truth‚ accepting the sum of present consciousness which ultimately allows an evolutionary transition‚ transcending the Cartesian Dilemma‚ aka‚ Descartes’ Mind/Body dualism. Although we are each a single individual‚ our minds and our bodies seem to exist in two separate worlds which operate on separate rules. The dilemma is unifying the two‚ made possible by transcending the duality entirely. This allows the emergence of de-limited spirit which then provides the world with a third path‚ the Path of
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Corp. (company) was calculating its reserve for sales returns. Financial Restatement Summary Medicis Pharmaceutical Corp. had to restate more than three years worth of financial statements in 2008 (Censuring E&Y‚ PCAOB Hits Firm’s Lack of Skepticism). According to an inspection by PCAOB of Ernst & Young (audit firm) they found that there was an inaccurate interpretation of FAS 48‚ "Revenue Recognition When Right of Return Exists." Medicis was using an exemption to that rule for expired
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demonstrates that even though our long-term evolution is happening too slowly for any generation to witness‚ the short-term variety affects our day lives every day. Any time a scientist comes to a conclusion based upon a law proven by those before him- the Cartesian method- we have to thank Descartes’ belief that he “could not keep [his new methods] hidden without gravely sinning against the law that obliges us to procure‚ so much as we can‚ the general good of all men”
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the truth about them. Descartes poses numerous questions‚ some of which he later realizes that he cannot answer‚ thus resulting in him proposing an alternate route that he could take. Ergo‚ Descartes was able to quell skepticism
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EPISTEMOLOGY IN THE “MATRIX” TRILOGY A seminal moment in the film “The Matrix” is where Neo chooses the red pill from Morpheous to see how deep the rabbit hole goals (rather than the other option of just returning to the matrix). Upon teaching Neo that his life had been part of the matrix‚ Morpheous said to him “Have you ever had a dream‚ Neo‚ that you were so sure was real? What if you were unable to wake from that dream? How would you know the difference between the dream world and the real world
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(Total Recall) Rene Descartes is a very interesting philosopher due to the extremes he utilized in order to figure out what is real and what is not. The tactic that Descartes used is called Skepticism. Skepticism is the idea that one should doubt
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we already know something‚ namely that if we don’t know then we know that we don’t know. In Hank Hanegraaff’s words‚ “Even those who deny reality look both ways before they cross the street." <http://www.oppapers.com/essays/Arguments-Against-Skepticism/108446>. There is a lot yet to be known but we already know that‚ and all we knew before knowing something we did not. Maybe there is not a problem of the external world in the first place‚ and considering that we don’t know about it as a possibility
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To diagnose his mental illness‚ he had to pretend that these people who he was imaging were not considered to be true in reality‚ thus he decided to ignore there presences. The movie presented some scenarios that could possibly be explained by skepticism in philosophy. John Nash‚ himself was being skeptic while living along with schizophrenia. John‚ at the time went to school at Princeton and worked extremely hard for doctorate degree. Unlike the great effort he put forth in his education‚ he lacked
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thinking skills Question 4: Discuss how critical thinking relates to the term professional skepticism. Professional skepticism is a prime use of critical thinking skills. Critical thinking skills allow you to use higher level brain functions to evaluate the arduous tasks of understanding documents with multiple layers of though in them. Using critical thinking‚ an accountant can employee professional skepticism to documents they read. Question 7: Discuss the AICPA list of effective writing characteristics
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auditors must gain enough evidence to give an opinion when performing an audit. The standard is broken down into various sections discussing the descriptions and characteristics of fraud‚ responding to assess fraud risk‚ exercising professional skepticism‚ the communication of possible fraud‚ and the documentation of fraud. First‚ the standard defines fraud and discusses the characteristics of fraud. Auditors
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