Philosophy Question

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Assignment Prompt

Choose only 2 out of 3 questions:

What are the conclusions of “Man and the Machine”? Do you think La Mattrie’s argument is in tension with the Christian Church and the philosophical tradition of his time? Explain why or why not. Provide evidence from the text and lecture material in your answers.

How does Immanuel Kant’s conception of human being in Lectures on Anthropology compare to his essay on “What is Enlightenment”? Is he advocating a universal conception of humanity? If not, explain. Provide evidence from the text and lecture material in your answers.

1. During Candide’s travels to South America, how does Voltaire depict the native population? Accordingly, what is the significance of his account of “the country of Eldorado” in Candide? Provide evidence from the text and lecture material in your answers.

-Resources: 

1. Francis Bacon, On Superstition and the Virtue of Science Download On Superstition and the Virtue of Science(1620)

Voltaire, Letters Concerning the English Nation, Letter XIV Download Letters Concerning the English Nation, Letter XIV, 1734.

1. Voltaire, Candid Download Candid(1759)

Julien Offray de la Mattrie, Man a Machine Download Man a Machine

Cambridge: University of Cambridge Press, 1996, 1-39. (1747)

• And… 

Jean-Jacques Rousseau, The Social Contract: On Popular Sovereignty and the General Will

Immanuel Kant, Lectures on Anthropology , Allen W. Wood and Robert B. Louden, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012, pp. 315-321.

Immanuel Kant, “What is Enlightenment? ” (1784)

• –This weeks Content Analysis assignment is designed to build understanding of course content by asking you to make connections between readings, lectures, and course themes.

In your Content Analysis (CA), only use evidence from assigned readings in your responses. Include in-text citations for the sources used, whether videos, readings, weekly notes, etc. Avoid including lengthy quotes. Instead, paraphrase and explain the relevance and significance of the selected passages or video segments in your own words as much as possible. When paraphrasing or summarizing a source, also cite it with an in-text citation. For briefer quotations, use quotation marks when citing words that are not your own. For in-text citations, give the author’s name and the page number, if there is one. You do not need a Works Cited page because you only use course resources.