“Without the assumption of the existence of uniformities there can be no knowledge.” Discuss this claim with reference to two areas of knowledge. What is a uniformity? According to Your Dictionary‚ uniformity is defined as the state or characteristic of being even‚ normal‚ equal or similar‚ and the uniformity of nature is a doctrine or principle of the invariability or regularity of nature; specifically :one that holds identical antecedent states or causes to be uniformly followed by identical
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p.1026 #3‚ 5 p.1027 #1‚ 2‚ 4‚ 5‚ 6‚ 7 3. (a) Why does Orwell think that the elephant need not be killed? He thinks that the elephant need not to be killed because it is a working elephant‚ thus it is valuable. He did not want to elephant because it was harmless; therefore‚ it was unnecessary to kill this valuable elephant against his conscience. There is also a parallelism between the elephant and the imperialism of the British Empire. He did not want to conduct the act because it was too
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conscience should always be obeyed. (35 marks) Conscience is a moral sense of right and wrong‚ especially felt by a person which will affect their behaviour due to an inner feeling of the ‘correct’ approach to take in a given situation. The majority of people tend to agree with the belief that there is such thing as conscience. In this essay I will be assessing whether the conscience should always be obeyed. Philosophers have made theories giving reasons why we should or should not always follow our
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Diagnosis Wrong Liat Hill Adelphi University Danielle Ofri‚ M.D.‚ explains how differential and extensive diagnosis are and how easy it is to misdiagnose a patient. As she examines her patient with abdominal pain and prioritizes her diagnosis while trying to make sure she keeps in mind the serious conditions she can’t afford to miss. Danielle explains that diagnostic accuracy is very difficult to precisely achieve. It is estimated that doctors get it wrong in one
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even both. No matter what everyone knows that bullying is wrong and the people who stand up to the bully have the most courage and are the strongest. As said earlier bullying is wrong and it’s not right. In the story‚ Derek didn’t actually hurt Lila but he kept on sending her gifts when she always tried avoiding him. When people bully others it can push their limits. People will learn to hate themselves because they think something is wrong with them. Going back to pushing their limits they could
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Maggie Walker I believe in tanning. I believe everybody should have the freedom of tanning. Tanning to me equals identity. This topic is a choice that embodies my personal beliefs‚ and I feel it is extremely important. I never really noticed how fortunate I am as an American to have the option of tanning. When I think of freedom of tanning‚ I think of choice. Others in third world countries will never have the luxury of the many choices I have. For them‚ tanning is not an option because
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I Believe in Sunshine Vanko SiTu I believe in sunshine. Sunshine as magic‚ sunshine as a headband and sunshine as water for life. Sunshine is magic. One time a girl came to me suddenly and said that I had showed up in her dream last night. At that time‚ I had just entered primary school for a short time. We joined the painting training class and she said my painting was so bad. That was our first time communication. After‚ she said she dreamed about me and I said: “I didn’t know you before
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the gods recognized by the state and introducing other‚ new divinities. He is also guilty of corrupting the youth. The penalty demanded is death‚" (Socrates). Regardless of the laws at the time‚ and the amount of discretion given to the court‚ the wrong moral decision was made. Socrates’ famous student‚ Plato‚ wrote about trial in Apology‚ and Xenophon wrote in Socrates’ defense in Memorabilia. Socrates became famous for his teaching and philosophies. The Socratic Method involves following questions
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Is Redemption Always Possible in the End? Amir made a crucial life altering decision at the age of twelve. Being so young he made choice and became a bystander. Throughout Amir’s life he was riddled with guilt; he spent most of his time hiding from the truth or trying to relieve his guilty conscience. Some of his methods were helpful and destructive to himself and others. Some ways Amir sought redemption were to: trying to get Hassan to punish him‚ asking Baba for new servants‚ framing Hassan
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There are few things people really learn. Many claim to learn‚ but in reality these are empty claims and they haven’t learned anything at all. One of the few things I truly learned is that plagiarism is wrong. Although this is drilled into our heads year after year most don’t heed these warnings. Weirdly enough this lesson was learnt in math classes not the typical Wikipediang of history or English. In Mr. Smith’s class I learned this valuable lesson with the aid of some nefarious peers and the iron
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