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    hume rothery rules

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    Metals and alloys. Hume-Rothery rules. 1. Three types of metals. 2. Alloys. Hume-Rothery rules. 3. Electrical resistance of metallic alloys. 4. Applications of metallic alloys. 5. Steels. Super alloys. 6. Electromigration in thin wires. Three types of metals Metals share common features that define them as a separate class of materials: • Good thermal and electrical conductors (Why?). • Electrical resistance increases with temperature (Why?). • Specific heat grows linearly with temperature

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    arguments were actually responding to the argument as outlined by thinkers such as Plato‚ Cicero and Aquinas. Hume analyses four of the main premises laid out in a standard Teleological argument and deconstructs them in order to find fault within the logic. The first one that I shall present is Hume’s argument to disparage the claim that one can find only order and good design within the universe. Hume throws the omnipotence and benevolence of God into question when he highlights the fact that there is much

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    about the Philosophers who are in support of miracles and those philosophers who do not believe in miracles. David Hume was an empiricist; this meant that he gained his knowledge through his senses. Hume derived his own specific definition of miracles and stated that is a ‘transgression of a law of nature brought about by a particular violation of deity’. This definition means that Hume believed that it was more likely that the report of a miracle was mistaken then the laws of nature was violated.

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    ‘The design arguments prove God’s existence’. Assess this view. (30 marks) Design arguments‚ also sometimes known as teleological arguments‚ from the Greek ‘Telos’ for goal and ‘Logos’‚ meaning reason‚ hence reasoning for a goal or purpose and that purpose being God’s existence. These arguments endeavour to ascertain God’s existence‚ by inferring from evidence of design and purpose in the universe‚ and claim that there must have been a designer of this. Design arguments start from experience

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    Do You Believe in Miracles

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    question the validity of a miraculous event or experience and refuse to ascribe to the reasonable explanation that some things in the natural world cannot be proved by the method of science and are explicitly miraculous. A miracle can be defined by Hume as a ʻtransgression of a law of nature by the violation of a particular deity or invisible agentʼ. For scholars such as Maurice Wiles‚ Alastair McKinnon‚ and Steven Bayne a miracle can never occur because the actual concept of a miracle is incoherent

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    the universe is governed by causal laws. Socrates- Felicia what is the definition of free will mean to you? Felicia- Free will means humanity and the ability to be able to choose your own situations and actions or desire and fulfilling accordance. (Hume) defines liberty as a power of acting or not of acting according to the determination of will. Free will give us the ability to be able to choose one way from right and wrong. Free will means that is up to me to choose the job that I want or the house

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    Andrea D. Lopez SMC 1311 May 8‚ 2013 Final Exam 1) What is justice according to Plato? How does Plato’s theory of the soul reflect his understanding of justice? Plato was a famous philosopher and a mathematician who lived from 429 to 374 B.C. Plato was the founder of The Academy of Athens and with the knowledge he gained from his professor‚ Socrates‚ he continued to spread his teachings to the youth. In the book‚ Republic‚ Plato defines justice as harmony with one self. If a person is content

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    Akira Kurosawa’s Rashomon relays a perplexing realization about the human condition‚ that the concept of truth is fallible‚ or may not exist at all. For‚ in each account of the Samurai’s death‚ the manner‚ location‚ culprit‚ and motivation is different. The film begins by providing the audience with the most basic evidence of the murder: That the samurai was found dead in a grove‚ that a cut rope lay next to him‚ and that no conceivable murder weapon -- knife or sword -- was found at the crime.

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    Hume on Probability Hume begins section six of “An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding” by stated right out that chance does not exist‚ but is merely a result of our ignorance of the causes behind any given event. He argues this by relating probability and belief. Belief arises when probability is at its most high. According to chance‚ any event may turn out anyway. Hume illustrates his point with a die. If a die were marked with one figure on four sides‚ while another figure on the other two

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    predict the future or prove truth. In "An Argument Against Skepticism‚" John Hospers argues that we can have absolute certainty because there is enough evidence from the past and from our own experiences to prove an argument to be true. Although both Hume and Hospers make strong arguments‚ Hospers’ philosophical beliefs on different levels of knowledge and evidence are more convincing than Hume’s concepts on knowledge and truth. Hume’s argument is based on the idea that we can only be certain of analytical

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