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Fictional Debate Between Robert Putnam, Jean Bethke Elshtain, and Cornel West

Contemporary society is characterized by a common agreement that our society is in an upheaval. Opinions as to the cause...

Armstrong and Descartes on the Problem Between the Mind and Body

that the condition for being in a mental state should be given by the function of that state and also, this is meant to be in term...

Film Review of Citizen Kane

home. On reaching the age of twenty-one, Kane assumes control of his fortune, but only one of his holdings has any interest for h...

Interaction Between the Body and the Mind According to Baruch Spinoza

also saw mind and body as two separate substance. The Descartes position on the mind-body problem combines the idea of substance d...

Discussion of Freudian Theories

In five pages this paper assesses such theories of Sigmund Freud as the theories of seduction and fixation, the 3 mind components,...

Comparing Two Opinions of Sexuality

The writer compares and contrasts two books, The Closing of the American Mind by Allan Bloom and Toward a Feminist Theory of the S...

Relationship Between the Unconscious Mind of Sigmund Freud and the Surrealism of Salvador Dali

In six pages this paper explores the connection between Freud's 'unconscious mind' theories and Dali's surrealistic painting style...

Cartesian Thought and Gilbert Ryle

In five pages this research paper contrasts and compares 16th century mind concepts of Rene Descartes and 20th century counterpart...

Japanese versus American Preschool Education

is considerable difference in the haste of preschool education between American and Japanese children. It has long been a traditi...

Autism Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment

is more prevalent in boys rather than in girls (Wolff 1999, Rappin 1997) The diagnosis of autism is based on three main cla...

Gregory J.E. Rawlins' 'Slaves of the Machine'

A paper that consists of a 5 page book summary and considers that the computer is the master of the human mind despite being man m...

Neil Postman's Amusing Ourselves To Death

In 5 pages this paper provides a review of the text and its depiction of the media's mind numbing aspects and what has caused this...

Enlightenment Representation in the Writings of Alexander Pope and Jonathan Swift

In 5 pages this paper discusses how the 18th century state of mind is reflected in Alexander Pope's 'Essay on Criticism' and 'Essa...

Rate of Recidivism and Drug Use

Before delving into proving the thesis, looking at relevant literature and statistics, it is important to look at drug use and its...

Homeopathic Philosophy Lectures of James Tyler Kent

In five pages this paper discusses how 'modern' man's ailments of the spirit, body, and mind can be cured by the beliefs contained...

Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe and Miss Ophelia's 'Yankee Mind'

In 5 pages Miss Ophelia's 'Yankee mind' characteristics are examined in this analysis of Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin...

Donald Kalsched and C.S. Jung on Archetypes and Healing Trauma

In eight pages this research paper examines these psychoanalysts' theories of archetypes and apply them to the prevention of addit...

Rights of Gays and Lesbians

cannot use the 21st century to repeat the horrors of the 20th century that have included world war, genocide, holocaust, nuclear d...

Happiness According to Immanuel Kant and Aristotle

ethical relativism is to examine the wide and varying societal rules that bind one to ones cultural existence. Indeed, it is impo...

Philosophers and Personal Responsibility

In five pages this paper examines the philosophies of Rene Descartes and Plato in a consideration of the mind and the soul, which ...

X Files, Personhood and a Disembodied Mind

In six pages this paper examines an X Files episode form 1998 in a consideration of whether or not personhood can be experienced b...

Mind Philosophy

In fifteen pages this paper examines the philosophies of the mind developed by Jaegwon Kim, Paul Churchland, and David Chalmers in...

Virginia Woolf's 'The Mark on the Wall'

In five pages this paper analyzes the narrator's mind in this short story by Virginia Woolf. One source is cited in the bibliogra...

Stanford Prison Experiment

In five pages this paper examines this 1970s' psychological experiment with group behavior commentary, 'The Lottery' by Shirley Ja...

J.J.C. Smart and the Identity Theory

In five pages this paper examines the relationship between the mind and brain in a consideration of UT Place and Herbert Feigl's i...

Comparison of Edgar Allan Poe and Nathaniel Hawthorne

combination that seemed to be excluded was "gothic romances." According to Alexander (1971), the reasons why Poe should be cons...

Dan Story's Engaging the Closed Mind

always been lovingly evangelistic and compassionate Christians have not always been critically discerning. An apprpriate analaogy...

Body and Soul According to Socrates

In five pages this essay examines the mind and soul dichotomy as conceptualized by Socrates and represented by Plato in Apology an...

Jung's Collective Unconscious and Psyche Reconciliation

In five pages this paper discusses the psychological theories of Carl Jung as they pertain to the collective unconscious, archaic ...

1941 through 1951 America's Changing Decade A Decade of Change

and done, there were good feelings in the United States. The fifties would soon erupt with its newfound innocence and vigor. Kore...