The Problems with Descartes Deductive Proofs for God Descartes “Meditations of First Philosophy” put forward two arguments for the existence of God‚ both of which are a priori. These arguments are the Trademark argument and the Ontological argument. I shall be describing these arguments then demonstrating that they are unsatisfying in proving God’s existence. To do this I shall be discussing criticisms put forward in response to both the Trademark and Ontological arguments. These criticisms I shall
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dugong or sea cow Local Name duyong or baboy dagat Description: The dugong is one of the 24 species of marine mammals present in the Philippine waters. The dugong is the only representative of the order Sirenia to be found in the country. It is a truly unique aquatic animal‚ being the only herbivorous mammal whose preferred habitat is the sea. Like people and other mammals‚ the dugong is warm-blooded‚ has hairs‚ breathes air and the mother suckles their young. It has been noted that stories
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The felids are a rapidly evolving family of mammals that share a common ancestor only 10–15 million years ago‚[26] and include‚ in addition to the domestic cat‚ lions‚ tigers‚ cougars‚ and many others. Within this family‚ domestic cats (Felis catus) are part of the genus Felis‚ which is a group of small cats containing approximately seven species (depending upon classification scheme).[1][27] Members of the genus are found worldwide and include the jungle cat (Felis chaus) of southeast Asia‚ European
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DEDUCTIVE AND INDUCTIVE GRAMMAR TEACHING By Arnis Silvia (arnis.silvia@gmail.com) I. Introduction: What is Grammar Teaching and Why? In traditional setting‚ grammar teaching is seen as the presentation and practice of discrete grammatical structures. More comprehensively‚ Ellis1 (2006) defines grammar teaching as: Grammar teaching involves any instructional technique that draws learners ’ attention to some specific grammatical form in such a way that it helps them either to understand it
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Development: Deductive Models Fred C. Lunenburg Sam Houston State University ________________________________________________________________________ ABSTRACT Three models are presented in this article: Tyler’s behavioral model‚ Beauchamp’s managerial model‚ and Saylor‚ Alexander‚ and Lewis’s administrative model. Models can assist curriculum developers to conceptualize the development process by pinpointing certain principles and procedures. The three models examined are deductive‚ linear‚ and
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A Career in Marine Mammal Science Many people want to become involved with marine mammals such as sea otters‚ dolphins‚ seals‚ manatees‚ or whales. Perhaps such interest has been sparked by Flipper the dolphin on television or Keiko the orca whale in the popular movie‚ Free Willy. Interest in marine mammals has also been generated by the many underwater movies publicly pleading for protection of endangered whales. Others are just simply scientifically curious. At any rate‚ there are many reasons
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Short Essay on Deductive Reasoning Deduction is taught through the study of formal logic. Logic (both inductive and deductive logic) is the science of good reasoning. It is called formal because its main concern is with creating forms that serve as models to demonstrate both correct and incorrect reasoning. The difference is that‚ unlike induction‚ where an inference is drawn from an accumulation of evidence‚ deduction is a process that reasons about relationships between classes‚ characteristics
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Inductive versus Deductive Arguments – can concepts of (strength and cogency) and (validity and soundness) be used interchangeably? Unlike deductive arguments‚ inductive arguments are not truth preserving. That is‚ even if an inductive argument has a good logical form‚ it will never be the case that if the premises are true‚ the conclusion must be true. The most that an inductive argument can hope for is that it’s highly probable that its conclusion is true. In other words‚ a good inductive argument
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Written Report in Principles of Teaching DEDUCTIVE METHOD VERSUS INDUCTIVE METHOD All teaching methods can be classified into two‚ namely deductive method and inductive method. The deductive method‚ the teacher tells or shows directly what he/she wants to teach. The inductive method begins with questions‚ problems and details and end up with answers‚ generalizations and conclusions. Deductive method‚ in this method the teacher presents first the main topic she will discuss
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Ellie weisel was the survior and author of the book Night. Ellie was born September 30‚1928 in Sighet‚ Romania. He led a life representative of many Jewish children. Growing up in a small village in Romania‚ his world revolved around family‚ religious study‚ community and God. Yet his family‚ community and his innocent faith were destroyed upon the deportation of his village to the concentration camp in Auschwitz in 1944."Never shall I forget that night‚ the first night in camp‚ which has turned
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