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Counter Closing Argument Construction

one were to counter Spences arguments, one would first have to make the company, Kerr-McGee look as if it were not the big bad ind...

A Society of 'Post Work'

Lopez outlines the political situations that have led to the economic and cultural conditions of the present day in Puerto Rico. S...

Pro Choice Defense Argument

abortion debate is that many of the original laws and ideas formed about abortion originated in colonial times during a different ...

God's Existence According to Swinburne

a cause. The best solution for the primal cause of the universe is God; therefore, God exists. However, this brings up the questio...

Racism in Conrad’s Heart of Darkness

Kurtz, as one of the main indictments against imperialism. As this suggests, while granted that there is a much to praise in Conra...

David Hume on Natural Religion

a philosopher, Philo a skeptic and Demea a theologian. Well see if this is correct and analyze one of the arguments. Cleanthes O...

Why Smoking in Public Should be Banned

goes into the air will harm them. Some take it so far as to want to ban cigarette smoking in outdoor parks for example, but usuall...

Harvey: “The Chiapas Rebellion”

image: the Zapatistas (the revolutionaries) were wearing ski masks, an article of clothing that has a great many unpleasant associ...

Should High School Students Be Allowed To Work

to do their homework and will get too tired. Also, teens need a day off each week which would preclude them working both Saturday ...

Abortion and Medicaid

pressures to reduce public spending and a general social trend for individual to increase their personal responsibility. The issu...

Casino Gambling Should be Prohibited

simply a money making venture that serves to create a larger divide between social classes. Alexander and Roberts note that the...

Deborah Tannen, "Fighting for Our Lives"

necessary and desirable. In making this point, Tannen refers to her experience with the media in regards to her previous books as ...

Bogus Arguments Against Bilingual Education - Review

These background, including economic factors, have a proven impact on a childs ability and motivation to learn and affect that stu...

The Mind/Body Problem

infinite substance: God, "the universal essence or nature of everything that exists" (Wozniak, 1995). Spinoza (1997) persevered a...

AcuScan Case Study

The answer to declining market share is to launch a new product. He also assumes the team can develop a new product and get it to ...

“Marketing Is More Than Promotion, and Promotion Is More Than Advertising”

were in no way new or innovative, the designs the company launched with; the Nexia and Espero, were old General Motors designs tha...

Stem Cell Research/Not an Ethical Issue

equivalent. Stem cells are extracted while the embryo is, as yet, an undifferentiated ball of microscopic cells referred to as a b...

Enlightenment Arguments for and against Separation of Church and State

to petition the government for a redress of grievances" ("First Amendment")). The idea of the separation of church and state was i...

Bernstein's Argument: Effective In Explaining Racial-Ethnic Inequality In Academic Achievement

linguistics. Slang is a component of nearly every spoken language; however, the line between jargon and true common speech ...

Charles Peirce's Account Of Truth And Reality In "How To Make Our Ideas Clear"

perception is that which we, as humans, have been trained to discern as a species, inasmuch as the certain quality of perception r...

Hume's Ideas about the Distinct and Continued Existence of Objects

it is also the case that in general terms, people seem to believe what they see. They do not see atoms and they do see a solid mas...

What Does Empiricism Teach About The Relationship Between Appearance And Reality?

awareness of the moment at hand and draws attention to the fleeting nature of existence that unifies all things. "The ideas of Se...

Body and Mind Distinction

Smarts philosophies regarding the correlation between brain and mind are supported by a number of historic philosophers and scient...

Philosophy Topics

the Buddhist worldview and the goal of detaching oneself from the material world and the body. "Thought is an attribute that rea...

The Difference Between Human and Non-Human Animals

way they are like human beings who are mentally handicapped. Animals have souls and are loving and lovable, but they do not have t...

James/Determinism & Descartes/Radical Doubt

rising above childhoods of extreme poverty or abuse, yet cases do occur. James second argument in defense of free will point to th...

Philosophers on God's Existence

experiences were possible (Gogan, 2006). This author indicates this in the following: "Kant gets rid of the usual foundation for r...

How Benjamin Argued Against Descartes

and truth, Benjamin (2002) surmises how those who have invested both time and pains in its postulations should partake of a greate...

Inductive and Metaphysical Skepticism and Meeting Their Challenges

and balances helps to equalize what man truly knows and that which he thinks he knows - the very foundation for identifying weakne...

Personal Identity of David Hume

or the perception of identity changes through time. For example, someone grows up and has certain experiences and perceptions and ...