Topic #2: When should we trust our senses to give us truth? Word count: 779 words Our senses help us interact with the world. Smell‚ hearing‚ sight‚ taste‚ touch‚ and external stimulus play a major role in shaping our perceptions of the surroundings and the world. To trust our senses means that we have justified belief of what we perceive is “true”. To what extent can our senses give us truth? In order to obtain a better understanding of under what conditions we can rely on our senses‚ we need
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Bryce Wince There is is five different sense of the human body. I believe the most important sense we have is hearing. Hearing is controlled by our ears. The process for how we perceive sound through our ears is detailed‚ as there are multiple parts of our ears. Sound may not be as important to others as i think it is‚ but its the most critical sense we have. It is overlooked and it should be appreciated more as it is easy to damage your sense of hearing. The ear contains multiple different
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Civic sense‚ or rather the lack of it‚ is a topic that has been widely discussed and argued in India. Somehow‚ most Indians do not care much for civic sense. And this attitude is prevalent across all sections of society. People today are so driven towards their personal goals that civic sense as an ethic has become a low priority‚ almost a nuisance. But this attitude could be harmful for India in the long run. Civic sense has dropped to an all-time low in recent years‚ as is rather obvious from
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Common Sense Common sense is the knowledge and thinking ability a person acquires through experience and from teachings passed on from others‚ and is used to deal with everyday life in appropriate manners. It is what a person relies on to tell them‚ generally‚ what is right or wrong‚ good or bad‚ and what is best for them in a given situation to sustain overall well-being. It reflects the thought process that is used when faced with possible uncertainty‚ and it relies heavily on memory. It enables
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The ambiguous resolutions of Where Are You Going Where Have You Been and The Night Rhonda Ferguson Was Killed is a coincidence that I found quite strange. In Where Are You Going Where Have You Been‚ the author doesn’t tell us what happens to Connie after Arnold Friend forces her to go with him. Does she die? Does she Live? Similarly‚ the Night Rhonda Ferguson Was Killed‚ the answer as to how Casandra will manage to overcome her friend’s sudden death and her life’s struggles remains to be open to
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Have you ever gone to Kansas City to go to worlds of fun? I have; I had to sit in a car for five hours in a tight space. It’s pretty easy‚ but you always need to stretch and go to the bathroom. We finally made it. When I first saw the rides I almost passed out‚ that’s how awesome it is. My family and I gave them our tickets and said can we all go on that one‚ my mom said yeah let’s all go on it. First we got on‚ then it started it was already going fast‚ speeding up every second. We were all holding
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Omar El-Azhary 6 May 2012 Common Sense Making people understand a serious situation like America’s independence is not easy‚ but Thomas Paine was able to do so through his book‚ Common Sense. Thomas Paine was able to communicate his ideas to common simple farmers and to the high class intellectuals very easily. He lived at the time of the American Revolution‚ and Common Sense is one of his main publications that urged Americas’ independence from the British. Born in 1937‚ Thomas Paine was originally
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A sense of place Born in a seaside resort you could count yourself as quite lucky‚ I do. Bournemouth is a beautiful seaside town with so much to do and has been a huge tourist attraction since the very first short wooden jetty pier was completed in 1856. Bournemouth contrasts hugely to those scruffy little towns with nothing but dirty alleyways. Right on the Jurassic coast‚ Bournemouth beach is one of the most popular seaside tourist destinations. Every summer there is a massive air festival;
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Pick a job you have held‚ and describe it in terms of span of control‚ delegation‚ responsibility‚ authority‚ and accountability in relation to the course materials explanation of these terms. In the United States Army there are two basic types of “Authority”: command authority and general military authority. Authority is the legitimate power of leaders to direct soldiers or to take action within the scope of their position. Military authority begins with the Constitution‚ which divides it between
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years to follow his father’s trade. Paine didn’t do so well at that either and he experimented with other jobs such as a privateer‚ an excise‚ and finally a journalist. Paine became an important figure publishing many of his works including “Common Sense”‚ an influential piece that pushed for independence‚ which was published in 1776 and followed by “The American Crisis”. Later in his lifetime‚ he was arrested for not supporting the execution of Louis XVI and was put away in jail for some time. However
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