First off, before proceeding any further, be sure you have read the excerpt from Brian Christian’s The Most Human Human, which I linked to in the previous Canvas item in this module. BEFORE you watch my final presentation in the course (“Romance, Artificial intelligence, and finding connection in the 21st century”) you will need to […]
Discipline: Philosophy
Exploring the ‘Ways of Knowing’: Rilke’s Poetics Through the Lens of the Six SensesExploring the ‘Ways of Knowing’: Rilke’s Poetics Through the Lens of the Six Senses
The purpose of the course paper is to provide you an opportunity to delve deeply into our core theme of ways of knowing. As we’ve seen, each author and each poet we’ve spent time with approaches the world in a singular manner. Each has a unique way of knowing whose contours we’ve been steadily teasing […]
Comparing Traditions Writing Assignment #2: (Theravada,) Chinese Traditions, and Japanese TraditionsComparing Traditions Writing Assignment #2: (Theravada,) Chinese Traditions, and Japanese Traditions
In this writing assignment, you will compare, contrast, and make connections between and among Chinese and Japanese traditions. You may optionally include Theravada traditions in Southeast Asia. You need only cite materials from the course–no outside research is permitted. Please cite your sources following a standard academic style (Chicago, MLA, or APA); if bibliographic information […]
Locke and the Paradox of Liberty: Reconciling Individual Freedom with Collective AuthorityLocke and the Paradox of Liberty: Reconciling Individual Freedom with Collective Authority
Please write a 15-page, MLA format philosophical paper with the Following thesis: Locke and the Paradox of Liberty: Reconciling Individual Freedom with Collective AuthorityUse quotations throughout the essay to support the main points and cite in text MLA style.I have curated a precise outline for the paper and will provide a link to the Text […]
Do you think the model of the prisoner’s dilemma is applicable in the framework of care described by Baier? If yes, make an example to illustrate your point. If not, explain why.Do you think the model of the prisoner’s dilemma is applicable in the framework of care described by Baier? If yes, make an example to illustrate your point. If not, explain why.
This assignment is meant to assess your critical understanding of the contents of the class, your capacity to reflect autonomously on them, and your capacity to formulate and defend a philosophical thesis in a written text. How? In a philosophy paper, you are expected to propose and defend a thesis (a major claim), offering good […]
Rethinking Policing in America: Addressing Racial Bias, Injustice, and the Need for De-Escalation TrainingRethinking Policing in America: Addressing Racial Bias, Injustice, and the Need for De-Escalation Training
Write an 8 page paper on a critical examination and analysis of this issue that focuses primarily on the topics of race, racism or racial justice: Police should have longer mandated training on de-escalation techniques, non lethal conflict resolution, and addressing racial bias because of the unequal arrest of people of color. For my paper […]
Discussion Forum 10 (Going Gently into the Anthropocence & Happy Hour/Farewell!)Discussion Forum 10 (Going Gently into the Anthropocence & Happy Hour/Farewell!)
Your first paragraph should be on Michael Northcott’s article on Religion in the Anthropocene, “Going Gently into the Anthropocene.” A great way to introduce and finish on the theme of Religion and Ecology. Let me know what you think! Your second paragraph is Happy Hour, so anything goes! Let us know what you loved or […]
Final Essay Assignment: Creative Exploration of Chicana & Latin American FeminismsFinal Essay Assignment: Creative Exploration of Chicana & Latin American Feminisms
Final Essay Assignment: Creative Exploration of Chicana & Latin American Feminisms Objective: This final essay invites you to demonstrate your understanding of Chicana and Latin American feminisms by fusing creative expression with academic analysis. This is an opportunity to not only reflect on what you’ve learned but to creatively express how these feminist movements, identities, […]
contrasting views of human nature in Hobbes’ Leviathan and Rousseau’s Social Contractcontrasting views of human nature in Hobbes’ Leviathan and Rousseau’s Social Contract
Description: Around 23’000-25‘000 characters without the table of contents and title The paper must include and abstract, introduction and key points of analyzing the different views of the two philosophers Rousseau and Hobbes both offer accounts of the social contract but arrive at very different conclusions regarding the nature of human beings and the formation […]
Analyze a Ted Tal using Philosophy words such as evidence, credibility, moral positionAnalyze a Ted Tal using Philosophy words such as evidence, credibility, moral position
Minimum 1800 words. Analyze a Ted Talk (and the topic is completely up to the student). By analyze I mean employing the critical thinking skills from the course textbook. Think of things like premises, evidence, credibility, assumptions, moral position, structure… Research another source on the topic given by the speaker of the Ted Talk. Sources […]