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Shallow Analysis of ‘American Born Chinese’
Throughout the graphic novel, it is shown how American culture can be embraced whilst still honoring the culture of one’s origin, in this case, Chinese. Jin Wang spends most of…
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The Soul Theory in Relation to the Concept of Personal Identity
Personal identity is one of the most preeminent aspects of the self that both fascinates and confounds the populace in equal measure. What makes up my identity, and perhaps even…
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Analyzing the Stages of the Method of Doubt
Doubt is central to the Meditations, as tearing down the mental foundations Descartes had built upon for the decades of his lifespan was the inspiration for the writing. The way…
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The Five Central Facets of Cartesian Dualism
Cartesian dualism is central to Descartes’s argument for the relationship between mind and body. Descartes builds this principle upon the abstract foundations set throughout the earlier meditations. There are five…
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Mind-Body Dualism in the Eyes of René Descartes
To better understand Descartes’s argument for the true distinction between the mind and body, one must first recognize and quantify the very foundations and trains of thought of the nature…
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The Inherent Right to Human Individuality
The man that governs over that which may be accessible by all closes himself off from countless experiences in his life. We have an inherent right to ascertain what we…