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    Catherin Escobar 1. What is liver mortis? How might this reveal information about the time of death? Liver Mortis is the settling of blood in the lowest parts of the body after death. This process usually begins 8 to 12 hours after death and can help investigators tell if the body has been moved. 2.What three aspects does a forensic autopsy seek information about? Describe each of these aspects? Cause of death- medical problem that leads to death. Mechanism of death- any weapon or instrument

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    far more objective reality he had official: God is an infinite while he is only a finite substance. Since the idea of God cannot be sourced from within himself‚ he concludes that God is the cause of this idea and therefore necessarily exists. The meditation counter argument that he can conceive of an infinite being through the negation‚ that is‚ through the conception of it as opposed to their limited human. Doubt and desire comes from an understanding that we are missing something‚ and we will not

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    Sebastian Gumina Paper Topic #1 Descartes’ Skeptical Method Descartes’ method offers definitive conclusions on certain topics‚ (his existence‚ the existence of God)but his reasoning is not without error. He uses three arguments to prove existence (His and God’s) that attempt to solidify his conclusions. For his method to function seamlessly‚ Descartes needs to be consistent in his use of the method‚ that is‚ he must continue to doubt and challenge thoughts that originate in his own

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    Hume and Descartes on The Theory of Ideas David Hume and Rene Descartes are philosophers with opposing views about the origination of ideas. Descartes believed there were three types of ideas which are‚ innate‚ adventitious and those from imagination. He stated since he exists and his idea of what a perfect being is‚ such as God‚ then God exists. Hume‚ on the other had‚ believed ideas came only from one thing‚ impressions. Both theories have their strengths and weaknesses but I like Hume’s theory

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    SQ 2A: 1. Descartes was convinced some evil demon had committed itself to deceiving him so everything he thought was false. Descartes provided a method of doubt to defeat skepticism. First‚ Descartes noted that the testimony of the sense with respect to any particular judgment about the external world may turn out to be mistaken. (Med I) things are no always just as they seem at first glance to be. Secondly‚ Descartes raised more systematic method for doubting the legitimacy of all sensory perception

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    transmitted from one individual to another‚ which brings about justification and truth that we do exist and know what we know. However‚ the idea of skepticism is an important aspect to remember as I show Gandalf that I know I exist. In Rene Descartes first meditation he claims‚ that the senses often deceive us and our perceptions can often be inaccurate. “But while my senses may deceive me about what is small or far away‚ these may still be other things that I take in by the senses but that I cannot

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    To: Jeff Newcomb From: Quoc Nguyen‚ QN PS7655 Date: April 17‚ 2013 Subject: Meditation of Introducing Apple Television Attachment: Why an Apple TV Won’t Happen Anytime Soon The Achievement of Apple Inc. And The Procrastination of Apple TV The Apple corporation is one of the biggest company in the technology industry in the world. It produces unique and simple technology products that make a great impact on technology industry. For example‚ iPod eliminated the portable CD players in the market. iPhone

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    Introduction: Descartes uses his rule of clear and distinct perception and later his ontological argument to not only state the prerequisite criteria to be justifiably certain of something‚ but also prove the existence of God. Descartes Ontological argument is seemed as a must to fix any circularity problems in his rule of perceptions‚ as well as‚ in his belief proof the existence of an all powerful being. In this paper I will first explore the rule of clear and distinct perception and its charge

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    Descartes and Augustine‚ in their respective examinations of the mind and God‚ come to the conclusion that the true understanding of all things derives from the withdrawal of the self from foreign influence and the necessity to look inward. Although each thinker’s journey or course of understanding was different‚ and at times rather contrasting‚ their ultimate realizations about knowledge are very coherent. Doubt is one of the primary focuses and a central aspect in examining the self for both Descartes

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    mathematician‚ René Descartes (1596-1650)‚ published Discourse on Method‚ Optics‚ Geometry‚ and Meteorology in which he maintains that he had established two universal criteria to distinguish animals and machines from humans‚ and thus those entities without souls from those with. His criteria are the entity must have the capacity for speech and act from knowledge. His justifications that machines do not meet these two criteria are sound; however‚ he fails to verify that animals do the same. Descartes’ argument

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