Academic papers on Philosophy

Why Western Culture is Despised
This 5 page paper provides an overview and a critique of an article by Margalit & Burma on occidentalism. The concept is explored and related to recent events. The essay focuses on why the United States and other western states are hated, and why...
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Thomas Kuhn
5 pages in length. Thomas Kuhn is undoubtedly the most influential figure in the philosophy of science in the second half of the twentieth century. Examining his perspective as to how scientific theories emerge, develop and demise over time, the...
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A 5 page paper which critically assesses the
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The Role of Women in Plato
6 pages in length. Discusses in detail Plato
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Freedom and Rousseau's Social Contract
This 5 page paper looks at Rousseau's Social Contract and his suggestion that while man is born free, he is really in chains. A contemporary example is discussed in light of his thinking. The issue where a woman was forced to drink breast milk due...
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SOUL AND BODY ACCORDING TO SOCRATES
This 5 page paper describes the differences, according to Socrates, between the soul and body. Important differences in properties are given as well as examples and quotes from the Phaedo and The Republic. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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The Philosophy of Descartes and the Idea of Reality
The 14 page paper considers the philosophy of Rene Descartes. Firstly the paper briefly considers his background and how this is reflected in his ideas, the writer then concentrate on different ideas of reality and perception of reality, including...
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Socrates vs. Chuang-Tzu on What is More Important, Acting in One
A 10 page paper which examines whether or not Socrates was right to obey his Athenian conviction of death by poison or if he should have acted to preserve his own life by escaping and going into exile, within the context of considering how...
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Is It Reasonable To Believe That God Exists?
6 pages in length. Of all the contemplative questions for which people struggle to find answers, none can be as immense or elusive as whether or not God exists. Supporters contend there is absolutely no doubt as to His existence and to question...
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Socrates on
This is a 5 page paper discussing Socrates
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The Character of Dr. Josef Breuer
10 pages. In relating the character of Dr. Josef Breuer in Irving D. Yalom's well-known fictionalized work When Nietzsche Wept, we can do so by referring to the four ultimate concerns of existential psychotherapy, which are death, freedom,...
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Edmund Burke and Kant on the Sublime and Notions of Beauty:
This 14 page paper discusses the ideas of philosophers Edmund Burke and Immanuel Kant in relation to their ideas about the sublime and about beauty. Furthermore, this paper underlines how their theories on this subject influenced the fields of...
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Laughter in Literature:
This 10 page paper discusses laughter according to Umberto Eco's "The Name of the Rose" and Aristotle's "Poetics". This paper explains the views of these authors in terms of comedy and laughter and compares and contrasts their thoughts on the...
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Morality in Religion According to Hume and Aquinas:
This 5 page paper discusses the idea of morality being based in religion and how both Hume and Aquinas viewed this subject. Furthermore, this paper anticipates and addresses counterpoints to their arguments. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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NORMALCY
This 5 page paper discusses the issue of the definition of normal. Statistical, scientific definitions are compared with historical, age and cultural definitions. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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