Category: Philosophy

The class is Philosophy of Science. 
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I am going to give you your final examination question today. I am simply asking you a single essay question to expand and write upon. Your question entails reading the following excerpt below from Anton Barba Kay’s latest book, A Web of Our Own Making. Here is the quote: There no longer seems any point in criticizing the Internet. We indulge in the latest gloom and doom aspects of social media…on social media. We scroll through routine complaints about the deterioration of our attentions spans. We resign ourselves to hating the Internet while we spend most of our waking lives on it. Yet our unthinking surrender to its effects—to the ways it recasts our aims and desires—is itself digital technology’s most powerful achievement. The digital technology revolution is not taking place in Silicon Valley, but is already occurring within each one of us.

for those who like philosophy, theology, and even literature. Your task here is to
do an interpretive or exegetical essay on a work of classical or contemporary religious work. I’d rather
you not do Bible or Quranic exegesis. Try to look for more topical writings. No popular writings such as
“pop-spirituality” and the like.

The paper should be double spaced, be formatted using CMS (Chicago Manual Style) standards, utilize the required sources as well as two additional sources.  Your paper should address the prompt directly, cite sources, include a thesis, and be written as an argument to prove / support the thesis.  Papers are graded for their content, clarity, argumentation, research acumen, and scholarship.  Any paper submitted that includes uncited or plagiarized material will constitute grounds for failure
James Carse – Applying Infinite and Finite Games
What is the difference between a finite and infinite game?  What kind of game is philosophy?
Finite and Infinite Games by James Carse
Philosophical Investigations by Ludwig Wittgenstein

Suppose that I learn exactly what music my neighbor likes. I play this music loudly enough for my neighbor to hear it. I can see that he enjoys it because he dances when I play upbeat music and relaxes when I play light jazz. After a few months of this, I give him a bill. He benefits from my behavior, I say, and he could have asked me to stop. Yet, he did not. Now, what would Kant say about the person who listens to my music? Does he owe me money or not? 
Explain Kant’s moral theory insofar as it is relevant to answering this question. Explain how he thinks we should reach moral decisions. Then, put the scenario I envision in your paper. Finally, demonstrate that your judgment about what Kant would say is correct. Please cite any texts that are used.

Prompt: 
Abortion. Let’s move beyond a “here are some views; tell me what’s right” paper. Interesting topics include thinking about the grounds of moral value (how would we decide if fetal life is morally significant, and to what degree?); public policy and abortion (in a pluralistic community, how should we arrive at shared rules about contentious issues?); feminist thought on abortion vs. more neutral/non-feminist approaches (sorry, that’s hard to articulate; what I have in mind is something like Marquis’s “let’s think about the fetus” approach vs. Little’s “special role of pregnancy for women” and other thinking about abortion that focuses more on women in particular). 
It should be an influential paper that displays depth yet is down to earth and displays a personal opinion leaning towards pro-abortion but is in line with reasonable guidelines.
Include personal touches for reasoning

Choose one of the following topics:
I CHOSED: Afterlife and Mashiah
Read all of the primary sources and article/s on Canvas on that topic. Feel free to research any other relevant sources that you find. Write a 5 page essay (double spaced, Times New Roman, 12 point font, standard margins) on Rambam’s view of the topic. You must cite at least four primary sources (meaning something the Rambam wrote, two different chapters in the Guide count as two) and two secondary source (meaning written by a recent writer). Make at least two references back to sources and/or methodologies that we discussed in class (for example content of Letter on Astrology, methodology we used in readings on prophecy).
Clearly indicate what you are quoting from others. Do not simply summarize the sources. Include methodological considerations, questions, solutions, and why you chose that solution over others. Include also how you relate to this material: how does it compare with what you have learned before, do you find Rambam’s approach helpful or confusing, is his approach relevant for a modern Jew or do you think another approach is better and if so which one and why.

Option 1:
Most Roman philosophers avoided choosing a single philosophical master, but embraced instead what’s called eclecticism, picking and choosing what they liked best from a variety of philosophies.  Eastern religions tend to lend themselves well to eclecticism.  Suppose you were trying to find for yourself a faith that drew on all four Eastern religious philosophies discussed in class.  What Eastern teachings would you include in your personal religious philosophy?  What would you avoid?
Option 2:
In our society we are familiar with the three great monotheistic religions, Christianity Judaism and Islam. These three faiths have much in common, but also major differences. Not surprisingly, adherents of these three faiths have often been in conflict with each other, though they often try to find enough common ground where they can peacefully coexist.  List the similarities of these religions and explain the similarities.  List the differences between the religions.  Describe the differences between the religions.
Your essay must be 3-4 pages, double-spaced, in 12-point font. 

Argumentative essay on a policy proposal. 6-8 pages. Research both sides of the issue (same issue as in essays 1 and 2) in preparing your argument. Make sure your Works Cited page includes sources that reflect differing viewpoints on the issue. Why would continuing this policy or implementing this policy make things better?  

Advice for writing term papers for upper-division Philosophy classes When going through the following process for writing a term paper, keep in mind that the paper assigned is fairly short. It is 2000 words (about 7-8 pages double spaced with 1″ margins) with a 150
word abstract (where this 150 words is not included in the 2000 words of the paper). Because it is fairly short, the paper should have a fairly specific thesis that allows you to go into a bit of depth with respect to an issue. 
Use this thesis:
Thesis :  The study of people’s preferences regarding trolley-type problems provides policymakers with valuable insights for establishing ethical rules in the development and deployment of autonomous vehicles. 
Objection to thesis: Policymakers must exercise caution in translating people’s preferences regarding trolley-type problems into rigid ethical guidelines, recognizing the complexity and contextuality of real-world ethical dilemmas.
GOAL (for a 2000 word term paper, 8 or so pages with 4 sections): 
I. Introduction including your thesis (your argumentative claim), and background information (definitions, explanation of why the thesis is interesting); this section is 1-2 pages. 
II. Reasons in favor of your thesis. This is your case for your thesis being correct; this section is approximately 3 pages. 
III. Objections to your thesis. If your thesis is an argumentative claim (which, of course, it should be) there will always be objections. Carefully explain one to (at most) three serious ones. This section is approximately 2 pages. 
IV. Replies to objections. Do your best with this section. If you end up feeling like the result is a draw, that’s fine. It probably is. This section is approximately 1 page. 
I also uploaded some files 2 of them are the soures that are needed and one one is a process guidline.