Choose one of the questions/topics below and write a 1000-1500word essay with at least 3 credible sources. Make sure to clearly state the question you are answering at the start ofyour essay. The essay will be submitted through Turnitin so no plagiarizing. Use MLA format.

Questions:

(1)What is the Mary problem against physicalism, and how effective is it?

(2)What are philosophical zombies,and what problem are they meant to pose forphysicalism? How plausible is the zombie argument?

(3) What is the argument from illusion, and how is it used to motivate indirect realism overdirect realism? Is it effective?

(4) What is the problem of fiction, and how do you think one should respond to it?

(5)Can the B-series capture everything there is about the nature of time? If not, what does itleave out?

(6) What are abstract objects? Are there any?

(7) What is the most persuasive mereological account of the relationship between parts andwholes? Defend your answer.

(8) What is an indispensability argument? What problems do such arguments face?

(9) How should we demarcate genuine science from pseudo-science?

(10) Critically evaluate the merits of scientific realism by focusing on what you take to beeither the strongest argument in its defense or the strongest argument against it.

(11) Why is there something rather than nothing?

(12) What is the problem of evil, and how compelling is it as an argument for Gods non-existence?

(13) Is it ever rational to have faith in God?

(14) Does immortality have any essential role to play in an account of the meaning of life?

(15) Is death necessary for ones life to be meaningful?

(16) If all that exists is the natural world, then can life ever be meaningful?