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    Othello to Kill Cassio and Desdemona by the End of Act Three? Act Three of Othello begins with Othello having no doubts at all concerning his wife’s fidelity and the happiness of their marriage‚ and ends with him almost totally convinced of her false guilt of being in an affair despite having very little evidence to prove it and no reason to want it to be true. His complete certainty comes rather from the manipulative skill of his ensign Iago who uses three principal broad categories of tactics to

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    in the world of science--that is‚ not believed in the scientific community to be as infallible as it once was." Well evolution is a theory. It is also a fact. And facts and theories are different things‚ not rungs in a hierarchy of increasing certainty. Facts are the world ’s data. Theories are structures of ideas that explain and interpret facts. Facts don ’t go away when scientists debate rival theories to

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    the first philosophers and still is a debate that is occuring to this day. The philosopher René Descartes has a unique perspective. Descartes says‚ “I think‚ therefore I am” (Descartes 1). He believes that to discover what is reality one must first doubt everything and start from the beginning. He found out that he exists because he is the one doubting in the first place. This is connected to the short story by Jonathan Nolan “Memento Mori”. In the short story the main character Earl is always at war

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    wrong one‚ monstrous. Secondly‚ decision making is the process of sufficiently reducing uncertainty and doubt about alternatives to allow a reasonable choice to be made from among them. This definition stresses the information-gathering function of decision making. It should be noted here that uncertainty is reduced rather than eliminated. Very few decisions are made with absolute certainty because complete knowledge about all the alternatives is seldom possible. Thus‚ every decision involves a

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    unknown questions. o Philosophical Contemplation as Uncovering New Possibilities ▪ The value of philosophy is in its uncertainty. Philosophy makes definite everyday things uncertain. Then using philosophy a person could find certainty and free the mind from custom. ▪ We must break the chains of living in the private world and go out and seek the outer world‚ if our lives are to be great and free. ▪ Philosophic contemplation is used to escape by

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    cannot be used as a proof. We would all like to believe that we believe in God and our given religion because of faith. But what is faith? And how can a Jew‚ a Christian or a Muslim all have the same certainty about their given religions without being in any doubt of their minds as to the certainty of their religions and faith. Descartes set out to build a set of arguments designed to prove God’s existence. On those‚ he constructed all of his other arguments. His goal in proving God’s existence

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    for impress‚ for impress you will. N is for name‚ a pleasant one indeed. E is for enchant‚ for enchant you will. What does the name “Catherine” mean? A name is much more than just a name! C is for casual‚ no pretension here. A is for affirm‚ the certainty of knowledge. T is for treasure‚ that of your friendship. H is for heavenly‚ your spirit is strong. E is for elate‚ you make others happy. R is for refreshing‚ the sparkling you. I is for inspire‚ others seek your guidance. N is for noble‚

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    ideally without any preconceived notions to taint the results. Descartes‚ however‚ believed that the senses were unreliable and that science based solely on information gained from the senses was uncertain. He was concerned with finding a point of certainty on which to base scientific thought. Eventually he settled on mathematics as a basis for science‚ because he believed mathematics and geometry to be based on some inherent truths. He believed that it was through mathematics that we were able to

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    allow anything to be certain. He instead asserts that he knows God and that‚ through the use of his famous Wager‚ it is better for anyone to believe. The contrasting views of the two early-modern philosophers highlight the contrast between religious certainty and faith and also the key differences between metaphysical reasoning‚ a key element of Cartesianism‚ and Pascal’s more Aristotelian approach to philosophy. In his Discours sur la méthode‚ René Descartes sets out to provide his readers with a

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    the strict rules that take away individual rights from the citizens. “ We don’t dare to let people make choices of their own”. “ Not safe?” The Giver suggested. “ Definitely not safe”‚ Jonas said with certainty. In this quote individual rights are being discussed by The Giver and Jonas. It is of no doubt that this portrayed utopian society be deprived of individual rights in fear that citizens will make the wrong choices. Brimhall 2 Often in societies that

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