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Essay Instructions: Bertrand Russell, the British philosopher, said that for "a society built on the machine therei is a diminution in the value and independence of the individual." Does the above statement hold true or fail to hold true for American society when you examine the following issues: the rise of the New South, the Great Depression and the New Deal, World War 2, McCarthyism, and the Wal-Mart Effect?

Essay Instructions: Answer the question, Can We Be Sure of the Trueth of Any General Principle?

Based on Chapters 6 through 8 of Bertrand Russell's The Problems of Philosophy

Essay Instructions: 1)Having read the article, "the value of philosophy," by bertrand russell, please write a short essay (roughly 150 words) to describe or state what philosophy is and its benefit? Apparently there isn't an absolute answer. Your argument should be a reflection upon the view presented by russell in his article.

2) Please describe or identify what is the mind/body problem? In roughly 100 words please describe what you think the "mind" is, and how the mind and the body/brain interact?
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Essay Instructions: Topic of the essay:

Bertrand Russell believed that scepticism was irrefutable. Show the role that scepticism plays in his book "The Philosophy of Logical Atomism".
In the "Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus", Ludwig Wittgenstein claims that scepticism is not irrefutable but obvious nonsense (6.51). Explain Wittgenstein?s reason for saying this.
Then argue how successful Wittgenstein is at either solving or dissolving the problem of scepticism.

Please cite both books ("The Philosophy of Logical Atomism" & "Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus") as well as the following sources:

- Hylton, P. Russell, Idealism, and the Emergence of Analytic Philosophy(Oxford: Clarendon Press 1990).

- Anscombe, G.E.M. An Introduction to Wittgensteins Tractatus (Philadel-
phia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1971).

- Griffin, J. Wittgensteins Logical Atomism(Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1964).

This is a critical essay. Please include a clear thesis statement in the introduction.

30% of the content should be dedicated to Russell and 70% to Wittgenstein.

Thank you.