Academic papers on Philosophy

John Locke
This 5 page report discusses English philosopher, John Locke (1632-1704) and his focus on the division of human ideas in sub-categories related to substances, modes, and relations. Almost the entire core of the intellectual activity of the...
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The Nature of Totalitarianism in Arthur Koestler's Darkness at Noon and Fritz Lang's Metropolis
This 5 page paper provides an overview of the nature of totalitarianism as it can be applied to an understanding of Koestler's Darkness at Noon and Fritz Lang's movie Metropolis. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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What to do With America's Poor
This 5 page paper looks at ethical viewpoints from Kant to utilitarianism and applies these to life in America today. What America should do with its poor is discussed. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Vice And Virtue: The Individual And Society
This 7 page essay is based on readings found in Christina and Fred Sommers' Vice and Virtue in Everyday Life. The readings focus on morality, self-interest, character, dignity, and self-respect. No additional sources are listed.
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Divine Reality?
This 6 page paper provides an unbeliever's understanding of the Divine Reality, looks at why organized religion is not to be followed and offers an alternative belief system in naturalism and transcendentalism. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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David Hume -- Objective and Subjective Morality
This 4 page report discusses Scottish philosopher and writer David Hume (1711-1776) and his ideas regarding the objectivity and subjectivity of morality. Critics during his time criticized Hume
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Disagreements Between the Disciples of Thomas Hobbes and the Disciples of John Locke
This 2 page report discusses theories of John Locke and Thomas Hobbes, especially as they relate to positivism and divisibility. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Rationalism (Descartes and Spinoza) and Empiricism (Hobbes and Locke)
This 2 page report discusses how the writer/philosophers Rene Descartes and Benedict Spinoza would fir into the realm of rationalism while John Locke and Thomas Hobbes would fit into the definitions of empiricism. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Adler, Aquinas, and Analogical Language
A five page paper looking at the question of analogical language's usefulness in theological discussions, based on the theories of Mortimer Adler and St. Thomas Aquinas. The paper distinguishes analogical language from other kinds, and then shows...
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Kantian Philosophy
10 pages in length. What, if any, moral and ethical obligation is humanity under within the scope of existence? The writer discusses this question, as well as addresses Kantian metaphysics and epistemology. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
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An Inquiry into the Human Mind
This 9 page paper considers the issue of the philosophical perspectives of Thomas Reid in regards to his view of visual images, his sense of perception and the impact for his corresponding perspectives on the nature of sensation. This paper...
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Pressures and Conflicts of the Ancient World as Shown by Plato, Horace and Thucydides
This 5 page report discusses that many of the conflicts of the world of the ancient philosophers were similar to those that exist in the 21st century. Politics and greed, arguments regarding the corruption of young people, international...
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Questions on the Philosophy of Science
This 10 page paper looks at three specific question dealing with relativism, objective and subject approaches and finally cognitive behaviour in artificial intelligence. The bibliography cites 10 sources.
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The Notion of Perfection
This 8 page paper provides an overview of the notion of perfection as it is outlined in J. W. N. Sullivan's book Beethoven, His Spiritual Development and Iris Murdoch's The Sovereignty of Good. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Existentialism and Human Emotions
4 pages. When considering whether Sartre is correct in the conclusions he draws from his discussions of anguish and forlorness, it is necessary to first understand what he is explaining when he talks about existentialism. The heart of...
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