Edmund Balogun Bio 105 Assignment- Amniotes The Reptiles Chameleon: An Innate behavior can be said to be an inborn behavior. One of the innate behaviors shown in the clip is the chameleon’s ability to reach for cover and adapt with the environment and to feed. The predatory behavior of the chameleon can be seen in its feeding‚ it brings out its tongue to pick a prey in a fast way. It is important because it enables it catch their prey so that they don’t escape. The eyes of the chameleon moves
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Socrates was the son of Sophroniscus‚ an Athenian stonemason and sculptor‚ and Phaenarete‚ a midwife. He received a basic Greek education because he wasn’t from a noble family‚ where he learned his father’s craft at a young age. Socrates worked as a mason for many years before he devoted his life to philosophy. Socrates married Xanthippe‚ a younger woman‚ who gave him three sons- Lamprocles‚ Sophroniscus and Menexenus. There isn’t much known of Xanthippe. Only that she wasn’t happy with Socrates
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state from the people who apply them. Socrates poses the question: should the individual obey the state every time the state asks something of him or her? Socrates’ believes that an individual of the state has an obligation to that state and its laws. However‚ in return‚ the state cannot ask its citizens to do anything unjust. Socrates is willing to disobey the laws of state because he is afraid to do anything unjust. When Socrates is sentenced to the death penalty he replies
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There are two types of behaviour: innate and learned. On one hand Nativists believe that a child’s behaviour is innate. Innate behaviour is defined as natural and instinctive. Swallowing‚ coughing and blinking are considered fixed and unchanging. These reflexes are involuntary responses to specific stimulation. The body naturally incorporates these reflexes to help the baby survive‚ for example without the ability to cough when food is stuck in the windpipe‚ the baby would choke. And without the
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born with at least some (innate) knowledge? Innate knowledge is knowledge that is already in the mind without experience. This is the view taken by rationalists‚ which contrasts against the empiricist view that the mind starts tabula rasa‚ and all knowledge is gained through experience. Plato argued that all ideas or concepts are innate and that when you gain knowledge‚ it’s merely recollecting what you already know innately. The view that we are born with innate knowledge supports the existence
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Critically examine the case for innate ideas A fundamental part of a rationalists belief is that we obtain knowledge in thought by just thinking rather than from experience‚ for these reasons the idea that we are born with innate ideas are crucial to any rationalist. In this essay I will explore the concept of innate ideas and the rationalist’s arguments to support the idea and also the empiricists ideas to argue against the idea. The idea of innate ideas is that from birth we already have ideas
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however‚ money is not the total answer to success and happiness. Wisdom and truth are more important. The great Greek philosopher Socrates warned his fellow citizens by saying “are you not ashamed of heaping up the greatest amount of money and honour and reputation‚ and caring so little about wisdom and truth and the greatest improvement of the soul.” Unfortunately Socrates said that hundreds of years ago but this is a challenge that still relevant in today’s world because this world that we live in
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significant‚ influential piece of work that will forever be cherished. Locke’s lengthy essay provides his readers with an extremely detailed theory of the power of knowledge. He begins by discussing the basics and then gradually works his way up to the more meticulous side of things. Locke’s primary focus is set on explaining the birth of one’s knowledge and how we can only gain this through experience and observation. In this essay‚ I will offer my own‚ personal interpretation and response of the lessons
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principles in conducting a human life. By his employment of Socrates as his spokesperson‚ the reader learns of a society in which a merited aristocracy would rule‚ thus resulting in a civilization where all citizens are equal and no one is looked on as an alien. Instead‚ each citizen would simply fulfill their dictate of civil justice with the resulted effect being an emphasized state of activity rather than achievement. To begin the transition‚ Socrates describes the necessary removal of stories within Greek
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amongst men‚ that there are in the understanding certain innate principles; some primary notions‚ characters‚ as it were‚ stamped upon the mind of man‚ which the soul receives in its first being‚ and brings into the world with it.’ [1] Innate ideas are those principles that are found present in the mind at birth as opposed to those which arrive and develop throughout our lives as a result of sensory experience. Whether or not these innate principles exist‚ holds for many philosophers many important
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