DIFFERENT CULTURES‚ DIFFERENT RATIONALITIES? Peter Winch ’s remarkable essay‚ ’Understanding a Primitive Society ’ (Winch‚ 1964) raised several deep and troubling questions and offered some no less deep and troubling answers. It was the essay of a philosopher inspired by Wittgenstein‚ who had questioned the very idea of a social science‚ reflecting upon and‚ indeed‚ criticizing the interpretation of witchcraft in one of the classics of twentieth-century anthropology‚ Evans-Pritchard ’s Witchcraft
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A. J. Ayer considered all religious language to be meaningless. He came to this conclusion through his Verification principle‚ which argued that a statement which cannot be verified is meaningless. In Ayer’s own words‚ “A statement is held to be literally meaningful if and only if it is either analytic or empirically verifiable”. He says that a religious utterance may be emotionally significant to the person saying it‚ but it is not literally significant. An example of this would be the statement
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by the cognitive bias and the risk control of the decision- making while learning this course. Having been engaged in the financial industry for years‚ I am deeply aware of the fact that most individual investors tend to perform those bounded rationalities for characteristics of decision-making while making investment‚ but I can’t find out the reason for their existence. After learning this course‚ however‚ I feel suddenly enlightened. The phenomenon that has bothered me so long is caused under the
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Nice‚ France to John L. Mitchell‚ a wealthy Wisconsin senator and his wife‚ Harriet. Mitchell. William Lendrum "Billy" Mitchell grew up on an estate near Milwaukee‚ Wisconsin. Alexander Mitchell‚ his grandfather‚ was one of the wealthiest people in Wisconsin for his generation and established what became the Milwaukee Road along with Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company. Mitchell Park and the street Mitchell Boulevard were named in honor of Alexander. Billy Mitchell was the eldest of ten‚ and
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Aggressive Driving – anxiety and frustration are usually at the root of aggressive or careless driving. Occasionally‚ drivers find themselves in unpleasant situations involving abusive gestures or language from other drivers who take issue with how you are driving. Some tailgate‚ others speed through intersections or fail to yield the right of way. Aggressive driving may lead to “road rage”. If people drive responsibly they will reduce the risks of conflict on the road and help make our roads safer
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The Girl with all the Gifts has multiple setting‚ the novel first took place in Hotel Echo in a base in London in the future. In the past London experienced a breakdown 20 years ago where a disease named Ophiocordyceps infected almost the whole civilization. Once the breakdown occurred everything became a dystopia. The world full life with video games‚ money etc‚ turned into broken society with flesh eating creatures. M.R. Carey began the novel with Melanie and her fellow students strapped in wheelchairs
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How are religious and ethical principles used in the abortion debate? Abortion has been legal in the United Kingdom since the Abortion Act of 1967‚ which was further amended in the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act of 1990‚ lowering the length of pregnancy in which it is legal to have an abortion from 28 weeks to 24 weeks‚ owing to advances in medicine and a decrease in the age of viability of a foetus. There are four criteria which allow women to have an abortion‚ as long as they have the
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Examine the key ideas of two critiques of religious belief Freud was a neurologist and is known as the founding father of psychoanalysis. Freud believed that religion is used as a protective system that man should ‘disregard in its relation to reality’. Freud saw to origins of religious belief lying with primitive tribes. The tension between the dominant male and the subordinate males (sons) culminates to over throw the father (this is a manifestation of the Oedipus complex). However‚ the guilt that
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Love was a very popular idea that was explored in both literature and media in our society. In media‚ love was romanticised where people fell in love with each other the second they laid eyes upon each other but love in real life was different. Love was a commitment that constantly needed the adjustment of both people lifestyles to be compatible with each other. The novel‚ Wuthering Heights‚ written by Emily Brontë explained that love needed good communication‚ being considerate of each other‚ and
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Observe a religious practice or visit a place of religious worship or spiritual significance that is unfamiliar to you. For instance‚ you may visit a Buddhist or Hindu temple‚ a local shrine‚ or a Christian church. Some of the larger institutions (such as Singapore’s Buddha Tooth Relic Temple and Museum) offer free tours‚ which would make for an easy point of entry. How is the space organized‚ what kinds of artifacts or images are displayed‚ and what kinds of routine practices do you observe? How
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