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are true at all. This shows, Kripke believes, that Smart’s “identity thesis” can’t be
true. What is Kripke’s reasoning here? Explain and evaluate.
Kripke claims that identity statements such as “water is h2o” are necessary if they are true at all. This shows, Kripke Believes, that smarts’ identity thesis can’t be true. What is kripke’s reasning here? evaluate and explain.
My suggestion is this. Return to Smart’s article to understand what exactly the identity thesis is. Think: what are the conditions for the identity thesis to be true? It might also be helpful to consider what would *counter* the truth of the identity thesis. Then, yes, I would recommend just focusing on the excerpt we read from Kripke. It was a long time ago so I don’t remember, but I think that is all you need. Just make sure you discuss the relevant section where he’s implicating the identity thesis.
In Kripke, look for the claim discussed in the prompt and try to explain, as if to a peer who isn’t in the class, what exactly Kripke means when we say that identity statements are necessary, if true at all. 
Then, put Kripke and Smart in conversation and try to bring out Kripke’s argument for why such a statement would negate the identity thesis. Try to explain this in a slow, step-by-step way, as thoroughly as you can in five double-spaced pages. 
You can, of course, also disagree with Kripke that his claim means that Smart’s identity thesis can’t be true. But either way, you should spend time evaluating whether (and why) you think Kripke is right or not.

his research paper will be the culmination of the research you proposed in week 4. Be sure you have followed the instructions below; Writing a philosophy paper and Directions for how to format your paper as an argument.
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Your paper should be 1500 – 2000 words (excluding the cover page and citation page)
Your paper should have at least 5 academic resources
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Use the APUS Online Library and the Philosophy Research Guide https://www.apus.edu/apus-library/online-research/research/research-guides/school-of-arts-humanities/philosophy
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Argument Analysis #6 is, again, a little more complex than earlier analyses. The argument presented uses more than one type of reasoning. I think you’ll find it interesting and thought provoking.

You may use any notes you may have and consult the texts in question. You may discuss your answers with classmates, but you need to write your own responses.
Answers will be graded for completeness, correctness, and coherency. As a general rule more is better than less unless it is BS.
Answer each of the 6 questions, each  answer must be 1 full page double spaced it is okay to go over more is better. Total page 6 pages or more. 
Pick any two of the following movements. Compare and contrast their similarities and differences.
Deep Ecology
The Wilderness Debate
Ecofeminism
Bioregionalism
Explain Guha’s “third world” critique of wilderness advocacy. Do you agree with him? Why/why not? Article (radical American environmentalism and wilderness preservation: a third world critique by ramachandra guha 
Explain what Pollan means by the industrialization of food. What do you think of this? Article (A Defense of Food, Michael Pollan)
Explain why Ecofeminism claims women’s experience is relevant to environmental issues. Reference relevant authors. Do you agree? Why/why not? (Recognizing women’s environmental expertise by Deanne curtin) 
Explain how bioregionalism would change how we live in the world. Reference relevant authors. Do you like this approach? Why/why not? (Revaluing home: feminism and bioregionalism by judth plant)
Fox argues vegetarianism is a more ethical way to eat. What is his argument? Do you agree or not? (Environmental ethics readings in theory and application sixth edition) 

The essay should explore the links between girlhood, capitalism, and marxist theory, while also touching on the contemporary “girl’ aesthetic seen on social media (girl dinner, bedrot, girlblogging) i have started some of the essay and need it to be finished off: “Within the landscape of contemporary media, the lonesome girl navigates a world which both allures and confounds her, her vulnerability laid bare for all to see. The girl who becomes so in touch with her femininity begins to satirise it, deconstructing and putting it back together again and again.​ Amalgamating from photo boards of waif cigarette-bodied dreamgirls, heart-shaped cocaine, a Miu Miu skirt dissociated from the body that holds it; with the white-tinted coyness that segregates it. This becomes the founding idea of the modern “girl”–not woman nor child, but an individual caught between the two, exploring the complexities of identity, desire, and social expectations. The aesthetic becomes the trend becomes the standard, and the resistance then forms. This new dogma urges a split from the now cliché industrial “girl” to the “organic girl” which becomes a more esoteric and desirable form. It occupies a still-virgin and niche space, a very time specific goal, under the pretence of the conservation of “natural values”. Each new sub-delegation splitting the atoms of girlhood apart to find the raw, quivering substance of it all. The world has had its fascination with the unwed, virgin girl for millennia–the phallogocentric view that they are to be seen and never for them to see. Girlhood itself has always been its own separate club from society, disciplines studying the phenomena originating from a subcategory of feminist studies which emerged in the early 20th century.” the rest of the instructions are listed in the file named L4_assignment_2_The_Imaginary_Museum_23-24_4(1).pdf

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Depending on the questions, the answers should be between 250 and 400 or 500 and 800 words. Answer all the study questions from each unit. All the questions are in the pdf below.
All the answers should be from the textbook “Business in ethical focus” 2nd edition edited by Allhof , Sager and Vaidya.

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Pick your own topic! Just try to stay within the topic of utopian and dystopian thought. 
Also, some of the additional books we read included: 
1) Gregory Claeys, Lyman Tower Sargent, eds., The Utopia Reader, Second Edition (New York:
NYU Press, 2017).
Susan Bruce, ed., Three Early Modern Utopias: Utopia, New Atlantis, and Isle of the Pines (New York: Oxford, 1999)
Mary-Jane Rubenstein, Astrotopia: The Dangerous Religion of the Corporate Space Race (Chicago: Chicago UP, 2022).
4) Com Led in, The Dispe a least: On Ambiguous topia (1974; New York: HarperCollins,
5) Samuel R. Delany, Trouble on Triton: An Ambiguous Heterotopia, foreword by Kathy Acker
(1976; Middletown, CT: Wesleyan UP, 1996)
Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale (1985; New York: Anchor, 1998)
Octavia Butler, Parable of the Sower (1993; New York: Grand Central, 2021)
If possible, try to include Plato’s republic and Thomas More’s Utopia in it.

MUST BE 450 WORDS  ! 
Summarize one of the arguments offered by Judith Jarvis Thomson for the                  permissibility of (at least some) abortions. Then, offer a criticism of the argument        (and, if you’d like, reply to the criticism) (could be 700 words MAX but I wont pay        extra  if you decide to.
be sure to (a) make clear the meaning of the terms you use in your explanation and 
(b) use your own examples.
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Word Range: 400-700 words. You will have to write concisely; training word          economy is one of the goals of the exercise.
Use in-text citations to support assertions about the author’s position (use the   pagination from the excerpts). *How many cites is not specified so only cite to   prove any claims or points! MUST CITE!*
Cite any sources (but note that using external sources is not  necessary).
Use one style guide consistently (e.g., Chicago, MLA, APA); I recommend               Chicago.
Use your own examples.
Give a gloss on any technical terms (e.g., I will be discussing deliberation as it      relates to practical reasoning—reasoning that is oriented towards action, rather than simply belief.)
i will provide the article this is based off as well as my notes so that you can        utilize my info from there! NO OUTSIDE SOURSES IS NECESSARY.