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Which of the following founders was the first to use the wor…

Which of the following founders was the first to use the word, sociology, in a published book?

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A food swamp is a community that only has:

A food swamp is a community that only has:

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Neglecting air resistance, the horizontal component of the v…

Neglecting air resistance, the horizontal component of the velocity is a constant.

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Buckaroo Banzai is getting ready to test his jet car. Sudden…

Buckaroo Banzai is getting ready to test his jet car. Suddenly, Dr. Lizardo drives by him at a speed of 20 m/s.  As Dr. Lizardo passes him, Buckaroo immediately turns on his jets, and accelerates from rest at 5 m/s2 down the road. Assuming the road is straight, and that Dr. Lizardo doesn’t change his speed, and that Buckaroo’s acceleration remains constant, how long does it take for Buckaroo to catch Dr. Lizardo?  Choose the closest answer.

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Saint Augustine’s Confessions Augustine became a NeoPlatonis…

Saint Augustine’s Confessions Augustine became a NeoPlatonist for awhile.  The last famous NeoPlatonist, Plotinus, wrote the Enneads.  Which is NOT one of the features of NeoPlatonism as explained in Plotinus’ Enneads? 

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PHILSOPHY OF MIND:   . This is the view that says that human…

PHILSOPHY OF MIND:   . This is the view that says that humans have physical bodies and brains, but our mental states are non-physical and immaterial.  There is no “I” or “Self” (it is an illusion), but there are physical brain properties and non-physical mental properties (thoughts, beliefs, sensations, desires, willings) that are correlated with brain states. 

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Saint Augustine’s Confessions Book II: Ch. 1 When Augustine…

Saint Augustine’s Confessions Book II: Ch. 1 When Augustine says he found pleasure in “the many” instead of “the One”, what is he talking about? 

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NEAR DEATH EXPERIENCES & PHILOSOPHY OF MIND:   Substance Dua…

NEAR DEATH EXPERIENCES & PHILOSOPHY OF MIND:   Substance Dualism vs. Physicalism . NDEs and Conceiving.   When we are entertaining whether or not someone actually floated above the operating table through the floors of a hospital and over the roof of the hospital, what do we think is doing such a thing?  Is it a physical brain that is stuck to the ceiling of the ER and a brain that oozes through cracks in the floors and through a hole in the roof?  NO.  We are conceiving of a thinking and perceiving center of consciousness.  That is what the mind is – a unified self that acts, intends, senses, has emotions, thinks, remembers, and perceives.  . This is J.P. Moreland’s argument for physicalism, or the view that human beings nave no non-physical minds/souls and are only physical entities made of matter. 

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Saint Augustine’s Confessions Book IV In Book 4, Chapter 4,…

Saint Augustine’s Confessions Book IV In Book 4, Chapter 4, Augustine recounts a story where he just wanted to be evil and steal for the sake of stealing itself with his friends.  What did Augustine and his friends steal from the neighbor?

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This goal of the Socratic elenchus is to convince the interl…

This goal of the Socratic elenchus is to convince the interlocutor that his argument is fallacious (or correct). 

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