What Is it Like to Be a Bat? In his paper on What Is it Like to Be a Bat? Thomas Negal argues against reductional explanations of mind by appealing to the subjective perspective of phenomena by exploring the question of what would it be like to be a bat. This paper will attempt to explain Negal’s analysis and discuss how quantum theory may show how our perception and reality may both be subjective. In his paper‚ Nagel argues that the analogies and theories frequently employed by scientists to explain
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be able to pull off a reasonable imitation. There seems to be something that is innately known by being female that is missed in the imitation of a female. So what essence of femininity is so hard to relate to a non female? This question can be broadened to encompass almost anything that we do not have firsthand knowledge of what it is like to be that person‚ species‚ nationality‚ height or weight. Thomas Nagel uses an example very similar to this in his dualist view proposing that there is a gap
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Understanding Race In the beginning of the documentary we were asked a couple of questions what is race and if race existed and before taking this class and watching the movie I would have said yes race does exist because growing up I believed race was what we were not who we are. A lot of people have suffered because of race especially black people because we have never and never will achieve the whiteness per say as everyone else who have come to this country. Overall I like the documentary
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should rise above gender issues and be her own person or stay with her controlling husband who treats her like a doll. Throughout this classic play‚ Nora’s feelings toward Torvald have altered to the point where she needs to decide what is best for her. The only reason Nora’s feeling started to to change was because of her trying to get the letter back from Krogstad which had the proof of what she done. Failing in the process‚ Nora assumes that her husband will come to the rescue and save her from
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result of school factors. It is not completely internal school factors that can affect different ethnicities level of achievement in education‚ external factors can have a large part to play in the achievement levels of ethnic minorities in education as well. In education studies have shown that Chinese students as well as Indian students are the highest achieving ethnic groups in education while black and Bangladeshi students are the lowest achieving students. In 2006‚ 73% of pupils Indian origin
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Thomas Nagel argues in his lecture ‘What is it Like to be a Bat?’ (1974)‚ we can clearly understand that people who perceive the world through different primary senses can have “experiences fully comparable in richness of detail to our own”‚ but these experiences “may be denied to us by the limits of our nature.” This paradox seems particularly important in regard to literature‚ as so much of what is taught relies on imagery‚ metaphor and symbolism. With so much of what is taught about language relying
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to live by the quote‚ “Don’t judge a book by its cover.” This quote is what most people should strive to live by‚ but what does it mean to not judge a book by its cover? The quote seems pretty self explanatory‚ but then why do so many people seem to neglect it? From the beginning of time‚ people have persecuted‚ humiliated‚ fought‚ harassed‚ bullied and maliciously tormented people based on their covers. Just because one is black or white‚ short or tall‚ Jewish or atheist‚ or just plain different people
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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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McCracken Ethnicity Discrimination in the Workplace This essay discusses ethnicity discrimination in the workplace‚ more specifically language discrimination on the basis of national origin. National origin discrimination in the workplace occurs when a company makes employment decisions based on a person’s origins‚ birthplace‚ culture‚ surname‚ language or accent. The Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits workplace discrimination based on religion‚ national origin‚ race‚ color
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Historical Perspective How does Fredrickson distinguish between race and ethnicity? How and under what circumstances can ethnicity become racialized’ (para.2)? Fredrickson says that “It can be misleading to make a sharp distinction between race and ethnicity when considering intergroup relations in American history” He means that these terms do not have clear distinctions and have evolved over time. In paragraph 2‚ he writes that ethnicity can become racialized “whenever distinctive group characteristics
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