Descartes Meditation Descartes discusses three successive levels of possible error in the First Meditation. Specify the three levels and discuss how each may be avoided, if it can be, by applying Descartes’ analysis and method. Furthermore, explain how Descartes, or anyone, may still make mistakes, include errors that may be introduced by the possibility that […]
Choose one aspect of Descartes’s arguments analyze its significance within Descartes’s overall project, and assess its strength against an objection from from Charles Mills.
Descartes’s Arguments First, 500-word draft. For this paper, choose one aspect of Descartes’s arguments (for example, distrust of the senses, proofs for the existence of God, the meditative element of his approach, hyperbolic doubt etc.) analyze its significance within Descartes’s overall project, and assess its strength against an objection from from Charles Mills. Your analysis […]
Compare and contrast Nietzsche’s critique of metaphysics with the critique of metaphysical knowledge offered by Kant.
Analytical Essay Compare and contrast Nietzsche’s critique of metaphysics with the critique of metaphysical knowledge offered by Kant. In what ways does Nietzsche “go further” than Kant in his critique of metaphysics? Do you think Nietzsche’s radical critique of metaphysics is justified? Why or why not?
What is Freud’s general understanding of the role and function of civilization? Why does Freud believe we might be justifiably surprised by this ambivalence?
Freud The main question Freud tries to answer in his Civilization and Its Discontents arises from the ambivalence he observes we all feel towards civilization and culture. What is Freud’s general understanding of the role and function of civilization? Why does Freud believe we might be justifiably surprised by this ambivalence? How does Freud ultimately […]
Discuss two things you learned about the Baroque style as it manifested in France.
The Court of Louis XIV Louis XIV considered himself a absolute monarch by divine right, referred to himself the “sun king,” and is quoted as saying “I am the state.” In this documentary, The Court of Louis XIV – How to get Ahead, you will be exploring the French Baroque style in architecture and garden […]
Compare and contrast the Aristotelian worldview with the Newtonian worldview. In what ways are these systems of beliefs similar and different?
ASSIGNMENT In total, you will answer FOUR questions. Each of the first three, and one of the last two. (To answer fully, you probably need to write about a page for each question.) 1. What philosophical problems make it difficult to determine the correct theory of the universe? In your answer, discuss problems of theory […]
Explain and defend your views on the following: Is there anything wrong in offering unauthorized immigrants “a path to citizenship”?
ASSIGNMENT Topic chose to the essay: Explain and defend your views on the following: Is there anything wrong in offering unauthorized immigrants “a path to citizenship”? Should children brought into a country illegally ever be deported?
Discuss something that strikes you as especially important or interesting about Darwinian evolution. Make reference to the Chapters of DeWitt.
Darwinian Evolution Discuss something that strikes you as especially important or interesting about Darwinian evolution. Make reference to the Chapters of DeWitt.
Explain what Malebranche means by this claim, and critically discuss why he maintains that a ‘union’ is impossible. Does he offer a viable solution to the problem of mind-body interaction?
Malebranche Malebranche claims: “I tell you that so far from being more closely joined to the body than to anything else, we are in no way united to it.” Explain what Malebranche means by this claim, and critically discuss why he maintains that a ‘union’ is impossible. Does he offer a viable solution to the […]
Explain should people be blamed (or praised) for their actions when upbringing, character, and environment appear to be largely matters of luck?
Freedom and Responsibility In this course we will debate the nature of freedom, responsibility, the standards of moral praise and blame, and the morality of punishment. Discuss foundational questions: What is freedom and what does it require? Does freedom matter? Could scientists reveal to us that the laws of nature prevent us from being free? […]