first paragraph discussing about Gee’s article‚ you state that it “also describes what a discourse community is and defines its characteristics” (Dobias 7)‚ but I feel that in order to dive deep into the article and reach the heart of it‚ you might also want to say how Gee describes a discourse community. You could say that his article “also describes a discourse community as any group of people that uses a discourse when communicating amongst its members‚ providing several characteristics to identify
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This week we had to read Rene Descartes FIRST MEDITATION: On what can be called into doubt. I really enjoyed this reading because it made me think a lot and dig deeper into what he was writing about and try to connect it with real life. After reading Descartes outside of class we a lot about dreams‚ our senses‚ being deceived‚ trust and doubting out beliefs. I found this reading very interesting because almost everyone who reads it can relate to it some way or another. The topic I felt had the most
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Descartes divides ideas into three kinds: innate ideas‚ adventitious ideas‚ and factitious ideas. He says‚ “among my ideas‚ some appear to be innate‚ some appear to be adventitious‚ and other have been invented by me. My understanding of what a thing is‚ what truth is‚ and what thought is‚ seems to derive simply from my own nature. But my hearing a noise‚ as I do now‚ or seeing the sun‚ or feeling the fire‚ comes from things which are located outside me‚ or so I have hitherto judged. Lastly‚
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METHODS OF PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL Abstract Performance appraisal of employee is important in managing the human resource of an organization. With the change towards knowledge-based capitalism‚ maintaining talented knowledge workers is critical. Therefore‚ discovering and promoting the most qualified candidates is essential because valuable human expertise is the main source of competitive advantage for the organizations. However‚ management classification of “outstanding”‚ “poor” and “average”
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Savage or Civilized The Second Discourse‚ written by Jean Jaques Rousseau in 1754‚ discusses the human state of nature. This work compares savaged men and civilized men‚ mostly in physical terms. Rousseau aimed to find the source of inequality in the human race‚ by stripping man down to his animalistic nature. He begins by discussing how a natural man uses his instincts for self preservation‚ like an animal. After this‚ he mentions how civilized men tend to compare themselves to each other‚
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A Hollywood Ending His backpack over his shoulder‚ my brother grips the paper tightly in his hand. While his feet shuffle across the hallway towards his room‚ a deep-rooted yell from the kitchen follows. Proceeding in reverse‚ he reaches our parents with curious eyes spotting his report card. As our parents stare‚ their faces slump into a shameful woe. “C’mon kiddo‚ you have the potential to get at least a few A’s next semester.” That single word. Potential. Most define the word as encountering a
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René Descartes: "Father of Modern Mathematics" 1596-1650 December 13‚ 2004 René Descartes was born in La Haye‚ Touraine (France) in March of 1596 and died at Stockholm on February 11‚ 1650. René‚ the second of a family of two sons and one daughter‚ was sent to the Jesuit School at La Flêche at the early age of eight. Since he was of poor health he was permitted to lie in bed till late in the mornings‚ a custom which
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with the triumphant victory of good over evil‚ but in the Iliad‚ the final thoughts are inclined to the mourning of the defeated Hektor‚ which accentuates the fact that good has not triumphed over evil‚ but simply Achilleus triumphed over Hektor. Ending with the mourning of Hektor also brings to center stage for the first time the human side of war and the harsh aftermath of it. We see that war not only brings great glory‚ but also much suffering and anguish. Homer puts his anti-war views on display
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cannot be either adventitious or factitious (since I could neither experience god directly nor discover the concept of perfection in myself)‚ so it must be innately provided by god. Therefore‚ god exists. (Med. III) As a backup to this argument‚ Descartes offered a traditional version of the cosmological argument for god’s existence. From the cogito I know that I exist‚ and since I am not perfect in every way‚ I cannot have caused myself. So something else must have caused my existence‚ and no matter
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Despite the regained world‚ Descartes does not prove and return to the point before his doubting‚ questioning sense perception and declaring clear and distinct perceptions the hallmark of truth‚ or the grounds of knowledge. The question of free will manifests itself in this conclusion:
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