LoginIn a four page essay, compare the styles of presentation of Plato and the Bhagavad Gita. What are the similarities? What are the differences? What do you think is beneficial about each of these presentations of philosophical teachings, compared with “traditional” modes of philosophical writing? Which style do you think is most helpful for learning […]
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What will human beings do in the future if all tasks are automated, and automated systems have replaced human beings in the work force
November 30th, 2020 
Please look over and follow the instructions mentioned in the term paper handout uploaded. The handout has all the information in regards to the requirements. The only outside sources allowed are the ones attached as mentioned in the handout. As for information on the cover page my name is Jacob Woodman, class is Philosophy 1030-W2, […]
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Comments Off on What will human beings do in the future if all tasks are automated, and automated systems have replaced human beings in the work forceFor this weekly check-in, read the sixth chapter, “Free Will” on pp. 47-58 in your book What Does It All Mean by Thomas Nagel. After discussing the choice between the peach and the chocolate cake, Nagel says:
November 30th, 2020 So perhaps the feeling that you could have chosen a peach instead of a piece of cake is a philosophical illusion, and couldn’t be right whatever was the case. To avoid this conclusion, you would have to explain (a) what you mean if you say you could have done something other than what you did, […]
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November 30th, 2020 At the end of this chapter, Nagel says: The problem is to explain how this is possible: How does anything we say or write mean anything — including all the words in this book? For your original thread, do your best to answer his question. What does “meaning” amount to? How is language “connected to” […]
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November 30th, 2020 For this weekly check-in, read the third chapter, “Other Minds,” on pp. 19-26 in your book What Does It All Mean? by Thomas Nagel. At the end of this chapter, Nagel asks: What can you really know about the conscious life in this world beyond the fact that you yourself have a conscious mind? Is […]
Stoicism and Aristotle on Emotions
November 30th, 2020 Instructions: This will be an oral final exam. You will meet me via Zoom at your chosen time (see schedule). The exam will be 15 minutes total. You will give an 8-10 minute presentation on one of the prompts below. The remainder of the time you will be responding to questions I will ask you […]
empirical reasoning
November 29th, 2020 As the text points out, causal reasoning is used in clinical studies. As a professional in the health field, you will undoubtedly be referring to cause/effect studies for the rest of your professional life. In this discussion, you are asked to expand and deepen your understanding of clinical studies. In 1999, a study on the […]
comparative reasoning
November 29th, 2020 The medical profession has a muddled and contradictory association with its approach toward the tobacco industry. While the profession now firmly opposes to smoking and vigorously publicizes the serious, even fatal, health hazards associated with smoking, this was not always so. Advertisements for tobacco products, including cigarettes “… became a ready source of income for […]
On the Moral and Legal Status of Abortion by Mary Anne Warren
November 29th, 2020 Instructions:After reading all of Chapter 9, please select ONE of the following primary source readings: A Defense of Abortion by Judith Jarvis Thomson (starting on page 237)-or-On the Moral and Legal Status of Abortion by Mary Anne Warren (starting on page 247)-or-Why Abortion is Immoral by Don Marquis (starting on page 256)-or-Virtue Theory and Abortion […]
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November 29th, 2020 You have arrived at the third part of the Course Project. By this week, you should have collected the sources that you need to support, with relevant evidence, the position you have taken on the issue you chose, and the three aspects of the issue you will write about. This week you will submit a […]