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    A PROPOSED PERIMETER FENCE CONSTRUCTION A Project Proposal Presented to Engr. Jade Ortega In Partial Fulfillment Of the Requirement for the Subject IE 411 – IE Elective 1 by Juan Marco Montereal B.S.I.E.-4 INTRODUCTION Rationale of the study “Good fences make good neighbors.” Robert Frost Fence between neighbors implies that each can maintain their own privacy. When people become complacent of each other’s privacy or wishes then ill feelings can occur. If one neighbor

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    "In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth". Genesis 1:1 That is how the Bible starts. But what or who is this God mentioned in this verse? Does God exist? Is the universe the product of a fortuitous event or it was created by a "superior being"? These questions and many others have been asked by men‚ thinkers and philosophers for thousands of years and to try to answer these questions we need to begin by defining God. It is important to mention that‚ by trying to define God‚ we are

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    The Television series show Star Trek: The Next Generation’s episode “Ship in a Bottle” has several connections to Descartes Meditations. For instance‚ in Meditations 1‚ Descartes talks about the evil genius argument which ultimately is referring to having reason to doubt the totality of what your senses tell you as well as the mathematical knowledge that it seems you have (At 22). In the “Ship in the Bottle” episode‚ James Moriarty‚ also known as Sherlock Holmes arch enemy‚ was a hologram character

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    Rene Descartes’ third meditation from his book Meditations on First Philosophy‚ examines Descartes’ arguments for the existence of God. The purpose of this essay will be to explore Descartes’ reasoning and proofs of God’s existence. In the third meditation‚ Descartes states two arguments attempting to prove God’s existence‚ the Trademark argument and the traditional Cosmological argument. Although his arguments are strong and relatively truthful‚ they do no prove the existence of God. At the

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    Bachelor of Applied Science CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS & METHODS – CMTM210B LECTURER: ERNEST E. ESDELLE SFTI Campus Part Time “PROPOSED OCTAGONAL STEEL ROOF” Prepared By: Farzan Mohammed – I.D 109003340 Table of Contents Introduction Page # 3 Discussion Page # 4 Standards Page # 6 Problem “Consider an octagonal steel roof with an inscribed circle of diameter 50m.The steel members must be coated to ensure durability. Choose suitable material

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    René Descartes contention in the Second Meditation Descartes rejects the proof of the senses as unreliable for certainty. His fundamental contentions depend on the psyche and body are particular and unmistakable and the movement that characterizes his presence is that of considering. Proceeding with his inquiry‚ he endeavors to discover something of which he can be certain beyond a shadow of a doubt - regardless of the fact that it is the reality that nothing is certain. His first port of call is

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    One early philosopher was Rene Descartes with his work Meditations on First Philosophy. Descartes was once a foundationalist‚ believing that our knowledge originated in our senses. His positioned changed‚ however‚ when he began use his skepticism to test if our belief could be absolutely certain. His Dream Argument helped explained how mathematics are able to be true even if our senses could be fooled‚ though the Evil Demon Argument calls that to question. Descartes does placed mathematics as true

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    A PROPOSED COMPUTERIZED PAYROLL SYSTEM FOR VESTECH INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISES SAN ROQUE‚ STO.TOMAS BATANGAS‚ PHILIPPINES A Project Study Presented To the Faculty of AMA Computer Learning Center Lipa‚ Branch In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements in System Analysis and Design By: Ivilyn D. Ramos March 2014 APPROVAL SHEET This system development study entitled “A Proposed Computerized Payroll System for VEZTECH INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISES‚ Sto.Tomas ‚ Batangas”‚ prepared and

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    In Descartes’ First Meditation‚ why does he set about doubting all of his knowledge? What is he hoping to achieve? Descartes mentions that several years have passed since he first realized how numerous were the false opinions that he had once taken to be true. He notes that the subsequent opinions he built were suspect to doubt because of this. He says that he has gained his knowledge through senses or through the senses. The senses are sometimes deceptive‚ and it is prudent not to trust that which

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    feel or have senses should at the very least be carefully examined and rigorously tested to determine whether it is‚ in fact‚ a reality” (From the abstract). Basically‚ we have to revise rigorously before we make the decisions. Now‚ according to Descartes about the dream hypothesis‚ when a person dreams‚ they can see many things that are very specifically clear but those things actually are not present at the moment or do not exist at all. Similarly‚ we see many

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