Academic papers on Philosophy

The Contemporary Sublime
This 3 page paper discusses art with reference to aesthetics and the concepts of beauty and the sublime. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Recidivism
This 4-page paper discusses the causes of recidivism, especially among African Americans. There are 3 sources cited.
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Christianity & Islam
This 6-page paper is a letter drafted in the year 1400 in Cairo, Egypt to a traveler interested learning about Islamic beliefs and culture. There are 2 sources cited.
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Labor and Marx
This 5 page paper considers two questions about Marx and his theories of labor and wealth: first, is labor today really alienated and second, how would Marx close the gap between rich and poor, and how would President Obama do it? Bibliography lists...
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St. Augustine and the Problem of Evil
This 3 page paper discusses Augustine
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The Nature of Learning
This 5 page paper considers the nature of learning, addressing such questions as it habit-formation or the gaining of rational understanding, development of character, or preparation for a vocation? Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Cosmological Argument for the Existence of God
This 4-page paper examines the cosmological argument for the existence of God and why that argument alone is insufficient. There are 4 sources cited.
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Review and Reaction: The Problem of Evil
This 6 page paper is a reaction to and review of the short book The Problem of Evil by Errol Harris. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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COMPARISON OF EMERSON
This 4-page paper compares ideas written by Ralph Waldo Emerson with those written by Thomas Frank. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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Is Patriotism A Virtue
A 4 page paper that begins with some thoughts about what patriotism is. The writer cites Rawls, Locke, MacIntyre, and Sandel in the discussion and comments on the communitarian viewpoint. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Josef Pieper
This 4-page paper incorporates the infomation from Happiness and Contemplation by Josef Pieper. It is developed around an ethical issue of choice, which also applies the Virtue, Denotological, and Consequentialist Theories. There is 1 source cited.
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The Case for Moral Relativism
This 5 page paper examines two different articles. This paper concludes that relativism does seem to be the superior view. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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The Theory that Most Plausibly Accounts for Human Behavior
This 5 page paper discusses various theories that help us understand human behavior and argues that existentialism is the most useful. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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Descartes Dualism
This 5 page paper looks at the concept of Cartesian dualism proposed by Descartes, considering the problems with the theory and looks at some of the resolutions that have been proposed. The bibliography cites 2 sources.
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Who Am I?
A 5 pages research paper/essay that discusses how the problem of how to perceive the interaction of the mind to the body has been perceived philosophically. The writer/tutor uses two books and one film as sources, focusing particularly on how...
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