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02/17/17

multiple choice question

10. Secretary Kelly was tasked by the president’s executive order with overseeing the:a) re-writing of Obamacareb) planning and construction of the wall on the U.S. southern borderc) both a) and... more

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Philosophy

02/05/17

Do you agree that reasoning is always involved in our appropriation of the Bible? That our experiences significantly affect the way we read it?

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Philosophy Philosop

12/01/16

Log 4: What is justice in the city, in the mind, and why is it best? (Platos Republic)

This question is in relation to Platos Republic and Socrates response to what justice in the city is as well as in the mind and why its best?

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Philosophy

11/27/16

is it possible to form a concept through the process of abstraction without using words?

Philosophy question

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Philosophy

11/17/16

what created the universe?

Did god? Did nothing? Big bang perhaps?

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Philosophy Descartes

11/15/16

what was the overall importance of Descartes' Meditations?

Not importance of each individual meditations in the Meditation, but overall.

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Philosophy Ethics Deontological Ethics Consequentialist Ethics

11/06/16

People give a variety of reasons for copying music from a friend instead of buying it.

People give a variety of reasons for copying music from a friend instead of buying it. Refute each of the reasons given below, using any of the ethical theories (utilitarianism, kant's moral... more

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Philosophy Writing Composition Rhetoric

10/18/16

Please Paraphrase this quote:

Please Paraphrase "We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light." –Plato I'm supposed to write a Chreia explaining my... more

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Philosophy

09/28/16

Explain Socrates’s claim of ignorance in terms of Plato’s Simile of the Line. If Plato’s account of knowledge is right, then are we all ignorant?

Please help me answer this question

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Philosophy

04/28/16

I need to understand Zeno's paradox, it still confuses me. Help?

confusion

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Philosophy Ethics

04/07/16

what is the deontologist’s claim that the categorical imperative (law of reciprocity) is a universal and fundamental principle of ethics?

Have been searching the internet for an hour now and cant find anything that really describes it

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Philosophy Logic Symbolism

03/18/16

Derivations in symolic logic

Show that |- ((P || Q) -> (~((~P) & (~Q))))

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Philosophy

02/23/16

Explain the principle of fairness, as Phillips defines it.

To which situations, according to Phillips, does the principle apply? Do you agree? What does the principle of fairness, in your view, have to do with business?

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Philosophy

02/21/16

All metals conduct electricity' is an example of a universal generalization about metals?

True or false?

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Philosophy

02/21/16

if p then not p, prove if p then q

P⊃ ∼P prove P ⊃ Q

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Philosophy

02/10/16

as Bob is driving

As Bob is driving on an exit off the freeway, he comes to a stop light and sees a homeless man asking people for spare change. “See, he’s a perfect example of why we shouldn’t be giving welfare... more

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Philosophy Future

01/26/16

Since this magnetic energy will remain an increasing constant; over time, will the atoms at the set circumference break down and create a black hole?

I understand that Perpetual Motion is frowned upon but, let's say hypothetically such a device is created. This device would have a constant increasing magnetic energy, pulling inward in opposite... more

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Philosophy Education

01/25/16

why is it there is no constant in this world?

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Philosophy

01/11/16

What are the three activities/ methods of philosophy?

I know that one of the activities/methods is conceptual analysis but cannot find the other two. Thanks!

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Philosophy

12/10/15

What can God not be a deciever?

in Descartes Meditation III

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Philosophy

12/10/15

How is Descartes first foundation reached - "I am I exist" , certainty about myself

Mediation II

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Philosophy Descartes

12/10/15

what is Descartes's method of doubt? (Meditation 1)

-its nature and -its purpose

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Philosophy Philosophy Of Human Nature St. Thomas Aquinas

12/10/15

General structure of Aquina's demonstrations that God exists ???

-start from something we experience and argue that that thing cannot exist unless a cause it posited -against the infinite regress in the series of causes -so a first cause exists -and we call... more

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Philosophy Logic

12/04/15

Logic, MORAL THEORY

RELATIVISM? AMERICAN CHILDREN SHOULD WEAR BRACES IF THEIR TEET ARENT PERFECT. THOUGH BRACES EXPOSE CHILDREN TO UNECESSARY PAIN AND MOST OF THE TIME, SERVE ONLY COSMETIC PURPOSES, WEARING... more

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Philosophy Logic Deductive Phil

11/23/15

1) ?P(c = b?P(c)) 2) ?x( f (b) = x)) (note: ? means backwards E)

Suppose we have an FOL with names/constants a,b,c,d, variables x,y, z, function symbolsf (x),g(x),h(x,y), predicate symbols P(x),Q(x),R(x,y),x = y, the usual connectives and the quantifiers∀,∃. For... more

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multiple choice question

Do you agree that reasoning is always involved in our appropriation of the Bible? That our experiences significantly affect the way we read it?

Log 4: What is justice in the city, in the mind, and why is it best? (Platos Republic)

is it possible to form a concept through the process of abstraction without using words?

what created the universe?

what was the overall importance of Descartes' Meditations?

People give a variety of reasons for copying music from a friend instead of buying it.

Please Paraphrase this quote:

Explain Socrates’s claim of ignorance in terms of Plato’s Simile of the Line. If Plato’s account of knowledge is right, then are we all ignorant?

I need to understand Zeno's paradox, it still confuses me. Help?

what is the deontologist’s claim that the categorical imperative (law of reciprocity) is a universal and fundamental principle of ethics?

Derivations in symolic logic

Explain the principle of fairness, as Phillips defines it.

All metals conduct electricity' is an example of a universal generalization about metals?

if p then not p, prove if p then q

as Bob is driving

Since this magnetic energy will remain an increasing constant; over time, will the atoms at the set circumference break down and create a black hole?

why is it there is no constant in this world?

What are the three activities/ methods of philosophy?

What can God not be a deciever?

How is Descartes first foundation reached - "I am I exist" , certainty about myself

what is Descartes's method of doubt? (Meditation 1)

General structure of Aquina's demonstrations that God exists ???

Logic, MORAL THEORY

1) ?P(c = b?P(c)) 2) ?x( f (b) = x)) (note: ? means backwards E)

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