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The Central Ideas of David Hume

have been the fact that the individual has MS or CP or some other disease. Another reason might have been that they simply were no...

Philosophy Q and A

While Hume appears down to Earth and logical, he is, in a very general sense, a skeptic. He notes that there is a battle between r...

Media and Race in Canada

2002), is a tremendously dangerous concept when large entities, such as the media, possess and routinely abuse the "power to enfor...

Law of Prgnanz and Productive Thinking of Max Wertheimer

like a star, however, the mind does not see the dots for themselves and only perceives the holistic value of the star. The law o...

Overview of Hadrian's Wall

Even though the Wall is sometimes referred to as the border between England and Scotland, in fact most of Northumberland, which is...

American Identity Concept and Benjamin Franklin

of his definition of self as it relates to Americans is scattered and often vague. Bearing this in mind we turn to the philosophic...

Themes in William Shakespeare's Hamlet and Sophocles' Oedipus

Jocastas acceptance of her role and of the death of her son is fundamental to the actions of the play. When Oedipus kills Laius a...

U.S. Democracy and Worldviews

of 19th century philosophers. Alexis de Tocqueville recognized that democracy, though touted as a distinct government defined by ...

How the Angel Was Perceived by the Townspeople in 'A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings' by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

and possibly to establish a comfort level with something frightening, the townsfolk begin to contrast the angel with other area at...

Learning, Metacognition, and Perception

2002). Metacognition, which reflects a bit more mental tangibility in its definition, is comprised of three distinct components: ...

Gender Perceptions on Rape and Responsibility

Although she does not discuss this case specifically, Jacobys "Common Decency" allows insight to the Schmid cases and Oates fictio...

Aspirational Objective or Social Reality Construct of Work

what give rise to change in the first place. If, for instance, it is lack of equal educational opportunities which deprives young ...

A Consideration of Alternative Dispute Resolution

parties to decide what the resolution of the dispute will be; mediation is a form of negotiation (Marcellino, 2004). Arbitration...

Knowledge As Viewed by Rene Descartes

it is thought to be an intuition in respect to "ones own reality" (2003). It is in essence "an expression of the indubitability of...

Perceptions of Administrators and Faculty Regarding Distance Education

limited instructional support to faculty in distance education. 3. Faculty members are concerned about the availability of instruc...

Identity and Image in the Corporate Sector

influenced a large number of people when they were choosing a new car. Many would not even consider buying one of these cars due t...

Early Twentieth Century Gender Perceptions

observers of Indian culture more, the implications of homosexuality inherent in the berdache tradition or the idea that individual...

Nana by Emile Zola

for gifts, which, having been received, fail to hold her interest. Zola also paints an unsympathetic picture of the men whom Nana ...

Nature as Used in Dante's 'The Purgatorio' and 'The Inferno'

II). Through this imagery, Dante suggests that the human soul is naturally inclined to journey towards the light and to wish to as...

Terrorism Perceptions and International Law

a simultaneous attack on the Pentagon itself. The sanctity of U.S. political borders had been attacked as it had at no other poin...

American Democracy Legitimacy and Global Perceptions

Former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright chairs the Pew Centers ongoing series of worldwide public opinion surveys. O...

U.S. History and the Definitive Component of Race

reveal that there are others involved in slavery at the time. Hoffman explores the concept of white slavery. The notion that there...

Organizational Systems of the McDonald's Fast Food Chain

The idea of serving food very quickly was fairly new at this time. Other burger joints saw food made to order. The ideas of fast...

Gender and Portrayal by the Media

to see such subjects as homosexuality, bisexuality, transvestitism, and transgenderism. These are concepts that run counter to ou...

Adolescent Psychology and Family Dysfunction

alcohol or substance abuse, and suicidal ideation, it is important to assess some of the views of maternal attachment, the impacts...

Europe, United States, and Muslims

encounters with North African Muslim immigrants who had come to Detroit (Malik, 2004). A key figure in the Nation of Islam movemen...

Perception, Logic, Awareness, and Realism

perceptual capacities are not fixed; they are not static or one-dimensional. Rather, they grow and expand in relation to our own ...

Public Relations Campaigns in Colombia

In a paper of nine pages, the writer looks at international public relations campaigns. Colombia's campaign to improve its interna...

Obama on Syria - A Semiotic Analysis

In a paper of fifteen pages, the writer looks at Obama's speech on Syria. US perceptions of power are revealed through a semiotic ...

How Do People Perceive Risk

Risk has become a popular research topic in a number of different fields of study, each of which has its own theories. This paper ...