Academic papers on Philosophy

The Differences of Kant and Hume; Causation
This 6 page paper looks at the problem of knowledge and the causal relationship. The paper considers the ideas of David Hume, which Immanuel Kant claimed awoke him from his "dogmatic slumber". The development of these ideas by Kant are then...
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What Is The Right Thing To Do?
7 pages in length. It has been said that the inherent clash between what one wants and what one actually needs derives from the product of our own imperfect understanding of nature, of our ignorance of how to harmonize our activities with the...
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Jamaica and the Music - mon!
(6 pp.) According to an internet site labeled "fantasy tours," Jamaica is "eternal summer." So it only makes sense that it would have "hot music." But we also learn, "the island" "has rugged mountain ranges, with Blue Mountain...
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Socrates on Soul/Body Dichotomy
A 5 page essay that analyzes the changes that occurred in Socrates orientation between the Apology and the Phaedo. The writer argues that Socrates' arguments (as related by Plato) in the Phaedo culminate in Socrates expressing his belief in the...
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The Law Of Non-Contradiction and St Anselm
This 5 page paper look at the way in which the proofs of God can be seen as dealing with the laws of non contradiction in the way it is stated that the concept of God is the proof of his existence. The paper uses the two proofs of Anselm as well as...
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Kant's Conception of Sublime
A 5 page paper which discusses Kant's conception of the sublime in his Critique of Judgement. Bibliography lists 4 additional sources.
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Locke: Freedom of Individuals vs. Political Authority
A 5 page paper which discusses Locke's Second Treatise of Government as it pertains to the tension which exists between freedom of individuals and the need for political authority. No additional sources cited.
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Ways Of Seeing
When one reads Locke and Hume the theory of perception (and the subsequent theory of knowledge and language) presented there seems unproblematic. This 5 page paper argues, however, that the theory of empiricism is flawed. Bibliography lists 1...
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Theories of Rousseau and Gender
(2. 5 pp.) If we could invite Rousseau to a feminist dinner party we might enjoy his company rather than argue with him. Certainly Rouseau was no feminist but his historical theories do not necessarily see women as the cause of all the ...
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Theories of John Locke and Gender
( 2.5 pp.) In John Locke's "Second Treatise of Government," (1689) he states that there may be times when it is necessary for a citizen to rebel against injustices, in other words there were times when revolution was justified. A feminist...
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Human Nature -- Comparing Machiavelli and Hobbes
This 10 page essay discusses the author
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"Cosmopolis" by Stephen Toulmin
A 10 page paper which provides a basic book report on Stephen Toulmin's "Cosmopolis." Bibliography lists 1 additional source.
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Professor Bernard Williams On Utilitarianism
6 pages in length. Bernard Williams, the Knightsbridge Professor of Philosophy at Cambridge University, believes that utilitarianism, while professing to protect the majority's quest for happiness, does nothing to promote individual rights. When...
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Nietzsche And Arnold On Asceticism
This 5 page paper explores the meaning of asceticism as it applies to the discussion by Friedrich Nietzsche in On The Genealogy Of Morals and Matthew Arnold in Culture And Anarchy. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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A five page paper which looks at Kant
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