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For this assignment, you are a cultural anthropologist who will be preparing for fieldwork in another country. You will be writing a paper about preparing for fieldwork. The country you will use will be the country you most wanted to visit from the ifitweremyhome.com assignment. You will need to narrow your focus to a city/region/specific area of the country you chose. Remember, you are a cultural anthropologist and will be doing participant observation. Your departure date for your fieldwork is May 28, 2021. You will be gone for 30 days. You must cite the websites at the end of the document. You are limited to four internet sources. This is an informal paper.What to include in your paper:Use the following headings: Introduction, Research, Fieldwork Proposal, Before You Go, Conclusion. All headings should be centered and in bold, with an extra space before paragraphs begin. Instructions for these headings are set forth below:NTRODUCTION: (Do not include these instructions in your paper, only the heading.) Write two paragraphs about the country you chose. Discuss the specific region/area/city where you will do your research. You can include your own personal information that you may already know about the country. In the second paragraph, include information that you learned from ifitweremyhome.com.RESEARCH: (Do not include these instructions in your paper, only the heading.) In this section you should provide information you discovered about the area while doing some internet research that supplements what you already knew and from ifitweremyhome.com. Consider what the focus of your research will be. You can review the chapter titles in your textbook for ideas on how to narrow your focus.FIELDWORK PROPOSAL: (Do not include these instructions in your paper, only the heading.) Design a research question or two on what you intend to study. You can also include what results you think you might discover. What type of ethnography style will you use to write up your findings?BEFORE YOU GO: (Do not include these instructions in your paper, only the heading.) Write two or three paragraphs on what you intend to bring with you, i.e., what will the weather be when you get there, what type of clothes do you need, etc. What will you bring in your backpack that will help you conduct your fieldwork. Again, please review Chapter 3.In the next paragraph discuss whether or not you need to learn a new language. If so, how will you go about doing this.Next, in another paragraph, discuss your travel arrangements. Your date of departure is December 18, 2020. Visit a travel web site to get information about flight times and costs. Use a table to provide information on your departure dates and times of flight and the price of all transportation costs. Do you need a passport? Who will pick you up? Where will you stay?Lastly, what ethical concerns, if any, do you have? How will you protect the people you are studying?CONCLUSION: Write a summary of where you will be going, who you will be studying, and what your research question is.

this is my topic; Evaluate the movie, The Matrix, in terms of the philosophical issues raised with (1) skepticism and (2) the mind-body problem. Explain how the movie raises questions similar to those found in Plato’s and Descartes’ philosophy (CO5 & CO6). Do not give a plot summary of the movie – focus on the philosophical issues raised in the movie as they relate to Plato and DescartesI have attached the outline templateI recently got help with this assignment and got a 50. Its just the outline I need not a full essay in addition, to that. I will attach the comment from my teacher” You really need to make this paper about Plato and Descartes, not about what you think the message of the movie is. Focus on the allegory of the cave and Descartes’ skepticism, along with the mind-body problem, and how the movie portrays those things. Some of your points and paragraphs were pretty unclear, so you need to narrow down what it is you want to say. Follow the instructions closely and only talk about what the essay prompt says to talk about. “

Ernest Sosa’s “A Virtue Epistemology” (Lecture 2) February 16, 2021 Handout- Schiff Summary of overall claims: We ought to understand knowledge not as a single theory but as coming in two varieties, namely, animal knowledge (apt belief, which hits truth through exercise of competence) and reflective knowledge (apt belief and subject aptly believes apt belief to be apt). Sosa provides a virtue epistemology that distinguishes between aptness and safety of performances generally, and of belief in particular. Such an account allows for a further solution (beyond that offered in Lecture 1) to problems of skepticism such as the dream problem.1. Explains AAA structure An archer’s shot, like any performance (with an aim), can be assessed in terms of an AAA structure // so too can a belief, which counts as a performance, albeit a long-sustained one: • Accuracy- (p) its reaching the aim // (b) its being true • Adroitness- (p) its manifesting the skill or competence // (b) its manifesting epistemicvirtue or competence • Aptness- (p) its reaching the aim through the adroitness manifest // (b) its being truebecause competent2. Details core ideas of his virtue epistemology (animal vs. reflective knowledge) a) affirm knowledge entails belief; b) understand animal knowledge (K) as requiring apt belief without requiring defensibly aptbelief; and c) understand reflective knowledge (K+) as requiring not only apt belief but also defensiblyapt belief (i.e. the subject aptly believes the apt belief to be apt).3. Analyzes safety and sensitivity of a belief (and of performances generally) • A performance is safe iff “not easily would it then have failed, not easily would it havefallen short of its aim” (25). o That not easily would a belief fail by being false or untrue is required for it to besafe. o A belief p is safe “provided it would have been held only if (most likely) p” (25).• Someone’s belief p is sensitive iff “were it not so that p, he would not (likely) believe that p” (25).• Since such conditionals do not contrapose: a belief can be safe without being sensitive o e.g. the belief that “one is not a brain in a vat fooled by misleading sensoryevidence into so believing” (25) • Using the pain vs. discomfort example, he qualifies his claim to state that knowledgerequires not outright safety but at most basis-relative safety (see 26). o A belief that p is basis-relative safe iff “it has a basis that it would (likely) have onlyif true” (26). o A belief that p is basis-relative sensitive iff “it is based on a basis such that if it werefalse that p, then not easily would the believer believe that p on that same basis” (26).4. Returns to the skeptic to outline a different line of defense • The skeptic restricts us to bases for belief that are purely internal and psychological,rather than external; Sosa seeks a virtue epistemology that is compatible with but not committed to content or basis externalism (see 27, a-d, for sketch of the argument steps). o The conclusion of the argument is that the skeptic does not refute common sense oreven locate a paradox within common sense.5. Confronts dream skepticism directly • Two ways for the archer’s shot to fail to be safe:Ernest Sosa’s “A Virtue Epistemology” (Lecture 2) February 16, 2021 Handout- Schiffa) due to archer’s level of competence (e.g. affected by drug) b) due to appropriateness of conditions (e.g. weather)• But such scenarios (where the shot is not safe) do not render the shot inapt. So, a performance can be unsafe and apt.• A performance can also be safe and inapt: o e.g. angel machine provides gust that compensates for natural gust that initiallydiverts the arrow (that shot is not ). • Thus, neither aptness nor safety entails the other. Aptness requires manifesting acompetence (a disposition with a basis resident in the competent agent) that would, in appropriately normal conditions ensure, or make very likely, the success of the relevant performance.• Applies reasoning to dream problem: dreams make agent vulnerable with respect to a), i.e. perceptual competence, and b), i.e. appropriate normalcy of conditions• Knower’s belief can remain apt even if unsafe through the proximity of the dream possibility.6. Investigates whether jokester kaleidoscope red surface example presents a problem (apt belief, but is it knowledge?)• Apt belief simpliciter vs. apt belief aptly noted o Use of animal vs. reflective knowledge to sort this out: individual has apt belief andanimal knowledge that the seen surface is red but lacks reflective knowledge (i.e. apt belief that he aptly believes the surface to be red)§ Belief that he has apt belief- is this apt? No, because it is not attributable to the relevant competence • So, the perceiver does not have animal knowledge that he has animalknowledge that the surface is red, and therefore lacks reflective knowledge of the color of the surface.7. Explores whether the dream problem is analogous to the kaleidoscope example • If so, we would have to accept perceptual beliefs as cases of animal knowledge but notreflective knowledge. • However, Sosa investigates further and concludes that the threats in question to the safetof our perceptual beliefs are not threats to their aptness. • He notes that, in response to the dream problem, he goes beyond that of requiring that abelief be safe in order to count as knowledge: it must be apt.8. Offers final remarks: • Knowledge is apt performance in the way of belief. • Knowledge does not require safety of the contained belief since the belief can be unsafe onaccount of the fragility of the believer’s competence or situation. • When we sleep and dream, assuming we have perceptual beliefs, these beliefs are not aptbeliefs. However, such does not affect the aptness of our perceptual beliefs in waking life. • Bonus- solution to Gettier problem: beliefs can be true and justified without being apt (andhence would not be knowledge on his account)Questions: 1) Is a belief analogous to a performance (e.g. as an archer’s shot) in the relevant ways? 2) What are the criteria for a performer to be granted “credit” for the performance? (see 29)Similarly, what are the criteria for an agent to be granted “credit” for knowledge?

Required ResourcesRead/review the following resources for this activity:Textbook: Chapters 3, 4LessonMinimum of 2 scholarly sources (in addition to the textbook)InstructionsReview the following ethical dilemmas:John Doe has decided to clone himself. He is sterile. He cannot find anyone to marry him. He wishes to have children. He knows that he will not be able to love a child that is adopted or not connected directly to him biologically. He will be making use of a new procedure that involves taking his skin cells to produce a twin. The twin starts out as an embryo and grows into a child. The child in this case will have the same genetic information as John Doe. John Doe and his child will be twins.Jane Doe is eighteen. For as long as she can remember she has been sexually attracted to other females. Her parents belong to a religion that has a religious text stating that God forbids one to be a lesbian. This religion goes on further to say that lesbians will be punished in the afterlife. Jane Doe is debating whether she should tell her parents about her sexual attraction. She has not yet decided if she should come out to her parents and live as a lesbian now that she is a legal adult.Joe and Mary are a couple. Before becoming sterile, they had a child. This child died of a rare disease. Joe and Mary miss their child terribly. They have heard that there is a new IVF procedure that can ensure that they can have another child. However, their religion forbids using IVF.Use the resources assigned for this week and additional research,InstructionsSelect two of the situations above and then address 2 of the following:What is the relation between ethics and religion? Formulate and investigate the relation.For each case, determine the ethical path of conduct. Then, determine what paths of conduct would be unethicalFor each case, what would an emotivism say to appraise what you determine is the ethical form of conduct?For each case, would a natural law ethicist agree with what you say is the ethical form of conduct? Why or why not?Articulate, explain, and evaluate in each c

. “Acting according to Aristotle’s Virtue Ethics provides a more ethical solution to the problem of … [ your topic] … than acting according to Holmes Rolston’s perspective.” Explain how Rolston’s theory applies to your issue. Compare, contrast, and give reasons why Aristotle’s perspective provides the more ethical solution.

Tell me about a time when you needed to quickly understand a complicated situation in order to solve a problem.What made the situation complicated?What steps did you take to learn more about the situation? What factors did you consider?How did you come up with your solution to the problem?What was the outcome?What would you do differently next time?Describe a time when you had to complete a very demanding task assigned to you (e.g. a task given by your work supervisor, professor or project leader) What made the task so demanding?· How did you set the standard for your work? Why was it important to set and maintain that standard?· What steps did you take to ensure the desirable results?· How effectively you think you satisfied the expectations of your supervisor/ professor/ project leader and/or end-usersDescribe a time when you found it difficult to work with a teammate.· What made it difficult?· What attempts did you make to deal with the difficult situation?· What challenges did you face during the process?· What was the end result?

An understanding of change theory is critical to the success of human and social services professionals. A classic model of change theory consists of three phases: (a) unfreezing, (b) movement, and (c) refreezing (Lewin, 1951). Another model describes the differences between first- and second-order change and how first-order change may continue to perpetuate the very problems human services professionals seek to remedy (Watzlawick, Weakland, & Fisch, 1974). Developmental theory and systems theory may also be relevant to implementing change in human and social services related agencies and organizations.As you develop your Capstone Project strategic plan, think about the element of change and how change might affect the change processes that will be associated with the agency, organization, or community for your strategic plan. Think of principles from relevant change theories and how you can implement those procedures to manage the individual and organizational change that may come about as a result of the strategic plan. Along with change theory and processes, you also should consider codes of ethics to guide you in addressing these issues.References:Lewin, K. (1951). Field theory in social science. New York, NY: Harper.Watzlawick, P., Weakland, J. H., & Fisch, R. (1974). Change: Principles of problem formation and problem resolution. Oxford, England: W.W. Norton.To prepare:Select a change theory and the related change processes (e.g., force-field analysis, developmental theory, systems theory) that you might apply to address the issues related to the strategic plan for the agency, organization, or community you selected in Week 1 Discussion 2.In addition, consider the ethical challenges that you might encounter and codes of ethics you might apply to address these challenges.By Day 7The Assignment (2–3 pages):Briefly describe the issues you anticipate encountering in your strategic plan.Explain the change you think is needed to address these issues and factors that might influence that change.Describe a change theory and related change processes that may be applied to the issues related to your strategic plan.Explain how you might apply the theory and processes.Briefly explain two ethical principles, issues, or challenges that might arise in your efforts to apply these changes.Explain how a professional code of ethics might advise in each case. Be specific, citing elements from an applicable code of ethics.Explain the opportunities and challenges that you might encounter in fostering and implementing the change.

An essential skill of this course is analytical reading. To this end, you will be required to write a 1-page outline summarizing the argument of Turing’s “Computing Machinery and Intelligence.” The outline should be single-spaced, use 12-point font, Times New Roman, and one-inch margins. Your outline should incorporate answers to the following questions: What is the main question? What is the main thesis? What are the premises? What is the structure of the argument? You may choose to present your outline in whatever format you determine to adequately capture the key components of Turing’s argument. Just be sure that your organizational choices make it clear that you understand the overall structure of the argument. Specifically, it will be most hopeful to organize your outline by first identifying the main question and main thesis of Turing’s argument. Then, you should identify and explain each section of Turing’s argument (there are seven total sections in the piece), rather than merely pasting the two underlined questions and answering them directly. That is, if you identify and summarize the key points of each of the seven sections, you will necessarily provide answers to “What are the premises?” and “What is the structure of the argument?” We will practice these skills in class.*Do not turn in an essay with full paragraphs. That is not an outline- it is mere prose. An outline is also not a long list of bullet points without any organizing structure. Someone looking at your outline should be able to tell immediately that you have a clear and apparent structure.*

What does Sylvia Earle mean when she refers to the ocean as our “life support system?”Do you agree or disagree that “health to the ocean means health to us?” Explain.. Which image or graphic shown by Sylvia Earle impressed you the most? Why?. What new information did you learn from Sylvia Earle’s speech? Sylvia Earle’s goal is “to ignite public support for a global network of marine protectedareas.” What do you think Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) are? Sylvia Earle’s wish is for humans to do everything we can to reach that goal. What canyou do to help?

write an explanation that:Maps out the remainder of your P2. Explain how you will expand on what you have started in the first paragraph. State how each following portion of the paper will be related to what you have outlined in the statement. What will you discuss next? What after that? A concluding remark should mention why this is relevant for you and/or for others by answering the question: “what is at stake?” or “so what?”Your explanation should be 100-150 words.