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Description Plato and Descartes are paradigmatic rationalists. As such, both Plato and Descartes think the nature of knowledge and its acquisition are rational, and the nature of reality is non-empirical.  We saw how Plato takes seriously the commitment to an objective, fixed truth, which is exhibited in Forms. Knowledge, on Plato's view, is the complete grasp of a Form. Both the Divided Line and Allegory of the Cave are intended to show the relationship between knowledge and reality. We also saw how Descartes uses methodic doubt to arrive at the (purely rational) certainty of the 'I think.' As with all our discussion work, there are two parts to this forum. First, you're going to respond to the prompt I provide. Once you do that, you can see others' responses. At that point, you can complete the second part, which involves using the second prompt I provide to reply to a classmate's post.  General Instructions Please consult the Discussion Rubric for some general writing guidelines. Think of all your discussion work as part of your essay exam preparation. Interacting with the text, your classmates, and me should aid the development of your understanding of the material, as well as provide you with practice articulating your thinking about the text. Pay attention to spelling and grammar, which are essential tools for doing philosophy. Precision in word choices and sentence structures also aid in the clear and coherent presentation of ideas and arguments. NOTE: Each part of the discussion is worth 5 points, for a total of 10 points. As a reminder, your initial post is due on Saturday before midnight; your peer reply is due Sunday before midnight Part I Instructions and Prompt You are going to conduct edits on a response generated by ChatGPT. It is important that you follow the editing format I used in this sample, which involves striking through text and using colored font for the new text. (These features are common in Word and Google Docs.) Below you'll see the options. Click on the link associated with the option you choose. You'll see the ChatGPT-generated answer to the relevant prompt (which is also included on the linked page). Copy the text and paste it into a Word or Google doc (or similar word processing program). Please note that Canvas doesn't seem to preserve colored font, so either you have to recolor the edited text in Canvas's text box, or do what I've done, which is highlight edited text in bold italics. Edit the text using the formatting style in the sample I provided via this link. (Strikethrough text to be delighted and use bold italics for new text.) Edit for the following: Grammar (clarity) Word choices (sharpness of conceptual focus) Coherence (flow of reasoning; explanations of technical terms) Relevant text (i.e., get rid of anything inessential to the philosophical concepts, e.g., biographical info.) Below the edit, type up the "clean" copy, i.e., no edit marks. Copy the entire work (marked-up ChatGPT product and your clean copy) into the discussion field. You shouldn't have any issues with the formatting copying over, but if you do, the strike-through and other tools are available in the discussion text field. Your completed edit should run to roughly 300 words. Choose ONE of the following options: Explain Plato's theory of the divided line. Explain Plato's the allegory of the cave. Explain Descartes's dream argument, ending with the possibility of the evil genius. Explain the passage in Descartes's second meditationending with, "I am, I exist, must be true whenever I assert it or think it."

Description Q&A for topic 1 and 2. Choose (1) Philosopher from each topic. 

Description Dostoyevsky; The Grand Inquisitor The Grand Inquisitor is one of the great short stories written by the Russian author Dostoevsky.  Like Nietzsche's declaration of the 'Death of God', it challenges some of our fundamental beliefs and ideas about religion, morality, and our view of the world.  You can find a PDF copy of the Grand Inquisitor on line.  I recommend both the video & the written copy to be viewed & read.  A  written copy is available in the module below. Assignment Overview The Grand Inquisitor is a chapter taken from a much larger epic novel called The Brothers Karamazov by Dostoevsky. The story takes place during the Spanish Inquisition in Spain.  The story belongs to the older atheist brother Ivan, as he relates it as a kind of challenge to the youngest of the brothers Alyosha, a novice, who has recently entered the seminary to study for the priesthood.  While Jesus does not actually speak throughout throughout the story,  the Inquisitor accuses Jesus of failing in his mission by demanding too much of humankind and not understanding their  weak nature.  Question Prompts What, according the Inquisitor, does the mass of humankind want, and why are they incapable of achieving it?  How, according to the Inquisitor,   do the Three Temptations serve as proof of Jesus' failure to understand Humanity?  Explain mystery, miracle and authority and why we crave them?  Do the Inquisitor and religious institutions love mankind more than Jesus who saves only the few?  What is the Inquisitor's secret?   What is the relation between morality and religion?

Description General instructions: Please answer two of the following questions. Label your essays withthe number of the questions you are answering. Do not re-write prompts in your essays. You may hand in up to 1500 words total of writing (excluding cover page, bibliography, etc.) for this assignment. Will attach needed documents for context but familiarity is preferred. Gross grammatical, spelling and typographical errors will be penalized. You may use any sources you wish, but all sources must be properly acknowledged. Feedback may be given that may required edits. Tips for this assignment available!!!! No use of ChatGBT or any AI tools. Questions: 1. Stroud uses the passage on dreaming in Descartes’ First Meditation to construct a skeptical argument against knowledge of ordinary propositions like “There is a piece of paper in my hand”. (a) How does the argument go? (b) What might Wolgast say about this argument? Explain how she might object to it. 2. At the beginning of Meditation II Descartes doesn’t hesitate to ask himself questions about his own existence and thinking. And he doesn’t hesitate to think about--reason about—thinking and existing. He says, e.g., “if I convinced myself of something then I certainly existed. But there is a supremely powerful and cunning deceiver who deliberately deceives me all the time! Even then, if he is deceiving me I undoubtedly exist: let him deceive me all he can, he will never bring it about that I am nothing while I think I am something.” [M2, p. 4] And, in Reply to an Objector who complains that Descartes can be certain that he exists only if he knows what thinking and existing are, Descartes replies that he does know these things, and that his knowledge of these things “precedes” knowledge from reflection or demonstration. [Objections and Replies, p. 147] What does this show us about how Descartes conceives of skeptical questions or doubts? Does, e.g., feeling hesitant (or resistant) to some claim constitute skeptical doubt? (b) Is Descartes right to concede that raising questions—in that sense, doubts--requires knowledge? (c) Supposing Descartes is right, what does that teach us about the scope or extent of skeptical questions and doubts? Can we, e.g., raise skeptical questions and doubts about everything simultaneously?

Description In this entry, you can react to the prompt supplied below and give your existing beliefs and principles or ii) a contemporary issue. Hume believes that both humans and non-human animals are able to make inductive inferences but that these inferences in both cases are grounded in habit and not in reason. In this respect, Hume believes that the mental capacities of humans and non-human animals differ only in degree but not in kind. In this journal post indicate whether you think Hume is correct and provide reasons for your conclusion.

Description Assignment Overview Having reviewed the content for this unit,  students will make an online submission of their response to the assignment  topic  below.  You must respond to at least 2 of the prompts under each topic area. You may use bullet lists sparingly for only part of your essay.  Any late assignments will receive partial credit. If you have any problems with submission call the student help line in Canvas from the global menu on the bottom left.  You must respond to both Topics below.  One page on Virtue Ethics and One page on Morality & Religion. Topics  & Prompts The two Topics are  (Virtue ethics) and  (Morality & Religion).  Respond to  at least two of the prompts under each topic to guide your response. Page 1: Virtue Ethics List and discuss some of the key ideas in Aristotle's view of ethics.  Is it innate or acquired? Explain. Explain the following: The Good, Happiness, Completeness, and Human function. What is the difference in approach between the theoretical (thought) & practical approach (character) to ethics.  What is meant by calling virtue an intermediate state or mean?  How is virtue to be acquired? What then is a vice? What is the genus in a virtue of character?  What does it mean to say that virtue seeks the mean relative to us? Bernard Mayo argues that the quality of character keeps morality focused on the agent, while a morality of principles tends to focus on specific actions being right or wrong. Frankena argues that a morality of duty (principles) and a morality based on character (virtue traits) are complementary.  However,  says Frankena, 'character traits or dispositions that lack principles are blind.'   Explain & discuss Alasdair MacIntyre grounds morality in virtue.  "Virtues are dispositions to act and feel in particular ways." Like Mayo, MacIntyre places an emphasis on historical exemplars over principles or rules. The selection from his major work "After Virtue" discusses several examples where diverse core virtues historically served as the fundamental ground of morality.  Compare and discuss some of these historical exemplars from Aristotle, Aquinas, Homer, Benjamin Franklin, Jane Austin, and the New Testament. In what ways do they serve to corroborate Aristotle position on virtue ethics and morality? Page 2:  Morality & Religion Does morality lack justification without God? If not, what provides  its  justification? Is Ethics an autonomous study? If so, is God subject to the same moral order?  What is the Divine Command Theory.  Discuss some of the problems and their implications for Plato's dilemma in the  Euthyphro dialogue. What is the autonomy thesis? What are some its implications for morality? List and discuss some of the reasons that Bertrand Russell gives for arguing that morality does not need God or an afterlife. What supportive reasons does James Rachel give for arguing that morality is inconsistent with theism and our belief in God?

Description I’m working on math questions and need guidance to help me learn. For questions 11-20 use data set Titanic ship 1. What is the average age of mothers who gave birth? (round final answer to 2 decimal places) 2. What is the average age of mothers who give birth to sons? (round final answer to 2 decimal places) 3. What is the average age of mothers who give birth to daughters? (round final answer to 2 decimal places) 4. What is the variance of mothers age? (round final answer to 2 decimal places) 5. What is the standard deviation of mothers age?  (round final answer to 2 decimal places) 6. What is the average birth weight of newborn babies in grams? (round final answer to 2 decimal places) 7. What is the average birth weight of newborn babies in ounces? (round final answer to 2 decimal places) 8. How many individuals are in this sample? 9. How many mothers drink during pregnancy in this data set? 10. What percentage of babies born were girls? (round final answer to 2 decimal places) 11. If you were travelling with a parent or a child, were you more or less likely to survive? More likely or less likely, which one? 12. Which sex was most likely to survive? Male or Female? 13. If your preference is to be part of the group that survives, would you prefer to be an upper class or lower class passenger on the titanic? upper or Lower? 14. If you are a baby (< 1 year old) are you more or less likely to survive? More likely or less likely, which one?  15. If you are travelling with a sibling or spouse, were you more or less likely to survive? 16. Real data is associated with real decisions of life, death, pain, love, depression, happiness, and rejection. You should always demonstrate respect and, to the extent possible, empathy with your data. Knowing this, what were the first names of the two youngest children who died on the Titanic? Sydney and Eino? Alexander and Viljo? Joseph and Eleanor? 17. How old were the two youngest children who died on the Titanic? <1, 1, 2, 3   which one? 18. What does S stand for on embarked? Southampton? Salisbury? Sheffield? 19. Which port of embarkation had the highest PERCENTAGE of survivors? Cherbourg? Southampton? Queenstown? Sheffield? 20. If a baby were travelling with just a nanny, should the variable parch be 1 or 0?  0? 1? which one? 21. What is the name of the first track on Adam Young's score, "RMS Titanic"?  http://www.ayoungscores.com/scores/rms-titanic/ Southampton? Captain Edward Smith? Silence? Survivors? 

Description Q?1: [4+4 marks] Determine whether the proposition is a tautology. Let be a universal set and let and be sets. Find i.The sets and . ii.The power set . Q­?2: [2+3+3 marks] Find integers and such that . Find the GCD and LCM for the numbers 2772 and 37800. c)Encrypt the message “I NEED HELP” by translating the letters into numbers, applying the encryption function , and then translating the numbers back into letters. Q­?3: [4×2] Let and be the functions from to . Find . Is onto? Is g one-to-one? Explain you answer. Check whether exists. If it is so, define . Otherwise, provide a reason for not existence of . Check whether exists. If it is so, define . Otherwise, provide a reason for not existence of . Q­?4: [4+4 marks] Of 32 people who save paper or bottles (or both) for recycling, 30 save paper and 14 save bottles. Find the number of people who b)Students need to answer 8 out of 10 questions in biology exam. save both save only paper, and save only bottles. Find the number of the ways a student can choose the 8 questions. In how many ways can a student choose 8 questions if the first three questions are mandatory? In how many ways can a student choose 8 questions if at least 4 of the first 5 questions must be answered? Q­?5: [2+3+3 marks] Consider an experiment of rolling two dice, and assume that each simple event in the sample space is as likely as any other find the probability that: A sum of 7 turns up; A sum of 7 or 11 turns up; A sum is greater than 3 is obtained.

Description Collect some quantitative data (if your data from week 1 is quantitative, you can use it). Find the sample mean and standard deviation. Plot it in a histogram. Does the data seem to follow the bell curve of the normal distribution? What features of the data do or do not fit in with the shape of the normal curve. How much deviation from the curve is to be expected? Now perform a normality test on your data (Shapiro-Wilk test: http://sdittami.altervista.org/shapirotest/ShapiroTest.html or http://www.brianreedpowers.com/MAT240/stats/descriptiveStats.html)– the test will give you a p-value. The higher the p-value, the more closely your data follows the normal distribution. Based on the test, do you think your data could have been drawn from a normal distribution?

Description I need help on Twenty-five college math questions. The homework is due the 19th of April. Thanks