Academic papers on Black Social Issues, Politics & Philosophy

Criminal Sentencing: White, Black, and Mental
(8 pp). What we will be looking at in this discussion are basically two issues, that have somehow become enmeshed: According to Davis (1998), more than 70 percent, of the imprisoned population, are people of color. It is rarely...
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Levoy's Callings
This 5 page book review looks at Callings : Finding and Following an Authentic Life. by Gregg Michael Levoy. The concept of the calling and finding satisfaction in work is discussed. No additional sources cited.
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Galileo's Dialogues Concerning the two Chief World Systems
This 4 page paper provides an overview of Galileo's Dialogues Concerning the two Chief World Systems. Ideas are outlined and controversies are duly noted. No additional sources cited.
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Descartes/ Meditations
A 5 page essay that examines the logic of Renee Descartes in his famous work Meditations on First Philosophy. The writer traces how Descartes first deconstructs his view of reality down to his perception of himself as a "thinking thing" and then...
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Rene Descartes and Reality
This 5 page report discusses Rene Descartes (1596-1650) and his philosophy regarding reality. While he is most famous for his cognito
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Ontological And Epistemological Underpinnings Of The Heideggerean Hermeneutic Phenomenological Research Approach
15 pages in length. The ontological and epistemological underpinnings of the Heideggerean Hermeneutic Phenomenological research approach address the aspects of knowledge and interpretation as they directly relate to the concepts of existence and...
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William James and Charles Pierce: Comparison and Contrast
A 5 page paper which compares and contrasts the phenomenologies of William James and Charles Peirce. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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Pragmatism, According to William James and John Dewey
A 6 page paper which compares and contrasts two philosophers' interpretation of one school of philosophy. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Urban Crime + Racial Residential Segregation.
(8pp-includes outline) The question posed: does urban crime increase, when or where, racial residential segregation exists? The unit of analysis is segregated neighborhoods. The independent variable is segregation of race. The...
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Kant/ Transcendental Deduction
A 9 page essay that analyzes Kant's The Critique of Pure Reason, which concerns the possibilities inherent in the topic metaphysics (i.e., philosophical knowledge that transcends the parameters of sense experience). According to Kant, this sort of...
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Should The State Be Neutral Between Competing Conceptions Of The Good?
This 5 page paper considers this question looking at the different concepts of good and how these may be interpreted by the states as well as the advantages that a neutral perspective may bring. The bibliography cites 9 sources.
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Truth Is The Strongest Argument
A 5 page paper. Sophocles made this statement. This essay discusses why this statement is true. The writer states that truth is a complex concept that takes different forms. Different philosophers are quoted. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Foucauldian Analysis of Social Policy
A 7 page paper which discusses the main arguments for and against a Foucauldian analysis of social policy. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Hume Awakes Kant from Dogmatic Slumber
(5pp) Our challenge in this discussion is to determine the influence of Hume on Kant. Why would Kant say that Hume had awakened him from "dogmatic slumber?" And how did this awakening influence Kant. These questions will be answered based...
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Aristotle and John Stuart Mill -- Concepts of Justice
This 6 page report discusses ideas of justice as perceived by the classical philosopher Aristotle and John Stuart Mill. According to Aristotle, the human soul is made up of rational and non-rational elements. In comparison, John Stuart Mill did...
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