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    Golf Ball Lab Report

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    The density of the golf ball in the lab is higher than the average density of a golf ball. This means that the golf ball was made for long shots in the golf course. The neutral buoyancy was successfully achieved when the molarity of the solution was 3.33M. Therefore‚ if the water hazards in golf ball courses had a higher molarity than 3.33M‚ then golf balls would float to the surface. However‚ repeated errors in the lab might have caused inaccurate calculations. For example‚ the beaker was too small

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    parents were emotionally close to us and how the relationship was built between parent and child. I believe to be a work in progress “Secure Attachment Style” because I can absolutely relate to the “Avoidant Attachment Style”. I can say with certainty that I was the latter attachment until I met my husband and we had kids. I was the one to always pull back

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    believe that we can’t entirely know any of these things‚ our ethical experience qualifies us to trust in them. Descartes program of methodological doubt is an orderly method of being cynical about the certainty of an individual opinions‚ which has turn into an attribute technique in philosophy. With Eudoxus convincing Polyander‚ Descartes methodological doubt was adopted sincerely and convincingly. Polyander was guided slowly and carefully through the first stages‚ which then led him to become a dogmatic

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    his poem “Dover Beach” the sea is transformed into the metamorphic” Sea of Faith”. The sea is used as a symbol of faith for a time when religion could still be experienced without the doubts created by the science of though-s created by Darwin. As the poem goes on Arnold tells us that the Sea of Faith and certainty of religion has withdrawn itself away from the shore human grasp; leaving people in a world of darkness. In this world of darkness the importance of love and faithfulness to the lover

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    not only an extensive fan base‚ but also an unusually high number of intellectual assessments attempting to understand its philosophical symbolism and claims. Critically for this discussion‚ the main notion central to The Matrix is that of doubt in the certainty of the status quo; the assertion that the world as one sees it may actually be a shared illusion. Therefore‚ it serves as an excellent platform to initiate significant re- evaluation of entrenched cultural narratives among a passive mass audience

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    Epistemology is the nature of knowledge. Knowledge is important when considering what is reality and what is deception. The movie "The Matrix" displays a social deception in which Neo‚ the main character‚ is caught between what he thought was once reality and a whole new world that controls everything he thought was real. If I were Neo‚ I would not truly be able to know that I was in the matrix. However‚ it is rational to believe that I am in the matrix and will eventually enter back into my

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    Belief

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    belief‚ a well-supported belief‚ a belief that is beyond reasonable doubt. A vague belief could be explained as eating fish helps you concentrate; a well-supported belief could be understood as I believe that my teacher gave me too much homework because it took me five hours to finish it all‚ but other students only took one hour‚ so is it because I am too slow or the teacher gave us too much. A belief that is beyond reasonable doubt‚ for example‚ on sept.11‚ 2001‚ the World Trade Centre collapsed.

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    foundationalist. His goal was to find certain indubitable ideas to use as a foundation to build his thoughts. His aim was to find a single or multiple certainties to build his thoughts off of. Descartes figures that if he can come up with a hyperbolic doubt and some idea can still survive through this ultimate doubt then this is the most certain scenario. This hyperbolic doubt becomes to believe is‚ “ not that there is a supremely good God who is the source of all truth‚ but that there is an evil demon supremely

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    Cogito Ergo Sum

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    Descartes quest‚ his pursuit is one for surety and certainties. He finds that there are very few things which actually provide such an assurance‚ Religion and Mathematics being the rare two. In this sense he takes a stance against Aristotelian logic which works on probabilities. Thus his idea is to demolish everything that is based on assumptions and begin afresh in understanding what the truth is. Descartes relies on his study of Mathematics to guide his thought on the desirable lines. He establishes

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    clear statement of the reason for his decision‚ or laid down a legal principle‚ it would not be difficult to extract the ratio decidendi‚ but this is not often the case. Many matters would have to be taken into consideration before it can said with certainty what the true reason may have been‚ such as the circumstances and the facts in the case‚ the arguments of counsel on both sides and the state of

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