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Readings on Death & Dying
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A 3 page essay on 3 readings from antiquity. While much has changed in the millennia since ancient Greece and Rome were in their ascendancy, the basic facts of humane existence have not changed. The specter of death haunts the modern psyche just as it did for Socrates, Plato, and Marcus Aurelius. The thoughts of these ancient philosophers can, therefore, inform modern readers as they offer food for thought on the topic of dealing with death and the fear of death. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: khddasp.rtf

Realism As the Best Model to Explain the Modern World
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This 20 page paper examines the concept of realism. The paper starts by considering what it means and the way it contrasts to other models and then looks at realism in philosophy, science and the arts. The bibliography cites 5 sources.
Filename: TEPHrealism.rtf

Reality is Invented
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A 3-page essay in which the writer argues that reality is not discovered, but is rather invented. Human beings have always wondered about the true nature of reality. Everything that humanity perceives about the world is filtered through the senses and sensory data can be faulty or it may not jibe with someone else's perception of the same observed phenomenon. Reality is not fixed, certain, or discovered, but rather is invented by each culture, each society in each succeeding era. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: khrinv.rtf

Reason Is Overrated - Hume's Perspective
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A 3 page paper. The writer reacts to the statement, Reason is overrated, using Hume's thinking about reason. Specifically, Hume's ideas found in his Treatise are used to determine how Hume would respond to the premise. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: PGhumres.rtf

Reason, Nature & Progress - The Elements of an Enlightened Age
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A 2 page paper that discusses the elements of reason, nature and progress as they were interpreted and presented by the philosophers of the Age of Enlightenment. Discussed are Thomas Hobbes' The Elements of Law Natural and Politic (1640), John Locke's An Essay Concerning Human Understanding (1690), and Jean-Jacques Rousseau's A Dissertation on the Origin and Foundation of the Inequality of Mankind (1755). Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: LCReason.doc

Rebecca and The Ghost Road
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A paper which considers Du Maurier's "Rebecca" and Barker's "The Ghost Road" with specific reference to the philosophical perspectives expressed by Kant and Bourdieu. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: JLbkaward2.rtf

Rebuttal to James Rachels
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This 3 page paper is a rebuttal to James Rachels' arguments against Ethical Egoism.
Filename: HVRebRac.rtf

Reductive and Eliminative Materialism
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A 5 page research paper that looks at the differences between these two forms of materialism and then argues as to which is the best or the more accurate theory. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: 99redeli.wps

Reflections on The Nature Of Political Things
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This 3 page paper is a reflection on political thing from the context of naturalism, especially as proposed by Adam Smith and under the doctrine of common law. The bibliography cites 2 sources.
Filename: TErefpol.rtf

Relationship Between Baconian And Cartesian Philosophy During The Scientific Revolution
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3 pages in length. The relationship between Baconian and Cartesian philosophy with regard to the scientific revolution of the 16th and 17th centuries reflects the dawning of rational thought over that of theology. As a positivist, Francis Bacon upheld the belief that experience and observation are the two most critical components of knowledge, a pairing he believed eclipsed the dubious aspect of mysticism; by contrast, behind Descartes' principle was the concept of being in touch with such internal aspects as beliefs, ideas, reasoning, hopes, thoughts, memories and temperament. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: TLCbaconcart.rtf