Gonzalez‚ Sophie Period 6 December 3‚ 2012 Dorothy and the Tree: A Lesson in Epistemology Stanley Fish discusses how we in society base our lives off of assumptions. Using the example of Dorothy and the tree‚ Fish is able to show how with our assumptions‚ we as people categorize others and things into what we believe to be correct. Whether or not we have actually taken the time to figure out if we are right is irrelevant. He notes that we should just “keep trying to expand our sense of ‘us’
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→ ╙> ∴ Test 3: Monday following reading week Read Part 1 and 2‚ 10 and 11. Outline – God Religious Language: seeking meaningfulness (Existence of God is discussed later) Three Possible Ways for Speaking About God 1. Anthropomorphism (in the form of a person) mental (Is God anything like us‚ has a mind?) intelligence/moral qualities Anthropomorphic/Anthropomorphite “God is intelligent” understood literally‚ univocally (it has the same meaning whether applied to us or God)
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- Theism: Belief in one God. (58) - Atheism: Rejection of belief in God. (56) - Agnosticism: In between to make the decision about the existence or non-existence of God. (54) - Indifference: Does not care about whether God exists or not. (53) - Freedom as compared with commitment: Ironically‚ the freedom costs the time and effort to find out the options and once you make a decision‚ you must commit to do it. (1) - The God Question: It is the question on whether God exists or not. The answers
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Erick Jay Inok Kyle Bryan Cabrera Is the questions of God meaningful or meaningless? I. Introduction A. Background i. In modern society the question of God’s existence is still questioned. ii. There must be a rational outcome in proving the existence of God. B. Issues i. From the side of the Atheist‚ they say that God’s existence is meaningless because he can’t be observed by humans which give the Theists no proof of his existence. ii. Saint Thomas’s point to the existence of God is
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The definition of White privilege in my eyes would be that privilege exists when one group has something of value that is denied to others simply because of the groups they belong to‚ rather than because of anything they’ve done or failed to do. Below I selected a few privileges that I found I could relate to and one of them that I could not connect to. For starters‚ I believe to some degree‚ most American’s have a lot of these privileges in their everyday lives. With that being said for me personally
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Summary of the Ontological Argument The Ontological Argument of St. Anselm is an a priori argument; it is formulated through reason alone‚ rather than experience. This argument does not rely on external evidence or sense experience. It is deductive (universal to particular) as it draws from its argument purely from a set of premises. In the 11th century‚ St. Anselm presented his argument for the existence of God in his published work‚ the Proslogion. His work was based on 4 premises which led
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I will explain why death is not an experience that should be feared. Fear of death affects lives in a negative manner. For example‚ the act of carrying a firearm for self defensive purposes actually increases the likelihood of being shot. I assume death is a state of non existence‚ with no consciousness. The soul is material and dies with a person. Epicurus as an empiricist‚ he made use of his senses to form judgements about the world around him. "Get used to believing that death
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REFLECTION OF PARENTING COURSE. All human beings will neutrally face a situation that required skills of parenting. That’s why all of us need to really understand the real concept of family management. This course is an important step in the process of understanding the view of parenting. Definitely‚ this knowledge is applicable in life and become a measure in daily practice as in actions toward becoming good parents. The first concept of family management and parenting is a primary start for
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The Role of God in the Meditations Descartes’ Meditations revolve around presenting the reader with arguments regarding existence. In his first meditation‚ he elucidates the idea that he was raised with numerous false beliefs‚ all of which he believes should be thrown out in order to reach a certain truth. A new foundation is brought about‚ as opposed to that of medieval times. The world that we apprehend through the sense‚ since senses lend themselves to doubt‚ is out of the window. The
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Sections 6 to 55 of Indian Evidence Act describe the facts that are deemed relevant. These are as follows - [TrOcMI ConODC SABADOJOC] Section 6 - Relevancy of facts forming part of same transaction - Facts which‚ though not in issue‚ are so connected with a fact in issue as to form part of the same transaction‚ are relevant‚ whether they occurred at the same time and place or at different times and places. For example - (a) A is accused of the murder of B by beating him. Whatever was said or
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