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An exploration and critique of the concept of material substances.
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A defense of physicalism against George Berkeley's subjective idealism.
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A defense of the functionalist theory of mind.
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An analysis of Descartes' "Evil Genius" conceivability argument.
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An examination of the hypothetico-deductive method and a critique of epistemological justificationism.
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A critique of Thomas Kuhn's paradigmatic philosophy of science.
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Another critique of Thomas Kuhn's paradigmatic philosophy of science.
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An exploration of the Problem of Infinity Regress, particularly regarding moral or pragmatic justification.
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An exploration of the relation between evolutionary altruism and altruism simpliciter.
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A comparison of utilitarian and deontological ethical theories.
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A rebuttal of the statist position put forward in Plato's Crito dialogue.
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An extensive analysis of several different concepts, for a political science class regarding "Liberalism, Race, and Empire".
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An examination of several arguments regarding the Problem of Evil.
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A short analysis and rebuttal of a "first-cause" argument for the existence of God.
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A report on a Buddhist's view of Christianity, for a class on early Christian history.
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My final paper for a class on Cultural Anthropology.