November 30, 2020

For this weekly check-in, read the sixth chapter, “Free Will” on pp. 47-58 in your book What Does It All Mean by Thomas Nagel. After discussing the choice between the peach and the chocolate cake, Nagel says:

So perhaps the feeling that you could have chosen a peach instead of a piece of cake is a philosophical illusion, and couldn’t be right whatever […]
November 30, 2020

For this weekly check-in, read the fifth chapter, “The Meaning of Words,” on pp. 38-46 in your book What Does It All Mean? by Thomas Nagel.

At the end of this chapter, Nagel says: The problem is to explain how this is possible: How does anything we say or write mean anything […]
November 30, 2020

What Does It All Mean? by Thomas Nagel.

For this weekly check-in, read the third chapter, “Other Minds,” on pp. 19-26 in your book What Does It All Mean? by Thomas Nagel. At the […]
November 30, 2020

Stoicism and Aristotle on Emotions

Instructions:  This will be an oral final exam.  You will meet me via Zoom at your chosen time (see schedule).  The exam will be 15 minutes […]
November 29, 2020

empirical reasoning

As the text points out, causal reasoning is used in clinical studies. As a professional in the health field, you will undoubtedly be referring to cause/effect […]