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    philosophy 3.2

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    3.2 >>> 1.what is soft determinism? >>> Soft determinism( compatibilism) is the doctrine that determined actions can nevertheless be free. >>> >>> 2. What is traditional compatibilism? >>> Traditional compatibilism is the doctrine that free actions are caused by one’s will and not externally constrained. >>> >>> 3. What is stace’s explanation of how all our actions have causes ‚yet some actions are free? > His explanation is those acts that are directly cause by the internal psychological

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    Business Law Midterm Chapter 1 - Nature of Law and Legal Rights * Legal Rights: rights (legal capacity to require another person to perform or refrain from performing an act) and duties (obligation of law imposed on a person to perform or refrain from performing a certain act) coexist. * Individual right: any statutes‚ ordinances‚ or court decisions cannot violate the rights given in Constitution. * The Right of Privacy: Fourth Amendment (only search under reasonable suspicion) and protecting

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    disruption of the Hebei Spirit Oil Spill incident is primarily resided upon the negligence of the relevant parties. Nevertheless‚ the problematic aspects of our society in terms of restoring social resources should be also shed in light. As such‚ for the ultimate recovery of the incident‚ nation-wide efforts in supporting the restoration of the environmental distress and damage on the residents’ lives‚ along with the individual participants‚ are highly

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    LEXICAL TAXONOMY By Dr. K.B. Kiingi This paper purports to lay a firmly principled method of taxonomizing the lexicon of any given human language. It will be recalled that earlier attempts by writers like Roget (1852)‚ Dornseiff (1934)‚ Hallig and Von Wartburg (1952)‚ Wehrle and Eggers (1961) and McArthur (1981) have all provoked a hail of critical discussions as manifested in Ballmer and Brennenstuhl (1986:112-126) and Jackson (1988:216222). The overall verdict of the discussants is that the taxonomies

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    standard. **** In adopting comparative negligence‚ this Court expressly declared two purposes for the change in judicial policy: (1) To allow a jury to apportion fault as it sees fit between negligent parties whose negligence was part of the legal and proximate cause of any loss or injury; and (2) To apportion the total damages resulting from the loss or injury according to the proportionate fault of each party.***** The real issue before us is whether we should now replace the doctrine of joint and several

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    ridiculed by her own mental state. What is clear however‚ is that Monroe suffered from severe mental distress which was later diagnosed in her rise to fame and was identified as a borderline personality disorder‚ severe anxiety‚ and depression. Possible causations of her complex mental state during that time can be defined by her past family history and upbringing‚ struggles with addiction‚ and identity disturbance. Marilyn Monroe grew up as Norma Jean‚ never knowing her father and knowing that her mother

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    Idealism vs Realism

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    that our understanding of reality reflects the workings of our mind first and leading that the properties of objects have no standing independent of minds perceiving them. In Western civilization‚ Idealism is the philosophy which maintains that the ultimate nature of reality is ideal or based upon ideas‚ values and essences and that the so-called external or real world is inseparable from consciousness‚ perception‚ mind‚ intellect‚ and reason in the sense of precise science. It is also a tradition in

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    Tan‚ Michael: “Revisiting Usog‚ Pasma‚ Kulam” I. Introduction: Deconstructing Health and Illness A. “Clash of Paradigms” (How illness comes about and how we can handle it) 1. Traditional vs. Western Traditional: experts for sprains and dislocations Western: handle fractures better 2. Chinese explanation vs Filipino explanation Chinese: importance of the circulation ‘Qi’ or inner energy which is healing per se and herbal medicines prepared by his mom (Chinese decoction and Ben-Gay

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    I am assessing Jimmy’s liability for the death of Bruce. This question is set out under the field of Homicide‚ as there has been an unlawful killing. The likely charge against Jimmy is Murder. Murder is defined as the unlawful killing of a human being with the intention to kill or cause GBH. (Moloney) for the first part of the question I will present the prosecution case and for the second part I will present the defence and lastly I will conclude. The actus Reus of murder is the unlawful killing

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    knowledge and reality

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    who argues that knowledge comes fronm reasoning thereby representing the rationalists.Diffrent scholars have also shown their appreciation to the work which was done by the two groups. Rene Descartes who is the rationalist have claimed that the ultimate starting point for knowledge is is not the senses but reason.According to Cottingham‚Descartes argues that knowledge of a particular subject matter is underwritten by intuition or rational insight and deductive reasoning rather than experience of

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