What Can We Be Sure Of? Humans cannot be sure of anything. The idea that we can know everything about our surroundings is absurd. The possibilities of everything we perceive being an illusion are endless‚ and there is frankly no way to distinguish the truth. To understand what our world really is‚ we must first understand ourselves‚ rather‚ our own thoughts. Yet in saying that‚ the mind itself is too complex for a mere human to understand‚ let alone to understand the entire world. “If our brain
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Can we save the Polar bears? Imagine that you are a child waking up on crisp cool morning in a small village on the outskirts of Alaska. You stretch‚ throw on some clothes and go running outside. It’s summer‚ the days are long‚ and you have a lot planned. You are what is considered a local‚ you were born in Alaska‚ so were your parents and their parents. One of your favorite things to do is hunt Polar bears. You are used to the cold temperatures‚ the ice and the snow. Then one day in your early
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Rationalist. I think therefore I am. We cannot rely on tradition or previous knowledge or even our senses to belief something. We must reason and process the information therefore the reasoning of each is personal. • Rationalism: the belief that we can have knowledge without experience. Only by reasoning its existence. Logic is used to subtend reasoning and form opinion. • Empiricism: we can only be sure of something once we’ve tested it or experienced it. This means that we use our sense perception and
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Who Can We Trust? Rowan Williams begins his book by discussing the topic of “Who Can We Trust?”‚ which seems to be a common question of society today. Williams points out that we are mistrustful of strangers‚ education systems‚ and the government. He narrows this issue down to one thing: a fear of not being in control. We have become accustomed to thinking that if someone else is pulling the strings‚ they don’t have our best interests in sight‚ only their own. Williams uses this to transition to
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Tatum’s work‚ Defining Racism “Can We Talk?”‚ covered the themes of racism‚ prejudice‚ and privilege. She discussed in great detail the effects of racism in America today and how European-American people will always hold White privilege. She discussed an article written by Peggy McIntosh called “Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack”‚ an article which I was fortunate enough to read and discuss last year. Here she explains how Euro-American individuals hold advantage or privilege in all ways‚ many of which
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and every 1 rape out of 4 is a multiple rape. With these statistics it is not difficult to see why this is such an alarming topic. The director depicts this as a very serious offense that destroyed the life of a young woman. The elasticity of the judicial system is also apparent because it shows that the law can be "hoodwinked" with some quick thinking‚ but after a while the truth will always come out and justice will prevail. I believe the film was of great educational value because it presented
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“And of Clay Are We Created” written by Isabel Allende‚ is a story about Rolf Carlé‚ who is brought back to his tragic past‚ as he tries to save a little girl. They discovered the girl is thirteen-year-old Azucena. Her body covered in the clay and debris‚ only her head held above it all‚ which was caused by a tremendous avalanche that have buried entire towns and killed many people. Rolf Carlé is a reporter‚ he was one of the first to arrive to the scene. He is a well-known reporter by everyone‚
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Can we rely on corporate social responsibility as a solution to poor corporate practices? The phrase Corporate Social Responsibility was coined in 1953 with the publication of Bowen’s ’Social Responsibility of Businessmen’‚ which posed the question ’what responsibilities to society can business people be reasonably expected to assume? (Bowen‚ 1953) At the most basic level‚ CSR is about a business taking responsibility for the economic‚ social‚ ethical and environmental impact of its activities (Harrison
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How Can We Reduce the Incidents of Illegal Passing of Stopped School Buses? Patsy Hudson Mount Olive College How Can We Reduce the Incidents of Illegal Passing of Stopped School Buses? Safety at the school bus stop is an issue that is widely discussed with the beginning of each new school year yet it’s probably one of the most neglected topics as the school year progresses. Most of us as humans crave routine to have our day run smoothly and there is nothing more routine than the route a
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| Can We Save Planet Earth? | | | Lynnette Clay | 5/23/2010 | SCI/275 Carol Rogers Jones | As we all know there is a great effort being made worldwide to counter act the alleged impact of the human footprint on the world ’s climate‚ the earth’s land‚ oceans‚ and atmosphere‚ as well as the health of the inhabitants destroying it! I have a few important questions for my readers to contemplate. Is it possible to keep the air and ocean unpolluted with populations of 10 million
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