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Note that your written responses MUST INTEGRATE COURSE CONTENT (it must come from something covered in the readings and lecture powerpoints), and MUST CITE SOURCES if you directly quote from the readings or powerpoints. If the response you provide is irrelevant to the way these terms were covered in class, you are liable to receive zero credit for it. Do keep in mind that all responses are manually submitted into Turnitin.Com for plagiarism detection, and may be scanned on Originality.Ai for AI-use detection. – – – – – -Please answer the following question, in at least 100 words.   Explain the Myth of Dispassionate Investigation, and why this Myth is problematic in epistemology.

Our section on implicit bias referred a concept used by Alison Jaggar to help further articulate Saul’s definition of the term, “implicit bias.”  Which concept from Jaggar was used as a connecting point? 

Note that your written responses MUST INTEGRATE COURSE CONTENT (it must come from something covered in the readings and lecture powerpoints), and MUST CITE SOURCES if you directly quote from the readings or powerpoints. If the response you provide is irrelevant to the way these terms were covered in class, you are liable to receive zero credit for it. Do keep in mind that all responses are manually submitted into Turnitin.Com for plagiarism detection, and may be scanned on Originality.Ai for AI-use detection. – – – – – -Please answer the following question, in at least 100 words.   What is the difference between the Easy Problem of Consciousness, and the Hard Problem of Consciousness?  Why is the Hard Problem such a problem for materialists?

Alison Jaggar writes that the rational has typically been contrasted with the emotional. Jaggar later goes on to refute these typical perceptions, but she does first outline some of the associations others may have had with with either reason or emotion.   In the following, identify whether the following has been attributed to reason, or to emotion Physical [which1] Subjective [which2] Neutral [which3] Particular [which4] Cultural [which5]

Fill in the blanks: Implicit biases are largely [which1] tendencies to automatically [which2] certain traits with members of particular social groups. These biases show that we can make dramatically [which3] judgments of others, and do so based on [which4] factors.  Such judgments lead to epistemological [which5]. 

The object is an In her book Upheavals of Thought, Martha Nussbaum gives five reasons why emotions should be understood as having a rational basis.  The five reasons are the following (fill in the blanks:) The emotion has an [which1] The object is an [which2] The emotion involves [which3] about what happened The beliefs include [which4] The emotions see that [which5] from the point of view of my own life

Fill in the blanks:  The mind-body problem is a branch in the philosophical subdiscipline called [term1].  Here, we looked at several positions.  Rene Descartes endorsed the position called [term2].  On the other hand, Gilbert Ryle argued for a position known as [term3].  Thomas Nagel added a complexity to materialism by introducing us to the subjective character of [term4].  David Chalmers was a philosophy you did not read, but in lecture we covered him.  Chalmers addressed the very important distinction between the easy problem vs. the hard problem of [term5]

Identify whether the following is true of the Plain Deep Self View or the Sane Deep Self View:  Can see and appreciate the world for what it is [which1] Can explain why JoJo is not responsible for his actions, without throwing our own responsibilities into doubt [which2] May not be able to see that what is wrong is what is wrong, even upon reflection [which3] Is all that is needed for responsible agency [which4] Requires the capacity for self-correction, or self-improvement [which5]

Note that your written responses MUST INTEGRATE COURSE CONTENT (it must come from something covered in the readings and lecture powerpoints), and MUST CITE SOURCES if you directly quote from the readings or powerpoints. If the response you provide is irrelevant to the way these terms were covered in class, you are liable to receive zero credit for it. Do keep in mind that all responses are manually submitted into Turnitin.Com for plagiarism detection, and may be scanned on Originality.Ai for AI-use detection. – – – – – -Please answer the following question, in at least 100 words.   Explain the Argument for Determinism, and what each of the three positions on Determinism have to say about this Argument.

Which of the following are criteria for the sane deep self view?  (note: there may be more than one answer.  Select ALL that apply)