Topic #2: When should we trust our senses to give us truth? Word count: 779 words Our senses help us interact with the world. Smell‚ hearing‚ sight‚ taste‚ touch‚ and external stimulus play a major role in shaping our perceptions of the surroundings and the world. To trust our senses means that we have justified belief of what we perceive is “true”. To what extent can our senses give us truth? In order to obtain a better understanding of under what conditions we can rely on our senses‚ we need
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Dark Desires: A Marxist Analysis of Arvin Mangohig’s Megastar Objectification is defined as the treatment to someone as an object rather than as a person. It has numerous features which will be mentioned through the analysis. Particularly‚ the story illustrates the objectification of a woman by a man. Considering the Marxist theory‚ this is caused by the oppression of women which is thought to be normal in the present time. Males have been dominant over females based on history. As seen in Marxist
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As my first point I will discuss the tensions between Galileo’s individual pursuit of the truth and the church‚ in what can only be described as an authoritarian society. The subject for debate I will be discussing is whether it is against ethical conduct to challenge such widely held religious beliefs in the name of science. As religion lay at the centre of society in Rome‚ the question is brought up whether people can be morally sound if they go against their religion for any reason. However‚ as
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We all want to be happy but how do we to find eternal happiness? Happiness has been the question to many that are unable to answer based on their own opinions. Aristotle states‚ “Happiness depends on ourselves” (Pursuit of Happiness). He makes many points as to what happiness is. He says that happiness is the ultimate end and purpose of human existence‚ it is the exercise of virtue‚ it is the perfection of human nature‚ it depends on our character‚ and it requires intellectual contemplation. True
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When Should We Trust Our Senses to Give Us the Truth? Sight‚ smell‚ sound‚ taste‚ and touch make up the five senses that we have all become very familiar with. We have been able to depend on your senses for years. The question I pose is; when can we trust our senses to give us the truth? An account of what “true” means does not have to tell us what is true‚ nor tell us how we could find out what is true‚ therefore we must wonder if our senses can give us the truth. It is first important to
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Faulty Thinking in “What Should a Billionaire Give – and What Should You?” Peter Singer’s persuasive essay strips us bare of our selfish wants as he equates our tendency to accumulate all the stuff we don’t need with ignoring the plight of drowning children and‚ as such‚ being responsible for the death of those children. We are‚ Singer convincingly argues‚ products of our fortunate “social capital”; therefore‚ we have an obligation to those who do not have a social capital. Life is priceless. It
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It is not yet possible to vote online‚ but‚ candidates communicate with us through e-mail. They have websites for their campaign as well as Twitter and Facebook accounts to communicate with us - their potential voters. Technological advances have led to a political conversation on the web. According to an empirical study‚ however‚ this only reinforces the status quo‚ particularly in terms of the socioeconomic status of a person. The Internet did not expand the base of voters. Access to the Internet
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Based on the real life story of Chris Gardner‚ the Pursuit of Happyness looks at the crests and troughs in Chris’ life on his way to becoming a stock broker‚ and eventually as everyone knows‚ a multi-millionaire. Will Smith played the role of Chris Gardner while Smith’s son‚ Jaden Smith played Gardner’s 7 or 8-year-old son. At one level‚ even though the movie is titled The Pursuit of Happyness (deliberately spelt wrong)‚ it is pretty depressing. Yes‚ the movie is supposed to focus on the struggles
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“Pleasure is transitory. Pleasure should be sought in moderation. Pleasure must be earned. Pleasure must be achieved naturally.” said David J. Linden‚ professor at Johns Hopkins University. They’re not big things‚ but each simple pleasure is what we for a nice day. Here’re some simple pleasure to brighten your day. You need to start the day by doing something you enjoy. When you wake up in the morning‚ you may have a cup of coffee‚ and sip it slowly to enjoy it fully . Eat a breakfast which gives
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When should we trust our senses to give us truth? Our senses should be trusted in certain circumstances. Our senses can only provide us with raw information‚ but in order to gain knowledge and understanding of the information we need to implicate other ways of knowing. There is a limitation to trusting your senses because our perception will only go as far as our sense organs will allow us‚ but other ways of knowing such as but not limited to‚ reason will allow us to progress even further. Senses
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