“A Great Day‚” a short story by New Zealand writer Frank Sargeson‚ was first published in Sargeson’s collection of stories A Man and His Wife (Christchurch‚ New Zealand‚ 1940). It was reprinted in Sargeson’s Collected Stories in 1964 (reprinted‚ 1965). Sargeson is one of New Zealand’s best-known writers. Beginning in the 1930s‚ he was instrumental in creating a genuine New Zealand literature that was not derived from British or American models. He deliberately avoided using literary English‚ and
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Reading Questions for Phil 413.900‚ Spring 2009 (Daniel) Questions on Descartes’ Meditations I & II (Jan. 22) 1. For Descartes‚ why can’t knowledge gained through sense experience be trusted as the basis of knowledge? 2. How are the doubts raised by our experience of dreaming different from‚ and more profound than‚ doubts raised about errors in sense experience? 3. How is the evil genius argument intended to be broader in scope than either the arguments about doubting sense experience or dreaming
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Brianna M. Audelo ENGL 120C: Persuasive Writing Dr. Laurie Camp Hatch 2/22/13 Nonsense University Why is it that staying home to read a book is not at the top of a child’s priority list? Obviously it is because children would much rather be outside playing a game of baseball with friends than staying in to do school work. Children usually do not find school subjects interesting. In school‚ students learn the necessities that will generally help them get through life. Children typically
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In this study‚ researchers were interested in knowing if tendencies in musical engagement and preferences change from adolescence through middle adulthood. They emphasized that the possible main factors of different musical preferences and attitudes (dependent variable) over time are age and personality (independent variable). Musical preferences may be associated with personality traits and changes. The big five personality model: Openness to experience‚ Extraversion‚ Neuroticism‚ Conscientiousness
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An Overview of the Gender Situation in the Philippines Carlos Antonio Q. Anonuevo This article is about the gender situation in the Philippines. The equality of men and women. The gender situation in the Philippines is characterized by sharp contradictions. It graphically showcases samples of women’s advancement in politics‚ academic and professional excellence‚ and even legislation. But this is contrasted by images of prostituted women‚ battered wives‚ economically disadvantage women and
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applicability of a priori metaphysical concepts‚ and his Refutation of Idealism takes aim at skepticism about external objects. These two transcendental arguments are found in the Critique of Pure Reason (1781‚ 1787)‚ but such arguments are found throughout Kant’s works‚ for example in the Critique of Practical Reason (1788)‚ in the Critique of the Power of Judgment (1790)‚ and in the Opus Posthumum (Förster 1989). A transcendental argument is a deductive philosophical argument which takes a manifest feature
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The Grounding of Kant’s Ethics in the Critique of Pure Reason Kant’s pure concepts of reason‚ i.e. the transcendental ideas‚ interact with and govern all use of understanding in experience1. Kant lays a foundation that argues that objects obtained from pure reason originate in logic’s speculative capacity‚ and allow for inferences to be made for the sake of experience. The Critique of Pure Reason dissects this dichotomy at length‚ and claims that there is a necessary dependence between empirical
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Self and Peer Critique Information SUBMIT: TYPED IN WORD 4 Paragraph Format Typed 10 or 12 pitch Double Spaced 1 ½ - 2 Pages in Length Manuscript – Not Outline Format Intro: My speech _________....Watching myself on tape……I did several things well‚ however there are a couple of items that I can improve on. Did well: Need Improvement: In conclusion….In the future …..I will…..for my following speeches… **Follow the same format for the peer critique! Please use the
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provide clear understanding of the topic explaining methods‚ finding‚ and basic purpose of the study and final comments given in concluding part. The information found within the research study is accurate but incomplete and outdated. An adequate critique on this topic of pregnancy and protection must begin ultimately from the socially radical recognition that the only scientifically verifiable differences between men and women are in the mechanics of biological reproduction‚ and that all other apparent
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Liz Johnson December 12‚ 2012 Kant and Descartes “Idealism is the assertion there are none but thinking thing beings. All other things‚ which we believe are perceived in intuitions‚ are nothing but presentations in the thinking things‚ to which no object external to them in fact corresponds. Everything we see is just a construction of the mind.” (Prolegomena). Idealism maintains that there are no objects in the world‚ only minds. According to idealism‚ the existence of outer objects is
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