Refutations: The Growth of Scientific Knowledge (1963)‚ Karl Popper suggests that no scientific theory can be classified as truth. The only thing that can be done is to attempt to falsify the theory over and over again reject the theory repeatedly in different situations. Each failed attempt will strengthen the theory and bring it closer to the truth. Hence‚ Popper claimed that the truth of a hypothesis can never be confirmed. A hypothesis is an “if-then” statement‚ which that is an assumption of causality
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What can we know? According to French philosopher and mathematician‚ in Mediations on First Philosophy‚ Rene Descartes‚ nothing can be certain. Similarly‚ in The Matrix‚ the Wachowski brothers raise the question of how does anyone know what is real and what is not? The Wachowski brothers and Descartes describe their ideas about knowledge and epistemology through skepticism. Knowledge is a justified‚ true belief. According to Descartes‚ knowledge comes from two sources: Experiences‚ which are the
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In 1999‚ box office sales sky rocketed when the film The Matrix ’ was released. Filled with jaw dropping special effects and innovative kung-fu‚ the first film of The Matrix ’ trilogy was a must see for just about every teenage boy in the United States and many other countries as well. But it isn ’t just explosions and fighting that made this film special. The plot is one that leaves the viewer pondering and dreaming about the film for days after watching it. It involves almost the entire human
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StrengthsQuest Paper My Strengths are Discovered! “By the end of the day you must achieve something tangible in order to feel good about yourself. No matter how much you may feel you deserve a day of rest‚ if the day passes without some form of achievement‚ no matter how small‚ you will feel dissatisfied.” (PH.Ds‚ Clifton‚ O.‚ Anderson‚ E.‚ Schreiner‚ L.‚ Pg 26) When I read this quote in our StrengthsQuest text I felt as if I was describing my own personality while starring at myself in the
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4151 The Matrix directly relates to Plato’s Allegory of the Cave. In both works‚ discovering the truth about reality is the major concept. In the cave‚ men are chained up and all they know is shadows of puppets that are displayed before them‚ illuminated by a fire that blazes in the distance. These shadows that the men see on the wall are all they know; this is reality to them. Much like in The Matrix how the people that are in the "Matrix" are unaware of that they are living in a world that doesn’t
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chapter 2 pg.14-25 Socrates: The First Moralist Socrates (c.470-399 B.C) he was 70 years old when he died‚ his father was Sophroniscus‚ a sculptor‚ his mother Phaenarete‚ was a midwife. Socrates was likely a stonemason and a sculptor before turning to philosophy. He was a soldier during the Peloponnesian War. He has walked barefoot across ice‚ meditated standing up for thirty-six hours. He had the ability to ignore physical discomfort in order to achieve some greater mental or spiritual objective.The oracle
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Charite December‚ 13th‚ 2011 English 1 honors The Quest of the Golden Fleece Betrayal can be dishonesty‚ deception‚ or disloyalty. There is much disloyalty between Medea‚ a Colchian princess‚ and her family which is the effect of her passionate love for Jason‚ a man sent on a quest to get the Golden Fleece to receive his rights as King. Jason‚ himself also shows much betrayal towards Medea even after all she’s done for him. The story of “The Quest of the Golden Fleece”‚ exemplifies much betrayal
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PHILOSOPHY The History of Philosophy is often divided into three periods: Ancient philosophy‚ Medieval philosophy‚ and Modern philosophy. Philosophy is the discipline concerned with questions of how one should live (ethics); what sorts of things exist and what are their essential natures (metaphysics); what counts as genuine knowledge (epistemology); and what are the correct principles of reasoning (logic). The word is of Ancient Greek origin (philosophía)‚ meaning love of wisdom. Definition
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What are the changes that may occur in the productionof Cinemalaya Independent Films? Reasons for the changes that happened in the Production of Cinemalaya independent films. As time passes‚ changes may occur even up to the smallest details in a film. Through the nine years of Cinemalaya’s independent film production it is always the story that matters and the set procedures and locations add to the color and emotion of the film itself. Changes in set procedure and locations basically depend
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We tend to obsess over our weaknesses rather than recognizing our strengths‚ but the strengths quest introduced us to a different philosophy. Instead of dwelling on our weaknesses or desperately trying to turn them into strengths‚ we should focus on the strengths we already have and built upon them to succeed. The Strengths Quest presentation was my favorite part of the course. The Strengths Quest is a 30-minute online assessment that asks us a series of questions and determines what our five top
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