How does Aristotle explain the pleasure we take in watching dramas where bad and painful things happen to people?
What will be an ideal response?
Aristotle suggests that the function of such drama is to allow both actors and audience to achieve catharsis, the release or sublimation of some of our most disturbing emotions. By allowing ourselves to feel fear and pity in the theater (or at the movies), we get rid of or purify some of those emotions.
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What is ecofeminism?
How does it relate to environmental philosophy and ethics?
How did Kant try to synthesize the views of rationalists and empiricists?
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In Descartes's theory of the reflex mechanism, stimuli are transmitted to the brain by means of __________, and responses are initiated by __________.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Questions such as "What does this evidence imply?" and "What additional information do we need to resolve this question?" engage the critical thinking skill of ________
(a) interpretation (b) explanation (c) self-regulation (d) inference