{"id":911,"date":"2011-04-05T12:21:43","date_gmt":"2011-04-05T16:21:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jasonbassford.com\/?page_id=911"},"modified":"2011-04-06T13:39:38","modified_gmt":"2011-04-06T17:39:38","slug":"essays","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.jasonbassford.com\/index.php\/about\/philosophy\/essays\/","title":{"rendered":"Essays"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float: left; padding-right: 15px\" src=\"http:\/\/jasonbassford.com\/icon_clipboard.gif\" alt=\"Clipboard\"> These are some of the essays that I have written.  I hold the  rights to these works and, while you may distribute them, I ask  that they remain unaltered and attributed to myself.  If you do happen to get any use out of these essays, or would like to discuss them, I would be more than happy to receive email to that effect.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 60px; text-decoration: underline\"> 1988-1989<\/p>\n<table width=\"100%\">\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 30%\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http:\/\/jasonbassford.com\/?page_id=995\">The Prisoner&#8217;s Dilemma<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 70%\" valign=\"top\"><em>A Stepping Stone To The Refutation Of Pure Self-Interest And A Guide To Political And Moral Obligation<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http:\/\/jasonbassford.com\/?page_id=975\">The Meaning Of Life vs. Meaning In Life<\/a><\/td>\n<td><em>Reflections on what we want to know.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 40px; text-decoration: underline\"> 1989-1990<\/p>\n<table width=\"100%\">\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 30%\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http:\/\/jasonbassford.com\/?page_id=948\">Brahman And The &#8220;Real&#8221;<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 70%\" valign=\"top\"><em>What our world consists of.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http:\/\/jasonbassford.com\/?page_id=999\">The Story Telling Experience<\/a><\/td>\n<td><em>An exploration of communication as a vehicle for interpersonal relationships.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http:\/\/jasonbassford.com\/?page_id=958\">The Attainment Of Cessation<\/a><\/td>\n<td><em>Its implications for the rest of Buddhist philosophy.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http:\/\/jasonbassford.com\/?page_id=989\">The <em>Pramanya<\/em> And <em>Prakasa<\/em> Theories<\/a><\/td>\n<td><em> Some questions concerning what we know and how we know it.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http:\/\/jasonbassford.com\/?page_id=941\">A Scientist And His Android<\/a><\/td>\n<td><em>A critique of Searle&#8217;s views on strong AI.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 40px; text-decoration: underline\"> 1990-1991<\/p>\n<table width=\"100%\">\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 30%\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http:\/\/jasonbassford.com\/?page_id=965\">The Nature Of The Machine<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 70%\" valign=\"top\"><em>AI and Wittgenstein: a possible dialogue.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http:\/\/jasonbassford.com\/?page_id=920\">The &#8220;Aesthetic&#8221; Experience<\/a><\/td>\n<td><em>An appeal for a way of life.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http:\/\/jasonbassford.com\/?page_id=981\">Take Two<\/a><\/td>\n<td><em>Travelling The Path Of Enlightenment In Zen Buddhism And Taoism<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These are some of the essays that I have written. 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