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R.N. | Essays, Analysis & Poetry


What Happens After a Dream Girl Gets a Reality Check?
Let's unpack this... A few years ago, I tried to tell my story and help others through a podcast called In & Out of Sanity —I went by...


From Many Lives to One Calling: The Story Behind Where I Am
You might've met me or thought that you've known me, but did you know this? Expect this? If not, I want to share with you where I am and where I'm going, and how much I appreciate your perspective and experience. Thank you for being here, and I can't wait to see what our tomorrow brings.


Poetry | Settled on my Sunset
Sell me a possible world where my mind's made up, Remind me of how the horizon settles the sun At a distance. Or how subtle breezes...


Essay | Epistemic Virtues, Modest Evidentialism, and The Standard View
Considerations of epistemological values of knowledge expansion, truth discovery, and inclusivity. Written for PHI 330: Theory of...


Analysis | Art and Expression of Identity
An argumentation on art versus the artist from two contrasting points of view. Written by Samantha Robyn Norrah for PHI 103: Principles...


AI & Artistic Identity Research Presentation
On April 28th, 2023, I had the privilege of presenting my research on AI, artistic identity, and copyright law at Arizona State...


LCAE Undergraduate Research Symposium
Today I'll be presenting with Arizona State University’s Lincoln Center of Applied Ethics at their Undergraduate Research Symposium. My...


A Survey on Art, A.I., and Public Policy
Throughout the semester, I have been sinking my teeth into material that questions A.I. consciousness, creativity, and rights. I've...


Blog | Ask Aristotle: Consciousness in Tech
Blog post is written for ASU's School of Historical, Philosophical, and Religious Studies website during my Fall 2022 Research Program with


Presentation | Nietzsche and Perspective
For ASU's PHI 304: Existentialism, we were assigned groups tasked with presenting various philosophical works. I lead my group in...


Poetry | Slow Burn
I like a slow burn. Like the way butter melts on day-old pancakes cluttered in the sink. Too much batter, fried and flipped, pages...


Essay | Metaphysical Semantic’s Epistemic Viability
Contrasting metametaphysics against epistemic virtues. Written for PHI 420: Metametaphysics with Professor McElhoes at Arizona State...


Essay | Humble Epistemology
A revision of the standard view. Written for PHI 403: Contemporary Analytic Philosophy with Professor Watson at Arizona State University...


Essay | Algorithmic Impact
On the known effects of social media on its users. Written for PHI 300: Philosophical Argument/Exposition with Professor Braud at Arizona...


Essay | Paraphrased Away: The Problem with Thin Ontology
The practice of examining other possible worlds, near and far from here or our imagination, allows us to comparatively work and grasp what it could be like to be anything other than what we presume we are. That is the core of our ontological inquiry, the epitome of our very nature: to be individuals, amongst a sea of mostly unknowable things, venturing to know of how and why we and others exist as separately as we do.


Poetry | Beautiful Things
The balance of beautiful things Is riddled by our knowledge Beyond what they are To him, to her, to in between, To you, to I, to them, to...


Essay | Determining Sourcehood
It is easy to think one is higher than another if one maintains the belief that there is something higher than oneself. Ideas seem to innately possess the habit of perpetuating themselves to color our outer narrative with the palette provided within. It is here that we tend to mistake an impression of sourcehood. In metaethics, source is defined as how one’s actions are brought about and is oftentimes assumed to be harbored by some mindscape.
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