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What is Nature?

Nature as an academic topic appears across a wide range of disciplines, from biology and environmental science to literature, psychology, and philosophy. Students are asked to engage with it because it sits at the intersection of empirical inquiry and humanistic interpretation, making it productively complex. Questions about what is natural—whether in human behavior, literary settings, social structures, or biological systems—invite critical thinking that resists simple answers. The recurring tension between nature and nurture, for example, raises fundamental questions about identity, ability, and the role of environment in shaping individuals, which gives the topic lasting relevance across courses.

The papers collected here reflect a genuinely diverse range of approaches. Some take a comparative angle, setting texts or systems against one another—such as examining electric and hybrid cars versus gas-powered vehicles, or contrasting figures like Gilgamesh and the Monkey King. Others engage in literary analysis, exploring how nature functions in works like Jack London's "To Build a Fire" or Shakespeare's "Othello." Still others approach nature through a psychological or sociological lens, particularly in discussions of major depressive disorder, the nature versus nurture debate, and leadership behavior. Case-study and policy-oriented approaches also appear, touching on issues like the Oregon Death with Dignity Act.

A strong essay on nature begins with a clearly scoped thesis that specifies which dimension of nature is under examination—biological, environmental, thematic, or philosophical. Evidence carries the most weight when it is drawn directly from primary sources, empirical research, or close textual analysis rather than broad generalization. The most common pitfall is treating "nature" as self-explanatory; defining the term precisely within the essay's specific context is essential to maintaining a coherent argument throughout.

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C.S. Lewis's approach to Christian theology and Scripture
Relativist said, 'The world does not exist, England does not exist, Oxford does not exist and I am confident that I do not Exist!' When Lewis was asked to reply, he stood up and said, 'How am I to talk to a man who's…
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Heroism and gender in the novels of Jean Rhys
¶ … hero? Does it depend on whether one is a man or a woman? Is the nature of heroism engendered? Are there different categories of heroism - a heroism of the mind and a heroism of the body, for example?
Paper Undergraduate
Kuhn's paradigm shifts and scientific revolutions
Thomas Kuhn (1922-1996) was an American scientist, historian and philosopher who wrote a controversial book in 1962 called The Structure of Scientific Revolutions. This paper examines Kuhn's theory and its relevance to science as well as to the way humans learn and how culture is tied to the expression of knowledge through paradigm shifts. The scientific ideas of concept, theory and paradigm are examined, and examples are included that buttress the argument that Kuhn was correct in calling his theory a paradigm shift. Kuhn pushed the boundaries of experimentation as well as data collection and scientific methodologies that have been extrapolated into a number of fields from the social sciences to business and organizational modelling, and most especially how the philosophy of science continues to evolve.
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Philosophical foundations of natural law, legal positivism, and constructivism
As a theory in law, Jurisprudence involves varying philosophical perceptions about the purposes of law, the legal system and the institutions developed to regulate law. In an effort to understand the basic, fundamental…
Paper Doctorate
How technology enables terrorism and modern counterterrorism solutions
Terrorists have evolved in their warfare and now they exploit modern technologies to facilitate every stage of their operation such as recruitment, training, planning and attack. Counter terrorism efforts therefore…
Paper Undergraduate
World War I and its influence on European and American composers
¶ … Dramatic Social and Political Upheaval Following W.W. I and it's Impact on Composers of the Time
Research Paper Doctorate
Disney's Beauty and the Beast and contemporary film adaptations compared
This a comparison of two film and creative modern versions of Beauty and the Beast.
Case Study Undergraduate
Taxation rights in UN and OECD model tax treaties
The topic of the paper is tax treaties structure in the UN and OECD model. It analyzes the global tax treaties, UN model and OECD model and their consideration towards rights to capital and tax income. By throwing light on differences and similarities among the models, the fundamental logic of each of them is explained.
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Self-care strategies and the five areas of wellness for counselors
Self-Care Strategies Self-care is a widely acknowledged aspect of Counseling. Through research, studies and hard-earned self-knowledge, experts have defined personal attributes, strategies such as mentoring, and qualities that can lead to development of the therapeutic self. Due to differing experiences and results, experts may differently name those attributes, strategies and qualities but all are focused on taking care of the self as the counselor takes care of his/her clients and other people in his/her personal and professional life. Research shows that the concept of self-care is not unique to the Counseling profession. Common, important attributes of self-care in the "five areas" of the cognitive, emotional, physical, spiritual and social self are beneficial to all professions providing services to the public. In addition, the self-care strategy that includes mentoring is potentially highly beneficial to service professions, including counseling, due to coaching, establishment and maintenance of networks, assistance with new opportunities for training, publication, presentations and research, and provision of other supports for the mentee as needed. While it may be true that mentoring may not be strictly "necessary" for the counselor, the ideal mentoring relationship is clearly quite advantageous for the counselor. Finally, personal attributes for the development of the therapeutic self may be named differently by different experts: counselors may use the categories of physical self-care, psychological self-care, emotional self-care, spiritual self-care, workplace or professional self-care and balance; mentors, particularly those with a Buddhist outlook, may name nonjudging, patience, a beginner's mind, trusting, acceptance, letting go and nonstriving; nurses may name a genuine self that is honest, open and flexible and fosters the positive attitudes of worth, integrity, open-mindedness and hopefulness. The common threads in all these named qualities are focused on the development of a genuine, balanced, well-rounded self who can healthfully meet the challenges of personal and professional life.
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The Venus of Dolni Vestonice as Gravettian art for art's sake
Three page paper about the Venus of Dolni Vestonice, the Gravettian culture statue found in Moravia. The statue represents the artistic traditions of the Gravettian culture. Using a variety of sources, the paper asserts that the Venus status was not a fertility statue because the Gravettian culture was nomadic hunter-gatherer society--and fertility was not in their best interest. The statue represents art for art's sake and harmony with nature.