‘The Analogy of the Cave tells us nothing about reality’ Discuss. (10) Initially‚ I would say that Plato’s Allegory of the Cave doesn’t tell us anything about reality‚ and by doing so I would have to agree with the statement. My reasoning for this is straightforward and simple‚ Plato implies that the senses are completely useless‚ and by doing so he also implies that empiricist ways are also useless for they rely solely upon the senses. This shows to us that the Plato’s allegory cannot tell us anything
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The allegory of the cave in Plato’s Republic is a metaphor meant to illustrate Plato’s views on knowledge but also strengthens his perception of the noble lie in society‚ an idea that is still very relevant today. It is designed to ask the fundamental question of: “What is the truth?” This is a clear reference Plato’s ideology that rests upon the sworn duty that Guardians make towards the state and it is hence emphasized by this analogy. The journey that one makes to be able to attain that superior
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Per 2 12/2/13 “Allegory of the Cave” Character Analysis In the story “The Allegory of the Cave” by Plato‚ these three prisoners have lived in a cave their whole life‚ chained and only able to see this wall. On this wall the only thing they can see is shadows from people and objects doing things in front to make shadows. By only seeing these shadows and nothing else the prisoners have no idea about the outside world‚ as one of them are released he goes and looks at everything he has not
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Osmosis Experiment Subject: Professor Egg-avier Duration: 3 weeks (Oct 2nd – Oct 16th) Week 1 On October 2nd my group was giving a raw egg (weighing 58.8 grams) and placed it into a clear mason jar with 200mL of vinegar. The ph levels of our vinegar equaled a 2 which tells us that vinegar is a fairly acidic liquid. Once submerged in the vinegar‚ little bubbles began to appear around the egg’s shell. We believed this to be carbon dioxide escaping from the shell. We left our egg to sit in the
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a tremendous variety of oxidation states that appear in its compounds. The oxidation numbers range from Mn (III) in compounds like Mn(NO)3CO to Mn (VII) in KMnO4. Compounds of manganese range in oxidation number between theses two extremes. This experiment involves the preparation of a Mn (III) complex of actylacetone (also named 2‚4-pentanedione) which is a useful starting material for the preparation of other Mn (III) compounds. Manganese (III) complexes are relatively stable and can be prepared
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Name: Lawrence D. Mandras Date: August 17‚ 2013 Rating:_____ Yr. & Course: BSED-IV Laboratory Experiment no. 2 The Living Plant Cell Objectives: * To study the different types of plant cells. * To observe plant cells as to their shapes‚ structures and function. Materials: Microscope cover slip glass slide water onion Iodine soln. hydrilla salt tomato razor blade Medicinal dropper epidermal tissue of rhoeo-discolor
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crimes occurring when there is police present. These strategies were made to reduce the crimes and make the public feel more safe in the street. The Kansas City Experiment started on October 1972 and continued to 1973 ‚ it was administered by the Kansas City Police Department and evaluated by the Police Foundation. The Kansas City Experiment tested the use of preventive patrol on crime rates and citizens fear of crime. The police foundation divided Kansas into fifteen different areas‚ and those fifteen
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Observations of Chemical Changes Purpose: To observe some properties of chemical reactions and associate them with everyday household cleaning products. Procedure: In order to complete this experiment‚ I had to set up and organize my lab table. I used my 24-well plate‚ my 96-well plate‚ and the first experiment bag which included all of the necessary chemicals. I also had to gather 3 household cleaning products and a pipet in order to test them as well. The procedure involved was putting 2 drops of
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Rhetorical Analysis: Allegory of the Cave The text I have used to do my rhetorical analysis is the “Allegory of the Cave” by Plato. In this text‚ Plato gives an explanation of his idea of the situation of humans in respect to knowledge by telling us an allegory. In his allegory‚ Plato says that there are a few prisoners seated in a cave behind a small wall facing a big wall. The only thing they can do is looking at the wall in front of them and listen‚ they cannot even move their neck or the
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species of Chiropterawere collected from three (3) caves at Minalungao National Park such as Maipit Cave‚ Minalungao Caveand Makatulang Cave. Exact location was determined using the Global Positioning System (GPS). Consequently‚ abiotic factors such as air temperature and humidity were determined using thermo-anemometer and sling psychrometer respectively. The collected Chiropterans were placed in a appropriate bags and properly labelled. The Maipit Cave is located at 15° 31’ N‚ 121 ° 14’ E with an elevation
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