Category Archives: Philosophy

What is your overall evaluation of Yeampierre’s perspective?

PHILOSPHY EXAM 3 Read the interview with activist Elizabeth Yeampierre (“Unequal Impact: The Deep Links Between Racism and Climate Change” Links to an external site.) and then write an essay addressing the following items. Be sure to make explicit references to the texts. How would either Robert Bullard or Kristin Shrader-Frechette respond to Yeampierre’s perspective on climate justice? How would either Stephen Gardiner or Joseph […]

What other information besides symbolic logic might we need to decide whether to accept this argument as sound and believe the conclusion?

Explaination and Summary Do you think your valid argument is also sound? Do we need empirical research to tell us if the premises are true? Are there possible ambiguities in how the argument has been translated? Would a reasonable person disagree with any of your translations? What other information besides symbolic logic might we need […]

What ethical issues are relevant in when discussing the pollution of our environment (e.g. the greenhouse effect)?

Topic List 1.Chapter 13, Environmental Ethics. What ethical issues are relevant in when discussing the pollution of our environment (e.g. the greenhouse effect)? What impact should they have on our political and economic policies? 2.Chapter 12, Animal welfare. Under what conditions, if any, should (non-human) animals be used for experimentation? Is there a moral difference […]

Discuss how each may be avoided, if it can be, by applying Descartes’ analysis and method.

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, including errors that may be introduced by the possibility that […]

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?

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 come […]

Discuss two things you learned about the Baroque style as it manifested in France.

The Court of Louis XIV Discuss two things you learned about the Baroque style as it manifested in France. This is the documentary, if this link doesn’t work let me know https://fod-infobase-com.eu1.proxy.openathens.net/OnDemandEmbed.aspx?token=186725&wID=95542&plt=FOD&loid=0&w=640&h=480&fWidth=660&fHeight=530

Are those two theories completely empirically equivalent, or are there observations and arguments that force us to choose one over the other?

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 choice […]