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Assignment - Philosophy Nietzsche and Eddington Theory Questions
Q1. If Nietzsche is correct and there is no God and selfishness and apathy for others is the proper characteristic for humans, what would you be limited in doing? Do you think Nietzsche is correct in his assessment of human beings being ultimately selfish with a stronger exploiting the weaker and rising to the top? 400 words.
Q2. Do you see what I see? Even if I can give a description that you can understand, how could you possibly know, from my perspective, how the world looks? Explain why this question relates to Russell's argument about the two tables. 400 words.
Q3. When does any object have a truth value for you? When does any object have a truth value for William James? Both in 400 words.
Q4. How far is Eddington's theory, which is based on philosophy of science, from Plato's theory of the forms from the allegory of the cave? 400 words
Q5. If it was up to you, what type of society would you construct? What would Rawls say about your society? Both 400 words.
Q6. What does it mean to have structures of consciousness as experienced from the first-person point of view, and how does this help with the understanding of Nagel's phenomenological approach of what it is like to be a bat? 400 words.