In the first three chapters of Expert Political Judgment: How good is it? How can we know?‚ the author‚ Philip E. Tetlock‚ attempts to determine what type of political judgment is good‚ and establish the difficulties in such assessments (Tetlock‚ 2005‚ p. 2‚ 19). Tetlock uses chapter one‚ “Quantifying the Unquantifiable‚” to ascertain that it is challenging to evaluate the judgments that experts make when methods that are used to determine the performance of experts fail to focus on how experts think
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The Problem of the External World is presented by Barry Stroud as an attempt to understand the problem about our knowledge of the world around us. He begins his work by claiming that he believes that this particular problem has no solution; and that the only solution that he believes can provided‚ is one that involves us knowing nothing about the world around us. In this particular piece of work‚ Stroud uses his Dreaming Sceptical Argument in an attempt to show that we cannot have knowledge of the
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If I Were a Cartoon Character If I were a cartoon character I would choose Squidward from Spongebob for several reasons. First‚ he is a myopic squid that lives under the sea. How awesome is that? Second‚ he is a gifted musician and his orthography is music. Whenever he comes up with new lyric while playing his clarinet he had to come up with a nomenclature for it. Lastly‚ Squidward has good pecuniary skills. He never wastes his money on pointless things. Fourth‚ He is loyal and hard working
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ARGUMENTS VS EXPLANATIONS EXPLANATIONS An explanation is a group of statements that try to show how or why something is or will be the case. Specifically‚ we use an explanation when we try to explain what makes a claim true. The event or the phenomenon in question is usually accepted as a matter of fact. Explanations do NOT prove why something is the case. Every explanation is composed of two parts: The explanandum (a statement that describes the event that is supposed to be explained)‚ and
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The Insufficiency of Honesty As Stephen Carter begins the essay‚ he begins the discussion with integrity. Although the essay is based on honesty‚ integrity is built up of multiple characteristics‚ including honesty. Carter begins to discuss how being honest does not necessarily mean you have admirable integrity. Being honest can lead to hurtful comments that do not refer to integrity. Carter explains‚ “[integrity] requires three steps: discerning what is right and what is wrong; acting on what
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Our world consists of good and bad which affect people’s point of views. Because of this they have tried to concoct explanations as to why humans are capable of doing the worst of evils‚ these are two of their theories. All humans are inherently good‚ all humans are inherently evil. The theory that humans are inherently good is one of many favorable lies people choose to believe‚ to lull themselves from the inconvenient truth. What some don’t want to accept is the unflattering truth of human beings
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Identity in sociological terms; is how people make sense of themselves as members of particular groups in society. However‚ there are many elements that refers to identity such as; gender‚ race‚ ethnicity‚ sexual orientation‚ and many others. The formation of identity is a complex process. Race is a key element impacting upon the formation of my identity. Race is a term used to categorize humans by their visible differences. For example‚ White‚ Asian or Black. However‚ according to social sciences
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People can have an abundant impact each other by the life we live. It can be the difference from be teen or an adult. That will show people your identity‚ the love for others and the social impact it has. Help by teaching the people that look up to you a lesson. You don’t know what the person you can be until you be it. First‚ identity is helping people understand them about others. In the movie Divergent they use names to help identify people and the different groups for society. They took a test
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When considering Gladwell himself while reading the book‚ I think we begin to notice Gladwell (the man) in Outliers toward the last chapters of the book and of course we notice him even more when reading the epilogue. Gladwell’s purpose‚ intent‚ and motivation when writing the story I think was to tell the story of why he defines success the way he does in the book. And to do that Gladwell in the end of the book tells his own personally story to back up his reasoning of what he thinks of the word
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Although all humans are created good‚ society corrupts them‚ as they grow older. Criminals‚ for example‚ do not become criminals overnight; it’s a process in which they forget they once had kind and forgiving hearts. Goodness is an ambiguous word that the dictionary defines as the quality of being good. It leaves a lot of opportunity for anyone to fall under that category (goodness). Such as those who are religious and attend church every Sunday‚ but look down on those they find inferior. Those who
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