Essays by Peter Prevos

Undergraduate Philosopy, Sociology & Psychology Essays

I started studying humanities since 1996 at the Open Universiteit of the Netherlands. After I moved to Australia in 2000, I continued my studies through Open Universities Australia, completing a Bachelor of Arts Degree through Monash University in 2006.

Philosophy

• Topics in Indian Philosophy: Essays on Hindu and Buddhist ethics and metaphysics.
• Descartes and the Defence of Reason: Meditations about the philosophy of René Descartes.
• Hellenistic Philosophy: Physics, Ethics and Epistemology in Stoic and Epicurean Philosophy.
• Ethics: Reflections on how we ought to behave.
• Origins of Modern Philosophy: Locke, Leibniz and Hume.
• Values & the Meaning of Life: Reflections on the meaning of life.

Sociology & Psychology

• Myth, Ritual and the Sacred: Essays concerning religious phenomena.
• Australian Society: Foundations of Social Science
• Introduction to Psychology: Essays about various subjects.
• Sociology of Identity (March - May 2006)
• Material Culture & Commodity Culture (June - August 2006)

Miscellaneous

• Strategic Management: Essay arguing that intuition and luck are equally influential as rational planning methods in strategic management.