How Is Certainty Possible? Certainty is defined as being free of doubt. In philosophy is there such a thing that we know without any doubt? Do we know anything with absolute certainty? Although we may believe to have genuine knowledge in some cases‚ there are other cases in which we do not know‚ but only think we know. Now therein lies the problem‚ how do we distinguish what is absolutely certain and what is not? This is why the idea of knowledge and certainty is so important. Both empiricists
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The Worth of Honour One of man’s most valued traits is honour. It takes years for someone to build his own reputation and to gain respect from others. Honour is one of those things that separate us from each other. Everyone has their own degree of honour which took years for them to gain. It is so important that people sometimes go into unclean ways just to restore it. In medieval Japan‚ samurais‚ who were soldiers from the upper rank‚ commit a ritual called “Seppuku” which is a kind of suicide
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DC-1 Sem-II Chapter: Covariance and Correlation Content Developers: Vaishali Kapoor & Rakhi Arora College / University: Rajdhani College (University of Delhi) Institute of Lifelong Learning‚ University of Delhi 1 Table of Contents 1. Learning outcomes 2. Introduction 3. Covariance a. Discrete Random Variable b. Continuous Random Variable c. Special cases 4. Correlation 5. Appendix 6. Summary 7. Exercises 8. Glossary 9. References Institute of Lifelong Learning‚ University
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Honour killing‚ india’s continuing shame Honour killing‚ india’s continuing shame SUBMITTED TO SUBMITTED BY Prof. seema dutta AMAN BANSAL ROLL NO-212017 OBJECTIVES Every research has an objective in mind when he or she starts his or her research on any topic and in the course of the research process the researcher’s job is to fulfill
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Calley’s Honor How the Southern Culture influenced the public opinion on the court-martial of Lieutenant Calley Table of Contents Introduction……………………………………………………………………………………………….....3 Chapter One………………………………………………………………………………………....……... 6 Public opinion………………………………………………………………………................. 6 Southern Culture………………………………………………………………………………….. 8 Chapter Two………………………………………………………………………………………….......... 12 My Lai............................
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Question 10: Hotspur: “By Heaven‚ methinks it were an easy leap / To pluck bright honour from the pale-faced moon” (Shakespeare‚ Henry IV‚ Part One 1.3.201-2). Falstaff: “What is honour? A word. What is in that word honour? What is that honour? Air” (Shakespeare‚ Henry IV‚ Part One 5.1.133-4). Discuss. In the late 1590s‚ English playwright William Shakespeare wrote Henry IV Part One‚ the second historical drama of his second tetralogy. Henry IV Part One tells
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University‚ Sweden Honour killings in Pakistan under Theoretical‚ Legal and Religious Perspectives An Analytical Study of Honour killings Abuse and Disconnecting Islam from This Ancient Brutal Tradition Author MUHAMMAD ZIA ULLAH MASTER THESIS SUBMITTED‚ 27-05-2010 Malmö University Malmö‚ Sweden Abstract This research sets out to examine the main excuses‚ often mentioned in connection to the so-called “honour killings” in Pakistan. In this way‚ the aim is to discuss the idea of “honour killings” by
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This bypasses the killer’s consequences‚ and is hard to trace since it is mostly verbal. However‚ “honour killings aren’t always properly investigated because some police and prosecutors share the same views as the honour killers” (The World Post 2). The problem in this situation is that of the reaction. In the beginning‚ the initial disturbment is obvious - the time when the victim is put into trouble for what
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Certainty and doubt co-exist. The is no doubt without certainty (vice versa). The growth of the idea may be swayed by evidence (verbal‚ visible‚ or experience). Verbal evidence is not always credible and relies on the character of the person speaking; however‚ the speaker may conceal or twist the truth around to arrive at a logical point of view‚ therefore any person may believe the persons point. Lawyers‚ magicians‚ and politicians use pieces of the truth to direct certainty or doubt about their
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An honor killing‚ or honour killing[1] is the homicide of a member of a family or social group by other members‚ due to the belief of the perpetrators that the victim has brought dishonor or shame upon the family or community.[2] It is a traditional practice that occurs in various cultures.[3][4] Victims of honor killings are killed for reasons such as refusing to enter an arranged marriage‚ being in a relationship that is disapproved by their relatives‚ having sex outside marriage‚ becoming the
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