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7 pages in length. The writer briefly discusses the scientific and philosophical contributions of Greeks/Pre-Socractics, theocratics, empiricism, rationalism, idealism, positivism and early existentialism. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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the world in which he lived. To say such theories of "character, personality, the self, values, political theory and nature as a norm" (Gill, 1995, p. 1) are mere
conjecture rather than tangible commodities is to completely overlook the value of philosophy on people in particular and society as a whole. The social and political influence these discoveries
had upon any individual country was no different than what was experienced throughout the rest of the world. Such dynamic inventions and breakthroughs affected the worlds societies in much
the same way; their very distinction proved to be a significant gesture toward future growth. Scientific discovery is what the fundamental essence of life is based upon; without Aristotles
initial quest into the notion of logic, contemporary society would know nothing of the extraordinary influence science has had upon human existence ever since. The elements of deductive mathematics
were another significant component of scientific evolution, while geography, astronomy and natural sciences soon took shape as separate and individual fields. The Greeks
and Pre-Socratics were instrumental in pointing out the inherent value of science and sense perception as equally valid sources of knowledge. Scientific knowledge has long been purported as the
only viable means by which mankind truly knows how and if something exists; without empirical proof, a given entitys existence is merely speculative at best. To rely upon any
other way of knowing - emotions, reason, language, perception - is to grasp at straws, because tangibility is the key component to whether or not is real. The problem
with this stringency, however, is how the scientific community refuses to take into account the very elements of mans sense perception and communicative abilities as equally feasible ways by which
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