Vol 6 No 2 Contents Page,
2015
San Jose State University
Vol 6 No 2 Information Page,
2015
San Jose State University
Vol 6 No 2 Cover Page,
2015
San Jose State University
An Examination Of Morality In A Naturalistic Universe,
2015
Ursinus College
An Examination Of Morality In A Naturalistic Universe, Chris Hoops
Philosophy Summer Fellows
Naturalism is the view that our death marks a final and irreversible extinction. We are born into this world, we live our lives, and we ultimately perish from existence. This being the case, many naturalists urge people to live as fulfilling lives as possible. If this life is the only life people have, whatever constitutes the fullest or best way to live should be the way a person lives. However, what exactly constitutes a fulfilling life by the naturalist is not entirely agreed upon. Some naturalists claim that having individual happiness is what constitutes a fulfilling life, while others claim …
Models Of Time Travel And Their Consequences,
2015
Oglethorpe University
Models Of Time Travel And Their Consequences, Antonio M. Mantica
Oglethorpe Journal of Undergraduate Research
How do we travel through time? We know that we can move forward in it (we have no choice), but can we jump forward in time? Can we go backward in time? It also gives rise to other troubling questions: is time measurable in distinct increments, or does it flow continuously? In "Models of Time Travel and their Consequences," Antonio Mantica walks the reader through current understandings of how time functions in Einstein's universe and proposes three distinct models to explain it. Following that, he provides a list of experiments to credit or discredit the models. Appropriate for audiences of …
"Debate: Millennials Don't Stand A Chance" Devised, Documentary And Immersive Theatre: The Story Of Everymillennial,
2015
James Madison University
"Debate: Millennials Don't Stand A Chance" Devised, Documentary And Immersive Theatre: The Story Of Everymillennial, Sean R. Byrne
Senior Honors Projects, 2010-2019
This thesis aims to discover how communitas can be created through theatrical performances by blurring the line between audience and performer as well as performer and character. The topic of the Millennial generation is used as a thematic element in performance to emphasize the creation of community. A theatrical form will be introduced, called the “Living Biography:” a method of devising based on devising, documentary, and immersive theatre. This form will be shown as one possible option in creating communitas in a performance. While other forms of audience inclusion are frequently used, it will be argued that the “Living Biography” …
Kierkegaard On Truth,
2015
Lynchburg College
Kierkegaard On Truth, Caroline Moore
Undergraduate Theses and Capstone Projects
Many philosophers believe in three types of truth and all of them are considered objective: correspondence, coherence and pragmatist. Objective knowledge “can designate a knowledge-claim having, roughly, the status of being fully supported or proven.”i If asked, philosophers often say that they believe in a mixture of two or more of the objective truths because each of the truths has points of weakness. While the objective truths cover much of what is considered to be valid truth, they all leave something out, subjective truth. Subjective truth is “a judgment or belief’ “that is compelling for some rational beings (subjects) but …
The Effect Of God On The Cogito: An Examination Of Descartes' Meditations On First Philosophy,
2015
Oglethorpe University
The Effect Of God On The Cogito: An Examination Of Descartes' Meditations On First Philosophy, Alex Valin
Oglethorpe Journal of Undergraduate Research
In Descartes’ Meditations on First Philosophy, he claims on of his most enduring arguments, the Cogito: I think, I am. Following his argument for the Cogito, however, Descartes argues for the existence of an infinite, all powerful, all knowing God. Critiques of this argument fall into several different camps. First, that God remains a fundamental principle for Descartes’ epistemology and metaphysics. Secondly, that the inclusion of the argument for God was put in to please Church officials. Finally, that what Descartes’ terms God actually represents his own mind. In this essay, I examine Descartes’ argument for God as a fundamental …
Using Neuroscience To Create A Paradigm Shift In Addiction Treatment And Theory,
2015
George Washington University
Using Neuroscience To Create A Paradigm Shift In Addiction Treatment And Theory, Tabitha E.H. Moses
Student Works
Drug abuse has long fascinated philosophers and scientists. Many different models have attempted to elucidate the mechanism behind drug addiction and analyze whether an addict has a choice in his behavior. The problem with these models is that they seem to suggest only two ways of viewing addiction. These models suggest either that a person cannot control his addiction and is therefore deserving of treatment, or that suggest a person can control their addictions and is not deserving of treatment, and instead needs threats of punishment to stop their behavior. I believe these approaches are too simplistic and do not …
Auctor In Fabula: Umberto Eco And The Intentio Of Foucault's Pendulum,
2015
Liberty University
Auctor In Fabula: Umberto Eco And The Intentio Of Foucault's Pendulum, Douglas Stephens Iv
Senior Honors Theses
Umberto Eco’s 1988 novel Foucault’s Pendulum weaves together a wide range of philosophical and literary threads. Many of these threads find their other ends in Eco’s nonfiction works, which focus primarily on the question of interpretation and the source of meaning. The novel, which follows three distinctly overinterpretive characters as they descend into ruin, has been read by some as a retraction or parody of Eco’s own position. However, if Foucault’s Pendulum is indeed polemical, it must be taken as an argument against the mindset which Eco has termed the “hermetic”. Through an examination of his larger theoretical body, including …
Mass Additivity And A Priori Entailment,
2015
Chapman University
Mass Additivity And A Priori Entailment, Kelvin J. Mcqueen
Philosophy Faculty Articles and Research
The principle of mass additivity states that the mass of a composite object is the sum of the masses of its elementary components. Mass additivity is true in Newtonian mechanics but false in special relativity. Physicists have explained why mass additivity is true in Newtonian mechanics by reducing it to Newton’s microphysical laws. This reductive explanation does not fit well with deducibility theories of reductive explanation such as the modern Nagelian theory of reduction, and the a priori entailment theory of reduction that is prominent in the philosophy of mind. Nonetheless, I argue that a reconstruction of the explanation that …
Replies To Brons And Mou On Wang Chong And Pluralism,
2015
Colorado State University, USA
Replies To Brons And Mou On Wang Chong And Pluralism, Alexus Mcleod
Comparative Philosophy
No abstract provided.
Rooted And Rootless Pluralist Approaches To Truth:Two Distinct Interpretations Of Wang Chong’S Account,
2015
San Jose State University, USA
Rooted And Rootless Pluralist Approaches To Truth:Two Distinct Interpretations Of Wang Chong’S Account, Bo Mou
Comparative Philosophy
No abstract provided.
Wang Chong, Truth, And Quasi-Pluralism,
2015
Lakeland College Japan Campus, and Department of Philosophy, Nihon University, Japan
Wang Chong, Truth, And Quasi-Pluralism, Lajos L. Brons
Comparative Philosophy
No abstract provided.
Heidegger And Indian Thinking:
The Hermeneutic Of A “Belonging-Together”
Of Negation And Affirmation
,
2015
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India
Heidegger And Indian Thinking: The Hermeneutic Of A “Belonging-Together” Of Negation And Affirmation , Jaison D. Vallooran
Comparative Philosophy
No abstract provided.
Health As Human Nature And Critique Of Culture
In Nietzsche And Zhuang Zi
,
2015
Binghamton University, USA
Health As Human Nature And Critique Of Culture In Nietzsche And Zhuang Zi , Danesh Singh
Comparative Philosophy
No abstract provided.
Performativity, Social Ontology, And The Uses
Of Narratives In Latin America
,
2015
Texas State University, USA
Performativity, Social Ontology, And The Uses Of Narratives In Latin America , Ivan Marquez
Comparative Philosophy
No abstract provided.
The Bhagavad Gita’S Ethical Syncretism,
2015
Department of Philosophy, Mount Allison University, Canada
The Bhagavad Gita’S Ethical Syncretism, Roopen Majithia
Comparative Philosophy
No abstract provided.
Hazel Barnes And Octavio Paz:Two Existentialist And Pan-American Philosophies Of Education,
2015
Millersville University, USA
Hazel Barnes And Octavio Paz:Two Existentialist And Pan-American Philosophies Of Education, John Kaiser Ortiz
Comparative Philosophy
No abstract provided.
Personal Identity, Moral Agency And Liang-Zhi:
A Comparative Study Of
Korsgaard And Wang Yangming
,
2015
Simian Institute for Advanced Studies in Humanities, East China Normal University
Personal Identity, Moral Agency And Liang-Zhi: A Comparative Study Of Korsgaard And Wang Yangming , Tzu-Li Chang
Comparative Philosophy
No abstract provided.
