Explain the Ego Theory and Parfit’s argument against the Ego Theory and for the Bundle Theory. How is this a criticism of Descartes?
Explain and critique Descartes’ argument for why we can be certain we exist. As part of your critique, you can examine what the “I” or the self is, if Descartes’ argument succeeds. In other words, what does Descartes’ argument entail regarding the nature of the self? Does it entail a plausible account of the self?
Create and submit a narrated power point that does the following: Select the work of ONE of the philosophers covered from Descartes to de Beauvoir. Research the work of a philosopher who is works on the same topic or philosophical approach. The second philosopher must be either a Black, Indigenous, Person of colour and / […]
Critically assess one or more problems raised against dualism or physicalism. Are they effective? Which view, in the end, is more acceptable? Philosophy Essay PAPER 1: Critically assess one or more problems raised against dualism or physicalism. Are they effective? Which view, in the end, is more acceptable? The essay is to be 3-5 pages in length. Double-space and […]
How Would Descartes Respond to Hume’s Theory of Ideas? Description Descartes argues that because he thinks, (he wonders, he has conscious experience) he must exist as a thinking self. Hume answers that Descartes is not even entitled to this. Why is the existence of the self not in question? In other words, Hume argues that […]
Overall: Write and essay between 4 and 6 pages long, double-spaced, 12 point font. Topic One. Descartes’ Arguments for Substance Dualism According to Descartes he can find differences in essence between the mind and the brain/body which prove the mind and brain/body are not the same thing. Minds are essentially thinking things and material things […]
5 pages; Descartes ideas and how they can open possibilities and close possibilities; MLA format; sources have to be from Descartes- Meditations of the first philosophy.
Topic – At the beginning of the First Meditation Descartes comments on his long-held ambition that becomes the reason for the entire project of the Meditations. What is this ambition about and how is it realized through each of the Meditations? Explain the main points claimed in them and their logical connection in relation to […]
