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PHI 105 Entire Course
PHI 105 Week 1 Assignment Short Essay
Pre-Socratic Philosopher PHI 105 Week 1 Open Book
Philosophy Quiz PHI 105 Week 1 DQ 1 PHI 105 Week
2 Socrates Essay
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PHI 105 Week 1 Assignment Short Essay
Pre-Socratic Philosopher
Resource Writing Wizard at the Center for
Writing Excellence Select a Pre-Socratic
philosopher you feel had the most compelling
ideas. Write a 350- to 700-word essay on the
Pre-Socratic philosopher you selected.
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PHI 105 Week 1 DQ 1
From where does evil arise?  Who defines "evil"?
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PHI 105 Week 1 Open Book Philosophy Quiz
Complete the Open-Book Philosophy Quiz.
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PHI 105 Week 2 Assignment Dialogue Between Plato
and Aristotle
Imagine that you are observing Plato and
Aristotle at Platos Academy arguing over the
Theory of Forms and the Theory of Knowledge. You
are a young student taking notes on the
argument. Resource Philosophy The Power of
Ideas, pp. 4961
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PHI 105 Week 2 DQ 1
Thought Experiment -- The Ring of Gyges I look
forward to your participation!  Also, please
remember to respond to FIRST MESSAGES! In Book II
of Plato's famous utopia The Republic, his
characters are arguing about what it means to do
good and to be just.
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PHI 105 Week 2 DQ 2
         Read these two statements "The
behavior of atoms is governed entirely by
physical laws." "Humans have free will." Are
these two statements incompatible? Why or why
not? 
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PHI 105 Week 2 Socrates Essay
For this assignment, you will choose from the
following options Option 1 Socrates the
Afterlife Option 2 Socrates Knowledge
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PHI 105 Week 3 Assignment Augustine and
Skepticism
Resource Writing Wizard at the Center for
Writing Excellence Write a 350- to 700-word essay
assessing Augustines three refutations of total
skepticism. Remember to introduce your topic with
a concise thesis statement and follow up with
supportive arguments.
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PHI 105 Week 3 DQ 1
Is it possible to experience anything other than
your own perceptions? Why, or why don't you think
so?
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PHI 105 Week 3 DQ 2
Descartes famously argued that he could not rely
on his body, senses, and even his idea of reality
because he did not know if he was dreaming or
not. Sometimes, he wrote, he would think he was
awake, only to realize that he was just having a
very realistic dream.
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PHI 105 Week 3 DQ 3
 Skeptics say "Nothing can be known." Do you
think there can be an objection to this claim? If
so what is it? If not, why not?
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PHI 105 Week 4 Assignment Letter to a Philosopher
Resource Writing Wizard at the Center for
Writing Excellence Write a 700- to 1400-word
letter to a representative philosopher in one of
the following schools of thought, discussing why
you agree
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PHI 105 Week 4 Assignment Letter to a Philosopher
Resource Writing Wizard at the Center for
Writing Excellence Write a 700- to 1400-word
letter to a representative philosopher in one of
the following schools of thought, discussing why
you agree or disagree with his or her position on
this concept.
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PHI 105 Week 4 Comparison Essay
Resource Writing Wizard at the Center for
Writing Excellence Write a 350- to 700-word essay
comparing Continental, Pragmatic, and Analytic
philosophies. In your essay, include Examples of
the three schools.
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PHI 105 Week 4 DQ 1
Thought Experiment - The Myth of
Sisyphus  Looking forward to your
responses! Albert Camus, an existential
philosopher who lived from 1912 to 1960, wrote an
essay titled "The Myth of Sisyphus," in 1941
(during World War II). 
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PHI 105 Week 4 DQ 2
"Square circles are non-existent things." "No
squares are circles." Which of these two
propositions is simpler from the standpoint of a
philosophical analysis? Why?
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PHI 105 Week 5 DQ 1
 Is pleasure always the ultimate object of a
person's desires? Why, or why not?
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PHI 105 Week 5 DQ 2
Do all morally good actions have a single thing
in common with each other? Why, or why not? Is it
possible to have moral values without a belief in
God? Why, or why not? 
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PHI 105 Week 5 Ethical Theory Comparison Chart
Complete the Associate Level Material Ethical
Theory Comparison Chart.
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PHI 105 Week 5 Individual Ethical
Decision-Making Analysis
Resource Writing Wizard at the Center for
Writing Excellence Write a 700- to 1400-word
essay examining five ethical decisions you made
recently. Do not feel pressured to disclose
deeply personal situations you can use the types
of ethical decisions that come up in everyday
life. Provide the following information for each
ethical decision
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PHI 105 Week 6 Comparing Political Philosophy
Theories
Resource Writing Wizard at the Center for
Writing Excellence Write a 350- to 700-word paper
describing the following political philosophy
theories Social contract or contractarian (use
at least two philosophers in your description)
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PHI 105 Week 6 DQ 1
Which do you think is more important, individual
freedom or the common good? Why?  Nozick stated,
"Any state necessarily violates people's moral
rights and hence is intrinsically immoral. " Do
you agree with this statement? Why, or why not?
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PHI 105 Week 6 DQ 2
Thought Experiment - Would You Kill
Hitler? Looking forward to your responses! Say
you somehow were able to travel back to before
World War II and the rise of Hitler. 
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PHI 105 Week 6 DQ 3
Marcuse said, "A revolution will come, born of
disgust at the waste and excess of the so-called
consumer society." Do you agree with this
statement? Why, or why not? 
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PHI 105 Week 6 Final Project Proposal
Resource Writing Wizard at the Center for
Writing Excellence Write a 350- to 700-word topic
proposal introducing the topic for your final
project, which will be due in Week Nine. Your
final project will be a slide presentation with
speaker notes.
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PHI 105 Week 7 Comparison Paper
For this assignment, you will write an outline
before you write your paper. Use the outline as
an organizational tool to help you arrange your
thoughts logically. Construct your outline after
you have selected your topic and done your
initial research. Resource Writing Wizard at the
Center for Writing Excellence
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PHI 105 Week 7 DQ 1
Are power and riches chains or are they the keys
to freedom and happiness? Why do you think so?
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PHI 105 Week 7 DQ 2
Mencius stated that difficulty and suffering are
opportunities to develop independence and peace
of mind. Do you agree or disagree? Why? 
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PHI 105 Week 8 Assignment Persuasive Letter
Resource Writing Wizard at the Center for
Writing Excellence Choose a person from your own
life to address in a letter. Write that person a
700- to 1400-word persuasive letter explaining
how theology and philosophy are different. Use
arguments from at least one Christian source, one
Muslim source, and one Jewish source
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PHI 105 Week 8 DQ 1
Is it better to doubt everything that is less
than certain, or to believe in possible
falsehoods? Why?
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PHI 105 Week 8 DQ 2
As the book notes, a popular bumper sticker
reads  "God is coming, and she is furious." 
Christian, Jewish, and Muslim traditions
personify God as a male.  Would those religions
be fundamentally different if they personified
God as a female? Why, or why not?
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PHI 105 Week 9 DQ 1
Thought Experiment - What is race? Thoughts? Read
the following story Malcolm X told in his famous
"The Ballot or the Bullet" speech
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PHI 105 Week 9 DQ 2
Do you think it is possible for different groups
to have truly empathetic understanding of each
other? Why or why not?
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PHI 105 Week 9 Final Journal
Submit your final journal, compiling your entries
from Weeks One through Nine. Submit the journal
as a single document, but have each entry begin
on a new page with the date labeled at the top.
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PHI 105 Week 9 Final Project
Create a 10- to 15-slide Microsoft PowerPoint
presentation based on the topic proposed in Week
Six. Include the following in your
presentation Description of the issue of
controversy.
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