What is the relationship between Marx’s conception of human agency in history and the conceptions of either (a) Kant and Hegel OR (b) Hegel and Nietzsche? To what extent is Marx’s view a continuation of or a rebellion from Hegel’s? If (a), to what extent is it a return to or a continued departure from […]
Category Archives: Philosophy
Is our fictional discourse best explained by a realist or an anti-realist account of fictional characters?Explain
Topic: Is our fictional discourse best explained by a realist or an anti-realist account of fictional characters?
What is the best argument against Presentism and/or dynamic theories of time ? Does it succeed?Explain
What is the best argument against Presentism and/or dynamic theories of time ? Does it succeed?
Discuss “Could we be uploaded onto a computer?” “Has science shown us that we have no free will?”
Topic: “Could we be uploaded onto a computer?” “Has science shown us that we have no free will?”
Description Do we have a duty to obey the law?
Analyze an episode of Black Mirror and relate it to this philosophical text.
Topic: Analyze an episode of Black Mirror and relate it to this philosophical text. Paper details: For your final (creative) project, you will reflect deeply on a topic of your choosing, all through the lens of a philosophical view we have studied in class. You may write about anything you want. You may choose to […]
Harman defends ‘the inference to the best explanation’ (IBE) by contrasting it with ‘enumerative induction’ (EI). In what way does he think IBE is superior?Explain his argument for this superiority.
Harman defends ‘the inference to the best explanation’ (IBE) by contrasting it with ‘enumerative induction’ (EI). In what way does he think IBE is superior?Explain his argument for this superiority.
Explain why you believe humans have a need to express themselves through created artifacts.Detail how a person and/or concept encountered in this course has informed your explanation.
I. Explain why you believe humans have a need to express themselves through created artifacts. a) Explain the larger human need to express using the insights you gained from studying your artifact. b) Detail how a person and/or concept encountered in this course has informed your explanation. II. Explain how you think the act of […]
Discuss Suppose that if he doesn’t finish it, he was never writing it in the first place, because there will never be any paper for him to have written. Consider Fred onFriday (when he still doesn’t know): is he writing the paper? Does he believe he is?Does he know he is? Is he exercising knowledge how?
setiya defends the thesis that ‘knowledge how explains the otherwise troubling possibility of knowledge in intentional action’. His argument is complex. To put it to the test, suppose Fred starts writing a philosophy paper on Wednesday and plans to complete it by the following Monday; but on Thursday he learns that he might be drafted […]
Identify the racists involved in Langdon Winner’s discussion of the parkway overpasses.What does Karl Marx mean by ‘class conflict’?Discuss
*For Buckminster Fuller, why is the earth a spaceship? What are the moral implications? *What does the whale represent in Langdon Winner’s article? *Why does Amory Lovins argue that we should re-invest in natural capital? *Does J.K. Galbraith propose a technological solution to the problem he is discussing? *In the Tragedy of the Commons, are […]
