Characteristics of Good and Bad Laws
Tutorials/exercises - 1 pages - Philosophy
This document discusses the characteristics of good and bad laws according to Thomas Hobbes' Leviathan. It highlights the importance of laws being necessary, consistent, and serving the general interest.
Ernst Cassirer's Analysis of Religion: Contradictions and Paradoxes in the Pursuit of Unity and Absolute Truth
Tutorials/exercises - 2 pages - Philosophy
Explore the paradoxical nature of religion through Ernst Cassirer's insightful analysis, revealing the contradictions between its unifying ideals and divisive realities. Cassirer highlights how religion seeks to embody 'absolute truth' and foster global harmony, yet often results in...
Philosophical Perspectives on Freedom
Tutorials/exercises - 3 pages - Philosophy
A study examining individual perceptions of freedom, revealing diverse philosophical influences and implications for understanding free will and determinism.
Candide or Optimism: An Initiatory Journey of Self-Discovery
Tutorials/exercises - 3 pages - Philosophy
In this thought-provoking analysis, we delve into the initiatory journey of Candide, a young protagonist who navigates the complexities of the world, confronting various misfortunes and ultimately forging his own vision of reality. Voltaire's masterpiece, Candide or Optimism, is a timeless...
Kant's Argument on Authority and Knowledge
Tutorials/exercises - 2 pages - Philosophy
Immanuel Kant's philosophical discussion on the role of authority in knowledge acquisition, highlighting the distinction between testimony and rational knowledge, and the importance of critical analysis in evaluating truth claims.
Baudelaire's Perspective on Photography: Artistic Expression and Reality
Tutorials/exercises - 2 pages - Philosophy
Discover Baudelaire's thoughts on photography, artistic expression, and the role of reality in capturing the human experience. Explore the tension between objective representation and creative interpretation.
The Principle of Responsibility: Hans Jonas on Man's Vulnerability to Nature
Tutorials/exercises - 2 pages - Philosophy
In this thought-provoking analysis, Hans Jonas explores the evolving relationship between man and nature, highlighting the critical vulnerability of nature and the responsibility that comes with it. From ancient to contemporary times, Jonas examines the shift in man's power over nature and...
The Relationship Between Freedom and the Past According to Sartre
Tutorials/exercises - 3 pages - Philosophy
This document provides an analysis of Jean-Paul Sartre's views on the relationship between freedom and the past, exploring how the past influences our actions and decisions, and how we can detach ourselves from it to achieve freedom.
The man who wouldn't be king - Dominic Sandbrook (2010) & The Enlightenment Philosophers
Tutorials/exercises - 3 pages - Philosophy
Cromwell's social background is very modest, since he used to be a "yeoman farmer from Huntingdon in Cambridgeshire." He even had serious financial issues. (...)
An essay outlining David Chalmers 'The Matrix as Metaphysics' hypothesis
Tutorials/exercises - 7 pages - Philosophy
This essay outlines David Chalmers Matrix hypothesis. Chalmers is a consciousness researcher with interests in philosophical questions. As we shall see he regards the Matrix theory as a Metaphysical hypothesis. Chalmers neither endorses the Matrix theory nor rejects it. Rather he respects it as a...
Memorize your timetables: The rational world and the power of prediction in Tabucchi's La Testa Perduta di Damasceno Monteiro
Tutorials/exercises - 4 pages - Philosophy
In Antonio Tabucchi's La Testa Perduta di Damasceno Monteiro, the reader is pulled into a detective murder-mystery dealing with decapitation, murder suspects named il Grillo Verde, and tripe. Of particular interest, however, is the character of Don Fernando, a lawyer whose mind flies from topic...
A child's sex and age as predictors of the total time spent engaging in sex-specific toy play
Tutorials/exercises - 14 pages - Philosophy
This naturalistic observational study examined the effect of a child's sex and age with regard to how long comparatively that child is likely to engage in the three established categories of sex-specific toy play: male sex-specific toy play, female sex-specific toy play, and neutral toy play....
Black Panthers
Tutorials/exercises - 5 pages - Philosophy
Introduction Throughout the course of history, a number of different political groups have shaped the process of political discourse. Among the most notable are the Black Panthers. Established in the early years of the Civil Rights Movement, the Black Panthers worked to raise the American...
Ethnography of Meetings: the Hall
Tutorials/exercises - 4 pages - Philosophy
The nature of the data from the Hall was very fluid; there are no definitive guidelines with which employees can maintain a productive working atmosphere, or with which I could make sense of the “policies” in place there; all policies and instructions are not written, but verbal. The...
Zinzendorf and the Moravian Church
Tutorials/exercises - 4 pages - Philosophy
Akin to any Baptist upbringing are the words “missions” and “missionary”. Undoubtedly, most have filled plastic rice bowls, watched numerous slide shows of foreign lands and listened to stories of great Baptist women who impacted the world. Therefore, with such a heritage,...
The Art of Zen Meditation
Tutorials/exercises - 2 pages - Philosophy
Zen Buddhism is the practice of meditation Buddhism that had its greatest development and success in China. Known as Chan in Chinese and dhyana in Sanskrit, Zen has often been translated to mean meditation. Its ultimate goal, Shunyata an empty, zero state, called Buddha nature must be obtained to...
Discrimination and Prejudice
Tutorials/exercises - 3 pages - Philosophy
Researching prejudice is so undoubtedly crucial to the modern family because in order to eliminate something, we must first be fully aware of it. If it is not implemented from the very beginning of the development process that such intolerance and discrimination is totally unacceptable, a nation...
Greco-Roman Banquets: Applications to Biblical Analysis
Tutorials/exercises - 5 pages - Philosophy
The author of this meager submission once attended a birthday banquet at the local McDonald's establishment in the far southwestern corner of Oklahoma. The highlight of this social outing, which must have included many compelling and edifying moments, consisted of a game in which contestants...
African Religion and Vodoo
Tutorials/exercises - 5 pages - Philosophy
For more than two hundred years the Haitian religion commonly referred to as voodoo has continued to intrigue, excite, and scare Americans. In a recent Hollywood blockbuster, “The Skeleton Key” starring Kate Hudson, a small New Orleans family is terrorized by a menacing duo of voodoo...
