Philosophy
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Sociology 100
started putting their children into public schools because they could no longer afford private schooling with the deteriorating Jamaican economy. I found out I was pregnant shortly afterwards and realized that I not only had myself to think about but my child as well. After the birth of my daughter
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Socrates - the Ideal Educator
In Euthyphro, Socrates is shocked to learn that Euthyphro is prosecuting his own father for murder under the pretense that it is the pious thing to do. Rather than debate the “what” of the act (is it pious or impious), Socrates simply asks, “what is the pious, and what
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Ss 201 - the Influence of Russian Communism on Mao Zedong Ideology
Yet Maoism’s greatest departure from the Leninist- Marxist philosophy was Mao’s thought reform otherwise known as Zhengfeng. To Marx, the economy was the substructure in the revolution. Thus he believed that intellectual and cultural change would inevitably result from a change in the economy. Mao however believed that thought,
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Strategy and Sense Making
- One of the strategies they are planning to introduce is the concept of self-driven cars or autonomous cars. Tesla calls this as Autopilot. Though still is it’s testing phase, many of its cars are already equipped with the autopilot feature(semi-autonomous), thus enabling its customers to enjoy the experience
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Summary Filosofie
Smith wordt alom genoemd als de vader van de moderne economie. Ook wordt hij beschouwd als een van de grondleggers van het klassieke liberalisme. Hij was van mening dat het nastreven van het eigen individuele belang ook in het grootste maatschappelijk belang zou resulteren. Een vrije markt zou het
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Summery on 10 Books of Architecture Book 9
THE ANALEMMA AND ITS APPLICATIONS Wherever a sundial is to be constructed, we must take the equinoctial shadow of the place. If it is found to be, as in Rome, equal to eight ninths of the gnomon, let a line be drawn on a plane surface, and in the
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Synthesis Paper: Philosophy
another truth. Lastly, induction deals with the scientific method of inquiry to attain valid conclusions. Critical thinking uses logic on evaluating questions, claims, and arguments, it is a discipline which separates the truth by experiences, opinions and false beliefs. Intellectual standards by Gregory Bassham (2011), discusses the different standards and
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The Answers Are Not in the Consolations
all of my strength. Just as I am about to let go so that it pounces on the ground, I feel it lifting with a strong hand pulling my arms through the straps. I turn to face Noah, giving him a half smile, then turning and walking out, slowly, to
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The Bhagavad Gita
should be relevant in modern society because it would relieve the stress inflicted upon society by the spirit of materialism. People who want things are never satisfied. In fact, I doubt satisfaction to be a component of human nature. There will always be something better than what you have. In
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The Big Shorts
Very coincidentally, after listening to the lecturer's speech, the next day Taiwan's Renaissance aviation was insider trading due to be exposed, the provisional convening of the antique conference and subsequently announced the formal dissolution of the company and I think the insider trading is the vulnerability I mentioned First,
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The Cosmological Argument
the argument on a scientific level in no form negates the idea that there could be a God. It simply brings about a scientific possibility to an issue that has yet to be determined, further muddying the discussion. Just like the fact that humans have the possibility to create artificial
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The Desire Satisfaction Theory of Wellbeing Is Implausible.
Sumner (1996, p.129) argues that desires are always prospective, as the only desires which can be fulfilled are future-looking. Implicit to a desire is the expectation that this state of affairs would be good for a person. However, this expectation can be disappointed after the experience of the desired
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The Different Categories of Metabolic Activity
cold environments the TDEE can increase. Pregnancy and breastfeeding increases the TDEE due to the extra energy necessary to develop and nurture an offspring, a breastfeeding mother may expend extra 425 to 700 calories a day (Scacia, 2005). With the gross energy expenditure, which is the energy necessary to perform
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The Drowning Child Argument
Another point I disagree with is when he says people should feel guilty and shameful about spending money on new cars and expensive clothes when we should have donated the money to famine relief. I object to this thought because people work hard therefore they should be able to
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The Existential God: He Doesn't Decide for You
Existentialists views on the absence of God and it's relation to choice were viewed as a pessimistic view but it was more realistic than some other views of the time. It was hard to comprehend but it became so popular that a lot of philosophers found themselves arguing upon
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The Exploration of the Three Waves of Modernity
the spread of the arts and sciences during the enlightenment. On the base of the scene is a satyr rushing towards the fire, and beside the satyr is a description, “ satyr you don’t know it” (Rousseau). The satyr eagerness to rush towards the fire represents man using something they
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The History and Influence of African Culture on Global Art, Music and Fashion
At the start of the colonization period in Africa, the African art were crafted out of natural resources such as ivory and took the form of tools such as spoons and hunting materials. These artistic artifacts were crafted by African artists and then exported abroad where they had a
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The Human and the Absolute in the Writings of Kuki Shūzō
Kant’s diagram of disjunctive judgment is instructive here: a b c d e In a disjunctive judgement, x, which is contained within a, is contained either within b, or within c, etc. 2. Kuki’s term has passed out of use. “Disjunctive judgement” is translated in the Philosophical Dictionary 『(
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The Impact of “trump Tax Reform” on China
- There are lobbyists representing with strong bargaining power representing each deduction; Eliminating tax deductions is easy to talk about but difficult to accomplish, for behind each of the deduction stands one or more related interest group, as well as at least one congress man as representative. The Tax
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The Inception of Descartes Doubt
Moving on, after Descartes discovered the truth about his existence, that the only certain thing about him is that he is a thinking thing and by thinking he exists, cogito ergo sum, he now continued and tried to reinstate his findings on what is the indubitable. So he came
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The Internet Effects on Society
Evgeny Morozov sees the internet as a dangerous tool and one that is viewed with overbearing excitement by Western leaders in particular. They view the internet as the ultimate ‘cheat sheet’ to help the West finally defeat the authoritarian regimes they have been faced with. A cheap and easy
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The Journey Is Necessary
can live your life right according to your experiences and your life. I found Nishitani’s point of view more appealing because it is very individual. Geertz’s and Nishitani’s view differ in many ways. Geertz has a system of the way religion works while Nishitani is free and open with his
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The Legislation of Morality and Its Compatibility with Legal Positivism
that of Hart’s and states that there is a “morality of order” which exists and is necessary to the creation of all law (1). Ehrenberg on his articles about the Functions of Law further supports the connection between Law and Morality. The author, thus, argues that Morality should be Legislated
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The Life of Pie
Rolling Wind clocked Buck on the side of the head. Buck then went flying down a steep hill. Rolling Wind followed. Both of them landed on a frozen river, which was starting to melt. Buck slid, and Rolling Wind crept on, trying not to break the ice. Buck quickly got
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The Natural of Human Person in Saint Thomas Aquinas
What is to be said about the union of soul and body? The soul, the principle of intellectual life, is the form of the body. Every human being has his or her own soul; and there is not one universal soul for all human beings, as some erroneously thought.
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The on the Spot Ramblings of an All Night Surfer Required to Write an Essay
All the major psychologists had their own theories on the mind and how it worked. Freud, Jung, Maslow, Pavlov, I can’t remember all of them nor all their theories. Some basic concepts stuck with me. The concept that we each have separate personalities like Freud with the id, ego,
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The ontological Argument
Primarily, what Gaunilo pointed out is that if St Anselm’s argument, for whatever purpose did made sense it would be irrelevant as there are countless arguments of the same or similar rational form that have not been accepted (Cottingham, 1998). He contended that numerous religious followers, would acknowledge and
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The Problem of Evil
Peter Van Inwagen is a modern philosopher who has written many works on free will, religion and metaphysics. He is a Cardinal and lectures and writes on the problem of evil at the University of Notre Dame. He says that it is quite possible for God to have reasons
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The Problem of Evil and Suffering
In the Biblical stories about suffering, the Scripture teaches us how to carry our own cross. Jesus carried the cross painfully, but He accepted it with joy.[16] In the same way, we must carry our own cross. Jesus teaches us: “For whoever would save his life, will lose it.
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The Question Concerning Technology, Martin Heidegger
of technology but rather as mutually related phenomena. In the final part of his essay Heidegger criticized the actual relation of humanity with technology which leads him to the explanation of the biggest danger humanity will be facing if it continues in this kind of interaction. He explains the
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