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    Solution to Activity 5 4Ps of Marketing Marketing is a business function that identifies consumer needs‚ determines target markets and applies products and services to serve these markets. It also involves promoting such products and services within the marketplace. Marketing is integral to the success of a business‚ large or small‚ with its primary focus on quality‚ consumer value and customer satisfaction. A strategy commonly utilised is the "Marketing Mix". This tool is made up of four variables

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    Descartes and Skepticism

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    Descartes and the problem of skepticism | Question: In Meditation III‚ Descartes argues that his idea of God could not have come from him‚ and so God must exist. How does this argument go? | Overview René Descartes was a great scientist‚ mathematician and philosopher. He was known for his extensive work on skepticism‚ and in particular a piece called “Meditations on First Philosophy” (written in 1641) which is still widely used by modern philosophers. In this publication‚ Descartes’ aim

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    Descartes' Meditations

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    In Descartes’ Meditation‚ he ponders over the idea that he is mistaken and often deceived. He believes that nothing is certain and goes through a series of mind-tests to prove that he is‚ in fact‚ an existence. In doing this‚ he also attempts to prove the existence of God as well as his own existence to ensure that things are certain and indubitable. He first banishes all preconceptions and starts with a clean slate. All knowledge that he knew of previously were through his senses. His senses‚

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    Rene Descartes

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    Running Head: RENE DESCARTES: THE REVOLUTIONARY IN THE SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION Rene Descartes: The Revolutionary in the Scientific Revolution Andrea L. Mercado Devry University The Scientific Revolution was a period of time where people began to think about why things happened and really started to question how such things happened. Critical thinkers and scientists were brought to light. The people expressed curiosity in what they have believed in and practiced in religion. They asked themselves

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    Universality vs. Specificity Despite the fact that Top Girls was written in the fairly recent past‚ and Medea was written in the time of the ancient Greeks‚ the ability for an audience or readership to relate to the content is opposite of what may be expected. Universality makes the ancient Medea relatable to modern audiences‚ and specificity forces Top Girls into a role which illuminates feminism in the 1980s. The key elements of plot in Medea: the philandering husband‚ the woman scorned‚ revenge

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    Argument Descartes establishes that in order to know what in fact exists‚ one must first take everything off the table and then see what can be put back. The conclusion is that in order to be certain that one is a thinking thing; one must know what it takes to be certain. “All those things I perceive very clearly and very distinctly are true”(Pg. 53). This general rule however‚ requires that all doubt must be removed. This can only be done if God both exists and is not a deceiver. Descartes then breaks

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    Rene Descartes

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    1/3/09 Rene Descartes Often credited with being called “The Father of Modern Philosophy”‚ this title is supported by his contributions to philosophy and mathematics. The coordinate system‚ used today‚ is accredited to him along with many other mathematical contributions. He also had many contributions to philosophy‚ including his most famous‚ Meditations on First Philosophy. Every time you graph an equation on a Cartesian coordinate system‚ you are using the work of Rene Descartes. Born in La

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    Descartes Rationalism

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    associated with rationalism are Descartes‚ Kant‚ and Leibniz. Empiricism believes that some ideas or concepts are independent of experience and that truth must be established by reference to experience alone. Empiricist support the idea of posteriori which means knowledge that comes after experience or dependent on experience. Locke‚ Humes‚ and Berkeley are philosophers

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    Descartes Divisibility

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    Descartes Divisibility Rene Descartes believes that the mind and body is different things and that the body is dividable but the mind is not dividable. I’m not sure what I believe‚ but I think I believe at least for now that the mind and body is two different things. I will explore why Descartes thinks you can divide a body and why he thinks a mind is not dividable. As well as what Descartes response should be to Armstrong’s criticism. Was Descartes right or not? I think this is all up to the

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    Socrates and Descartes

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    the greatest philosophers ever. Each man was very respected while they were living but when you have hundreds or thousands of people still talking about you after your death there is something very special to say about that. Socrates and Rene Descartes spent their life looking for the truth. They looked for the perfect answer to every question because both of them wanted the answers no one could have an answer too. Although these men were alive at very different times‚ they had the same ideas

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