, inspired by the three most prominent schools of thought: deontology, consequentialism, and Aristotelian virtue ethics. READ MORE

  3. 2. Ancient Egyptian Philosophy : or a chimaera of the popular significance

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Egyptologi

    Author : Christofer Sandström; [2019]
    Keywords : Ancient Egyptian Philosophy;

    Abstract : The thesis investigates a continuously held assumption, within the field of Egyptology, that undertakes to derive classical Hellenic philosophy from a previous philosophical tradition, initiated centuries before in ancient Egypt. The study will proceed with an initial clarification of ancient Greek philosophy, and a brief outline of some topics from its main research fields: metaphysics, epistemology, ethics and philosophy of mind. READ MORE

  4. 3. Convention or Nature? : The Correctness of Names in Plato's Cratylus

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för idé- och samhällsstudier

    Author : Rickard Gustavsson; [2018]
    Keywords : Cratylus; Plato; Philosophy of language; Ancient Greek philosophy; etymology;

    Abstract : This thesis is about Plato‘s dialogue Cratylus, which is one of the earliest texts in the history ofphilosophy of language and has generated much interpretive controversy. In the dialogue, Platoexamines two theories on the correctness of names; conventionalism and naturalism. READ MORE

  5. 4. The Tell of Tragedy

    University essay from Ädellab/Metallformgivning

    Author : Arthitaya Padoongmatvoragool; [2011]
    Keywords : tragedy; Traumatic Realism; tragedy philosophy;

    Abstract : The curiosity of different beliefs to “tragedy” between the two worlds, Eastern where tragedy is unpleasant and Western where tragedy is praised as high art form since Ancient Greek. The reason that they are very different as two ends from one point and how to present them directly to understandable stage in art forms itself are questioned. READ MORE