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    Flamenco Dance

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    order to project a mood without interpreting the meaning o f the song with certain gesture. This is often called Seguiriyas. Seguiriyas is the oldest written example of flamenco found in the 18th century. Called an indecent dance by Henry Swinburne of 1779‚ seguiriyas is one of the many still surviving non-Gypsy flamenco dances. The many types of cante are similar in the fact that they may share the same rhythm. Although‚ they are proved to be very individual in their

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    Critically assess‚ with reference to William James‚ the argument from religious experience. A religious experience is a subjective experience which is interpreted within a religious framework. Refer to cases where a person encounters God in a direct way. Otto said the central element of direct was an ‘apprehension of the wholly other’‚ called the numinous. This means the world that is beyond the physical observable universe in which we live. They are experiences of the wholly other; completely outside

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    “The verification principle offers no real challenge to religious belief.” Discuss [35] The verification principle is a significant concept used by many philosophers in order to determine whether a religious statement is meaningful or not. This was highly influenced by logical positivism: group of 20th century philosophers called the Vienna circle and was then further developed by British philosopher A.J Ayer. Religious language refer to statements such as ‘God exists’ and ‘God loves me’. Whilst

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    Micribiology

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    human faecal samples for analysis by real-time PCR E.A Nelson1‚ 2‚ E.A Palombo1‚ and S.R Knowles2 1 Environment and Biotechnology Centre‚ Faculty of Life and Social Sciences‚ Swinburne University of Technology‚ John Street Hawthorn‚ VIC 3122‚ Australia. 2 SwinPsyche Unit‚ Faculty of Life and Social Sciences‚ Swinburne University of Technology‚ John Street Hawthorn‚ VIC 3122‚ Australia. Real-time PCR analysis of bacterial DNA isolated from faecal specimens has become increasingly used for the quantification

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    One of the dominant motifs of the "Situation" section‚ is the concept of the "new" (see also‚ the modern) and its relationship to the situation of art. This concept and its dialectical...complications/implications is absolutely fundamental to Adorno’s philosophy in general‚ especially in relation to a motif of failed (or aborted) revolutions and their relation to what Adorno occasionally refers to as the aging of modernity. Whither Adorno’s account of the "resistance to the new”? For him‚ any and

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    Explain what is meant by verification and falsification in the context of debates about religious language. Antony Flew believed that religious claims are cognitive in that they are intended to be factual assertions. Flew insisted that claims by the believer such as ‘God loves us’ are not to be taken as ‘anything but assertions’. Verification means to prove the truth of a statement whilst falsification means to prove a statement is false. Logical positivism was developed by the Vienna circle

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    How can crime be prevented‚ and why do people commit crime? Understanding why people commit crimes‚ one has to develop ways so they can control crime or rehabilitate the criminal (Siegel‚ 2015‚ p. 8). Self-control is the main component to a well sorted life‚ this is because our brains make us liable to all kinds of influences (Siegel‚ 2015‚ p. 9). For example; from watching an action movie‚ it shows us violent scenes that can predispose us to act violently. We are all valuable to all kinds of influences

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    Part B: Comparison Society and individuals alike view childhood through a lens that is forged over time and influenced by factors including experiences‚ values‚ and beliefs (Swinburne‚ 2017). The childhood of a kid growing in Australia and the associated value of that journey can be weighed against a myriad of the worlds cultures and histories‚ as the quest to understand the social construction of childhood continues. It is through the comparison of five of Sorin and Galloway’s (2006) ten noted constructs

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    Loyalty In Hamlet

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    In the context of your critical study how do relationships embodied in the extract (the one that you choose) resonate with your understanding of loyalty in the play? Through a critical study of William Shakespeare’s play Hamlet and the many-faceted relationships that occur throughout it‚ we are able to identify the underlying idea of loyalty and understand how it’s different aspects affect the protagonist Hamlet and all his relationships in the play. Culminating in the line “I have sworn it”‚

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    The concept of the afterlife is incoherent. Discuss. The concepts of the afterlife held by philosophers are varied‚ due to the different forms to which people believe it takes. For example‚ there are disputes as to whether it is a physical or material world‚ in the form of body and/or soul‚ which raises both dualist and monist views. Resurrection is a monist theory that there will be a post-mortem experience in a recreated‚ perfect physical human body. This is traditionally a Christian concept

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