Reading Questions for Phil 413.900‚ Spring 2009 (Daniel) Questions on Descartes’ Meditations I & II (Jan. 22) 1. For Descartes‚ why can’t knowledge gained through sense experience be trusted as the basis of knowledge? 2. How are the doubts raised by our experience of dreaming different from‚ and more profound than‚ doubts raised about errors in sense experience? 3. How is the evil genius argument intended to be broader in scope than either the arguments about doubting sense experience or dreaming
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Assignment on Economic Indicators 1. Housing starts lowest in months. Bad news. Building new homes is a very important factor to helping our economy grow. When the number of new houses being built is declining‚ it could possibly put our economy back into a recession. This headline would mean there would be less labor jobs available for those people without a formal education (roofers‚ electricians‚ plumbers)‚ and it would cause plumbing companies to have less business as well. 2. Fed lowers discount
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Conceptual Data Models for Database Design Database Design Process The database design process consists of a number of steps listed below. We will focus mainly on step 2‚ the conceptual database design‚ and the models used during this step. Step 1: Requirements Collection and Analysis ▪ Prospective users are interviewed to understand and document data requirements ▪ This step results in a concise set of user requirements‚ which should be detailed and complete. ▪ The functional
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Philosophy stemmed from the early Greek religions and myths‚ in search for answers to their questions about life. From early B.C. till today people still have questions about life and after-life‚ what is real and what is reality. Philosophy has dozens of subdivisions within it‚ one being metaphysics. Metaphysics is the study of the nature of reality‚ and within metaphysics there are three more divisions materialism‚ idealism‚ and hylemorphism. Each philosopher fits into one category more then others
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As my English 101 class comes to an end there are many valuable lessons we learned in this class. We learned how to respond to the author. We learned how to write in the They Say/I Say style‚ which I plan on using this style to write in most of my papers from now on. Another lesson we learned in this class was how to create a thesis with tension. The lessons I learned in English 101 will most likely be used again as I progress on with English 102 as well as the rest of my college career. Responding
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lifestyle. Perhaps my main concern was my writing skills because I did not know what to expect from my English 101 course. Although the course was not simple‚ it was not extremely difficult due to the fact that I quickly adjusted to the professor’s curriculum and I learned how to balance all my courses. However‚ I had to overcome several obstacles in order to secure my success in English 101. Before my arrival at Claflin University‚ I did not know what the college professors would expect from me in
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Why MUS 101 I major in biology with a minor in chemistry. I took this class my freshman year with a different professor‚ and didn’t do very well. I have made the decision to re-take this course this semester to raise the previous grade I received. The choice I made to re-take this course was to replace a grade on my transcript for graduate schools. Choosing to Re-take this MUS 101 course to me shows my determination‚ and dedication toward my education. It also shows me a little bit of the person
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Ethnic Studies Final 1. When discussing stereotypes and race‚ it is important to recognize how insignificant skin color is. Racism itself if focused mainly on cultural states‚ and more times than not‚ whites are considered culturally superior to people of color. The treatment of African Americans and Native Americans in American culture perfectly demonstrate how oppositional dichotomies of race define racial stereotypes. Cultural dominance was set since the first settlers began to participate
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Main topics on midterm labs 1-9 lectures 1-9 Operon; bacterial promoter; Rbs; DNA polymerase vs RNA polymerase function (lec #1) - Transcription is carried by RNA polymerase that RNA polymerase recognizes to a specific sequence (the promoter) and start making mRNA next to that position. - Usually‚ typical bacterial promoter carries tow consensus sequences (the sequence that all the organism shares) TTGACA at position of -35. TATAAT at -10. - As mRNA is being transcribed
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Charles Potter Business Law Education‚ Software Piracy‚ and the Law This paper is intended as a primer for copyright law in the form of a short story. An elementary school teacher illegitimately copies a piece of software for educational purposes and is discovered. Issues such as the fair use doctrine‚ copyright law‚ and cyberlaw are covered. The section provides a realistic legal defense for the fictional situation that drives the paper.
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