Unit 1. Close Reading and Argument Essay I Schedule Bloggy 1 (1 double-spaced page or 300 words or less‚ not counting the quotation of your passage) due Wednesday‚ 19 September‚ 8 PM Rough draft due at class time‚ Monday‚ 24 September (3 pages minimum). Save in .doc format. Please upload this as an attachment to the course blog. Label the file clearly with name and assignment‚ like this: jsmithroughdraft1.doc. Conferences Monday‚ 24 September and Monday‚ 1 October
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If a computer was programmed in a certain way‚ could the computer acquire a mind? David Chalmers argued that if he can prove that the answers to these questions is “Yes‚” then strong artificial intelligence is an eventuality. Chalmers began his argument for strong AI‚ in his book The conscious mind (1996)‚ by classifying all objections to artificial intelligence to two types. The first type is functional objections‚ where all objections of this form does not accept that computational system are
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addressing our argument to a group of representatives from corporate companies in the country. In 2011 we successfully held a fundraising event which helped us raise enough funding to support the activities of our organization. We used the funding to buy the healthiest vegetables from local farmers and purchase only the naturally raised meat. While our goal is to fight hunger in the country‚ we also maintain an eco-friendly outlook. A clear statement of purpose for the argument After the financial
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Outline the argument that supermarket power is a “zero-sum”game Before we discuss the argument let us understand first what the terms “power” and “zero-sum” mean. Power is a complex term used denote influence‚ control and domination‚ (Taylor‚ et al‚ 2009‚p.59). The power used by supermarkets includes buying and market power. The big four supermarkets in the U.K. account for approximately 75% of the food and groceries market therefore giving them significant market power. Their buying power is the
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experienced throughout our lives; every effect ever made has had a cause. Aquinas used the laws of Motion and Design to demonstrate how every action must have a correlating reaction‚ and related this to his argument for God being the first cause – the uncaused causer. This is laid out in the Cosmological Argument‚ taken directly from the Christian Apologetics and Research Ministry; 1. Things Exist 2. It is possible for those things not to exist. 3. Whatever has the possibility of non existence‚ yet exists
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The argument from evil In this paper I am going to use the very popular argument from evil‚ which was made popular and originated from the Greek philosopher Epicurus‚ to argue that existence of god is highly improbable. I’ll put this argument in the simplest of terms. For my first premise I am stating that if an omnipotent‚ omniscient‚ and omnibenevolent god exists than evil does not exist. For my second premise I am stating that evil exists in this world. When you put these two together
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Rasheed McLain Dr. Maria Orban English 120 October 8‚ 2012 Dear Rasheed McLain‚ How many kids do you really believe want a curfew and actually will abide by all the rules given by their parents. I really believe it would not be a good idea. First of all a lot of kids would be bored coming in early. Secondly‚ a lot of kids would be so bored and sneak out and get in trouble for being out after their set curfew. Thirdly‚ kids summer would not be enjoyed to the fullest because their days are set
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Ashley Blanks EH 224-OP June 29‚ 2012 “Trifles” The story‚ “Trifles”‚ by Susan Glaspell is about a murder investigation of John Wright. And while this investigation is going on‚ Mr. Peters (the sheriff)‚ Mr. George Henderson (the county attorney)‚ and Mr. Hale (neighboring farmer of Mr. John Wright‚ fail to investigate properly. They don’t think about why Mrs. Minnie Wright (Mr. John Wright’s wife) did what she did. And the reason for them not really thinking about it is because Mrs. Wright
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For My discussion forum‚ I decided to view the Ted Talk title "The jobs we’ll lose to machines -- and the ones we won’t" by Anthony Goldbloom. In the video‚ Anthony describes how machine learning is revolutionizing the traditional way we work. He cites a 2013 study done by Oxford University where the researchers predict that one in every two jobs is at a high risk of being automated by machines. 1.) Right off the back the concept of Ethical Challenges Involving Technology from chapter 11 came
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be true. What we take to be true is our reality.” -Gary Zukav If all of this is true‚ how do you perceive God? The most fascinating argument for the existence of an all-perfect God is the ontological argument. The argument that God‚ being defined as most great or perfect‚ must exist‚ since a God who exists is greater than a God who does not. The ontological arguments claim that once we understand
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