Evaluate Hume’s claim that miracles are the least likely of events. (35 marks) Hume defined miracles to be a “violation of the laws of nature” According to Hume‚ no matter how strong the evidence for a specific miracle may be‚ it will always be more rational to reject the miracle than to believe in it. The definition of Hume is both logical and objective as it esquires empirical evidence‚ e.g. Ockham’s razor‚ the simplest explanation is the correct one and therefore miracles do not occur. Hume was
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PHIL 201 Study Guide Lesson 4: Making Claims and Defining Terms Points: A) The seven preliminary matters in preparing to philosophize – 1) Philosophizing involves four psychological traits that improve effective communication: the courage to examine one’s cherished beliefs critically‚ a willingness to advance tentative hypotheses and to take the first step in reacting to a philosophical claim‚ no matter how foolish that reaction might seem at the time‚ a desire to place the
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they tend to be more expensive to purchase and to maintain. Indeed‚ a large majority of people choose to live in apartments because they cannot afford the mortgage to buy a house. Another possible problem is that there are fewer houses in cities than the countryside. So if you like urban life‚ it may be preferable to live in an apartment. A second reason to avoid living in a house is that there is a greater sense of community to life in an apartment. My conclusion would be that this is a well-balanced
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In the article Wind Energy puffery written by H. Sterling Burnett ‚ one of the leaders of the National Center for Policy Analysis ‚ Burnett discusses wind energy is not easy to exploit or benefit as environmentalists say . Build it expensive and do not provide a reason good enough to be used . Burnett believes that the benefits are often exaggerated ‚ and its adverse effects are ignored .Burnett agreed with wind energy is not good. Burnett tells us that " wind farms‚ wind generator when only a certain
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SLOGANS OF DIFFERENT BRANDS 1) Brand name : Alltel Business Description: Telecommunication Slogan: ‘Love Every Minute’ 2) Brand name : Apache Business Description: Petroleum Slogan: ‘Energy to Grow’ 3) Brand name : Apple Business Description: Consumer electronics Slogan: ‘Byte into an Apple’ 4) Brand name : Avon Products Business Description: Personal & Household Products Slogan: ‘Ding-Dong-Avon Calling’ 5) Brand name : Boeing Business Description:
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Assess the claim that the role of education is to transmit the ruling class ideology (20marks) Sociologists would agree that there are many roles in education but one of the main roles is to transmit a ruling class ideology‚ one perspective would be Marxism that see’s education based on class division and capitalist exploitation. However‚ functionalists would argue that education is seen as performing a beneficial role for both society and individuals. Marxism is a class conflict perspective
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In fact‚ in 1803‚ Robert Thorne produced the first “fat face‚” meaning type that had vertical stems‚ which were much thicker than they were tall. Thorne’s fat face was appropriately named “Elephant.” The fat face type was bold and had serifs; it was the first kind of attention-grabbing typeface for Advertising. Boldface type‚ also allowed for a bold‚ distinctive appearance that created visual
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Discuss the claim that some areas of knowledge are discovered and others are invented By Olivia Emans In my opinion an invention may be defined as a new device‚ method‚ or process developed from study and experimentation whereas a discovery is an act or process of finding something or somebody‚ or learning about something that was not known about before. Another way of differentiating discovery and invention is in the following: A discovery is something someone else can test for himself and find
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Evaluate the claim that “moral values cannot be derived from facts” The claim that moral values cannot be derived from facts concerns the distinction between facts and values and the difference between what is and what ought to be. There are those who argue that the claim is false‚ such as naturalists‚ who argue that there are indeed natural facts thus suggesting that moral values can be indentified as possessing empirical properties. Naturalists suggest that moral truths can be derived from
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Walter Benn Michaels approvable critical claim against the principal of theory is highlighted in their assertion critiquing the theories of John R. Searle in regards to his thinking that intention is a theoretical issue‚ "Not only in serious literal speech but in all speech what is intended and what is meant are identical. In separating the two Searle imagines the possibility of expression without intention and so‚ like Hirsch‚ misses the point of his own claim that when it comes to language "there
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