Selected papers from our advanced students
These papers represent the culmination of a three-year journey in the Community of Inquiry, demonstrating our students' ability to engage with professional academic discourse.
At 9Rome, writing is the final stage of the inquiry process. We don't require essays from everyone; we support those ready to synthesize months of dialogue into a rigorous independent thesis.
Bridging 2,500 years of thought: Our students analyze how Socratic definitions of truth hold up against modern logical challenges.
Title: The Concept of Knowledge: Plato’s Theaetetus and the Gettier Challenge
Topic: A comparative analysis of the "Justified True Belief" (JTB) model as explored in Socratic dialogue and its critique in modern epistemology. The paper examines whether Plato’s definition of episteme can withstand the counterexamples posed by the Gettier problem.
Focus: Epistemology, Classical Philosophy, Modern Analytical Logic.
From Ancient Wisdom to Mental Resilience: Our students explore how Stoic ethics serve as a practical blueprint for modern existential health.
Title: Echoes of Stoicism in Existential Psychology
Topic: A comparative study exploring how Ancient Stoic practices of resilience and the "dichotomy of control" provide a foundation for modern existential-humanistic therapy.
Focus: Ethics, Comparative Philosophy, Psychology.
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