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Essay Instructions: Using "Traversing Philosophical Boundaries" by Max O. Hallman 4th edition ISBN8180 I need several assignments.

Assignment 1 (three pages)
Use the readings listed to answer the following question.
"Meditations on the nature of knowing" descartes, "the source of our knowledge" locke, "Doubts concerning the possibility of knowledge" david hume, "Methods and modes of knowing" Jose Vasconcelos.

Do you think that Vasconcelos' criticisms of traditional western views on the nature of knowledge, apply to Descartes, Locke and Hume? Defend you answer.

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Assignment 2 (three pages)
Use the readings listed to answer the following question.
"On personal Identity" Locke, "There is no Personal identity" David Hume, "The nature of the soul and its relation to the body" Plato, "of the real distinction between mind and body" Descartes, "females as a docile bodies" Maxine Sheets-Johnstone.

Based on the readings and your own experience, do you believe that there is an essential self or soul? How do you define this? defend you answer.

Since this is a personal question some background information on myself. I am a 55 year old widow with two boys in their 20s.
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Assignment 3 (three pages)
Use the readings listed to answer the following question.
"existentialism is a humanism" Sarte, "What means this freedom" John Hospers, "The illusion of freedom" BF Skinner.

How do you view freedom in lite of the readings.

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Assignment 4 (three pages)
"the proper function of man and its relation to the good life" Aristotle, "the principle of utility" Jeremy Bentham, "the good will and morality" Immanuel Kant, "Compassion and the reverence for life" Albert Scheitzer.

In what ways is the notion of freedom important both to our religious and moral selves, justify from the readings.

Essay Instructions: REQUIRED TEXT:

Hergenhahn, B. & Olson, M. (2011). An introduction to theories of personality (8th ed). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Prentice-Hall. Book ISBN: 9578/ Package ISBN: 8780.
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Review the videos on Classical and Operant conditioning for this week. Consider the concepts of conditioning as presented in this week’s multi-media. We see examples of conditioning on a regular basis. Parents condition their children; pet owners condition their pets; and teachers condition their students. Children even condition their parents! Sometimes this conditioning is done on purpose, but sometimes it is done without our realizing that it is happening.
In a two to three page paper (not including title page and reference page),

Describe an example from you own experience or observation that exemplifies either classical or operant conditioning.
Describe the components of conditioning as portrayed in your example, whether they were done by design or by accident.
Was the desired outcome achieved?
Did the behavior change in the desired manner as a result of the conditioning process?
If the desired or preferable outcome was not achieved, describe changes in the conditioning process that would have improved chances of achieving a more desirable outcome.
Briefly discuss the relevance of the scientific methods used by the behavioral/learning theorists.
Use APA formatting and a minimum of two scholarly references (may include course text). Begin with an introductory paragraph and end with a conclusion of your experience from this activity and insights into how this information affects you personally


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A behavioral Approach to video game design. Retrieved from http://www.betabunny.com/behaviorism/Conditioning.htm.

Operant conditioning BF Skinner. Retrieved from http://www.schooltube.com/video/caa02d0b960d4738b8c7/Operant-Conditioning-BF-Skinner.

Classical conditioning. Retrieved from http://www.schooltube.com/video/4fa236b57fe14762a238/Classical-Conditioning.

Rewards and punishment. Retrieved from http://www.thepsychfiles.com/2007/02/episode-2-rewards-and-punishments/.

Observational Learning. Retrieved from http://searchcenter.intelecomonline.net/playClipDirect.aspx?id=E22DB555B562B463C0F5EE35DE315BCBA722243FC20908D206BB9B62354535FC8C2ED25A3B05DEFEAA63AF5.

Social-Cognitive Perspective. Retrieved from http://searchcenter.intelecomonline.net/playClipDirect.aspx?id=E22DB555B562B463C0F5EE35DE315BCBBE8275B3D154EDBD97DF8BF58E76F628B33F0DF3A9416C53510830B.

Cognitive-Behavior Therapy. Retrieved from http://searchcenter.intelecomonline.net/playClipDirect.aspx?id=E22DB555B562B463C0F5EE35DE315BCBB40071C7171A6F9B5CF270F665C9BDC8E482EE997C6BD889011C52B8BDF238E2.