Last year the opinion post by the ombudsman of the Washington Post about the Post being ‘pro-gay’ have raised many voices. In his writing he has discussed and talked by the evidence of an email conversation between a reader‚ the ombudsman; Patrick and a reporter of the Post. The reader claims that the Post only caters to a special class of the Washington and wants appreciation from them. The main issue the reader had was that the Post is very much Pro-gay and gives a lot of exposure to the gay couples
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To Drill or Not to Drill? HUM/114 - CRITICAL THINKING AND CREATIVE PROBLEM SOLVING To Drill or Not to Drill? Gas prices are still hovering around the $4 per gallon mark‚ and us as Americans are aching badly. There are a lot of people who believe Americans are to blame entirely for this energy issue. The truth is these people are the same ones who helped create this energy crisis. I believe America is the culprit as well as the victim. America should exhaust all other resources before looking
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The historian and the search for truth A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous‚ methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the study of all history in time. History‚ in its broadest sense‚ is the totality of all past events‚ although a more realistic definition would limit it to the known past. Of all the fields of serious study and literary effort
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The status of some popular sports athletes believe they have the right to be outspoken about their beliefs on the sports field. One of these popular athletes is Tim Tebow‚ acknowledged by many as the greatest player in the history of college football. His status confirms that Tebow went onto playing in the National football League for the Denver Broncos and New York Jets his popularity was evidence for his faith. After being traded by the Denver Broncos in 2010‚ his number fifteen has become the
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Problem"‚ is knowledge defined as justified true belief. The idea of justified true belief declares that in order for a given proposition to be true‚ one must believe more than the relevant true proposition‚ but also to have justification for doing so. Gettier argues that the traditional conditions for knowledge in the JTB (justified true belief) model are not sufficient. In other words‚ in some cases‚ meeting the 3 conditions‚ which are truth‚ belief and justification‚ are not enough to count something
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Does Clifford offer a convincing view of religious faith? In his article “The Ethics of Belief (Clifford‚ 1877) W.K. Clifford sought to argue that “it is wrong always‚ everywhere‚ and for anyone‚ to believe anything upon insufficient evidence” (as cited on p190). The aim of this essay is to establish whether indeed this view offered by Clifford‚ when considering religious faith‚ is convincing. In order to do this I will consider the arguments that Clifford put forward‚ including that which to
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Is Justified True Belief Knowledge? According to Plato’s theory that knowledge is justified true belief‚ in order to know that a given proposition is true‚ one must not only believe the relevant true proposition‚ but one must also have a good reason for doing so. In his paper‚ Edmund Gettier argued that there are situations in which one’s belief may be justified and true‚ yet fail to count as knowledge. He presented two examples to show that it is possible for a person to be justified in believing
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Edmund Gettier challenged the classical analysis of knowledge as justified true belief‚ demonstrating two cases where a true and justified belief is held‚ but not necessarily knowledge - Is Justified True Belief Knowledge? (1963). Showing that justification is insufficient for demarcating mere true beliefs from knowledge as belief and truth can correlate by luck. In what follows‚ section-one will outline the classical analysis of knowledge and Gettier’s challenge to it‚ focusing on Gettier’s first
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something or someone whether it’s God‚ themselves‚ or material objects. Do they even know what faith is? According to Webster’s New World Dictionary‚ the definition is‚ in a nut shell‚ “unquestioning belief and complete trust.” With that said it broadens the idea of faith. I believe faith is an absolute belief in someone or something. Now let us explore what the basic concept of what faith is not. Faith is not mistrust or doubt. So although you may believe someone is telling the truth‚ the fact of the
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Gettier completely shatters the analysis of knowledge held for hundreds of years by epistemologists through counterexamples displaying that a belief can be true and justified‚ but not constitute as knowledge. Michael Clark attempts to fix these problems presented by Gettier by adding another condition‚ in which a proposition would not only have to be a belief that’s true and justified‚ but also be fully grounded. In what follows‚ I will argue that Michael Clark’s analysis does not assist in solving
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