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Descartes: His Analysis of Melting Beeswax
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5 pages. This paper examines Descartes' analysis of the perception of melting beeswax and what it might really prove. We must wonder if he has gone too far when he infers that the nature of the wax is "in no way revealed" by the senses and that the perception is by the "mind alone." Other considerations will be his arguments about his awareness of himself as a thinking thing in his second mediation. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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Descartes; Perception, Knowledge and the Inspection of Objects
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This argumentative 6 page paper considers the way that we perceive objects according to Descartes. The paper examines the separation of the physical senses and the mind which may use innate knowledge. The writer explains the imperfect and the clear and distinct methods of inspection, arguing that this is not a viable argument, and that innate knowledge relies upon input of the senses and of the corporeal world. The bibliography cites 2 sources.
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Diderot's La Religieuse
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( 10 pp.) In this discussion we are asked to look at Denis Diderot's eighteenth century novel La Religieuse , and to determine through that work and its major character (s) the author's attitudes towards sexuality. Bibliography lists 1 source. Rough French follows text. A rough French translation follows the text.
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Disagreements Between the Disciples of Thomas Hobbes and the Disciples of John Locke
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This 2 page report discusses theories of John Locke and Thomas Hobbes, especially as they relate to positivism and divisibility. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Dismantling Truth
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A 6 page paper which discusses the subject of solidarity versus objectivity as is presented in the article “Dismantling Truth : Solidarity versus Objectivity,” by Richard Rorty. In this paper we address the illustrations provided by Rorty as he demonstrates, and attempts to explain, how truth should have its own language that could prove flexible and inclusive in relationship to the gap that exists between the sciences and the humanities. In addressing this concern of Rorty’s we look at some of the issues he has brought up and compare them with realities that help to define his ideas. No additional sources cited.
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Distributive Justice, Utilitarianism, and John Rawls
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This 5 page report discusses the work of American philosopher and political scientist John Rawls and his 1971 book, A Theory of Justice. In it, Rawls presents an alternative to the fundamental principle of political utilitarianism and keeps his thinking throughout the book within the parameters of the social contract beliefs and attitudes of John Locke, Jean Jacques Rousseau, and Immanuel Kant and then bases his own “system” on two fundamental propositions. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Divisibility
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This 5 page paper looks at the divisibility thesis and presents views by Locke and Hobbes in its regard. Other philosophers are mentioned in a discussion that embraces both science and political philosophy. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Do We Feed the Poor?
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A 5 page paper discussing whether the rich countries of the world have a moral obligation to feed the poor ones. 'Give a man a fish, feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, feed him for a lifetime' applies, but there seem to be few who believe it. The views of Peter Singer and Garrett Hardin are compared in this paper, but both views are only in absolute terms. Neither author appears to be willing to consider alternatives that are any more cooperative than the passage of sentence in the Roman Coliseum. For them, it is either thumbs up or thumbs down on the hungry of the world, while actual solution is much more likely through the extended hand that also can grasp a shovel. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: Poorfood.wps

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