Summary of the Ontological Argument The Ontological Argument of St. Anselm is an a priori argument; it is formulated through reason alone‚ rather than experience. This argument does not rely on external evidence or sense experience. It is deductive (universal to particular) as it draws from its argument purely from a set of premises. In the 11th century‚ St. Anselm presented his argument for the existence of God in his published work‚ the Proslogion. His work was based on 4 premises which led
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A Case-Based Retrieval System for Diabetic Patients Therapy Stefania Montani 1 Riccardo Bellazzi1 ‚ Luigi Portinale 2 Stefano Fiocchi 3 and Mario Stefanelli1 ‚ ‚ Abstract. We propose a decision support tool based on the Case Based Reasoning technique‚ meant to help physicians in the retrieval of past similar cases‚ able to provide a suggestion about the revision of diabetic patients’ therapy scheme. A case is defined as a set of features collected during a visit. A taxonomy of prototypical
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Philosophy 202 Ethics Class July 25‚ 2013 Helping Others One day on the way home from work‚ I was driving on the freeway. I passed a car that had broken down and was sitting on the side of the road. There was a lady and her two little children that were stranded. It was hot outside and I stopped to see if I could help. I gave them a ride to their house‚ made sure that they would be ok and then I left. I never saw them again. I didn’t know this family; I didn’t stop because I thought that I may
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Response to Hannah #1 Logical Validity can be very tricky when it is use in a philosophical way. When dealing with logical validity‚ it needs a common‚ everyday argument. Logical validity can be use to figure out any honesty out of an argument. By doing so‚ you’ll need to have an argument with sentences that will support a conclusion. From the book‚ Sentential Logic‚ by Professor Roy‚ the definition of logical validity is‚ “the argument is logically valid if and only if there is no consistent
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The Welfare System Must Remain Public Welfare is an important support system of the United States government. Welfare has its benefits‚ but the system has pitfalls. Instead of abolishing welfare as critics of the system suggest‚ reforms can be made to correct the problems while government‚ either on the state or federal level‚ can continue to assist the impoverished. The term welfare is used to describe a variety of programs that provide income support and create a safety net for poor individuals
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In the first part of the assignment we were asked to identify components of arguments‚ premise and conclusion‚ for the passages. Where applicable we are to highlight key words or phrases that identify a claim as a premise or a conclusion. A premise is the support for the conclusion. (Missimer‚ 2005) The first example has several premises as follows if Sue’s baby is a boy it will be named Mark and if it is a girl it will be named Margaret. Another premise is that Sue will have a boy or girl. “So”
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Yes Means Yes BY: ANASTASIA PROPHETE Los Angeles‚ California- “Yes means Yes” is a bill that was passed Thursday and signed Sunday morning by Gov. Jerry Brown (D). This law is the “confirmatory consent to engage in sexual activity”. California will be the first state to have this rape prevention law for college campuses. “It ’s about "making it clear that the responsibility for sexual violence should be placed on the perpetrator and people should have the right to be free from sexual impositions
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counterculture in the US: The Other America What is the Other America? Is it correct to talk about the “Other America”? Who are the “other Americans”? Indians‚ “Nigros”‚ workers‚ immigrants (emigrants?) can all be accounted for that role. But why are they called “others”? Others to whom? Isn’t it correct to say that the Other America actually is the real America? History first. When did this phenomenon start? The date that most recognise as the beginning of the Other America is the December 29th
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Means of Communication Purpose Audience Telegram To send messages quickly and easy through telegraphs. People Letter Writing To communicate with family‚ friends‚ send a document‚ etc. Used for private communication. People Radio To let people know what is going on in the world. Used for mass communication. People Newspaper To let people catch up on current events around the world and in people’s local communities. Used for mass communication. People Telephones To communicate by voice to one another
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What is the "Cosmological Argument" for God’s existence? Be sure to make the premises and conclusion clear. Discuss what you take to be the strongest objection to this argument‚ and explain why you think it succeeds or fails. The cosmological argument for God’s existence differs from both the scriptural and ontological arguments in the way in which humans created it. Rather than looking at logical arguments or religious texts‚ the cosmological argument was derived because of humanity’s ability
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