Sheet of Philosophy PI121 Walter J. Ong Peter Ramus (15151572) Anthony Giddesn → Idea of Timespace Compression Philosopher Origin 1. Wilhelm Von Humboldt (GER): describes the development of liberalism and the role of liberty in individual development and in the pursuit of excellence. Humboldt insisted on a minimal state dedicated strictly to the preservation of security. 2. Robert K. Merton: developed notable concepts such as unintended consequences‚ reference group and role strain. A central element of modern sociological
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have the same variance. (1) Note that three of the most important distributions (namely the normal distribution‚ the t distribution‚ and the chi-square distribution) may be seen as special cases of the F distribution: (3) Example: We want to measure the monthly sales volume from Microsoft and Apple. We collect data for a year ( 12 months). We calculate the variance for both and define the “degrees of freedom’ (n-1= 11) and then we can build the F-distribution. F statistic (): Defined as the
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Measures of Central Tendency Objectives of the chapter • To use summary statistics to describe collections of data • The main goal is to come up with the one single number that best describes a distribution of scores. • Lets us know if the distribution of scores tends to be composed of high scores or low scores. • To use the mean‚ median and mode to describe how data bunch up. The sales of 100 fast food shop is given below: Sales No. of (in 000s) Shops 700-799 4 800-899 7 900-999 8 1000-1099 10
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Jennifer Meshulam Final/Phil 301 Dr Kassner Ego vs. Ego Buchanan’s philosophy is that to enhance means to make better. Sandel agrees but‚ when talking about the human race‚ to play with the genetic makeup could very well exterminate the human race all together. If nothing else it would make the experience of life boring. Both Philosophers have done their research on Genetic Enhancement. Buchanan talks of enhancing every aspect of human life from‚ mentally through physically to complete
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Kant: Explain and asses what you think to be the best argument Kant gives as his "Metaphysical Exposition of Space" (B37-40) that space cannot be either and actual entity (Newtonian concept) or any independent relation among real things (Leibnizian concepti be on). In other words‚ is he successful in arguing that space must be (at least) a form of intuition? Do any of his arguments further show that space must be ONLY a form of intuition and not ALSO something Newtonian or Leibnizian? In his
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There is another anthropological position which I want to define as an "extreme" one. This position is expressed in the works of Kant and Rawls. In their conceptions the political sphere cannot be separated from any moral standpoints and the question of justice. Nonetheless‚ their positions presuppose anthropology that is way more "positive" than the one of Machiavelli and Schmitt. For them‚ humans are necessarily rational and reasonable beings‚ and these human characteristics are primary in their
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I appeal to you‚ the people of Kazakhstan‚ to share my vision of the future of our society and the mission of our state. I want to present to you a strategy which I am sure will help us in gaining this future and accomplishing our mission. I wish to share my considerations as to the future which looms far ahead in the next century‚ in the new millenium‚ in the pretty remote perspective. Time has come to say once and for all what future we want to build for us and for our children. What do we
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1. Martin usually seeks immediate gratification‚ whereas his friend Antonio is guided by moral principles. According to Freud‚ Martin is governed by his __________‚ Antonio by his __________. |a. |ego; id |c. |ego; superego | |b. |id; superego |d. |superego; id | 2. Darrin always feels angry. However‚ instead
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Psychological Measure Paper Malisha Mishoe PSY / 475 Stephanie Mead December 16th‚ 2012 Psychological Measure Paper Child Depression The word depression has a tendency to be associated with adults. In reality adults have much more to worry about than children‚ such as: financial responsibilities‚ family personal dilemmas‚ work challenges‚ and the overall wellbeing of themselves and their families. The truth is that society has a tendency to also forget that children are also plagued
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reading “What Is Enlightenment?”‚ written by Kant explains the importance of using enlightenment to change the world. Kant claims that mankind refuses to value their own enlightenment because there are more sophisticated people with higher intelligence that can make the hard decisions for them. He supports his claim that mankind does not utilize their enlightenment because the people’s freedom is restricted‚ they are lazy‚ and cannot escape their own nonage. Kant claims that mankind cannot use their own
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