Refutations: The Growth of Scientific Knowledge (1963)‚ Karl Popper suggests that no scientific theory can be classified as truth. The only thing that can be done is to attempt to falsify the theory over and over again reject the theory repeatedly in different situations. Each failed attempt will strengthen the theory and bring it closer to the truth. Hence‚ Popper claimed that the truth of a hypothesis can never be confirmed. A hypothesis is an “if-then” statement‚ which that is an assumption of causality
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practitioners of the Theater of the Absurd started in the fifties. In “The Black and White”‚ absurd‚ one of the many different aspects of his works‚ functions as a method of getting into the reality that Pinter has been concerned. In the skit‚ the settings are from sheer realistic life – the familiar scene of people’s daily life and the over-naturalistic dialogue between the characters. What we can read about in “The Black and White” is two ladies‚ simply known as First and Second‚ sitting down in a
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song “Black or White.” Whereas the racism is defined as a superior behavior against other race-thus making it inferior‚ the singer refers to this term as “See‚ it’s not about races‚ just places‚ faces‚ where your blood comes from is where your space is.” Michael Jackson‚ one of the most influential artists in the music industry‚ calls for equality in how people view and behave towards each other. The question‚ which this master thesis investigates‚ does it matter if you’re black or white‚ is clearly
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Black and White In 1997‚ Amanda Coyne’s “The Long Goodbye: Mother’s Day in Federal Prison”‚ was published by Harper’s. This was her first publication‚ and a moving one at that. She talks about her sister’s time in prison‚ and the things she observed during her visits to her. After reading this essay‚ it got me thinking about a deep and debatable idea that she seemed to believe. Is being a good or a bad person as simple as doing a good or bad thing or always making the right choices? Or is right
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AN INCONVIENT TRUTH The Earth�s atmosphere is pathetically thin when compared to the size of the earth�almost nothing.� That is why humanity can have such a devastating impact on it.��� What is global warming (aka �greenhouse effect‚� �climate change�)?� Sunlight arrives here on earth‚ giving us light.� Some of the light hits the ground‚ readily penetrating it‚ and then gets converted into heat radiation.� Now‚ the air has just a little bit of CO2 in it. That CO2 acts a bit like the glass in
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Basketball is my favorite sport‚ and I am hooked on it. Not only a popular Olympic event‚ it is also a beneficial daily exercise to help people keep fit and have fun. The graceful basketball games have always been a favorite for the spectators‚ and they are always a crowd of pleasers. Basketball is a sport played by two teams of five players on a rectangular court. The objective is to shoot a ball through a hoop 18 inches in diameter and 10 feet high mounted to a backboard at each end. A team can
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Black and White Black and White is a novel written by Paul Volponi. The story is set in Queens‚ New York City. It was first published in 2005 and has won a large number of literary prizes. The main characters are Eddie and Marcus‚ star players of their high school basketball team. Eddie is white and Marcus is black. They have risen above the racial differences and are best friends. They think that nothing is going to stop them fulfilling their dream – getting a sports scholarship to a prestigious
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Black and white photography can be misunderstood in a modern artistic perspective. This type of photographic depiction is captivating and speaks through the image into the mind where it processes the lack of color by visualizing the depth and contrast vividly. An image that used in colorless photography was seen prior to the 20th century as the normal way to take pictures‚ but now we have color photography. However‚ photographers are still finding that black and white images are important to documentation
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Lies have powerful effects on all of us based on the lecture “The Truth about Lying” by Judith Viorst. At an early age‚ I found out that lies could change our opinion about the people that lie to us and their credibility. It is not necessary to lie since if we feel that the truth might hurt the other person‚ a polite silence should suffice. As Viorst Says‚ “I suffer most from the misconception that children can’t take the truth” (135). This reminded me of how hurt and devastated I was when I found
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Arrangement in black and white “Arrangement in black and white”. The title says what the story is about. It’s about how the world is and was divided into black and white‚ and that is also the main theme in this story. How the white people handled black people when they met them. That is also a theme of the story The story takes place in America in 1930‚ where racial diversity/segregation (a theme) was a big problem in USA. There was a lot of racism and many white people couldn’t readjust to the
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