answered with certainty. These questions make up the study of philosophy‚ and are considered using reason and logic. Two of the main arguments in philosophy discuss its value and the meaning of life. Socrates‚ Bertrand Russell‚ Blaise Pascal and Thomas Nagel attempt in their own way to reason through these questions and form their own unique answers. In Bertrand Russell’s “The Value of Philosophy”‚ he discusses what philosophy is and why it is important. He concludes that the value of philosophy is
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will discuss about life‚ death and the absurdity of life‚ by showing the different methods of this term paper which are the following the synthesis‚ analysis‚ critique and the last one is the conclusion. Personally‚ I admit that the book of Thomas Nagel entitled “The view from nowhere” as my one reference‚ is so difficult to comprehend and I think‚ this reference or book is not fit for the first timer who takes the philosophy course. But rather‚ I think it is intended only for those experts’s in philosophy
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when applied to minds and brains‚ does not work. In other words‚ the mind and brain do not share the same exact qualities. Consequently‚ if the mind and brain are not identical‚ then the mental does not equal the physical‚ nor the mind the body. Nagel uses analogies though out his essay to show that there my be truth in something that we may not really understand. One analogy he uses focuses on a caterpillar metamorphosing into a butterfly. In this analogy‚ someone unfamiliar with the process of
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What is consciousness? Consciousness is “the state of being awake and aware of one’s surroundings.” According to Thomas Nagel in his writing (What Is It Like to Be a Bat?). Now personally do I think that animals have human qualities‚ Yes I think and they are more than capable of solving problems‚ and having emotions whether its positive or negative‚ which I believe they project. Though there has been controversy over just which animals pass the mirror test‚ so they ran studies to gain a better
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most effective means that adults learn are discussing and sharing experiences. (Nagel Blignaut‚ Cronje‚ 2009) My experience as an AAU coach has proven to me that people learning from caring‚ sharing and interacting with others. Literature Student that effectively contribute relative insight rather than insufficient jargon are usually admired and brings value to the
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The authors in the article did researcher to find why students succeeded or failed within online course classes. The research was done over an eight week period on students‚ where they monitored classroom activity and communication amongst students (Nagel‚ 2009). RESEARCH FINDINGS SUMMARY
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x generation‚ were using technology to research any new knowledge‚ as well as going all paperless. In this research the author proves how the rate of dropping out is much higher than those who actually attend an in person class. According to L. Nagel et al. online courses are becoming more common but “quality and non-completion remain problems” for some students (2009). This author shows this to prove to the reader that the dropout rate is related to students who do not participate in the online
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Cited: Larsen‚ Leif and Rebeca Valerio.Thinkquest.com.2001. http://library.thinkquest.org/C0120760/themind/brain.html Nagel‚ Thomas. ”What is it Like to be a Bat?” Philosophical Inquiry. Adler‚ Jonathan E. and Catherine Z. Elgin. Indianapolis‚ Indiana: Hackett Publishing Company‚ Inc.‚ 2007.421. “Philosophy of Mind.” Philosophical Inquiry. Adler‚ Jonathan E. and Catherine
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In his famous paper “what is like to be a bat”‚ Nagel states that we cannot understand the consciousness from the scientific point of view. He illustrated his point by provide the argument that subjective characters is a mental property and this property will make the objective study of consciousness is impossible. He also takes the example of how bat feel the world as a point to illustrate this point‚ that our observations or understanding of consciousness is subjective in terms of our own consciousness
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second view point that was presented in the text is the nontheistic alternative. In this part of the book we see philosophers such as Arthur Schopenhauer‚ Bertrand Russell‚ Moritz Schlick‚ Albert Camus‚ Kurt Baier‚ Paul Edwards‚ Richard Taylor‚ Thomas Nagel‚ Joel Feinberg‚ and E. D. Klemke present. These philosophers discus the nontheistic or humanistic alternative and they deny that one must have God in their life or believe in the existence of God in order to know the meaning of life. This view of thinking
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