Facts can be found in the details. Within every detail perhaps‚ there holds a shred of untold truth. There is a sense of objectiveness in regards to these small pieces of truth and their very real‚ factual nature. Paired with survival of the fittest‚ the truthful details manifest themselves in the form of American naturalism. The time for objective‚ factual honesty about the reality of life‚ day in and day out‚ is compiled throughout works of the American naturalist era. It focuses on the accuracy
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2. In the tale “The ring of Gyges” the shepherd Gyges finds a magical ring within unusual bronze horse. Using this ring‚ he entices the queen and they collaborate to murder the king and takes control of the kingdom. Given his tale‚ Glaucon come to a conclusion that if similar rings were to be given to unjust man and a just man‚ then both of them would behave unjustly. Therefore this proves that people act justly only as an obligation by nature and he claims that all living beings aspire more than
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3. RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU DON’T WANT A COMPLIANCE PROGRAM! DUMBASS. Asking ‘Who doesn’t want a Compliance Program’ is like asking ‘who hates their mother’? No one is going to actually speak up and say ‘Me! My mother was a bitch!” – Even if she actually was. So who wouldn’t want a real compliance program in their company??? It protects the board‚ the executives‚ gives them greater control‚ and provides transparency. It adds value to your business practices in that it creates greater clarity and
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“Not so fast!”‚ one might say. The sorts of Biological Conventions I described might well be necessary for Logical Conventionalism‚ but they do not entail it. In fact‚ we do not even have a story about how possibly Biological Conventions (i.e.‚ biological rules for the assignment of meanings to logical idioms) can make Logical Conventionalism (i.e. a thesis about the truth-makers of logical sentences) true. Don’t we need a story of how could it be true‚ to conclude that the case against it is not
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The topic raises the controversial issue whether technology deteriorating our ability to think for ourselves. Indisputably‚ in this era we rely on technology to solve a problem than we perform it by ourselves and this tendency makes us lazier‚ challenging our ability to become ingenious. Nevertheless‚ it’s not completely true at all‚ if we ask a question to ourselves that‚ "who are the creator this technology?"‚ then it clarifies most of the vagueness of the controversy. Thus‚ I generally disagree
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This title‚ in my opinion‚ alludes to the idea that robust knowledge can only be obtained through the process of consensus and disagreement. Robust knowledge can be defined as the common knowledge shared by a community ‚ which is the foundation of the areas of knowledge. The adjective robust‚ in this case‚ refers to the idea of solid and proven truthful. Robust knowledge is necessary in all of our daily lives as the basis of various applications. Agreement or‚ in other words‚ consensus‚ is required
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Are there good reasons to think scientific theories should be true‚ rather than “merely” empirically adequate? Yes? Scientific theories provide a satisfying understanding of the world and its objects. We can trust science. But not blindly. Constructive empiricists like Baas Van Fraassen argue the belief that scientifc theories is not necessary for them to be good. That is an objection to the epistemological aspect of science. The only requirement is to have scientific theories to be empirically
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The question of what is real and what makes us real has been a philosophical question with many different answers. Aristotle’s theory of Hylomorphism explains the reality of the universe‚ objects‚ and people in a materialistic way. Hylomorphism is the depiction that every physical thing is composed of two things: Matter and Form. Matter is the potency‚ or the potential of the physical object or being and the Form is its essence. Aristotle describes substance or Form as the truest and primary sense
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I. Meditation II 1. Beyond Doubt: The Cogito i. Cogito‚ ergo sum: "I think‚ therefore I am" ii. Can’t reasonably doubt whether I am thinking; when I doubt‚ I am thinking iii. "I exist" 1) I wonder whether I exist iv. What am I? 1) "Sum res cogitans"; I am thinking substance (stuff/thing) v. I can’t be wrong about what I am thinking 1) Thinking: perceiving‚ imagining‚ willing‚ abstract intellect (math) vi. "I see a table" 1) Sense perception (image in
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The Greatest Is Love (Light Voice) If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels‚ but have not loved‚ I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge‚ and if I have a faith that can move mountains‚ but have not loved‚ I am nothing. If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames‚ but have not loved‚ I gain nothing. Love is patient‚ love is kind. It does not envy‚ it does not boast‚ it is not
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