Fall 2009 Philosophy of Human Nature Student wiki posts

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Let's use this page for post from the assignment "Wiki Posts." If it makes more sense to post your material in other parts of the wiki site, go ahead and do that. This page can be used to collect things that don't go elsewhere.

Alfino 18:21, 10 November 2009 (UTC)

This is an overview of what philosophy is. I figure with the final coming up it would be a good idea to look back what we have been studying this semester, especially the first thing we discussed.

This is a video about science, religion, and NOMA and it talks about the history of what people believed about science and religion. A lot of the time in history, people were forced to think one way or another. It's kinda long, but really informative. There are a lot of things i agree with and do not agree with. Real thought provoker.

This is an article that discusses what we talked about in class on monday. About the conflict between religion and science. This article discusses NOMA and the issues with it and gives a bit of history about it.

This is an article about Good vs. Evil. Bringing up the question "If there is an all powerful God then why doesn't this God stop evil?" This article also discusses the butterfly effect, which i find an interesting topic when it comes to good vs. evil that we have not discussed. This page also has other links to articles about good and evil.

I thought this would be an interesting article for all to read considering our topic of discussion today. I know most of us would not mind if there were women priests, but here is an article from a man discussing why women have zero chance at becoming priests.

I thought this was a very nice and concise summary of Locke's opinion on the issue of personal identity.

This Chart is very helpful if you are looking for for a couple of simple and straight-forward facts or want to compare Epicureans and Stoics easily.

This article give the three marks and talks about no-self which it refers to as "egolessness".

This short clip connects the tree falling in the forest philosophy with science. I just really thought that was a thought provoking question that was asked and this video made me think harder about it.

This video is kind of set up as an interview but one guy does all of the talking and he connects science with free will and discusses how they can and cannot be related.

This youtube video has funny animation(very creative) and explains the thoughts on the ship of theseus in more detail. I also thought this was a very thought provoking question, so I found this video helpful in thinking more about it.

This page is interesting because it gives the thoughts of each philosopher and their perspectives on good v. evil.

This is an article where Barret argues that he did not state that humans innately believe in God, but they have propensities to do so. Barret tries to keep his conspiracies straight. Grayling, a psychologist, has said some things that Barrett tries to clarify. This article is helpful because it really shows and affirms Barret's beliefs and what he is trying to tell people.

In this article Koukl discusses how evil and morality relate and he gives "answers" to many common questions about evil and morality.

This is some background information on Rev. Carlton Pearson and a summary of his main argumnets in his talk on "The Gospel of Inclusion". This is from another point of view, however.

I found this NBC News Special very interesting as it discusses how Buddhism meshes and clashes with American culture.

This article from the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy really helped me understand Platonic Metaphysics a little better. It uses some concrete examples that helped clarify a few questions I had about Platonism.

This is a youtube excerpt of the documentry "Mind of a Murderer" which is related to the article "Damaged" we read last week. It discusses the psychology of serial killers and interviews psychiatrist Dorothy Lewis who was mentioned in the article as well.

I used this website in writing my Buddhism analysis paper. It has some good discussions on the concept of anatta or "no self" along with meditation.

This New York Times article related to the idea of Free Will explains the accounts of various scientific philosophers and their perception of it. Their accounts are backed up with a little more specific science than we discussed in class.

This youtube clip discusses Descartes philosophies and shows a few related Matrix clips. Several philosophy professors are interviewed including David Chalmers from the University of Arizona and Daniel Dennett, a professor at Tufts University.

I found this article written by Dr. Sherif Abdel Azeem interesting. It compares the traditional roles of women in Islam and Christianity which kind of ties into what we discussed in class about the traditional roles of women in religious practice.

This short youtube clip discusses how are cells are designed and function. Scientist Michael Beattie who has researched our cell biology uses this evidence to make an argument for intelligent design.

Another good article I found from the Stanford Library that discusses John Locke's life and his philosophical views related to human nature and free will.

An interesting youtube clip discussing the "Big Bang Theory" and how this theory could have created the universe.

More information about Epicurus & Epicurean Philosophy including ancient epicurean texts.

Many different articles about free will

Professor from Princeton University gives a talk about stoicism

An interesting site about epistemology and philosophy of science from a feminist standpoint

A brief article about Buddhism and the four noble truths with links to other information

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