that as online course enrollment increases‚ issues with assignment completion‚ lower quality work‚ and dropout rates have risen. One study revealed the drop-out rate for online students is 20 to 50% (Nagel‚ Blignaut‚ & Cronje‚ 2009)‚ (as cited in Bernard et al.‚ 2004). In their research‚ Nagel‚ Blignaut‚ and Cronje (2009) like Klemm (1998)‚ Rovani‚ and Barnum (2003) felt it was essential to be participative in online discussions to be successful in a web-based learning environment. The
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Nagel argues‚ “The fact that an organism has conscious experience at all means‚ basically‚ that there is something it is like to be that organism.” (Nagel‚ p. 1). Therefore‚ our thoughts‚ ideas‚ emotions are the equivalent of chemical reactions. Our emotions and thoughts can cause a chemical code that affects the way our body and mind interrupts things. The way our bodies react to certain stimuli when conscious or unconscious can be different. An example would be that while I am at the doctor’s
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The review (“Chocolat”) The movie “Chocolat”‚ directed by Lasse Hallstrom is based on the novel of the same name by Joane Harris. This drama-film gives a certain message to the viewers: how important it is to be optimistic‚ to live your life without setting up too many rules‚ to stand out of the crowd and not to care much about the attitude of the society. The film is tender and heartwarming and stimulates all kind of emotions: it can make you both laugh and cry. The movie starts with the biography
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A Review of Thomas Nagel’s ‘The Absurd’ PHIL102000 June 30‚ 2012 Professor S. Gallegos ABSTRACT In his paper‚ The Absurd‚ Thomas Nagel attempts to provide some insight regarding the problem of the meaning of life. He makes clear‚ his conception of this problem‚ which concerns the natural expression of the sense that life is Absurd‚ and then offers a persuasive account of what such absurdity might consist in. I believe that Nagel’s proposal provides important insight
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Nagel believes that we cannot know what it is like to be a bat due to our lack of understanding of consciousness and consequently our inability to understand another being’s subjective character experience. Nagel chooses a bat to articulate his thesis because it is close enough on the tree of genetic evolution that we do not automatically dismiss its similarities but functionally different enough to ensure that his point is clearly displayed. Nagel is not sure how to determine whether or not an
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Essay Plan Is the goal of national self-determination (according sovereign statehood to each national community) compatible with ideals of global justice? Draw critically upon a theory (or theories) of justice to explain and give reasons for your answer. Introduction • Justice – the core notion of justice to revolve around the idea that some entity is entitled‚ as a matter of right rather than charity‚ to receive the treatment proper to it - BROWN • National self-determination • Cosmopolitan
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philosophy and the most common topic picked in this class. There have been many ways to prove and disprove the idea of “free will” but I am going to argue that free will does exist. I will first discuss what I mean by “free will” then‚ I will be discussing Nagel case and explain why I believe in free will and soft determinism. The word “free” is defined as not being under the control or power of another or able to act and do as one wishes and “will” is referring to the act of choosing. Free will is considered
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very rich mental life‚ and should have conscious experience. According to Nagel “… fundamentally an organism has conscious mental states if and only if there is something chat it is like to be that organism something it is like for the organism. We may call this the subjective character of experience” (Nagel‚ 1974/2002‚ p. 219). However this experience‚ according to Nagel‚ is hard to defend from a physical point of view. Nagel argues that "every subjective phenomenon is essentially connected with a
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“invisible” online student. Nagel‚ Blignaut‚ and Cronje wanted to show how successful students are when they take advantage with in an online community. In order for a student to be able to succeed in any online course‚ the student must contribute as often as possible. Over eight weeks‚‚ a web only based course was given at the University of Pretoria. And every week the student would do research‚ participate in discussions‚ web artifacts and later do a group assignment (Nagel‚ Blignaut‚ & Cronje‚ 2009)
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Before reading this I had never really thought about what it would be like to experience someone else’s subjective experiences‚ let alone if it was impossible or possible. I had already loosely thought of myself as a dualist and Nagel helped further solidify my beliefs into the direction of dualism. I find his argument very convincing because how can something like ‘subjective character of experience’ possibly be explained in physical terms. You can argue that mental states are
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