Wednesday, June 3, 2009

What you'll find here (and how to find it)

This blog is the home of the final projects of the students in my Philosophy and Science Fiction class at Northwestern College in the Spring semester of 2009. On this front post you'll find links to our collection of thirty-something essays and stories. Please have a look around! And if you read something you like, please leave a comment as an encouragement to the author!

Essays

"What Does It Mean to be Human?" by Anna Bartlett

"Predestination vs. Free Will," by Erika German

An essay on free will by Baylie Heims

"Robots as Human Beings," by Kristen Humphrey

An Essay on Personal Identity by Sarah Kugler

"Logical and Philosophical Issues of Time Travel and Science Fiction," by Tim Van Dyke

"What Makes a Hero Super?" by Bryce Vander Stelt

"Truth, Knowledge, and The X-Files," by Kelsey White

Stories

"A Tale of Time Travel," by Caleb Bearss

"Flaw and Order (a modern-day Socratic Dialogue)," by Martin Beeler

"The Magic Box," by Mihai Burlea

"Brave New World?" by Nick Crippin

"Utopia," by Tim De Haan

"Michael and the Robot," by Kailen Fleck

"The Prosthetic Man," by Phil Hegeman

A story by Joel Katsma

"Are Robots Moral?" by Beth Kosters

"The Unexamined Life," by Bob Latchaw

A story by Holly Lawrence

A story by Evan Lundell

"The Chill," by Brody McNellis

"Daytime," by Alex Menning

"The Grand Experiment," by Taylor Mugge

"Power," by Blake Norris

"Knowledge is Power," by Brandon Ogren

"Burden of Proof," by Emily Papp

"The Holy Star," by Hannah Sauerwein

"Hilo," by Dan Sikkema

"The Colony," by Jeff Swart

A story by Matt Vander Molen

"Forbidden Fruit," by Adam Verhoef

"Brain Change," by Greg White (Gregorio El Blanco)

A dialogue by Noel Wotherspoon