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91Why Do Athletes Make So Much Money?
Introduction Alex Rodriguez is a 32 year old Miami native, and, having entered the workforce directly out of high school, currently holds down a job in New York City. Normally, at least for those entering...
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87Declaration of Exploitation: Should College Athletes Be Paid?
Declaration of Exploitation: Why the NCAA Has Bamboozled Athletes and How It Can Be Fixed Preamble The model of professional sports has demonstrated that franchise owners compensate professional athletes...
1 comment77Stereotype Threat and the White Basketball Player
While observing the recent NCAA basketball tournament and the recently begun NBA playoffs, I marvel at the diversity that has broken through in the game of basketball. Not too long ago (in fact, only three...
9 comments75What is the Nature of Reality? Berkeley's Inconceivability Argument
Berkeley's Inconceivability Argument: Why Bodies are Nothing More than Perception It is one of the most basic human intuitions that the bodies we encounter in our everyday experience exist are physical...
2 comments74Spinoza, Leibniz and the Power of Necessity
Spinoza, Leibniz, and the Power of Necessity When we reflect on past events, it is quite common that we fall into the habit of saying things like, "If only had I not gotten hurt" or " If only had I went to a...
1 comment84Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, and the Autonomous Individual
Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, and the Autonomous Individual The tradition of Western philosophy in the late 17th and early 18th centuries gave rise to disciplines such as science and mathematics, and ultimately,...
0 comments79Existentialism As Humanism
Existentialism as a Humanism “There is no universe other than a human universe, tthe universe of human subjectivity. This connection between transcendency, as a constituent element of man--- not in the...
0 comments74Evil and Omnipotence- The Problem of Evil
Introduction There seems to be an undeniable tension with both atheists and theists, regarding the problem of our experience and the belief in a classical God-- that is, a God that is wholly good and...
1 comment72The Power of the Flashback and Its Use in Cinema
There seems to be a difficulty in film because filmmakers have only so much to expound upon in a relatively short amount of time, so there is almost no way we as an audience are able to properly understand...
0 comments72Why Do We Like Who We Like?
Let's start with a rather broad question: “Why do we like certain people?” One reason sociologists believe we like certain people is because of proximity. That is to say, we are more likely to like...
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