Factors For and Against Marijuana should be legalized in the United States. Reasons for legalization (ranked from strongest to weakest) 1. Medical benefits for terminal illnesses such as cancer. 2. Police and court resources would be freed to pursue more serious crimes. 3. The FDA could regulate the quality and safety of the drug. 4. This drug has fewer side effects that most currently legal narcotics. 5. Legalization would lower prices‚ thereby reducing crimes such as theft. 6
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Michael Nguyen Paper 2 3/29/2012 Professor Nathan Smith Rationalism vs Empiricism Rationalism believes that some ideas or concept are independent of experience and that some truth is known by reason alone. Rationalist support the idea of priori knowledge which means knowledge that comes before experience and independent of experience Philosophers that support that are associated with rationalism are Descartes‚ Kant‚ and Leibniz. Empiricism believes that some ideas or concepts are independent of
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Q3: What are the main differences between rationalism and empiricism as approaches to knowledge? Explain the advantages and disadvantages of each‚ using Descartes (Second Meditation) as the example of a rationalist‚ and Hume or Locke as the example of an empiricist. In your view which approach better explains the common-sense knowledge of the world that we take for granted? Common-sense knowledge is information we know and understand unproblematically. It could be that a spider has six legs‚ your
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supports Rationalism‚ the idea that our knowledge comes from ideas and reason. Hobbes on the other hand supports Empiricism‚ the idea that our knowledge comes from the senses. In this paper I will provide Descartes’ argument against sense perception and Hobbes’ argument for sense perception. I will then provide both philosopher’s arguments about free will and how their views factor into their philosophical systems. Lastly‚ I will provide my argument as to which philosopher has the stronger argument and
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For the purpose of this essay I will critically discuss aspects of empiricism and the empirical method and their use in geography. I will discuss these aspects with close reference to a recommended reading for our course by Ward et al (2007). Empiricism is a philosophical idea that experience‚ which is based on observation and experimentation‚ is the only source of knowledge. Empiricism believes that the mind is a blank canvas and all knowledge arrives in the mind through the portals that are the
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Miracles‚ Hume joins an argument that was occurring at the time on miracles and their place in the foundations of the Christian Faith. Hume‚ however‚ comes to the conclusion that we cannot be justified in our belief in any miracles. I believe that Hume does provide a valid‚ defensible argument in the claim that we are not justified in our belief of miracles and we can provide answers to problems that may arise from statements in his argument. Although Hume’s original argument is in my opinion strong
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the turn of the twentieth century‚ the field of Psychology found itself in a war between two contending theoretical perspectives: Gestalt psychology versus Behaviorism. With its roots within the United States‚ behaviorists in America were developing a theory that believed psychology should not be concerned with the mind or with human consciousness. Instead‚ behavior and the actions of humans would be the foremost concern of psychologists. Across the Atlantic‚ Gestalt psychology emerged by placing
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Explain Darwin’s theory of Evolution and how it presents arguments against design and a designer. (30) A01 To answer this question productively‚ I must first‚ of course‚ explain both Darwin’s theory of evolution and the Design or teleological argument (D.A). Both offer a fairly comprehensive explanation of how the world came to be what it is today. We will first start with the theory of evolution. Charles Robert Darwin‚ was born on the 12th of February 1809‚ and is the founder of evolutionary
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energy source (fuel) should be sustainable for an indefinite period of time‚ according to the definition of renewable energy. Another major argument proposed by the opponents of including nuclear energy as renewable energy is the harmful nuclear waste from nuclear power reactors. The nuclear waste is considered as a radioactive pollutant that goes against the notion of a renewable energy source.Yucca Mountain is one of the examples used quite often to prove this point. Most of the opponents in the
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Velasquez 5.1 and 5.5 All of your responses should be written in complete sentences. 1. Define Rationalism The view that knowledge of the world can be obtained by relying on reason without the aid of the senses. 2. Define Empiricism Knowledge about the world can be attained only through sense experience. 3. What is Induction and how does it work? How does it make use of both empiricism and rationalism? It is defined as the reliance of observations‚ generalizations and repeated confirmation. It
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