LOGICAL POSITIVISM AND THE ABSURDITY OF METAPHYSICS PRESENTED BY: AKOMOLAFE OLUWATOBA M. MATRIC NO: 187189 COURSE CODE: PHI 702 COURSE TITLE: HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY LECTURER IN CHARGE: Dr. Afolayan LOGICAL POSITIVISM AND THE ABSURDITY OF METAPHYSICS NATURE OF METAPHYSICS In everyday discourse‚ “Metaphysics” is at times given a derogative connotation. A view is termed metaphysical
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Plato/Descartes Reading Response In both Plato’s Allegory of the Cave and Descartes’ The Fourth Meditation‚ they discuss truth; what it is‚ where it comes from and how to differentiate it from falsehood and error. Plato’s paper is more metaphorical and uses imagery to paint a picture of his idea of truth‚ while Descartes’ is more straight forward‚ and uses examples. These papers are written very differently but are‚ at the same time‚ very similar when it comes to content. Although it’s not word
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Skepticism & Contextualism in Epistemology Epistemology‚ is generally understood as the study of knowledge. The word Epistemology was coined by Scottish philosopher James F. Ferrier‚ it is a word derived from Greek – Episteme meaning knowledge and logos meaning study. The study of knowledge or Epistemology covers not only basic day to day conceptualizations and realizations‚ but it is a field of study in itself that covers wide array of topics and almost everything one have learnt throughout his
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Fuzzy logic Definition: fuzzy logic‚ a multivalve (as opposed to binary) logic developed to deal with imprecise or vague data. Classical logic holds that everything can be expressed in binary terms: 0 or 1‚ black or white‚ yes or no; in terms of Boolean algebra‚ everything is in one set or another but not in both. Fuzzy logic allows for partial membership in a set‚ values between 0 and 1‚ shades of gray‚ and maybe-it introduces the concept of the "fuzzy set." When the approximate reasoning of fuzzy
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April 2008 Available online 18 June 2008 Keywords: Reversible logic Garbage output Gate complexity Binary Coded Decimal adder Carry Skip BCD adder Quantum cost abstract Reversible logic has become one of the most promising research areas in the past few decades and has found its applications in several technologies; such as low-power CMOS‚ nanocomputing and optical computing. This paper presents improved and efficient reversible logic implementations for Binary Coded Decimal (BCD) adder as well
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Epistemology and Body Language: A Deeper Look at Nonverbal Communication Tyler Frahlich COMM222-Foundations of Communication Denise Hutchins Tuesday/Thursday at 12:30pm April 2‚ 2013 Executive Summary: This paper will touch upon the topics of epistemology‚ body epistemology‚ body language‚ and how they all affect each other. It will discuss the categories of body language and how we use them every day. The purpose of this study is to inspire incoming‚ undeclared freshman to Bridgewater
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Reading Response Epistemology is a philosophy that specifically focuses on the scope of knowledge. In a sense the questions is asked “what we know” or “What we can be sure of”. These are the basic fundamentals that surround how we think. In this paper‚ I will discuss views presented by philosophers that relate to me and my profession. In addition‚ I will explore the similarities and differences in epistemology. Perception as it relates to epistemology focuses on our perpetual knowledge
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Logic can be defined as the subject that teaches the rules for correct and proper reasoning or in simpler terms‚ it can be best described as common sense. Some refer to the "science" of logic but logic is really more than just a science. The science part "is the knowledge of the principles‚ laws‚ and methods of logic itself." (Dolhenty‚ J; 2002). Logic must be put into action or else the knowledge provided within the science of logic is of little use. "We can‚ therefore‚ also speak of the "art" of
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Logic Logic (from the Greek λογική‚ logike)[1] has two meanings: first‚ it describes the use of valid reasoning in some activity; second‚ it names the normative study of reasoning or a branch thereof.[2][3] In the latter sense‚ it features most prominently in the subjects of philosophy‚ mathematics‚ and computer science. Logic was studied in several ancient civilizations‚ including India‚[4] China‚[5] Persia and Greece. In the West‚ logic was established as a formal discipline by Aristotle‚ who
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Digital Logic •Introduction‚ Truth Tables and Boolean expressions •Logic Gates •Combination of Logic Gates •Circuit tracing and Boolean expressions •Creating Truth Table from a circuit •Creating a Circuit from a Truth Table •Basic Boolean Algebra •Using Boolean Algebra for Circuit Simplification •Practical Considerations Digital Circuit versus an analog circuit •Digital systems operate based on discrete information or signals‚ were as an analog system relies on continuous information
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