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A 5 page paper discussing whether individuals are personally responsible for their own actions or whether they can excuse their actions as being the result of childhood pressures, societal problems or other negative influences. The paper uses the views of Plato and Descartes, particularly their views of the nature of the soul and the mind to argue that ...

This 6 page paper uses a 1998 X-Files episode as an example for exploring the idea that a disembodied mind could experience personhood. The paper argues against that notion, explaining that the physical body is most important in the definition of personhood. Descartes and Locke's ideas are noted. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 6 page report discusses Karl Marx (1818-83) and one of his most important works, “Das Kapital.” Marx’s fundamental assertion, in the most simple of terms, was that all events are determined by economic forces. His analysis of capitalist economy and his theories of historical materialism, the class struggle, and the meaning of value evolved as the basis of modern socialist ...

This 5 page report discusses “Discourses on Livy” is on of Niccolo Machiavelli’s lesser-known works. Written in 1531, it argues for an uncorrupted political culture and republican governance. While he is primarily associated with his work “The Prince,” his “Discourses on Livy” actually provide a far more accurate picture of his political philosophy and attitudes. No secondary sources listed. ...

This 5 page paper considers a quote taken from the beginning of an essay on good and evil from 'On the Genealogy of Morality' and to understand how this reflects the views of Nietzsche ideas of self delusion and the need for differentiation between theological prejudice and moral prejudice. The paper explains this and looks ...

Freud's The Uncanny

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This 5 page paper presents an overview of Freud's conceptual framework of what constitutes the uncanny in terms of the sublime, death and doubling as well as a brief look at the thoughts of Martin Heidegger and Jacques Derrida on the subject. Bibliography lists 8 sources.

Levoy's Callings

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This 5 page book review looks at Callings : Finding and Following an Authentic Life. by Gregg Michael Levoy. The concept of the calling and finding satisfaction in work is discussed. No additional sources cited.

This 4 page paper provides an overview of Galileo's Dialogues Concerning the two Chief World Systems. Ideas are outlined and controversies are duly noted. No additional sources cited.

15 pages in length. The ontological and epistemological underpinnings of the Heideggerean Hermeneutic Phenomenological research approach address the aspects of knowledge and interpretation as they directly relate to the concepts of existence and meaning. Considered to be an artful form of understanding, hermeneutics was derived from the Greek verb, hermeneueuein, 'to interpret,' and from ...

A 5 page paper which compares and contrasts the phenomenologies of William James and Charles Peirce. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

A 6 page paper which compares and contrasts two philosophers' interpretation of one school of philosophy. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

This 10 page report discusses some of the many moral theories that question the ethical justification for action that exists in the modern world in terms of whether or not an action is truly “ethical” or simply expedient. For example, the idea of “corporate ethics” has become a catch phrase with enormous political and emotional, even economic clout. Corporate ethics encompasses ...

This 5 page paper considers this question looking at the different concepts of good and how these may be interpreted by the states as well as the advantages that a neutral perspective may bring. The bibliography cites 9 sources.

A 5 page paper. Sophocles made this statement. This essay discusses why this statement is true. The writer states that truth is a complex concept that takes different forms. Different philosophers are quoted. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

A 7 page paper which discusses the main arguments for and against a Foucauldian analysis of social policy. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

(5pp) Our challenge in this discussion is to determine the influence of Hume on Kant. Why would Kant say that Hume had awakened him from "dogmatic slumber?" And how did this awakening influence Kant. These questions will be answered based upon Kan'ts Prologomena for the Future of Metaphysics (1787). Bibliography ...

5 pages in length. In Plato's Allegory of the Cave, the author advocates the presence of philosopher-kings; in fact, he claims public service is the duty of those who have (metaphorically) ascended to the sunlight, admonishing those intellectuals of his time not to turn their backs upon those who still reside within the darkness, ...

6 pages in length. The writer compares and contrasts Okin and Young's criticism of Rawls' social contract theory, as well as discusses Okin and Young's views on multiculturalism as it relates to women. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle are alive and well in modern day North America. This 5 page paper presents a philosophical dialogue on vice and virtue as it applies to everyday life. Bibliography lists 7 sources.

(5 pp) Through prolific writings on subjects including optics, philosophy and social theory, the "Hobbsean system" emerges as a coherent and comprehensive world view grounded in the distinct understanding of "philosophy as physics." The world according to Hobbes is a world in which all spheres of activity are governed and explained through mechanical principles, ...

(7pp) Rousseau developed the concept of the "noble savage," and to test it, tried living in the woods. Burke believed equality was a conception against nature and served in the English Parliament. One could claim they were both living out their political convictions, yet actually there is a lot more to their ...

This 5 page paper offers a tutorial discussion of the deductive logic used by Bertrand Russell in his book, The Problems Of Philosophy. No additional sources are listed. It concludes with an example of a criticism and, or, commentary.

(5 pp) An analogy" according to Mr. Webster, is an inference that if two or more things agree in some respects they will probably agree in others - a likeness between things that are unlike. In this discussion we will determine the analogies that Plato used in the Republic and Rousseau in The Social ...

This 5 page paper takes a look at philosopher Jean Jacques Rousseau’s ideas about knowledge and learning and how they may be applied to education today. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

A five page paper which looks at the ways in which Nietzsche criticises Socratic and Platonic schools of thought in The Twilight of the Idols and The Antichrist, and analyses Nietzsche’s concept of the will to power and the autonomy of the individual in contrast to the constraints laid down by codified religious systems of ...

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