Platonic Philosophy OR Philosophy of Consciousness Analysis This primary goal of this assignment is to challenge you to offer a critical analysis of Plato’s Allegory of the Cove OR our exploration of the philosophy of consciousness. In order to complete this assignment, you will need to do the following:
View ONE of the following films: Room (2015) OR The Truman Show (1998) for the Plato option. View The Vow (2012) for the philosophy of consciousness option. o Note that the films are available from the following streaming providers:
• Amazon Prime
• HULU
• HBO Max
• YouTube
• Google Play Movies
• After viewing the film. compose a three – five page paper in which you discuss and analyze the meaningful connections between the appropriate film and either Plato’s Allegory of the Cave OR some key concepts6that pertain to the philosophy of consciousness.
• You may utilize yoextbook, your lecture notes. and the Canvas modules to refresh your memory on Plato OR philosophy of consciousness. but I am looking for original analysis. This means that any submissions will be subjected to the same plagiarism checks and penalties as all other assignments. Please refrain from submitting any repackaged or recycled work.
Category: philosophy
The Entanglement of Religion and Politics: A Comparative Analysis of Hobbes and Tocqueville
“’The entanglement of religion and politics is inescapable ….’ Using this statement as a point of departure, compare and contrast Hobbes and Tocqueville over their respective treatments of the relationship between ‘political society’ and ‘the holy city’”.
The essay is to be 2,200 words maximum (2,000 words minimum). As always, please keep within the word limit.
Theories of Learning: Behaviorism, Cognitivism, Constructivism
Topic: Theories of learning including behavioral, cognitive, constructivist
Visual Organizer
As future teachers, having visual organizers can be a handy resource tool for your classroom. As a student, I would create, print, and organize them into a binder as a future resource. For this assignment, you will create one on the topic of your choice (relating to the course, such as a learning method). This can be created using online design tools, hand drawn, or as a brochure (be creative as you’d like).
Behaviorism, Cognitivism, Constructivism
Thomas Nagel’s Distinction Between Ordinary and Philosophical Absurdity
Read Thomas Nagel’s “The Absurd” (available in D2L). Make sure you understand Nagel’s main point about absurdity as well as his other, related arguments.
2. Write an essay on ONE of the following topics.
a. Do you agree with Nagel’s distinction between ordinary and philosophical types of absurdity?
1. Exposition
First, and most importantly, you should give a careful exposition of Nagel’s argument. This should constitute approximately 1/2 of your essay. Make sure that your exposition is focused. In other words, if you are dealing with one part of Nagel’s argument, there is no need for you to summarize the whole paper. You are partly being evaluated on your ability to focus your paper on the topic that you are interested in. Ask yourself: What is the structure of Nagel’s argument? What are his premises? What are his conclusions? What support does he offer for his premises? (You may, if you wish, set out part of all of Nagel’s argument in standard form, as part of your exposition. But if you do this, you must still describe the argument: in
other words, the standard form cannot be the entirety of your exposition.)
2. Critical Evaluation
Second, you should offer a critical evaluation of exactly one part or aspect of Nagel’s
argument. This should come in the second part of your essay, after the exposition, and should constitute approximately 1/2 of your essay. Your critical evaluation should be narrowly focused, and should be directed specifically at one aspect of Nagel’s argument. Your critical evaluation might, for instance, address one of the following questions: How well does Nagel set out his topic? Are there defects in either his conception of the topic or of the relevant notions involved? (Be specific.) How successful is one part or aspect of Nagel’s argument? (Be specific.). Does Nagel’s conclusion follow logically from his premises? Why, or why not? (Be specific.)
Animal Minds: Rethinking Reason in Non-Human Animals
The third part of your term paper assignment is a rough draft. At this stage you should be able to clearly articulate the position that you will defend (or develop) and be able to consider objections and responses to that position, even if not yet complete. Your bibliography will become Works Cited and will now include only what you refer to in the paper. The topic being Animal minds (Descartes versus???)
What you will need to do is:
First, focus on reason, not consciousness. No one today thinks that animals lack consciousness and no one has accepted Cartesian substance dualism for a few hundred years. You need to focus on reason, not on consciousness.
Second, find some fairly contemporary philosophical literature arguing that animas do not reason. You mention Dawkins saying that we need to look at Science but those who think animals cannot reason are not ignoring the science, rather they are tying reason to thinks like concept use and concept use to language. Science alone won’t answer them. What is needed are arguments about the nature of reason.
Check out the SEP article on animal cognition. (here is the link https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/cognition-animal/). It will give you a sense of the debate because you want to frame your paper in terms of that debate. I would suggest beginning with a very brief (paragraph–no more) on D and the post Cartesian legacy and then get into the contemporary debate.
Third, you can bring in the ethnology and animal cognition material from Science as support for an account of reasoning under which animals reason. You can also look to historical figures like Hume who think that animals engage in causal reasoning, The main task you have in this paper is to challenge the idea that reason is a narrow phenomenon connected to language use. Using De Waal on animal intelligence is fine as a key source, but he is not a philosopher and you will need to have an understanding of the opposing philosophical position (which you might not get from him).
Exploring the Philosophical Underpinnings of National Happiness Disparities
You are a journalist from a news outlet who wants to write an opinion editorial about the issue of why some countries are happier than others. Give a nuanced account of some factors influencing this.
Use philosophical concepts and readings that are related to Happiness and Suffering
The Evolution of Female Relationships in the Hymn to Demeter
Compare relationships between women during and after transitions in the Hymn to Demeter and particularly the transition from maiden to woman in regards to marriage and loss.
The Importance of Critical Thinking and Wisdom in Predicting Well-being
In 2012, Psychologist Heather Butler studied the importance that critical thinking plays in our everyday lives. “Critical thinking is not just the new buzzword in education. Critical thinking involves real outcomes that can be measured, predicted, and—perhaps for the negative life events—avoided” (Butler, 2012, p. 725).
In 2013, studies by Grossmann, Varnum, Kitayama, and Nisbett concluded that wise reasoning, rather than intelligence, was a predictor of well-being. In 2017, Dr. Butler and her colleagues, referencing the Grossmann study and based on their own research, determined that the ability to think critically was a better predictor of effective life decisions than was intelligence (Butler, Pentoney, & Bong, 2017).
Initial Post Instructions
For the initial post, address the following:
Do you agree that wisdom/critical thinking is a better predictor of well-being than intelligence? To answer, you will have to define what the following terms mean for you:
Critical thinking
Wisdom
Intelligence
Well-being
Reflect on what you read in the text this week. Think of the people you know.
Are the good people smart?
Are the smart people good?
How do you define “good”? How do you define “smart”?
Can we use our intelligence to become “good”? If yes, how? If no, why not?
Follow-Up Post Instructions
Respond to at least one peer. Further the dialogue by providing more information and clarification. Look at your peers’ definitions. Do you agree with them? If yes, why, if no, why not?
The State of Nature and the Right to Healthcare: A Political Philosophy Analysis
Topic: Political Philosophy: State of nature
Pick an issue in justice, rights, or political philosophy as an area of philosophy. The issue can be a kind of case study or other kind of issue that is quite concrete and practical (and there are many contemporary events and issues that are about justice and rights!), or it can be a more theoretical issue (we have treated a number of different kinds of these issues in our course so far, and we will deal with more as well). The issue becomes the main topic of this paper assignment. 1300 words minimum.
Research Paper: Erasing Student Debt – A Path to Economic Equity
write an argumentative research paper on Erasing student debt
Choose and argue a position (for or against something) or posit a solution (argue how to solve a problem). Within your argument you will clearly state your own position and refute opposing views.