Category: Philosophy

Please write 1 page per question and cite at least 1 of the authors mentioned
1. What was most interesting, absurd, life-affirming, enlightening, frightening, crazy, depressing or comic to you about how Don DeLillo deals with our contemporary experience of death —what he calls “modern death” or “technological death” — in his novel White Noise?
2. How, according to readings we ve covered,
, does the experience of death and dying relate to the
virtues of kindness, compassion, love? (suggested authors: Tolstoy, Dalai Lama, Kubler Ross)
3. What are the biggest emotional, psychological hurdles we face in dealing with death and dying, and how, according to readings we ve covered, can we help each other and ourselves overcome these hurdles? Keep in mind some authors might disagree with each other. (suggested authors:
Plato, Epicurus, Clark, Kubler-Ross, Dalai Lama, Tolstoy. DeLillo)

Write at a B level. The paper should be between 1,200 and 1,500 words in length. Please include a word count on the paper.
Some general suggestions:
(i) Try to explain theories in your own words as much as possible. (ii) Try to give your own examples (rather than the examples used in the readings). iii) Make sure you give your own view in the paper (at least, in the last page), and that you give some
arguments to back that view.
Compare and contrast Lewis and Stalnaker’s semantics for counterfactuals. Make sure you discuss the role of the limit and the uniqueness assumption and the difference that they make for the logic. Which account has the best chance of succeeding? Make sure you give at least two arguments for your preferred account and/or against the rival account.

Complete Parts A, B & C, below (typed, in complete sentence.) How To Practise Zen in Daily Life Video: Zazen is Good for Nothing
Video: Japanese Zen Monastery 1/3 Video: Japanese Zen Monastery 2/3 Video: Japanese Zen Monastery 3/3 Based on the videos and readings in this section, answer the following questions. Use the sources given and answer the following questions. Each question response should be AT LEAST 6 detailed sentences. ONLY USE SOURCES PROVIDED IN THE LINKS ABOVE.
Part A:
1. After watching the video in this section, How To Practise Zen in Daily Life, reflect… and then comment on what is the most important practice in true Zen. (7-8 sentences)
Part B:
1. According to the video How To Practise Zen in Daily Life, what is result of “running commentary in your head?”
2. According to the above video, How To Practise Zen in Daily Life, what is the fundamental question to ask yourself?
3. Based on the three-part documentary “Life in a Zen Monastery,” what purpose do you think the begging serves?
4. Based on the three-part documentary “Life in a Zen Monastery,” why do you think a monk shaves his/her head?
5. Based on the three-part documentary “Life in a Zen Monastery,” what do you think is the purpose of meditation? *Note: If you click on “SETTINGS,” in Youtube (under the video), you may switch on English subtitles in the three-part documentary “Life in a Zen Monastery.” I’m aware that Part 3 doesn’t have proper subtitles, but this will NOT prevent you from answering the questions!
Part C:
Meditation CDs:
1. https://music.apple.com/us/album/guided-meditation…
2. https://music.apple.com/us/album/guided-meditation…
3. https://music.apple.com/us/album/get-zen-ep/159570…
* All CD downloads are also on other platforms. I previously wrote about “Breathe into Mindfulness & Inner Peace,” “Meditation for Anxiety (feat. Carrie Grossman)” and “Deep Relaxation (feat. AJ Oliveira)”, so don’t choose these tracks.
2. Meditate: Choose a track on your guided meditation CDs, and meditate. Say which track you chose in the response, and share your experience, in at least 6-7 sentences.

Example if needed – https://m.youtube.com/watch?si=UlakeTkw6Wn3FX2-&v=ptKE1KRkxVk&feature=youtu.be
Questions are attached 

Essay
Hi,
this is for my philosophy class. It’s a summer course I’m taking which is only
a 4-week class! Nerve wrecking. Below are the assignment details. If you have any questions or need more information please dont hesitate to reach out!
Essay
#1
According
to the professionals, living is …
Directions
Please
write your first essay with a minimum of 11 paragraphs.
Title
it “Essay #1”.
Subtitle
it “According to the professionals, living is.”
Essays,
which must be typed, are written assignments with three components: Outline,
Draft and Final. These three assignments will have a total of not less than
2500 words or ten pages.
*This
is my course description: *
A
philosophical yet practical approach to some of the major medical-ethical
problems facing human beings today, such as: what patients should be told, the
nature and importance of informed consent, the meaning and criteria for living,
dying, and death including caring for the dying, and allowing to die, mercy
killing. Permeating these problems will be a study of the basis for ethical
relationships among human beings through a study of what morality is,
consequentialist and no consequentialist theories of morality, and how to set
up an ethical system. Special emphasis will be placed on the relationship of
the professional and the well to the sick, dying, and bereaved.
Okay now to the
details:
Outline #1
According to the professionals, living is . . .
Directions
Please provide an outline for your first essay.
Title it “Outline #1”.
Subtitle it “According to the professionals, living is .
.”
Outline Format
Outline Example 
Sample Outline #1
I.  What is required for living is . . .
Introduction:
This essay will explore what is required for
living.  To do this the reader will be introduced to three main
figures:  . . . Their works will be discussed.  And
finally, their answers will be explained.
A.
Kubler-Ross
1. Biography (Provide biographical
information)
2. On Death and Dying (Explain what
this is)
3. Answer (What is Kubler-Ross’
answer?)
B. Plato
1. Biography (Provide biographical information)
2. The Republic (Explain what this is)
a. Allegory of the Cave (Explain what this is)
i. Prisoners
ii. The Sun
3. Answer (What is Plato’s answer?)
C. (Fill in your third figure here and fill out this
section)
Conclusion:
This essay has explored what is required for
living.  This was done by introducing the reader to three main
figures:  . . . Kubler-Ross indicated that ____________ is required
for living as shown by _____________.  Plato indicated that
____________ is required for living as shown by _____________.  (The
third figure) indicated that ____________ is required for living as shown by
_____________.
*Note: It will be much easier to write the essay later if
you make note of your source citations now.  Where did you get the
biographical information about your figures?  What is the source
citation for each of their works?  At this point provide a source
citation for each entry in your outline
Draft #1
According to the professionals, living is . . .
Directions
Please provide a rough draft of your first essay containing
a minimum of 11 paragraphs.
Title it “Draft #1”
Subtitle it “According to the professionals, living is . . ”
Follow your outline.  You can modify your outline
after it has been submitted, but be sure to have an outline that corresponds to
your draft.
Your essay should address what is required for living from
the perspective of at least three individuals introduced in
class.  For example: Kubler-Ross, Plato and Socrates.  Be
sure to answer who, what, where and when for each of them.  Who are
they?  What did they say about living?  Where did they say
this, in what work?  Give examples.  When did this take
place?
Your introduction should have a strong, clear statement
about what your essay will tell your reader.  The body of your essay
should introduce your reader to each individual covered in your essay by
providing biographical information and explaining who they are.  Then
introduce their perspectives on the topic and the work(s) in which it is
found.  Give examples.
Finally, your conclusion should review what you have told
your reader.  Do not introduce any new information.  In
fact, restating your introduction but changing it to the past tense may be your
best strategy.
*A note on source citation.  It is likely you will
need to provide a source citation for each body paragraph.  For this
class you have two options: MLA or footnotes.  For MLA format you
will provide the author and page number at the end of a sentence or paragraph.
(Silva, p.4). You will then need to provide a works cited page.  Your
works cited page should indicate the author, title, publisher, city and year of
publication. 
Alternatively, you can provide a
footnote.  Instead of in-text citation in the form of (Author, p.#)
you insert a number.  At the bottom of the page on which the citation
occurs, provide the full citation: author, title, publisher, date. 1
Advanced students should know to cite the original work
being used, rather than simply indicating through which medium the work was
accessed.  For example, if Plato said it, then quote Plato’s work
with Plato as the author.
1. Silva, T., Directions for Essay Writing
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Preferred Formatting:
Size 12 font (Times New Roman preferred but not mandatory)
1-inch margins
Text Left Aligned
Title Centered
Single Spaced

I have attached below the instructions for this discussion post (in the pdf named Guidelines). I have also attached the pdf of the primary sources to use (and cite using the citation style in the instructions) in the discussion post. The discussion post will focus on these two primary sources.

I’m 26 years old and have my bachelors in kinesiology from CSU East Bay. I played competitive softball growing up and have been able to maintain long-term relationships. I’ve always questioned God And when the pandemic hit my beliefs and career choices changed. I’m now pursuing a nursing degree. I don’t care whether or not the essay states. My views have changed on God, whatever is easier. Reference chapter 3 from the book problems in philosophy by James Rachel ‘s and Stewart Rachel’s

Your first essay should be a minimum of 1400 words and a maximum of 1700 words.  Double-spaced. Typed.  And Titled! Come up with a good title.  Not, for example, “Essay 1.”  Edit your writing.  A big part of your grade will be determined by how clearly it is written.  it should be well-organized and your thesis (main point) should be clearly stated and supported by quotations from whatever texts you use.!IMPORTANT:   Write your essay as though you are writing for an intelligent college freshman who has not read the text you are writing about.  This will force you to explain yourself clearly.  
Also, limit yourself to answering the question.  Don’t waste time giving historical background information.  You should base your answer on the pages I assigned.   Do not tell me what Wikipedia or some other secondary source says.  Your essay should have at least SIX short quotations.  These quotations should be integrated into your own sentences.  NO BLOCK QUOTATIONS.  Also, cite the source of your quotations, so I can look them up if I want to.  When you write your essay write only about something I have assigned; do NOT base your essay on secondary sources.  Double-space your essay.  If you do not double-space you will lose 10 points.   At the top of your essay put your name, the date, Philosophy 1. Title your essay.
Whatever text or texts you choose to write about make sure you base everything you have to say on those texts; not on what other writers say about those texts.  
Choose ONE of the following questions to write about.
1.  Compare and contrast the views of Sigmund Freud. and G.K. Chesterton on religion, reason, and fairy tales.  To answer this question you need to discuss Freud’s book The Future of an Illusion and Chesterton’s essay “The Ethics of Elfland.”
2.   Explain how Chesterton’s “fairytale philosophy” (the part that can be summed up in the words of the frog “Lord how you made me jump!”) is very similar to Hume’s Fork.  
3.  Explain how Plato’s discussion (in Phaedo) of knowledge (or learning) as recollection contributes to his attempt to show  that the soul is immortal.  Does it succeed in showing that the soul is immortal?  If not, what does it  show?
4.  Compare and contrast the views of William James (as expressed in his essay “The Will  to Believe”) and Sigmund Freud (as expressed in his book The Future of an Illusion) on whether we are rationally justified to believe in God.
5.  Explain Descartes argument in  the First and Second Meditation.  Put your major emphasis, though, on the First Meditation.  Explain what the major stages of Descartes’ argument are in the First Meditation.  Also, explain how the Second Meditation offers an answer to the question raised in the First Meditation.
6.  Explain David Hume’s argument that we have no reason to believe in induction.  Base your essay on the selections from Hume that I assigned.
7.  Explain Locke’s view of substance (both material and spiritual substances). Base your essay on the selections I assigned from Locke.

3. Rawls’ Theory of Justice and Mill’s Utilitarianism: Evaluating Their Efficacy in Combatting Racial Bias in the Social Contract.

Assignment
Required Resources
Read/review the following resources for this activity:
Textbook: Chapter 4, 5
Lesson
Instructions
Remember – these journal questions require more thinking than writing. Think about exactly what you are asked to do, and then write as economically as possible.
For this journal assignment, answer each of the following prompts:
Important Idea
Considering only the Introduction to Chapter 5, in terms of developing critical thinking and reasoning, what do you consider is the most valuable and important idea in that section? You can either summarize or directly quote the text; then, briefly explain why you find this idea important and valuable.
Critical Thinking
In Chapter 5, the section “Making Arguments” states: “In some ways applying our core critical thinking skills to analysis can be more difficult than offering an evaluative opinion. Analysis, like interpretation, is understanding at a deep level (p. 89)”
What concepts discussed in Chapter 4 might make analysis of a statement difficult – and why?
Beliefs
Why do you believe what you believe?
What is your “evidence”?
Test one of your beliefs by asking yourself, “Why?” As you answer each “why,” go down another layer – four layers will probably give you a good idea of why you believe what you believe.
Your product should show a well-reasoned and logical basis for your belief. Stay away from the big stuff, like believing in God, or who to vote for in the next election, and don’t look for sources – this is about what you believe and why you believe it. After all, this is only an 8-week course, and we can’t settle everything!
Click on the following link for an example of layers of why:
Example of Layers of Why
Suppose your claim is “All people should work to support their children.” Here is an example of possible “layers of why” for this claim:
Layer 1: People should work to support their children because it is the right thing to do.
Layer 2: It is the right thing to do because it is true that children need to be cared for by adults.
Layer 3: I believe my last statement is true because it is an accurate descriiption of what occurs – that is, very small children sicken and die if adults do not care for their needs; older children may exhibit many physical and emotional deficiencies if they are not properly cared for.
Layer 4: Reasonable attention to the needs of children is just since children are largely dependent on their parents (who, after all, brought them into the world) for all of their needs during the early years of their lives. Furthermore, such attention leads to a healthy, productive and ordered society in which each individual has an opportunity to achieve his or her highest potential.
Note
Don’t be tempted to skip steps. If you start with layer 5, you have just opened up a whole new line of “whys.” For example, why should everyone be afforded an opportunity to reach his or her highest potential? After all, for most of the history of the world, that has not been the case.
If you include references to outside sources (beyond the textbook), make sure you cite them properly.
Writing Requirements (APA format)
Length: 1 ½ -2 pages (not including prompts, title page or references page)
1-inch margins
Double spaced
12-point Times New Roman font
Title page
References page (as needed)