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    Rationalism of Failure

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    Rationalization of Failure Aesop’s short story "The Fox and the Grapes" tells of a fox failing to find a way to reach some grapes hanging high up on a vine. The story deals with the rationalization of the failure to attain a desired end. Rather than accept a personal failure by acknowledging our shortcomings or by unemotionally evaluating the circumstances that surrounded the failure‚ we rationalize and come up with an immediate excuse. We need to convince ourselves and everybody else who witnessed

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    Robustness Of Rationalism

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    In the journal article “The Robustness of Authoritarianism in the Middle East‚ Exceptionalism in Comparative Perspective” by Eva Bellin is an article that is critically acclaimed. Eva Bellin tries to answer the question why the Middle East and North Africa is overwhelmingly Authoritarian and is resistant to the third wave of democrazation. The author finds that despite the MENA (Middle East and North Africa anagram) region not meeting the “prerequisites” of democracy‚ the region is able to use coercive

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    reading/writing in the British literature of the Enlightenment and Romanticism Robinson Crusoe‚ which was written by Daniel Defoe‚ was published in 1719. At the time of its publish‚ a revolution was taking place all across Europe known as the Enlightenment period. The Enlightenment period was a time of conflict‚ suffering‚ and also a time of growth for society. This revolutionary time period gave birth to such terms as deism‚ rationalism‚ skepticism‚ and empiricism. The period also saw an uprising in

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    x Email Share Shower power: Disaster-resilient prototype home completed in New Orleans Sunshower SSIP House‚ an eye-catching‚ dual-roofed prefab abode that’s designed to withstand the gnarliest of weather events‚ is completed in the Lakewood section ofNew Orleans. Thu‚ Apr 05‚ 2012 at 2:49 PM 3 Related Topics: Green Architecture‚ Green Building‚ Weather & Climate‚ Natural Disasters‚ Prefab Image: Oceansafe Steel SSIPs/Flickr With the terrifying‚ tractor-trailer tossing tornados that

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    I pick the picture “The Death of General Warren at the Battle of Bunker Hill” because it represents the era the story “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” took place in. The plot of Sleepy Hollow revolves around the legend of the Headless Horseman most of the time mainly for suspense and action during Ichabod’s encounter and Brom’s exciting tales. The old tale is about a Hessian who has his head carried away by a cannonball during a war (which is most likely the american revolutionary war‚ since this is

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    Plato Defends Rationalism

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    Defends Rationalism Plato was a highly educated Athenian Philosopher. He lived from 428-348 B.C. Plato spent the early portion of his life as a disciple to Socrates‚ which undoubtedly helped shape his philosophical theories. One topic that he explored was epistemology. Epistemology is the area of philosophy that deals with questions concerning knowledge‚ and that considers various theories of knowledge (Lawhead 52). Plato had extremely distinct rationalistic viewpoints. Rationalism is the

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    Rationalism‚ unfortunately‚ limits itself to change. Through experience we can begin to recognize and learn new ideals‚ learning tricks that can be done to cause artificial an artificial experience. Through this‚ rationalism is considered to be a restrictive mindset. Empiricism‚ developed by philosopher John Locke‚ is a movement that completely counteracts against the idea of rationalism (Solomon‚ Higgins‚ and Martin 200). It is an impression

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    Enlightenment Rationalism and Romantic Subjectivism In the eighteenth century social theories had a huge impact on individuals within a society. Two social theories in particular came to be during radical times. The enlightenment rationalism theory was based on human reason and rational thought. The romantic subjectivism theory was based on the importance of individual freedom with an emphasis on the subjective mind and culture. These two social theories were both highly influential during their

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    Dualism and Rationalism The French philosopher‚ Rene Descartes (1596-1650)‚ approached knowledge from quite a different stance than did John Locke. For Descartes‚ man has ultimate knowledge of his own existence because he is a thinking being – cogito ergo sum – "I think‚ therefore I am." Thus the foundations of knowledge consist of a set of first‚ "self-evident" principles‚ a priori principles. The mind is not an empty cabinet but is filled with universal‚ though not readily known‚ principles

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    two types of enlightened thinking: Humanism and Rationalism. Through the discussion I was able to expand my understanding of Voltaire’s belief in the “power of reason to overcome traditional authority and embrace rational change”. Enlightenment philosophy is the understanding that we can collectively as a society make the world a better place. There are two types of enlightened thinking that are prevalent in Candide: rationalism and humanism. Rationalism is traditionally described as the “process of

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