Annotated Bibliography


Sources:
Annotated Bibliography:
Tykwer, Tom. “Run Lola Run.” Gomovies.pet, gomovies.pet/film/run-lola-run-4837/.
Secondary Source. This was the website where I could watch Run Lola Run, one of our films that we chose to watch and talk about for this project. There were english subtitles for me to follow along with, since the entire movie is in German.
  • However, within this secondary source, there is a quote that is used and said by T.S. Elliot in which I extracted from the film to use in a writing/blog post. T.S. Elliot was a British literary/poet/publisher/playwright. This is an example a primary source, as it was directly said from someone. I used this quote to help explain an idea, in which it connected with my learning (read the full post to find out!)
The quote:
"We shall not cease from exploration
And the end of all our exploring
Will be to arrive where we started
And know the place for the first time."


Back to the Future. Dir. Robert Zemeckis. Perf. Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloyd. 1985. Universal Studios, 2002. DVD
Secondary Source. This is the DVD I watched in order to examine Back to the Future, a film that exhibits cause and effect.
Boyle, Danny. “Watch Slumdog Millionaire Online | Watch Full HD Slumdog Millionaire (2008) Online For Free PutLockers.” Putlocker - Watch Movies Online Free, 12 Nov. 2008, putlockers.fm/watch/kvX57Jxe-slumdog-millionaire.html.
Secondary Source. This was the website where we could watch Slumdog Millionaire, one of the the films we chose to watch and talk about for this project.


Harris, Sam. "Delusion of Free Will." Dangerous Ideas Festival, 28 September 2012, Sydney Opera House. Lecture.
Primary Source. This was a speech that explored ideas supporting determinism and refuting those of compatibilism.
Chaffee, John. The Philosopher's Way: Thinking Critically about Profound Ideas. Pearson, 2014.
Secondary Source. This book provided information and insights on various philosophical ideas. For my purpose, I used this book for the examination on the argument of free will and its existence. I also got basic definitions and understandings of compatibilism, libertarianism, and determinism.
McLeod, Saul. “Freewill and Determinism.” Simply Psychology, 1 Jan. 1970, www.simplypsychology.org/freewill-determinism.html.
Secondary Source. This source allowed me explore the ideas of Free Will and Determinism. This gave me a very broad overview of the subjects, and I was able to define the terms and use them within our blog thanks to this article. These two ideas have been debated over for over centuries. I the reader will have a clear definition and understanding of these two terms and their meanings. They are at the root of our essential question which is, “Are we Free in this world?”


Hoefer, Carl. "Causal Determinism." Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Stanford University, 23 Jan. 2003. Web. 22 Nov. 2016. <http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/determinism-causal/>.

Secondary Source. In relation to the citation above, this article from the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy went into depth about Causal Determinism. Rather than focusing the counter argument of free will, this article really extracted the core at what causal determinism was to use in our blog. I got a better understanding on how I could relate determinism to our films that we watched and wrote about.

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