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Recognize 2 philosophers, ethical writers, or theorists who have written about the meaning of life. Discuss why you chose the two writers. Explain, in your own words, their philosophies of life.
The argument of Republic 5 is one of the most complex in the Platonic corpus. It is crucial for understanding of both Plato's epistemology in general and also the specific political proposals of the
What is a real-world application of Hobbes' and Descartes' theories? What might be some limitations of their theories to special need children?
In now famous case of "Phineas Gage", the damage in his prefrontal cortex (in the orbital and medial regions) resulted in a loss of reasoning abilities and an alteration of personality.
Discuss how a neuroscientist and psychophysicist, respectively, may try to answer the research question, "How long does it take for a person to become aware of a flashing light?"
Discuss how Darwin's theory supported psychological research on nonhuman animals. Provide one research question that can only be answered by doing experiments with nonhuman animals in order to shed
Analyze Tolman's legacy in research on motivation. In your response, include discussion of the following: What does Tolman's theory of animal learning tell us about the motivation for human learning?
Describe how functionalists and structuralists may study a topic in human intelligence. Show how these two approaches illustrate the nomothetic and the idiographic perspectives.
Provide brief description of Functionalism and structuralism research hypothesis from each perspective. Which school is most likely to endorse a qualitative method? Which is a quantitative technique
Research has shown that monetary incentive doesn't always work in motivating workers and may in fact hinder performance.
Need some help on a few issues with The Republic and and the relation to Aristiophanies. Socrates repeatedly says that the three waves -
Write down two page dialogue between Socrates and a person of your choosing that accomplishes the following:
Socrates sees the role of wisdom in many ways which was passed down to his student Plato. What does wisdom have to do with the portrait of Socrates that Plato has handed down to us?
My information pertains to Socrates and the subject of human wisdom. It relates to the wisdom of Socrates and his accounts in the defense of himself during his trial.
Critically discuss the differences between Bonjour's version of coherentism and what he describes as weak foundationalism?
Discuss the concept of fideism, in particular the solution of the problem of faith and reason as this is proposed by fideism.
Critically discuss the views of Relativism and why they are important. Which one is most in line with your personal views and why?
What avenues of exploration in theory of knowledge will be useful in academia, and which do you consider inapplicable?
An explanation of Aristotle's epistemology. An explanation of Descartes' epistemology.
Analyze Goldman, Brandom and Bonjour's theories of knowledge. What reasons does Goldman give for saying that the most basic of j-rules must refer to cognitive states (and not social relations)?
Please provide a concise description of Berkeley's arguments regarding ideas and minds, objects and the existence of God.
How does Locke differentiate between knowledge of substance and general ideas? In particular, why does he think that knowledge of nature, like Newtonian physics, is really belief, while mathematics
Discuss your belief as to which source of knowledge, rationalism or empiricism, leads to the most reliable form of knowledge and why.
Illustrate out the major areas addressed by traditional philosophers of knowledge, and how do they compare with modern day concerns in this area?
Submit analysis which outlines a perspective on knowledge as acquired by exposure to stimuli outside of formal (work or educational) arenas. Examine a sensory experience obtained from an organized a