Entomology 105 Assignment #2 ! 1. What was Redi’s prediction about spontaneous generation and his experiment? ! - Redi’s prediction about spontaneous generation and his experiment was that flies or maggots cannot be produced nor originated from the meat in the situation where rotting meat is in a sealed flask. ! 2. What insect did Redi use to test his prediction in his experiment? ! - To test his prediction in his experiment‚ Redi manipulated flies by preparing jars of meat that
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Format for Socratic Seminar in Mr. C-D’s Class: I know you have participated in Socratic Seminars in a variety of ways in your English classes. I go about it differently than you have experienced it in the past‚ I think. At the college level‚ I view the Socratic Seminar as an intellectual discussion/study group; students interacting with both the text and each other with the goal of preparing themselves for a culminating written assessment the following day. As such‚ I do not grade by a rubric
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Jason O’Brien PHI/105 May 27‚ 2012 Letter to a Continental Philosopher Dear Jean-Paul Sartre‚ After learning from and studying your philosophical view of man-kind‚ I understand that it is believed by you that because there is no God‚ there are no maker of man and no such thing as a divine conception of man in accordance with which man was created. This is defective for the sole fact that without a God‚ we (as a human) would not be here today. It has always been known the one individual
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2.3 Study Questions 1. According to functionalism‚ a mental states are functional states meaning that the mind is what the brain does. 2. Lewis’ pained madman thought experiment describes a man that feels pain for different reasons than most. It attempts to undermine functionalism by showing how being in a certain functional state is not a necessary condition for being in a mental state. 3. The Block’s Chinese Nation thought experiment describes a situation in which the people in China function
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1. Question : Mom: “You shouldn’t have soaped the Crawford’s house Tommy.” Tommy: “But Jimmy Crawford soaped our house last month.” Student Answer: Two wrongs make a right Argument from force Rationalization Peer Pressure No Fallacy Points Received: 0 of 1 Comments: Question 2. Question : “If I give this homeless person a dollar then I’ll have to give the next guy a dollar and so forth … I’ll end up broke!” Student
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In the Meditations‚ after Descartes casts ideas as modes that represent objects to the mind‚ he divides ideas into kinds. He says: Among my ideas‚ some appear to be innate‚ some to be adventitious‚ and others to have been invented by me. My understanding of what a thing is‚ what truth is‚ and what thought is‚ seems to derive simply from my own nature. But my hearing a noise‚ as I do now‚ or seeing the sun‚ or feeling the fire‚ comes from things which are located outside me‚ or so I have hitherto
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Anaxagoras: Atheist Philosopher Anaxagoras was one of ancient Greece’s first atheistic philosophers whose claims about reality and the way it worked were very convincing‚ while also lacking adequate explanation to give them sufficient clout. When compared to traditional Greek religion‚ Anaxagoras’ position on the phenomena of human life was less anthropomorphic and considerably revolutionary. Additionally‚ Anaxagoras’ view on reality‚ specifically concerning nous‚ was a glimpse into the future
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Enlightenment Philosopher|Lived|Publications|Enlightenment Principle| Adam Smith|||| John Locke|||| Thomas Hobbes|||| Voltaire|||| Baron Charles de Montesquieu|||| Jean-Jacques Rousseau|||| Thomas Jefferson|||| William Blackstone|||| John Locke (1632-1704) The British philosopher John Locke was especially known for his liberal‚ anti-authoritarian theory of the state[->0]‚ his empirical theory of knowledge‚ his advocacy of religious toleration‚ and his theory of personal identity
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1. Assignment 1A (10 points) (Question for Review 14‚ page 1-23 of your textbook Question: Summarize the procedure followed by the Human Resources Department in hiring new employees. The procedure that may be followed by the Human Resources Department in hiring new employees is: a. Receive request for new employee. b. Examine applications. c. Interview applicants. d. Administer tests. e. Check references. f. Select and notify successful applicant. g. Send information to Payroll Department
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