Category: Philosophy

I wrote a thesis statement about a month ago that I just havent been able to make good on. That thesis statement can “change” during the course of me wiritng the paper so feel no need to stick to it to a T. But at least write something along the lines of that which I provide you. 
Ignore most of the argument section. I no longer believe most of that stuff. Just write about why the introspective techniques that have arisen from indian sprititual traditions are epistemically valid methodologies when it comes to studying the phenomenological aspects of the human mind and conciousness and why they could be considered “scientific”. I included the old thesis statement. 

Fill in the blanks based off the reading. Please pay attention to how many words go in each blank. It is in the brackets underneath the question. Please do not add more words than required, or put less words than required. Thank you.

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After reading Descartes’ Meditations, you will engage in one of the philosophical conversations that arose from his groundbreaking work. In this assignment you will write a 4-6-page (1000-1500 word) paper on a philosophical question in which you support and defend a thesis over multiple paragraphs. In your introduction, you will discuss the philosophical question and its context, state your thesis in which you answer the philosophical question, and provide a roadmap for how you will defend the thesis over multiple paragraphs in the paper. In the body of your paper, you will need to consider the way Descartes and a second philosopher have answered the question, discussing the advantages of and objections to their views and how they shape your own answer to the question. 
How to complete the Answering a Philosophical Question Paper: 
Step One: Select a question from the choices below: 
A. Does having faith mean you are certain of the existence of God? For this question, you will compare Descartes’ answer with the answer given by Kierkegaard using our course texts. 
B. Are minds and bodies (brains) separate? For this question, you will compare Descartes’ answer with answers provided by Nagel or Chalmers from our course modules. 
C. How do race, ethnicity, and/or gender shape our ways of knowing? What kinds of knowledge do we all share? Do those with non-dominant cultural perspectives have more ways of knowing than those with dominant perspectives? You will use the materials found in our final Module to answer these questions. 
Step Two: After you have decided on your question, write an introduction in which you pose the question and explain why it is interesting, important, disturbing, etc. In other words, explain why it is worth investigating. Next, state your answer to this question—this answer will be the thesis of your paper. After stating your thesis, provide a brief overview or “roadmap” of how you will prove this conclusion throughout the body of your paper. 
Step Three: Write the body of the paper in which you defend your thesis over multiple paragraphs. You will need to consider the answer Descartes and one other philosopher (as noted above) might give to the question. There are various ways to defend your thesis over multiple paragraphs, but you might consider using the following format: 
1.. Write at least one page answering the question from Descartes’ perspective. This page will require you to summarize his perspective fairly and accurately. What do you consider to be the strengths and weaknesses of this answer? How does considering his perspective help you prove your own thesis? 
2. Do the same for a second philosophical perspective. 
3. Write 1-2 pages discussing your own answer to the question and making the case for your thesis. 
4. Write a concluding paragraph in which you restate your thesis and summarize how you have just supported and defended the thesis in your paper. Remind us of what is at stake in accepting your thesis—in other words, why do you believe it is important that we accept your conclusion? 
Step Four: Formatting 
Write your paper directly into Packback Deep Dives. Papers should be the equivalent of 4-6 pages (1000-2000 words) double-spaced. Packback will automatically format the paper as such. 
Step Five: Cite and Document your sources properly. 
I have attatched documents of the material you can use for this paper. 
Use only our course texts as your sources. Do not use Sparknotes, Wikipedia, or any other .com sources. Do not use AI such as ChatGPT to write your paper. While AI has its place, the objective of this assignment is for you to critically read, think about, and write the entire paper. Critical reading, thinking, and writing are course objectives for all philosophy courses. Provide the author’s name, the title of the work, the date, and the page numbers you are using. Do not plagiarize even one sentence of your paper. 
You must cite (use the name and page number) every idea you borrow, in every sentence. A citation only applies to the sentence in which it is found—not to the whole paragraph. You must also acknowledge and document your sources. Plagiarism will result in a MINIMUM consequence of a ZERO on the paper. Again, you may not use ChatGPT or other AI technologies to help you write this paper. Be sure to cite and document any words, ideas, or lines of reasoning that you borrow from your classmates. These citations do not count toward your two philosophical sources.
Alphabetize your Works Cited list.

For this assignment, you will contrast the Federal Bill HR7910 – Protecting Our Kids Actwith the Second Amendment of the Bill of Rights, and your state constitution regarding gun control. Write what similarities and differences are present between the three documents. Then, as a healthcare professional, analyze if you think gun reform should take place on the federal or state level or if it should be a congruent (shared) power. For this assignment, you will need to draw from the United States Constitution to clearly understand how powers are separated, as found in Article I Section 8 Clause 18. 
Requirements
Length: 1½-2 pages (not including title page or references page)
1-inch margins
Double spaced
12-point Times New Roman font
Title page
References page (minimum of 2 scholarly sources in addition to textbook if cited)
Outcomes
CO 1: Evaluate the principles of democracy and Federalism.
CO 2: Relate the articles of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights to specific issues or cases regarding freedoms and their rights as citizens.
CO 3: Describe the three branches of government and the office of the president.

Eric, on an order you recently completed for me it required a graph and chart to answer question number 1. Can you fufill this?

Official Paper Instructions: For your final, you will write a philosophical paper (4-6 pages) that presents a topic from the applied ethics section of the course excluding freedom of speech, two perspectives on this topic from class readings, and then your unique contribution to the debate. You could argue that position A is right and position B is wrong, or B is right and A is wrong, or that both are partially right and complementary, or that neither are right. You could also refine a position, i.e., argue that position A is right, but for different reasons, or you could give a stronger argument as to why A is right. 
My Comments: I want my paper to argue that abortion should be the woman’s choice. I’m attaching the two presentations from my class that are “position a” and “position b” Don’t cite anything but use those as a starting point for your own analysis as to why abortion is not wrong. You can make it 5/6 pages, double spaced, times new roman size 12. Thank you so much 🙂 

It’s about summarising Professor Wes Cecil’s audio lecture (Joy Not Fear) in 
350 words using a typical essay format (introduction with a thesis statement, body paragraph(s), and conclusion).
Please don’t use any advance/diffuclt words, sentences, or quotes make it very simple and easy to understand.
No source or citation is required.
DONT USE AI.

Disability and Human Dignity
Research Paper Assignment
Purpose:
The
goal of this assignment is to allow you to learn more about a topic which
interests you and relates to disability. 
The paper will also allow you to develop your research skills and your
ability to make an argument for a thesis.
Basic
Criteria:  Your paper should be between 5-6 pages
double spaced in a standard 12 pt font. 
It should be focused on a topic which relates to disability, and
it should include an argument for a thesis about the topic.  Your paper should include at least three
outside sources about your topic. 
(Class readings do not count as outside sources, but they may be used in
your paper.)  You should consider
potential objections to your thesis and respond to them.
Topic
Guidelines:  Given that
disability studies is a broad field, there is a wide range of topics that you
could choose for this paper.  Here are
some general descriptions of topics and approaches you may choose:
1.      Explain one of the
philosophical debates about the nature of disability (e.g. whether
disability is a mere difference) or one of the debates about the best way to
model disability (e.g. social model vs. medical model).  Provide an argument either for or against one
of the positions advanced in the debate you choose.
2.     
Explain
an ethical issue that impacts people with disabilities today (or may impact
them in the near future) and argue for or against a position on the issue you
choose (e.g. argue for against the permissibility of selective abortion,
physician assisted suicide, the Ashley treatment, genetic engineering to avoid
disabilities, rationing of medical care). 
If you choose a topic in this area, you should consider applying one of
the philosophical ethical theories we learned in the course to support your
argument.
3.      Explain
an ethical issue that impacted people with disabilities in past (e.g.
forced sterilization, institutionalization). 
Use one of the ethical theories from the course to analyze the morality
of the past treatments of those with disabilities, i.e. say whether the
treatment was moral or immoral and why).
4.     
Explain
a debate about the nature of human dignity and the criteria for possessing
human dignity (e.g. whether the ability to actively think and
communicate is necessary for dignity). 
Argue for or against one of the views advanced in the debate.
5.     
Defend
a view about what duties society (or specific societal institutions such as
businesses, schools, religious groups) has to those with disabilities.  Use one of the ethical theories covered in
the course to support the view you defend. 
6.     
You
may also choose to research and write about one of these topics:
o  
What
is the nature of human happiness (or a good life) and how does having a
disability impact a person’s ability to achieve happiness (or a good life)?  (For this topic, it would be good to research
and explain a philosophical theory about human happiness.)
o  
Why
does God allow disabilities?  Is there a
greater good that comes from disabilities?
o  
Can
people with profound disabilities know God and have a relationship with God?
Stylistic Guidelines
1.  Your paper should
have a title. 
2.  Papers should be
double-spaced with normal margins and written in a standard 12 pt. font.    
The length should be 5-6 pages.
3.  You should provide
a citation (i.e. a footnote, endnote or parenthetical citation) whenever you            are using an idea from a source and
of course, whenever you are quoting from a source.
4.  There should be a
bibliography with full references for any source you used in your paper or   research. 
References and/or bibliography should be done consistently according to
a             standard manual of
style.  You may choose the citation style
that you use (e.g. APA,   Chicago), but please use the chosen style
consistently and correctly.
Features of good papers:
Content:         
1.     
Clearly define an issue that is
narrow enough to be thoroughly treated in 5 pgs
Write an introduction that
succinctly explains the thesis of your paper and how you will argue for
it.
Employ valid arguments to
advance your thesis.
Defend premises of your
argument.  Identify any assumptions
that your argument presupposes.
Define key terms to avoid
confusion.
Cite sources frequently.
Include well-chosen relevant
quotations from primary sources. 
Quotes should be properly introduced and their significance should
be explained.
Consider objections to your
argument and reply to them.
Include a conclusion paragraph.
Style:
1.     
Papers should be free from
grammatical and spelling errors.
2.     
Papers should have clear and logical
organizational structure,
3.     
There should be smooth transitions
between the various sections and paragraphs of the paper

This is an higher division level philosophy course I’m taking at univercity about animal mind and cognition. We were able to pick our own topic for the paper, which I picked to be Octopus, since I thought it  would be easy to write about. As my main thesis I wanted to argue for the presence of highly sophisticated levels of intelligence among Octopuses based on the available evidence. As for the main source to be used, we need to use our course reading –  “The Animal Mind: An introduction to the Philosophy of Animal Cogniton” by Kristin Andrews, 2015. File I attache bellow could be of assistance since we had to submit an outline, so it’s prefered that one is followed. For additional sources, there is a documentary about an Octopus on Netflix called “My Octupus Teacher from 2020, as well as a book by Godfrey-Smith called “Other Minds: The Octopus, the Sea, and the Deep Origins of Consiousness.” Paper needs to be 7-8 pages. I

Criticize the position that says that moral truths transcend, and so hold independently, of the culture we find ourselves in.
(no sources needed, use the file below for help)