Topic: Philosophy

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Dexter, Democracy, and Nietzsche: Puzzling Through the Deep End of America's TV Obsession

September 6, 2011 - 13063 words | Philosophy » Nietzsche

Within the milieu of American television, the vigilante serial killer, Dexter, stands alone with one of the largest audiences. Why should a violent antihero, who stalks and kills other serial killers, be so appealing to Americans with a democratic, law-abiding background... Read Article »

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Nietzsche Dexter Liberty Justice Democracy Popular Culture

Reading Deeply: How The Internet May Limit Our Autonomy

July 12, 2011 - 2274 words | Philosophy » Technology

Traditionally, human beings and tools are thought to be in a simple relationship with one another. All agency is located in the person, consequently making the human being the sole object of power which acts on its subject, the tool. As we move forward into an era... Read Article »

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Internet Freedom Autonomy Technology Digital Humanities

Dostoevsky's Hegelian Parody in Crime and Punishment

June 15, 2011 - 5266 words | Philosophy » Hegelianism

This project examines the role of the Left Hegelian school of philosophy in Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky. Special attention is given to Georg Hegel's section on “World Historical Individuals” from Philosophy of History and Rodion Raskolnikov... Read Article »

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Hegel Crime And Punishment Russia Dostoevsky Hegelianism

John Rawls, Robert Nozick, and the Difference Principle: Finding Common Ground

April 12, 2011 - 2118 words | Philosophy » Political Philosophy

A large portion of Robert Nozick’s Anarchy, The State and Utopia is dedicated to refuting the theories of John Rawls. Specifically, Nozick takes issue with Rawls’ conception of distributive justice as it pertains to economic inequalities. Rawls wrote that... Read Article »

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Political Philosophy Economics Inequality Distributive Justice Difference Principle John Rawls Robert Nozick

John Dewey & The Ethics of Democracy

March 9, 2011 - 2066 words | Philosophy » Political Theory

John Dewey was an ingenious and significant figure whose criticisms spanned a wide range of disciplines, including philosophy, education, politics, aesthetics, and ethics. The late American philosopher Richard Rorty, in Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature, was quoted... Read Article »

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Democracy Political Theory Politics American Philosophy Social Contract Theory

Emile Durkheim and Methodological Individualism

January 21, 2011 - 1680 words | Sociology » Emile Durkheim

Throughout Émile Durkheim’s Social Facts, he provides an account of what he deems to be the correct nature of social facts. This essay explores his account in order to assess its relation to both methodological holism and methodological individualism in... Read Article »

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Emile Durkheim Philosophy Of Social Science Individualism Methodological Individualism Watkins

Ending Ethnic Conflict and Creating Positive Peace in Rwanda and Sierra Leone

January 4, 2011 - 2030 words | International Affairs » Ethnic Conflict

Although peace and pacifism are familiar ideas to most students today, for much of human history these concepts have been relegated to the religious domain and excluded from the study and practice of politics.[1] At the same time, war--organized violent conflict between... Read Article »

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Ethnic Conflict Civil War Positive Peace Rwanda Sierra Leone Non Violence Sub-Saharan Africa

Qi (Chi) in James Cameron's Avatar

October 12, 2010 - 1885 words | Film and Cinema » Avatar

A nine-foot-tall, royal blue giant creeps low to the ground, brushing by exotic foliage. He holds a proportionally large bow and arrow in hand. In an instant he pauses, keeping entirely still, before loading an arrow into his weapon. He pulls back steadily, locking... Read Article »

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Avatar Qi Chi Chinese Philosophy Neo-confucianism James Cameron

The Mind in the Brain, the Brain in a Robot: Strong AI in an Artificial Neural Network Brain Replica Housed in an Autonomous, Sensory Endowed Robot

October 4, 2010 - 5869 words | Philosophy » Artificial Intelligence

The advent of digital computers and contemporary neuroscience has fundamentally changed possible approaches to artificial intelligence (AI). Mankind’s perpetually evolving technological capacity inevitably leads to faster processors, more complex systems, and... Read Article »

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Artificial Intelligence AI Cognitive Science Searle Artificial Neural Network Sensory Endowed Robot

Implications of the Split Brain: A Consideration of Nagel

September 24, 2010 - 1555 words | Philosophy » Consciousness

In his article “Brain Bisection and the Unity of Consciousness,” Thomas Nagel suggests that the ordinary conception of a unified mind is misled. To support his claim, he turns to data concerning patients whose corpus callosum has been severed. Because the... Read Article »

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Consciousness Split Brain Neuroscience Cognitive Science Psychology Brain Mind Perception

Property Dualism & Physicalism: Unclenching the Soldier's Fist

August 31, 2010 - 2411 words | Philosophy » Dualism

From the time of the ancient Greek philosophers to modern contemporaries, the mind-body problem has been perpetually debated. With neuroscientific evidence in mind, traditional Cartesian dualism, which establishes that mental and physical substances are fundamentally... Read Article »

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Dualism Property Dualism Physicalism Philosophy Of Mind

The Lockean Memory Theory of Personal Identity: Definition, Objection, Response

August 9, 2010 - 1934 words | Philosophy » John Locke

For centuries philosophers have struggled to define personal identity. In his 1690 work An Essay on Human Understanding, John Locke proposes that one's personal identity extends only so far as their own consciousness. The connection between consciousness and memory... Read Article »

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Philosophy Memory Theory Bundle Theory John Locke Philosophy Of Mind Cognitive Science

Life as Art as Life: Dramaturgy as Psychology

November 4, 2009 - 1942 words | Psychology » Dramaturgy

Aristotle played with the idea of human life as a drama and its role on the Greek stage in his Poetics, defining tragedy—the highest form of drama, of art, and of life—as “a mimesis of an action that is serious, complete, and of a certain magnitude... Read Article »

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Dramaturgy Psychology Narrative Aristotle Poetics Drama Art Mimesis Life As Art

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