Hard problem of consciousness

Consciousness III, as Reich called it, promised a rediscovery of selfhood in which the preciousness of all human life would be affirmed. Within a few months, despite its claim that this “greening” was inevitable, Reich’s book had come and…

about black lives in his ‘souls of black folks’ essay collection. In this critical analysis of the lives of the Negros in America, he touches upon many themes of the 20th century in relation to the colour line problem. Some of the major themes that he analyzes include, the veil, double consciousness and hope of preserving black lives heritage. Being of African descent I can attest that most of the themes that Du Bois talks about in his book are still present, even though not as prevalent as…

The Morality of Killing Animals: An Investigation in Utilitarian Ethics. Research Questions The ethics of killing non human animals remains an unsolved problem in utilitarian ethics and has generated heated debate amongst ethicists in recent times. It is now widely accepted that the interests of non-human animals matter from a moral perspective, but for many philosophers such interests are limited to those relating to suffering and pleasure, and do not include an interest to on go on living.…

So far the world has been developing with a shocking similarity to what most Marxists have predicted. The world has been divided into two groups: the bourgeois and the proletariat, the haves and the have-nots. The bourgeois is, despite its great disadvantages in the number of members, the dominant class that controls the process of production. Under capitalism, the bourgeois exploits and oppresses the proletariat to maximizes their own benefit. The proletariat has a far greater number, yet…

curative factors. Medicine is curative, so distinguishing nursing as a profession based on caring principles helps to delineate nursing from medicine as a separate science (Alligood, 2014, p. 86). Watson defines her theory as descriptive, therefore, it is hard to measure outcomes using established scientific methods, but through qualitative research approaches, positive outcomes can be assessed (Watson, 2012). Nelson and Watson (2011), conducted measurement…

psychodynamic theory is the Erikson’s theory of psychology stages. Erikson believes in consciousness and motives. He believed in the id, ego, and superego, but he also emphasized that the main component of development is social interactions. From Erikson’s qualitative stages, the boy from the blog exhibits the Trust vs. Mistrust stage. Although this stage is for babies, the Chinese boy probably had some problems in this stage, which caused the boy to dislike his mom now. The trust vs. Mistrust…

facet of society and social institution. Its influence is everywhere. This would not be a problem if it were true. However, a myth by its very definition means something that is untrue and therefore the Meritocracy Myth is something we have learned to believe in with little basis in reality. Meritocracy is an ideology that centers on the belief that an individual’s success is the result of their own personal hard work. The central notion is that an individual’s success is based solely on their…

neurologic conditions. Most of time, it usually occurs due to head injury, brain tumor, hemorrhage, and toxic or viral encephalopathies. Increased ICP takes place suddenly, and progresses very fast. As the pressure increase, our body tries to fix the problem by compressing the veins and displacing the cerebral spinal fluid. As the pressure keeps increasing, blood flow to the brain gets affected. There is decrease is oxygen and increase in carbon dioxide and pH also goes down. All these changes…

Scientists have discovered that there are 3 steps that take only 21 days to establish the healthy habit. Aristotle believed that we are all the product of our habits. The great things and substantial achievements are not the results of hard work, but the result of series of regular, daily and short habits and actions. It goes both ways- for good and for bad habits. This is important because, as time passes, certain habits are more deeply ingrained and harder to change afterwards. While this is…

intentionally easy to pass in order to beef up the school’s reputation. On the other hand, since Edwardsville High School was a large school one could find their own academic niche, which provided a more “problem posing” environment. Edwardsville High School is making active tries to be more problem posing through electives, but the required class use the “banking” system, because these classes had a strict and rushed curriculum. There are two types of classes in Edwardsville High School:…