Academic papers on Philosophy

Soul and Reality: Plato, Aristotle and Descartes
A 5 page paper discussing these three philosophers' views on the soul and how it affects aspects of physical life. The existence of the soul was nearly the only aspect of it on which all three philosophers agreed. Because their views of the...
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J.Anthony Lukas: Common Ground, A Turbulent Decade in the Lives of Three American Families. (1985)
(5pp) Common Ground: covering a great deal more than its subtitle suggests, is a huge non-fiction study of Boston in the 1970's, when it was under the pressure of court-ordered busing to achieve school desegregation. The three families J....
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The Enlightenment in the Works of Smith, Locke, Wollstonecraft, and Kant
A five page paper looking at the very different contributions made by these four Enlightenment thinkers. The paper notes that although Smith wrote about economics, Locke about politics, Wollstonecraft about feminism, and Kant about morality, they...
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Desegregation: A Work in Progress
( 5 pp) The federal mandate of racially integrated schools began over forty years ago. Some schools, particularly in the South, were able to ward off compliance, for decades. Unfortunately, the desegregation of schools has been predicated...
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Descartes and Socrates -- What Knowledge Is
This 5 page report discusses how Rene Descartes and Socrates viewed the acquisition of knowledge and what knowledge actually is. The concept of knowledge, what it is, what it means, and how it is gained, has been debated for literally centuries....
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Philosophy and Coaching
An 11 page paper which discusses various philosophical concepts in relationship to coaching sports. 1 page outline included. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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Machiavelli
This 8 page report discusses Niccolo Machiavelli
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Free Will In Society
The argument surrounding free will and determinism is as old as intellectual discourse, however, the implications of such a discussion within the confines of society brings the argument into the realm of productive citizenship. This 3...
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Presidential Candidates and Philosophical Tradition
This excellent 5 page paper discusses the fact that philosophy is an academic arena which most view as having little to do with the real world. In viewing the presidential hopefuls, however, and studying their party platforms, we can see how...
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The Argument of Descartes and Locke and Who Would Bertrand Russell Support
This 6 page report discusses Rene Descartes
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Descartes' Meditation III
A 5 page paper which presents the arguments, and then discusses the arguments, in Descartes' Meditation 3. No additional sources cited.
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Hermeneutics As It Relates To Children
5 pages in length. The meaning and style of hermeneutics inherently includes the nature of understanding and in the broadest possible terms asks: What is understanding? What happens when I say, "I understand"? Understanding is most relevant to...
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Self-Interest in Politics
An 8 page paper which discusses how all human beings are prone to involve themselves in life looking out for their own interests. Self-interest, from this perspective, seems almost inherent, and thus is clearly related to politics,...
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A General Overview of Philosophy
This 20 page paper provides an overview of a range of questions on philosophy, including questions concerning Socrates, Descartes, Kant's Categorical Imperative, the Stoics, Mary Daly and Robert Nozick. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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The Inherent State of the State of Human Nature - Aristotle's Argument vs. Hobbes' Humanistic View
A 5 page paper that argues the fact that Aristotle's ancient view of the inherent state of human nature, a state which posits that man is born into a natural state of civilization that nurtures the cause of the common good, is a more fitting...
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