Free Will Verses Determinism as Revealed in Selections from the Fictional Literature
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A 10 page exploration of the short stories encompassed by Miguel de Unamuno and Eric Bentley in their books “Abel Sanchez and Other Stories” (Unamuno) and “Life is a Dream: (Bentley). Unamuno’s book contains the short stories “Abel Sanchez”, “The Madness of Doctor Montarco”, and “San Manuel Bueno, Matyr” while Bentley’s “Life is a Dream” encompasses translations of Calderon's “La Vida es un Sueño” (Life is a Dream), Lope de Vega's “Fuente Ovejuna” (Fountain of Youth), and Tirso de Molina's “Don Juan”. Each of these stories add insight to our understanding of the free will verses determinism debate. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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Free Will Versus Determinism as Prompted by the film Sliding Doors
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This 3 page paper examines the issue as it is presented in this 1998 film starring Gwyneth Paltrow. Several theorists are discussed, including Hume, in contemplating the issue. Karma is discussed as well. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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Free Will, Determinism And Moral Responsibility
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This 7 page paper addresses the very complex question of: Can free will and moral responsibility coexist? Calling on such historical figures as Kant, Hobbes, Tolstoy, Spinoza, Hume and Locke, the writer define freedom of action and describes and defines the different models of determinism. The essay suggests that free will and moral responsibility can coexist even within one model of determinism. The writer also points out that Hume was a compatibilist, which follows the belief that there is no inconsistency between thinking that our actions are causally determined by factors outside our control, and thinking that we can be morally responsible and have free will. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Free Will: The Views of Hume and Locke
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This 5 page paper focuses on Hume's ideas about cause and effect. Locke's idea about power is duly noted and compared and contrasted with that of Hume. The concept of fate is discussed in depth and the issue of free will vs. determinism is at the center of that discussion. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Freedom According to Dostoevsky and Mill
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This 5 page paper examines the ideas of both theorists as it respects freedom. It is thought that Mill's stance is more sensible. Examples are provided. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Freedom According to Marx and Locke
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This 5 page paper compares and contrasts the ideas of these two theorists. Different notions of freedoms are highlighted. The paper argues that their notions of freedom are incompatible. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Freedom According to the Great Philosophers
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This 7 page paper provides an overview of thought on freedom. Theories of Marx, Hegel and Kant are discussed in depth. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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FREEDOM AND DETERMANISM
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This 6 page paper discusses the issues of free will and determinism as proscribed and argued by Dr. Richard Taylor in his book, Metaphysics. Quotes cited from text. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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Freedom and Rousseau's Social Contract
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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 to heightened airline security is explored. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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Freedom in Society
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This 5 page paper uses Mill's On Liberty to discuss the concept of freedom. Virtue is also discussed in the context of freedom. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Freedom of Speech
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This 3 page paper examines the idea of freedom with particular attention to freedom of speech. The concept is examined in the context of Kant's What is Enlightenment? Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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Freedom of the Will According to Immanuel Kant and David Hume
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This 6 page report discusses Immanuel Kant (1724-1804) and David Hume (1711-1776) who were two of the 18th century Western world’s philosophers who were particularly concerned with issues relating to what is “right” or “good” and what best serves the needs of humankind both collectively and individually. Their thoughts regarding the freedom of the human will are discussed and compared. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Freedom Within Specific Philosophical Views
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A 15 page paper. This essay addresses freedom within the concepts of fatalism, determinism/indeterminism, predestination and existentialism. Different philosophers as well as the Bible are used as references in the discussion of how freedom is perceived within these philosophical issues. Bibliography lists 16 sources.
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FREEWILL VERSUS DETERMINISM
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This 3 page paper examines whether a person has freewill or lives according to determined natural laws. Bibliography lists 0 sources.
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French Enlightenment: utopias
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A twelve page paper which looks at the different views of Utopia which were proposed by various thinkers of the French Enlightenment, including Rousseau, Voltaire and de Graffigny.
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Freud and Jung
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A 5 page paper which compares and contrasts Freud's "Civilization and its Discontents" and Jung's "The Undiscovered Self." No additional sources cited.
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Freud And Socrates: Response
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3 pages in length. The writer briefly discusses how each man would respond to implications of human nature from other theorists. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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Freud's The Uncanny
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This 5 page paper presents an overview of Freud's conceptual framework of what constitutes the uncanny in terms of the sublime, death and doubling as well as a brief look at the thoughts of Martin Heidegger and Jacques Derrida on the subject. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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Freud, Socrates & Plato/Reason & Morality
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A 3 page research paper that examines what Freud, Socrates and Plato thought concerning the connection between reason and "what is good," that is the nature of good and evil. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Friedrich Nietzsche and His Views on Human Nature
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This 5 page report discusses the German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche and his beliefs regarding “eternal recurrence,” the idea that there is infinite time and a finite number of events, and eventually the events will recur again and again infinitely. The world is an eternal process of coming to be and passing away. The process, however, has no beginning or end. Eventually every combination of matter and energy will be realized and repeated an infinite number of times. Some of these views are then contrasted with those of Karl Marx. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Friedrich Nietzsche and the Friendship Between William Shakespeare’s Iago and Othello
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A 10 page paper which examines the friendship between Shakespeare’s tragic protagonist and antagonist within the context of Nietzsche’s description of a ‘free spirit’ in his philosophical text, “Beyond Good and Evil.” Also considered are Othello’s Moorish ethnicity, and how his jealous and insecure nature is responsible for the deaths of Desdemona and himself. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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Friedrich Nietzsche and Why Punishment Exists
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This 5 page report discusses Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) and his belief that traditional values represent a “slave morality,” a morality created by weak and resentful individuals who encouraged such behavior as gentleness and kindness because the behavior serves their interests. The report examines his understanding of human thought regarding severe and oppressing punishment as the end result of a failure to meet predetermined moral obligations and follow the constrictions associated with those responsibilities. Bibliography lists one source.
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Friedrich Nietzsche, Gay Science and Groundhog Day
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This 7 page paper considers Nietzsche's idea of eternal repetition and compares this to the film staring Bill Murray. The paper answers specific questions posed by the student on how we may see parallels and between these two works with the use of metaphors in the film and how we can interpret them. The bibliography cites 2 sources.
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Friendship And Love
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This 5 page paper explores the views of Aristotle in the Nicomachean Ethics and C. S. Lewis in his book, The Four Loves, on the issues of friendship and love. No additional sources are listed.
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Friendship: Aristotle and Epicurus
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This 8 page paper provides an overview of the central view of friendship reflected by both Aristotle and Epicurus. This paper considers the types of friendship described by Epicurus and the differences with what friendship means for both men. This paper assesses the goals of friendship for both Aristotle and Epicurus and integrates a comparative view of the details of each man's philosophy. No additional sources cited.
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Friendship: Aristotle and Augustine
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A 5 page paper which discusses the views of friendship maintained by Aristotle and Augustine. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Friendship: Aristotle And Sia
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A 6 page paper about friendship. Two texts are used: Aristotle's Nicomachean ethics and M.S. Sia's novel, The Fountain Arethuse. Aristotle's concepts of friendship are explained using some of the characters in Sia's novel to exemplify the kinds of friendships Aristotle discusses. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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Fukuyama, Wallace and Lobsters
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This 3 page paper draws on the work of Francis Fukuyama and David Foster Wallace to put forward a theory as to the difference between man and other animals. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Function and Beauty
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This 3 page paper examines the concepts of function and beauty, and argues that it's more important to have something functional rather than something beautiful, though the ideal would be to have something that is both. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Functionalism & Science / Does it Negate Empiricism?
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A 5 page paper that considers the statement: 'functionalism is a scientifically suspect theory, quite apart from concern about its empirical adequacy' and refutes the charges against the basic elements of functionalist application. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Functionalism & The Mind
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A 9 page paper that provides an overview of the premise of functionalism presented by Todd Moody and Paul Churchland and then considers its application in determining elements of mental evolution, emotion, consciousness, and artificial intelligence. No additional sources cited.
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G.F. Leibniz's Theory of Monads
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A 4 page critique of Gottfield Wilheml Leibniz's Monad theory which attempts to describe a harmonious universe made up of an infinite number of monads, or units, arranged in a hierarchy and originating in the Supreme Monad, which is God. The writer feels that Leibniz's theory is both vague and overstated-- leaving room open for much question. No Bibliography.
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G.F. Leibniz's Theory of Monads # 2
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Similar to Leibniz.wps, this 2 page essay looks at some of the reasons for Leibniz's creation of a Monad theory in light of the works of Newton & others. In the writer's opinion, the Monad theory was used to fill some unseen 'gap' created by unclear ideas such as gravity.
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G.W.F. Hegel/ Phenomenology of Spirit
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A 12 page research paper/essay that analyzes G.W.F. Hegel's book the Phenomenology of Spirit, with particular emphasis on how Hegel saw society and culture. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Galileo's Dialogues Concerning the two Chief World Systems
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This 4 page paper provides an overview of Galileo's Dialogues Concerning the two Chief World Systems. Ideas are outlined and controversies are duly noted. No additional sources cited.
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Gandhi and King: Non-violence
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A 5 page paper which examines Martin Luther King Jr.'s "Letter from a Birmingham Jail" and compares the non-violent approaches of King to those of Gandhi. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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Gandhi's Use of the Bhagavad Gita
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This 5 page paper looks at Gandhi's political and philosophical policies and how they had been influenced by the Gita. Other influences are discussed as well. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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GANDHI’S LEGACY
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This 9 page essay discusses the work of three authors influenced by Mahatma Gandhi and his philosophy of non-violence and civic activism. Urvashi Butalia, Dennis Dalton, and Raja Rao's books are reviewed and discussed from the perspective of Gandhi's philosophy on their work and writing. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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GENDER AND SEXUALITY: POSTMODERN VERSUS HUMANIST VIEWS
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This 5 page paper discusses humanism of the past and postmodern views of gender and sexuality as portrayed in the movies/plays: Madame Butterfly, Gods and Monsters and Cunnamulla. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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Gender, Morality, Antigone and The Business World
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This 6 page paper explores the moral issue of gender discrimination. power and control as it applies to the play, Antigone, by Sophocles and to the modern world of business. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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