Essays on Thought

The Nature of Control Is it the common human nature to feel power over others? A totalitarian government seeks to utilize its message of confinement and authority to control the many aspects of life. In the novel 1984, Orwell portrays totalitarianism through psychological manipulation, physical control and the control of language. The totalitarian party manipulates…

In the Julia North thought experiment, Julia North’s brain is transplanted into a different body. The underlying question arising from this case is does Julia North continue to exist after the operation? In this paper I will explore how the same-brain view, the bodily view, and the psychological linkage view would answer this question and…

The sky is filled with smoke; people are running around in a panic; the sounds of sirens are echoing through the streets of New York City on the 11th of September 2011. The panic was created by the 19 Al-Qaeda members acting as suicide bombers to seek revenge on the United States for placing troops…

This new year was supposed to be different. It was supposed to be something bigger and better than all the past new years. So much for the chaos,destruction, and giant celebrations that were supposed to happen. With all the hype built up around this new year’s, its no wonder that it seemed to be such…

Throughout my life, I have always taken what people say to me personal. I always felt that I was the problem. I always thought that the advice that I was told was to follow and listen but then I realized it all comes down to you. I finally realized wherever you go or whoever you…

Becoming a thoughtful forecaster is important to the development of any company today. Understanding the financial aspects of your company can be the deal-breaking point of whether your company is a successful one or not. In the case, “The Thoughtful Forecaster”, we learn that sometimes you are right and sometimes you are wrong, which is…

Materialism is defined as a preoccupation with or stress upon material rather than intellectual or spiritual things. Justice is that which is fair proper, correct, and honest. A sense of what is right or of what should happen. In this way justice is involved with materialism because placing material goods above God and everything else,…

What is a lie? Can a lie be good, or is a lying always wrong? Can it be both? Typically, lies are perceived as bad things, however, diving further into the purpose of lying, some might discover that not all lies are as bad as they are understood to be. This brings us to the…

Divorce is something a child has no control over. It isn’t our decision, it isn’t something we can change, and it isn’t something I was expecting. Late last year, my parents reached a point in their marriage, where it became impossible to live with one another. After countless hours of thinking, and much discussion, they…

                 Transference and Counter-TransferenceThe idea of transference was first thought of by Sigmund Freud.  He realized that sometimes when performing therapy with an individual that there were some fantasies that the individual would have about him as the therapist.   With transference a person is taking something that has recently happened and blending the ideas with…