I think therefore I am. We cannot rely on tradition or previous knowledge or even our senses to belief something. We must reason and process the information therefore the reasoning of each is personal. • Rationalism: the belief that we can have knowledge without experience. Only by reasoning its existence. Logic is used to subtend reasoning and form opinion. • Empiricism: we can only be sure of something once we’ve tested it or experienced it. This means that we use our sense perception and logic
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While reading “In Flanders Fields” by John McCrae and “Here Dead We Lie” by A.E. Housman‚ I made sure to decode every word that the poems contained in order to self-interpret the pieces of literature. These World War I based poems carry significant stories of our once war torn planet. For example‚ “Here Dead We Lie” is a short‚ yet meaningful‚ poem about nationalism and pride towards ones country. In this poem‚ the author discusses the fact that soldiers often chose to die for their country instead
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Earth-like Planets‚ Life or Lifeless? For centuries man has looked at the sky‚ and wondered‚ is someone looking back? Science is now closer than ever to answering this quest that is nearly as old as mankind itself. In the last century new technologies and scientific break-throughs have showed us that planets do exist in other solar systems and that there is a probability for other earth-like planets. We have also recognized the parameters and building blocks for life as we know them on earth
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many students‚ writing essays are not exactly our number one choice. Unfortunately‚ writing essays in High School is like the fog in Daly City- it’s inevitable. Writing essays in Science class on the other hand‚ is like a sunny day quickly covered by fog. It’s somewhat expected‚ yet still disappointing‚ and surprising at the same time. We’re most expected to write essays in our English class‚ so writing an essay in any other subject such as Science makes us hate writing essays even more. In general
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Our Universe Our universe was created billions of years ago and no one is exactly sure of how. What will come of it in the future? Religions‚ beliefs‚ and scientists all have different perspectives of what will happen in the future to our earth and universe and they all have different views of how it all started. Once we know definitely how the earth was created‚ then we will find out most of the mysteries of the planets evolution. There are many different thoughts of what is to come of our earth
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humans have never find it enough to stop unreveling the wonders of nature and Earth to cease travelling. Especially with the advancement of and improvement of transport technologies. When we needed months‚ even years‚ of perilous travels across oceans‚ now we just need a few luxurious hours on planes to reach our destinations. But here lies the implications. With transportation made easier and more accessible‚ much more people are able to travel to different parts of the world than before. However
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Philosophy 1301 10 February 2013 Should We Be Eating That? Throughout the year there are billions of animals that are slaughtered for human consumption. I eat meat‚ but there are some very strong philosophical arguments that show that slaughtering animals for our consumption is morally wrong. While some will agree with this assumption‚ I however disagree. It is morally okay to eat meat because if everyone became a vegetarian‚ there would be negative consequences‚ we need meat to be healthy‚ and animals
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BAFOKENG SEKALELI TOK ESSAY CAN WE HAVE BELIEFS OR KNOWLEDGE WHICH ARE INDEPENDENT OF OUR CULTURE? The main aim of the essay is to find out if we have beliefs or rather knowledge which are independent of our culture. To do my investigation‚ I am going to follow different areas of beliefs and culture that I need. Culture is roughly perhaps a range of activities which are cultivated as a pattern of behaviour in a group of humans over time‚ and the manifest
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ASSIGNMENT QUESTION Written assessment (there are seven questions in this assignment‚ answer FIVE questions ONLY. 10 mark each. Each essay must contain approximately 500 words). 1. Gadgets‚ examples are smartphones‚ iPad and tab has destroyed communication among friends and family. Do you agree or disagree? Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer. 2. To prepare students for the 21st Century do you think Malaysia is ready for the changes of student’s textbooks to
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Effects on Planet Earth” The Sun emits a tremendous amount of energy‚ in the form of electromagnetic radiation‚ into space. If we could somehow build a gigantic ball around the Sun that completely enclosed it‚ and lined that ball with perfectly efficient photovoltaic solar panels‚ we could capture all of that energy and convert it to electricity and be set in terms of Earth ’s energy needs for a very long time. Lacking such a fanciful sphere‚ most of the Sun ’s energy flows out of our solar system
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