Academic papers on Philosophy

Chisholm's Theory of Knowledge
A 6 page paper discussing Roderick M. Chisholm's approach to relying on the senses and on memory as sources of knowledge. Even though other approaches hold that we know nothing at all and that the senses cannot be trusted, that approach also...
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Aristotle/ On Pleasure
A 6 page research paper that examines the thoughts of Aristotle concerning pleasure and where it fits in considering the fundamental aspects of a happy life. The writer argues, referring to Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics, that Aristotle felt that...
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Freedom And Amistad
This 6 page paper explores the idea o freedom as presented in the Amistad incident and pertaining to slavery as well as the rights of the individual. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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Personal Responsibility and the Philosophers
A 5 page paper discussing whether individuals are personally responsible for their own actions or whether they can excuse their actions as being the result of childhood pressures, societal problems or other negative influences. The paper uses...
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Is a Disembodied Mind a Person?
This 6 page paper uses a 1998 X-Files episode as an example for exploring the idea that a disembodied mind could experience personhood. The paper argues against that notion, explaining that the physical body is most important in the definition of...
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Rule & Act Utilitarianism
A 6 page essay on the question: "Does rule utilitarianism collapse into act utilitarianism?" The writer first defines utilitarianism and both of these sub-categories before arguing that it does not necessarily do this. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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Niccolo Machiavelli
This 5 page report discusses
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Morality in the Thought of Nietzsche
This 5 page paper considers a quote taken from the beginning of an essay on good and evil from 'On the Genealogy of Morality' and to understand how this reflects the views of Nietzsche ideas of self delusion and the need for differentiation between...
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Existential Phenomenology
This 5 page paper defines the concept and goes on to elaborate by exploring humanness and psychology. The separate areas of existentialism and phenomenology are also explored. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Aristotle: Ethos, Pathos & Logos
A 5 page paper. Aristotle proposed there were three primary forms of rhetoric: ethos, pathos and logos. Each of these concepts is explained with examples. How these can be used to analyze business correspondence is also discussed. Bibliography lists...
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Questions of Philosophy and Theology
This 6 page paper considers some specific questions from the student regarding the harmony of nature and the logical progression of science with regard to Saint Augustine, Avicenna, also known as Ibn Sina, and John Scotus Eriugena. The bibliography...
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The Concept of Hierarchy in the World View of Thomas Aquinas
A five page paper which considers the way in which Thomas Aquinas
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Freud's The Uncanny
This 5 page paper presents an overview of Freud's conceptual framework of what constitutes the uncanny in terms of the sublime, death and doubling as well as a brief look at the thoughts of Martin Heidegger and Jacques Derrida on the subject. ...
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The Big Three: Socrates, Plato and Aristotle
(8 pp). Three major philosophers are associated with the development of man's intellectual reasoning and thought; they are Socrates, Plato and Aristotle. Commonalities link all three, yet definite differences do exist. Bibliography...
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Virtue & Pragmatism in American Democracy
An 8 page research paper that discusses the relationship between virtue and pragmatism in American democracy, revealing that while there are some marked similarities between Jeffersonian concepts of social virtue and pragmatism, there are also some...
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