Political discourse fails to explain the rise and nature of authoritarian governments in industrialized societies when it presupposes the rational political actor. Time and time again‚ the rational‚ self-interested political agent fails to measure up with particular political situations and circumstances‚ often leading to unpredictable catastrophes. This rational political actor has its origins in the Cartesian‚ ahistorical‚ self-conscious subject—a subject capable of using the "light of reason"
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Marisa Homan Professor Paul Lee English 1301 28 September 2014 Clear Eyes. Full Hearts. Can’t Lose. An instance of me joining a discourse community was the time I joined my high school varsity tennis team. This discourse community was founded on athletic skills‚ mental toughness‚ and academic success. In order to contribute to this discourse community and to become a successful tennis player I needed each of these qualities. Through the three appeals of logos‚ pathos‚ and ethos I will acquire
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and through skepticism the modern world began. The French philosopher‚ René Descartes who implemented reason to find truth‚ as well as the British empiricist David Hume with his usage of analytic-synthetic distinction‚ most effectively utilized the practices of skepticism in the modern world. René Descartes was the first philosopher to introduce the intellectual system known as "radical doubt." According to Descartes‚ everything he had learned before could have possibly been tainted by society
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Throwing a surprise birthday party for someone is not an easy task‚ it takes patience and planning. Surprise parties are usually thrown for friends and family usually on birthdays or accomplishments and are pretty fun to participate in. In this event everyone is aware of it except for the person the surprise party is being thrown for. You have to know where its going to be held‚ have everyone on the same page‚ and that it’s a party afterwards. Planning for these types of events can be a little hectic
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for the purpose of my paper‚ I will refer to the ideas primarily by the customary Western logic in progress of Descartes‚ Plato and Thomas Hobbes. Human nature originates with a person’s ability to reason which subsequently influences the self. These are the building blocks that shape their norms of conduct as shown in the works of ancient and modern philosophers.
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Descartes - Meditation II “The nature of the human mind‚ and how it is better known than the body” what you see does not exist memory is faulty movement and place are mistaken notions only certain thing is that there is no certainty however‚ if can not be certain of sense and body‚ does it mean that one does not exist physical does not exists – therefore one is nonexistent – however‚ in order to even question these things‚ he must exist. He must exist in order for
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Name: Jolisette Bamanga Class: ENGL 1301 Professor: Debby Olson Assignment: Discourse Community Analysis Date: 9/15/2014 Old Navy all the way!!! In my senior year in high school‚ I had to pass two classes only in order to graduate. I didn’t have to stay in school the entire day‚ but I had to find a job in order to leave school early or I was going to be given six more classes to meet with the regular school schedule. I applied for a job at many places‚ but couldn’t find one for about two months.
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Running Head: RENE DESCARTES: THE REVOLUTIONARY IN THE SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION Rene Descartes: The Revolutionary in the Scientific Revolution Andrea L. Mercado Devry University The Scientific Revolution was a period of time where people began to think about why things happened and really started to question how such things happened. Critical thinkers and scientists were brought to light. The people expressed curiosity in what they have believed in and practiced in religion. They asked themselves
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Discourse on Colonialism - Group Work Connections with Things Fall Apart: In “Discourse on Colonialism” mentioned on page two‚ paragraph three‚ the author makes a connection with the misinterpretation of how the Europeans thought that those who did not practice Christianity were savages. “...is Christian pedantry‚ which laid down the dishonest equations Christianity=civilization‚ paganism=savagery‚ from which there could not but ensue abominable colonialist and racist consequences‚ whose victims
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of rationalism. I will be using Rene Descartes: Meditation on First Philosophy as my only resource. I plan to address each question asked one at a time in order to answer them completely. To understand what Descartes’ point of view‚ I plan on beginning with an open mind. I plan to reread the section and reevaluate the notes taken in class to help formulate my opinion‚ and then I plan to approach each question and answer it. I will be analyzing Rene Descartes’ view on knowledge. He says that you
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