Mackie's Arguement For The Infinite Man,
2019
Liberty University
Mackie's Arguement For The Infinite Man, Abigail J. Basile
Quaerens Deum: The Liberty Undergraduate Journal for Philosophy of Religion
Theists and non-theists alike have toiled with the characteristics of the Judeo-Christian God and how they may or may not be contradictory with the existence of evil. Some philosophers, such as J. L. Mackie, have decided that God and evil cannot coexist, mainly because the existence of evil means that any God is unable to keep evil and suffering away from His beloved creation, and such a limited God is no God at all. But Mackie’s argument rests on flawed foundation. Mankind is necessarily finite because even the infinite God cannot do the logically impossible and create the infinite—nothing infinite …
Truth-Makers And The "Grounding Objection" To Molinism,
2019
Liberty University
Truth-Makers And The "Grounding Objection" To Molinism, Tyler Crown
Quaerens Deum: The Liberty Undergraduate Journal for Philosophy of Religion
One of the most discussed topics on the nature of God, in Christian circles today, is the subject of God’s knowledge. There are a few popular positions today that are engaged in a serious debate as to what the true biblical and philosophical position on the nature of God’s knowledge is. One such position, which has become increasingly popular and has found support among many leading Christian philosophers, such as Alvin Plantinga, Thomas Flint, and William Lane Craig, is called Molinism. While Molinism does have an abundance of supporters, there are many detractors as well. Calvinist’s, Thomists and open theists …
Call For Papers,
2019
Eastern Michigan University
Call For Papers
Acta Cogitata: An Undergraduate Journal in Philosophy
No abstract provided.
An Unexpected Hobbesian Defense Of The Black Lives Matter Movement,
2019
Grand Valley State University
An Unexpected Hobbesian Defense Of The Black Lives Matter Movement, Christine Kovacs
Acta Cogitata: An Undergraduate Journal in Philosophy
Civil disobedience has been a well-known tool for many of the political movements over the past century. Once such movement is called Black Lives Matter (BLM), and its aim is to bring attention to and challenge violence and anti-black racism at a structural and personal level. Like other political movements before them, BLM is often criticized as being immoral when they engage civil disobedience. This is a famously Hobbesian interpretation of morality--that if you break a law, you are immoral. However, this interpretation of Hobbes is oversimplified; in fact, I will argue that, if properly informed, Hobbes would likely support …
The Epistemic Blindness Of White Solipsism,
2019
Loyola University Chicago
The Epistemic Blindness Of White Solipsism, Mason Majszak
Acta Cogitata: An Undergraduate Journal in Philosophy
This paper focuses on a specific type of knowledge, this being the type of knowledge that allows for the ability of an individual to know another person. I analyzed Shannon Sullivan’s book Revealing Whiteness: The Unconscious Habits of Racial Privilege to gain insight into an individuals ability to know another person. Within the text, I concentrated on the first chapter “Ignorance and Habit”, and the argument Sullivan articulates in this chapter. This argument is in regard to the consequence of what Sullivan describes as white solipsism and how it can cause unconscious habits. To better display Sullivan’s argument, I used …
Confrontations With Death: A Zhuangzian Approach To Mortality*,
2019
Eastern Michigan University
Confrontations With Death: A Zhuangzian Approach To Mortality*, Katelyn Pyles
Acta Cogitata: An Undergraduate Journal in Philosophy
Since the culture surrounding death in the West is shrouded in fear and anxiety, it is necessary to illuminate the realities of living and what we presume to be its antithesis, death, with notions outside of our normative thinking. This paper works to reframe the subject of death when one is considering: 1) the death of a loved one, 2) one’s own death, and 3) the option of self-immolation. I believe an understanding of Dao supplies one with the peace necessary to celebrate death as one might celebrate living. I argue that seeing and living in accord with the virtues …
A League Of Their Own: A Feminist Interpretation Of Women’S Sport In The U.S.,
2019
Florida Gulf Coast University
A League Of Their Own: A Feminist Interpretation Of Women’S Sport In The U.S., Nicholas Paradise
Acta Cogitata: An Undergraduate Journal in Philosophy
The goal of this essay is to examine American sports through the lens of feminist philosophy. I am particularly interested in the questions of what the American attitude is toward women’s sports and the involvement of women in men’s sports, does that attitude reflect a cultural limit that Americans have reached regarding women’s sports (I intend to argue that it does), and does that limit reveal essentializing notions about sex which still haunt American society. In answering these questions, I will be using Wendy Williams’ article, “The Equality Crisis,” specifically her sections on the culture of men and women as …
Citizens At War: Reframing Lgbtq+ Military Insecurity,
2019
Stonehill College
Citizens At War: Reframing Lgbtq+ Military Insecurity, Erica Bigelow
Acta Cogitata: An Undergraduate Journal in Philosophy
As an institution, the U.S. Military allows a certain strain of heteronormative masculinity to flourish, subsequently pushing to the margins individuals who do not fit such a standard. In this paper, I use this phenomenon as the basis for an exploration of the different forms of insecurity experienced by LGBTQ+ persons within the military, a project that necessarily includes viewing security as a holistic issue, rather than just as one which affects a person’s immediate physical safety. I engage in a project of seeking out a linguistic framework through which to deconstruct LGBTQ+ insecurity within the military that is both …
Letter From The Editor,
2019
Eastern Michigan University
Letter From The Editor, C. Áine Keefer
Acta Cogitata: An Undergraduate Journal in Philosophy
No abstract provided.
Cover Art,
2019
Eastern Michigan University
Cover Art, Morgan Burgard
Acta Cogitata: An Undergraduate Journal in Philosophy
No abstract provided.
Acta Cogitata - Volume 6,
2019
Eastern Michigan University
Acta Cogitata - Volume 6
Acta Cogitata: An Undergraduate Journal in Philosophy
No abstract provided.
Structural Justice: A Critical Feminist Framework Exploring The Intersection Between Justice, Equity And Structural Reconciliation.,
2019
University of Virginia School of Nursing
Structural Justice: A Critical Feminist Framework Exploring The Intersection Between Justice, Equity And Structural Reconciliation., Camille Burnett, Michael Swanberg, Ashley Hudson, Donna Schminkey
Journal of Health Disparities Research and Practice
Violence against women is a human rights violation (UN, 2006). It affects the health of women globally (UN, 2009) and its elimination is at the heart of many international and national goals. Intimate partner violence (IPV), one of the most common forms of gender-based violence, affects one in three women worldwide (WHO, 2013). The consequences of IPV create negative health outcomes for women that diminish their quality of life and their overall well-being. Abused women access community supports such as shelters to seek safe refuge from the abuse and restore their lives. While shelters play an extensive role in helping …
Japanese-English Translation: Nishida Kitarō—Self-Determination Of The Expressive Self (May 1930),
2019
Binghamton University--SUNY
Japanese-English Translation: Nishida Kitarō—Self-Determination Of The Expressive Self (May 1930), Christopher Southward
Comparative Literature Faculty and Student Scholarship
Excerpt of working translation of 「表現的自己の自己限定」、西田幾多郎著. Source: 『西田幾多郎全集』、第五巻 （第一回配本）。東京、株式会社岩波書店、二〇〇二年一一月二七日。ページ 十一〜六十七。[The Complete Works of Nishida Kitarō, Vol. 5 (1st edition). Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, Nov. 27, 2002. Pages 11-67].
Post Colonial Studies,
2019
Kennesaw State University
Post Colonial Studies, Nashieli Marcano, Kyle Brooks
Research Guides & Subject Bibliographies
No abstract provided.
Sagp Newsletter 2018/19.2,
2019
Binghamton University
Sagp Newsletter 2018/19.2, Anthony Preus
The Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy Newsletter
Announcement of the 2019 meeting of the Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy with the Eastern Division of the American Philosophical Association.
Pleasure In Virtue: The Possibility Of Willful Virtuous Behavior,
2019
Western Michigan University
Pleasure In Virtue: The Possibility Of Willful Virtuous Behavior, Kaleb Terbush
The Hilltop Review
Virtuous behavior has often been construed as having three requisite elements: right action, done for the right reason, and also carried out with the “right feeling,” i.e. without the contrary inclination of Aristotle’s merely continent individual. Some have argued that even if the right motivating reason(s) for action might not be directly within our power to act on at will, there are a number of steps we can take in order to make ourselves more responsive to the appropriate reasons – thus giving us indirect control over which reasons we take to be compelling. However, I believe that such accounts …
An Application Of Risk Analysis To The Doctrine Of Self-Defense,
2019
Western Michigan University
An Application Of Risk Analysis To The Doctrine Of Self-Defense, Kirsten Welch
The Hilltop Review
Although it is an unavoidable aspect of any self-defense situation, risk is an underdeveloped concept in the self-defense literature. In this paper, I argue that the existence of objective risk can justify the use of self-defense, even in cases in which defensive action is not clearly necessary. To accomplish this, I first introduce the concept of risk, seeking a definition that incorporates both objective and subjective elements in a manner appropriate to a discussion of self-defense. In section two, I make a case for the appropriate way to carry out and apply risk analysis in self-defense situations, addressing questions of …
Archaeology Of Social Patterning,
2019
CUNY Hunter College
Archaeology Of Social Patterning, Chase Bray
Theses and Dissertations
The episteme that created the grid as a structure for logic has been usurped. We compose meaning from an adulterated grid, or pattern. I process meaning through the abuse of acrid patterns and the grid, the reduction of imagery to silhouettes and by referencing both cultural and classical mythology.
“The Healing Balm Of Sympathy Denied”: Moral Sense Philosophy, Patriarchy, And Monstrosity In Mary Shelley’S Frankenstein,
2019
CUNY Hunter College
“The Healing Balm Of Sympathy Denied”: Moral Sense Philosophy, Patriarchy, And Monstrosity In Mary Shelley’S Frankenstein, Estefania Velez
Theses and Dissertations
Though Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein produces an ideology of sympathy consistent with the literary and philosophical aims of Romanticism, this essay examines Shelley’s critique of patriarchy which posits that though sympathetic companionship in Frankenstein remains an ethical necessity, it is unattainable within a social order marred by misogynist structures of power.
Reconsidering Darkness,
2019
Aalto University
Reconsidering Darkness, Matti Tainio
Contemporary Aesthetics (Journal Archive)
No abstract provided.
