Review PPTs and textbook and answer the following questions with SPSS. (Note: The data sets for the problems are available on the course D2L. Q1. Sue Borch‚ director of the Fowlerville‚ Maine‚ Center for Adult Recreational Activities‚ has long wondered whether there is a relationship between the number of complaints the center receives from patrons and volunteer staffing levels. To examine her hunch‚ Ms. Borch regresses the number of complaints received per week (COMP) on the number of volunteers
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“The Allegory of the Cave” by Plato‚ a prisoner living in a cave is forced to learn the truth. The shadows he sees are not real‚ but are made to seem like they are. He is taken up into the sun and learns the truth. Figuratively‚ the truth he learns is that God is real and the shadows being created by society are not. He has a choice to make on whether he will go back into the cave to tell others about what he learned‚ or stay and keep the truth hidden. Plato’s “Allegory of the Cave” is really about religion
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According to Plato a property that is abstract or quality is considered a form; if you were to take a property of a certain object and separate the property from the object‚ that itself would contemplate a form. A basketball could be taken for example here where you can take the roundness of the object being the basketball in this case and separate the roundness from all of the other properties the basketball has like the weight and the color‚ focusing only of the roundness would be the form of
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Phil 243 29 January 2013 The allegory of The Cave is an attempt to show that what we are seeing are reflections‚ abstractions‚ and illusions. What we have believed in are not the real thing and never have been‚ but because we’ve acknowledged them for so long‚ it’s hard for us to accept it in any other way. Plato’s allegory of The Cave is a symbol for the contrasts between ideas and what we perceive as reality. Plato argues that we are the “cave slaves.” We live in a world of shadows‚ where we
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nothing at all”(Magee‚ 2016‚ p.24)‚ his pupil‚ Plato‚ had left written work famously in the form of dialogues. One of Plato’s main philosophical ideas is explained through his writing on the Allegory of the Cave‚ where prisoners are used to convey the message of illusions as well as representing the idea of us as human beings being “imprisoned in our own bodies” (Magee‚ 2016‚ p.31). For instance‚ as one of the prisoners succeeded in escaping the cave‚ and consequently attempted in gaining knowledge
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The Matrix‚ The Cave And Meditations PHIL 201 John L. Hill II Liberty University John Hill Professor Allyn Kyes Philosophy 201 October 18‚ 2012 The Matrix‚ The Cave And Meditations Thesis: There are many similarities in the Matrix ( Wachowski‚ Andy‚ and Lana Wachowski 1999 )‚ The Allegory of the Cave ( Plato ) and Meditation I of The Things of Which We May Doubt ( Decartes‚ 1641 ). It appears as you take a close look at the Matrix that it is a retelling of “The
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2014 Introduction/Thesis: Susan B Anthony was one of the most influential women in American history. Susan was not only influential but heroic in her doings as an abolitionist‚ educational reformer‚ labor activist‚ and last but most definitely not last a women’s rights activist. Susan believed that the same rights should be granted to all regardless of race or sex. This mindset was a complete one eighty from the way of thinking back then. Paragraph One: Susan B Anthony born in Adams Massachusetts
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Forum 2: Plato - Holiness and Deities’ Approval My initial view on Plato’s argument that what is holy and what is approved by the gods are not the same‚ is that this argument is convincing. I will also‚ show that Euthyphro would not have given any reasonable response to the argument in response to the second question and final part of the assignment‚ which requires if we can think of any arguments Euthyphro could have made and what his response would have been. However‚ before I delve fully into
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Paleolithic era of hunting and gathering. For example‚ when art historians look at the cave paintings in the Lascaux Cave in France‚ some believe what they are seeing is a religious ritual where the hunters are asking the gods or deities for a successful hunt. They base this conclusion by comparing the size and detail of the animals vs. the smaller size and lack of detail in the people. When you look at the cave painting this does make sense. Here you have sticklike small men shooting arrows into
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In the article "Allegory of the Cave‚" Plato talks with one of his students and tries to show the difference between people who think their perception of things they see or hear is the truth‚ and people who can see the actual truth. To make things clear‚ he came up with this allegory where people were living underground. They were chained‚ so they didn’t have a chance to move their body or turn their heads. The only thing they saw was a wall right in front of their eyes. Behind them there was a path
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