presented by the Brain-in-a-Vat hypothesis‚ in this essay I will assess whether Moore offers an adequate response presented by the hypothesis or not. The brain-in-a-vat hypothesis is essentially questioning whether there is an external world and how we can be sure of this. My thesis is that G.E. Moore’s ‘proof of an external world’ does offer an adequate response to the sceptical challenge presented by the Brain-in-a-Vat hypothesis. The Brain-in-a-Vat hypothesis is more comparable to a thought
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Continuum Hypothesis in Fluid Mechanics The macroscopic behavior of fluids makes them appear to be continuous. However‚ when viewed at the microscopic scale fluids cannot be viewed as continuous. The fluid under consideration will have molecules bombarding each other. It is not possible to declare the fluid velocity at a point as there is no guarantee that the fluid molecules are present at that point at a particular instant of time. When we calculate the fluid velocity or density at a point it
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redundancy for flight safety is achieved because of availability and location of control surfaces. Higher aspect ratio wings can be used because of inherently reduced bending moments on the wing and overall aircraft gross weight is reduced due to structural and aerodynamic efficiency. This is different from a biplane‚ in which the wings are stacked more or less vertically‚ one above the other‚ such that their lift vectors are very close together and a separate horizontal stabilizer surface
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Corporate Strategy and Policy A Template for Structural Analysis of an Industry You can use the following template for analyzing the structure of an industry. It requires you to rate the attractiveness of an industry on a 5-point scale for several factors relating to each of the five forces in Porter’s (1980) model. (A 7-point or a 10-point scale would perhaps be even better in that it would allow finer discrimination between two businesses with different levels of attractiveness
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Social Navigation Hypothesis suggests that conditions cataloged as "illness‚ or "disorder" were beneficial to our survival. This theory affirms that what we would categorize as mental illness benefits us by urging us to integrate for a higher rank in society. I would like to think this has no correlation with beauty‚ or weight as our ancestors did not have IG makeup tips in the past‚ nor did they care about dieting. However‚ it does indicate that our mental "illnesses" are actually the motivation
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Ch. 5 The Pursuit of Happiness (Haidt) pp. 81-102 1. Compare the main ideas of The Consolation of Philosophy from Ch. 2 and of Ecclesiastes on pp. 81-82. 2. How do we experience pleasure differently from the animals? Why don’t we enjoy life more than they do? What’s the problem or trick with reinforcement as a source of pleasure? 3. Explain and give examples of 2 types of positive affect according to Davidson. Which one gives us more happiness? 4. What is the progress principle
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An efficient market is a market in which prices can always fully reflect available information. According to Andrei Shleifer‚ Market efficiency is theoretically based on three conditions‚ which are investor rationality‚ independent deviations from rationality and unlimited arbitrage. If three conditions cannot be satisfied‚ the market might be not efficient. Thus‚ investors’ rational behavior leads to stock market efficiency. For instance‚ when a company releases new information‚ for all investors
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I have realized that whenever someone is asked for some reason the difference that we humans have with animals‚ most say something like our intelligence‚ or that we communicate with each other and they do not. Social brain hypothesis is a proposal that strives to explain that in comparison to all vertebrates‚ the primates have naturally larger brain size to the body mass. This theory goes ahead to demonstrate that the primates acquire the wider brains as a result of their struggle to manage their
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Institution Structural Family Therapy Name Instructor’s Name Course Number 31‚ May 2014 Abstract This research paper discusses Structural Family Therapy in relation to its development‚ tenets‚ application‚ and comparison to other methods. It was established that Minuchin was at the forefront of developing the approach due to the realization that human problems cannot be solved individualistically. Instead‚ they should be solved in the context of family structure since it affects behavior
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The Transformational Learning Hypothesis initially created by Jack Mezirow is depicted as being "constructivist‚ an introduction which holds that the way students translate and reinterpret their sense encounter is‚ fundamental to making meaning and subsequently learning" (Mezirow‚ 1991). The hypothesis has two fundamental sorts of learning: instrumental and communitive learning. Instrumental learning centres around learning through assignment arranged critical thinking and cause and effect of relationships
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