Aristotle - notes on 4 causes and the Prime Mover • Aristotle was a materialist. The material world is important for Aristotle as it is this world where our knowledge starts (i.e. we are not born with knowledge like Plato suggested – he’s not a rationalist). • He was an empiricist. This means that he believed knowledge comes to us through the senses. So knowledge for Aristotle is a posteriori (post experience) not a priori (prior to experience). • Philosophy‚ for Aristotle‚ was ultimately
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– Clear Judgement that answers the question and supports your thesis statement. Try to use some of these suggested phrases in your essays to improve the fluency and quality of your argument: Introductions/Presenting a thesis statement: Causation/Change Questions: * There are a number of reasons why X occurred‚ the most important of of which is the fact that …… * X (e.g. abolition‚ the Civil War‚ rebellions) happened because of a range of factors‚ the most important of which was…
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‘Without a pre-determined conceptual scheme our sense impressions would be unintelligible.’ Assess the implications this has for empiricism. Rationalist philosophers believe that our knowledge derives from reason and the opposing philosophers; empiricists believe that all our knowledge comes from sense experience. Saying that our sense impressions would be unintelligible without the conceptual scheme is problematic for empiricists because if this were true‚ all their ideas would be incorrect. Philosopher
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Griffin Michel Ms. Donohoo English 12 - G 14 January 2016 Nonfiction Book Review - Outliers Introduction The classic American success story: a person is born to nothing‚ has an idea‚ and‚ by sheer power of their own will and determination‚ makes it big--or so it would seem. These are the stories‚ the stories of billionaires‚ professional athletes‚ lawyers‚ and scientists‚ that Malcolm Gladwell examines in his 2008 book‚ Outliers: Stories of Success. He delves deep into the stories of successful
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TORT - A Tort is a civil wrong that is outside of Contract Law and arises out of a recognition that a person is responsible for their acts and omissions when dealing with others. The term "Tort" refers to a number of different laws such as nuisance‚ trespass and assault. Torts action generally compensates the individual for personal loss where the loss was caused by another person. It is based on Common Law. NEGLIGENCE - Negligence is one of many types of Torts. Negligence is now the dominant Tort
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Courtroom Observation.doc The 2008 2L Moot Court Tournament at the Liberty University School of Law presented a case which was argued before the United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana‚ case number 82A04-8876-CV-285‚ Deborah White vs. Patrick Gibbs and Stand Alone Properties‚ L.L.C.‚ d/b/a O’Malley’s Tavern. The courtroom procedure’s purpose is to argue the motion of summary judgment with regards to the case of Deborah White vs. Patrick Gibbs; and Stand Alone Properties
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23 Medical Profession 23 Rescuer 23 Legal & Other Professionals 23 (2) Breach of Duty 25 (2.1) Standard of Care 25 (2.2) Breach of standard of care 28 (3) Damage 32 (3.1) Is the damage recognised by law 32 (3.2) Causation in fact 33 (3.3) Scope of Liability / Causation at law / Remoteness 34 (4) Multiple Tortfeasors 36 Joint Concurrent Tortfeasors 36 Several Concurrent Tortfeasors 36 Apportionment 36 (5) Defences 37 Contributory Negligence 37 Dangerous Recreational Activity 39 No
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In his article‚ On Being an Atheist‚ H.J. McCloskey tried to show that atheism is a more reasonable and comfortable belief than that of Christianity. McCloskey argued against the three theistic proofs‚ which are the cosmological argument‚ the teleological argument and the argument from design. He pointed out the existence of evil in the world that God made. He also pointed out that it is irrational to live by faith. According to McCloskey‚ proofs do not necessarily play a vital role in the
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Ch. 1: Thinking Critically With Psychological Science Outline The Need for Psychological Science Two phenomena- hindsight bias and judgmental overconfidence- illustrate why we can’t rely solely on intuition and common sense. The Limits of Intuition and Common Sense Our intuition can lead us astray. Did We Know It All Along? Hindsight Bias Hindsight bias- The tendency to believe‚ after learning an outcome‚ that one would have foreseen it. (I-knew-it-all-along phenomenon)
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