December 20, 2020

What can I know regarding philosophers

How do we acquire knowledge?  What approach does Descartes take to the question “What can I know?”  How does this approach fit with his idea of […]
December 20, 2020

The Matrix v. Plato’s ‘The Cave’

Using both your own knowledge and the Grau and Partridge articles, discuss in detail how the film “The Matrix” illustrates Plato’s allegory of the cave.  How […]
December 20, 2020

Socrates Obeying the State

In the Apology and the Crito, is Socrates saying one should always obey the state no matter what? What argument is he making in the Crito […]
December 18, 2020

Ethics

Case Four: Gone Today, Here TomorrowIn Jurassic Park-like fashion, scientists have been attempting to bring recently-extincted species back from the dead, so to speak. The 5 […]