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Present an exploration of how one and why one thinks about the concepts, with a particular emphasis on how and why your thinking has changed, developed (or not) in light of what we study.

Posted on April 29, 2022 by Ambrose

Dorje on Consumerism and Greed Response Paper Description A critical response takes as its starting point some idea we studied or passage from a reading, and your thoughts about it. These entries are not a stream of conscious expression of your feelings about the material, neither are they a summary of what we read or […]

How would socialism affect the economic efficiency in the United States? Explain

Posted on April 29, 2022 by Ambrose

How would socialism affect the economic efficiency in the United States? Explain what kind of socialism you are talking about, for example classic socialism,Schweickhert/democracy socialism, etc. Go into depth on if socialism would impact the economic efficiency in the United States and if it would be a good or bad idea.

Explain what the meaning of a name is. Justify your view as fully as you can.

Posted on April 28, 2022 by Ambrose

Explain what the meaning of a name is. Justify your view as fully as you can. Guidance: You should take it as a presumption of the essay that names are expressions in language whose role is to pick out a unique individual. You can chose to focus on and, perhaps, argue for the Millian view, […]

Fully explain the moral, economic, and political dimensions of our Liberal Western social contract.

Posted on April 27, 2022 by Ambrose

Liberal Western Social Contract Dimensions Essay Fully explain the moral, economic, and political dimensions of our Liberal Western social contract. Cite your readings from Kant, Locke, and/or Rawls, for example, in your explanation. Explain Charles Mills’ “Racial Contract” and how it works in relation to these dimensions of the Western social contract. In particular, explain […]

Conduct An In depth Analysis of ‘How To Make Our Ideas Clear’ by Charlse Peirce

Posted on April 27, 2022 by Ambrose

American Philosophy An In depth Analysis of ‘How To Make Our Ideas Clear’ by Charlse Peirce Using at least one other reading from the course, expand upon your first essay. Consider the following questions: How does the selected essay(s) add to the issues you considered in the first essay? As an alternative to relating your […]

In what way does Cartesian Dualism make a category mistake?Explain

Posted on April 27, 2022April 27, 2022 by Ambrose

Introduction to Cognitive Science Identify, define and distinguish: Dualism Associationism Behaviorism Functionalism Computationalism -Dualism and Causal Objections -What are the objections that Elizabeth raises against Dualism? -How does Descartes respond? -From a causal and scientific point of view, what is the difficulty in treating the mind as an immaterial substance (draw on any sources from […]

What kinds of activities do you want to be a regular part of your life, and what draws you to those activities?Explain

Posted on April 26, 2022 by Ambrose

The field of ethics invites us to reflect carefully on we most deeply value and what we most want out of life. In doing ethics, in addition to thinking broadly about human flourishing, each of us asks, What does human flourishing look like for me personally? What should I do with the finite amount of […]

The body is a site where pain and violence are experienced, and also a site of human freedom. Drawing on the readings covered in class as well as outside research, use the framework of phenomenology to give an account, using examples, of how the body’s susceptibility to violence, and its capacities for motion, are embedded in social realities such as race and gender.

Posted on April 25, 2022 by Ambrose

LENGTH: 7-8 pages PROMPT: The body is a site where pain and violence are experienced, and also a site of human freedom. Drawing on the readings covered in class as well as outside research, use the framework of phenomenology to give an account, using examples, of how the body’s susceptibility to violence, and its capacities […]

Write a dialogue between yourself and an imaginary Socrates.

Posted on April 20, 2022 by Ambrose

Discussion Board For this Discussion Board, you will write a dialogue between yourself and an imaginary Socrates. You will debate the question of free will versus determinism. Remember that the Socratic Method involves asking a series of questions to clarify key words and ideas. In your dialogue, the imaginary Socrates should be asking clarifying questions, […]

Visit the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy.Pick one of the arguments from section 3 and present it.Determine what James Rachels and Ray Prebble might say about it. Which argument do you think better lives up to the standards of philosophy?

Posted on April 18, 2022April 18, 2022 by Ambrose

Select just one topic. Visit the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy found here (https://iep.utm.edu/moral-re/#SH3c). Pick one of the arguments from section 3 and present it. Determine what James Rachels and Ray Prebble might say about it. Which argument do you think better lives up to the standards of philosophy? (You may also want to look […]

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Present an exploration of how one and why one thinks about the concepts, with a particular emphasis on how and why your thinking has changed, developed (or not) in light of what we study.

How would socialism affect the economic efficiency in the United States? Explain

Explain what the meaning of a name is. Justify your view as fully as you can.

Conduct An In depth Analysis of ‘How To Make Our Ideas Clear’ by Charlse Peirce

In what way does Cartesian Dualism make a category mistake?Explain

What kinds of activities do you want to be a regular part of your life, and what draws you to those activities?Explain

Write a dialogue between yourself and an imaginary Socrates.

Visit the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy.Pick one of the arguments from section 3 and present it.Determine what James Rachels and Ray Prebble might say about it. Which argument do you think better lives up to the standards of philosophy?