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The Blair Witch Project Film, the Newtonian Revolution, and Phaedo by Plato

In six pages this report examines individual understanding of the world as considered in Plato's Phaedo, in the scientific inquiry...

Perspectives on Time

Barbour, time is merely an illusion (Anonymous, 2000). In his ruminations on time, Augustine contemplates the subjectivity of tim...

Evolutionary and Creation Scientific Theories

were placed upon the earth. The Darwinian theory of natural selection states, in effect, that creatures adapt to their sur...

'Post Taylorism' Organizational Management and Human Relations

In seven pages this paper considers human relations in a discussion of F.W. Taylor's scientific management theories and organizati...

Contraceptive Selection

and testes, the male reproductive system also includes the prostate gland, the scrotum and the urethra (Medical and Health: Reprod...

Science of Healthcare

In twelve pages the scientific practice of health care is described in a consideration of the relationship between health care and...

Scientific Knowledge on Sharks' Attacking Humans

staying up all Sunday night and writing it, just so I didnt have to miss all day Sunday sun-burning my nose, while paddling around...

Cinematic Depiction of Microbiology, Contagion

This research paper cites reviews in order to report on the scientific accuracy of the film and the manner in which it depicts mic...

Aggression Against Other Children

The number of scientific research studies about bullying has grown dramatically since the 1970s, which suggests that bullying is a...

Scientific Perspectives of Nathaniel Hawthorne

The information, however, should prove sufficient for further investigation on the part of the student. Tales and Sketches: Scie...

Psychology as Science According to Wilhelm Wundt

capabilities and personality. Wundt and Change It has been argued that the contribution of Willhelm Wundt to the establishment ...

'No Miracles' Argument and Scientific Realism

not in the business of representing aspects of the world, there is no way to argue for a plurality of moral truths, simply from th...

Plant Modification Through Genetics

creation of specific plant types through cross-breading was a standard in agricultural research for decades. The introduction o...

Science Achievement and Gender Differences Proposal

National Science Foundation reported that half of the people working in social sciences were women but only 8 percent of engineers...

Agnosticism and Thomas Huxley

had not evolved gradually as Darwin asserted, but had been created by God at a specific time in pre-history and the species which ...

Workings of Science

probability that is usually scarcely less than complete proof (PG). Sometimes things have been demonstrated by the principles and ...

Connection Between Mood and Exercise

(2001). All would wear heart monitors and were instructed to maintain a target heart rate by pedaling at a particular speed (2001)...

Proof, Empirical Evidence, and Scientific Theory

a further truth, it is only common sense that the empirical evidence gathered up to that time is the evidence that is taken to be ...

The Central Elements of Chaos Theory

and then interpreted. When the different factors or inputs are altered, the height and distance the item travels will change but n...

Life History and Contributions of Paracelsus

which a metal has grown is such a concealment. Each one of the visible metals is a concealment of the other six metals" (The Coelu...

God's Existence Arguments

speaker is Philo, a religious skeptic (Johnson 266). The discussion is chiefly between Philo and Cleanthes, with occasional remar...

Scientific Method of Inquiry

natural phenomena consists of four steps: 1. Observation and description of a phenomenon of group of phenomena. 2. Formulation of...

Time and Philosophy

When he finally gets the ice cream, he is happy. So was this an example of the past, the present and the future? Not necessarily...

Wild Imagination Sometimes Spawns Phenomenal Scientific Breakthrough

This paper examines the value fiction has in formulating ideas that can actually evolved to real-world technology, real-world tech...

Scientific Questions Concerning Robots, Asteroids, and Uncertainty Principle

This 3 page paper gives an answer to three questions one involving the laws of robotics, the second about asteroids, and the other...

Global Warming and the Shortcomings of Scientific Investigation

Is global warming real? Can science either prove or disprove that fact? There are three sources listed in this three page paper. ...

Scientific Tests Demonstrate the Validity of Global Warming

This paper argues that it reasonable to conclude that government agencies like the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (N...

Should Gay Couples Be Allowed to Adopt Children?

far back into our history. Indeed, the concept of family itself can be described as the "oldest fundamental of all social institu...

Outline for the Effect of Jury Selection and Trial Outcome

the same applies to research into the efficacy of scientific jury selection. Outline I. Introduction A. Clarence Darrow 1. Jury pe...

Hugh Brody: Maps and Dreams

find a way to describe both cultures without any of the sentimentality that comes with an examination of native cultures, and with...