Experience & TikTok Number each prompt response and embed the TikTok rather than posting a link. Find or create a TikTok that represents the Hume’s basic empiricist idea that we gain knowledge through experience. Do not choose a TikTok that simply explains Hume’s ideas. Share and explain one quote from the “Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding” […]
Explain both philosophers positions, and then offer your own position in light of their views.
Introduction to modern philosophy Descartes argues that the idea of God is innate. Locke disagrees. Explain both philosophers positions, and then offer your own position in light of their views. Respond with 250 words https://iep.utm.edu/locke/#H2
Explain, “In spite of its apparent radicalness, Berkeley views his theory of reality as the most commonsensical. How would you defend this claim in your own words? In the end, is it really commonsensical?”
Discussion questions Some thinkers have argued that Descartes starts modern philosophy on a bad path because he based knowledge on certainty, and there are very few things in life that we can know with certainty. What do you think of this view? Remember it is important to reply back to any questions I or others […]
What do essentialist theories of human nature amount to? What do nomological theories (like Machery’s) of human nature amount to?
Reaction Paper Assignment Descartes (1641) comes to the conclusion at the end of Meditation 2 that what “I” refers to is a thinking thing. Humans in this view are essentially thinking things. Descartes ultimately came to the conclusion that only humans have minds, other animals being mere automata. Birch et al. (2020) explain that the […]
What rights do animals have? How are their rights (if any) similar or different from humans?
Discussion 14 Philosophy of Ethics Different views on the basis of dignity are included below: Descartes and Aquinas believe that it is the capacity to reason and make free choices. Kant believes that it is simply the ability to make free choices. Bentham believes that it is the ability to feel pain. Regan believes it […]
Write about Descartes’ argument. Reconstruct the argument and explain it.
An argument from modern philosophy Write about Descartes’ argument. This paper has 2 parts. In the first part, you will fully reconstruct the argument and explain it. In the second part, you will give your reaction to it. You can discuss whether it is a strong argument or weak argument and then give your reasons. […]
Describe yourself as a character in a novel. Describe the gestures, postures, revealing habits, characteristic word phrases you use.
ASSIGNMENT Describe yourself as a character in a novel. Describe the gestures, postures, revealing habits, characteristic word phrases you use. Try to imitate yourself, by way of parody. What kind of person would you describe yourself as being? Explain who you are to a visitor from another planet. Who are you? Compare the descriptions you […]
Choose one aspect of Descartes’s arguments analyze its significance within Descartes’s overall project, and assess its strength against an objection from from Charles Mills.
Descartes’s Arguments First, 500-word draft. For this paper, choose one aspect of Descartes’s arguments (for example, distrust of the senses, proofs for the existence of God, the meditative element of his approach, hyperbolic doubt etc.) analyze its significance within Descartes’s overall project, and assess its strength against an objection from from Charles Mills. Your analysis […]
Explain and critique Descartes’ argument for why we can be certain we exist. Examine what the “I” or the self is, if Descartes’ argument succeeds.
Descartes Explain and critique Descartes’ argument for why we can be certain we exist. As part of your critique, you can examine what the “I” or the self is, if Descartes’ argument succeeds. In other words, what does Descartes’ argument entail regarding the nature of the self? Does it entail a plausible account of the […]
Explain and critique Descartes’ argument for why we can be certain we exist. Examine what the “I” or the self is, if Descartes’ argument succeeds.
Descartes’ Argument Explain and critique Descartes’ argument for why we can be certain we exist. As part of your critique, you can examine what the “I” or the self is, if Descartes’ argument succeeds. In other words, what does Descartes’ argument entail regarding the nature of the self? Does it entail a plausible account of […]