This house believes that if no one believes it, then it still happened.
This House is defined as “this deliberative body of Honors Communications 243”
Believes is defined as “holding the view that” or “of the opinion”
No One is defined as not a single person
It in this context is defined as an event or occurrence due to the use of the word happen in the pro claim and happened in the con claim. An ideology, fictional work, or hypothetical example cannot “happen” or “occur”
Happened is defined as occurred by the Cambridge Dictionary If no one believes it, it still happened because belief does not determine truth. This can be proven using history very easily. For example, take the death of the Tsarist royal family during the Communist Revolution in 1917. The White Army shot the entire royal family, but the bodies of Anastasia and her brother, Alexei were buried with the rest of the family. This spurred rumors that Anastasia was alive and had escaped. There were theories that the bullets bounced off her because of jewels sewn into her dress and that was how she escaped. Don Bluth made an animated kids movie depicting the lost Princess of Russia, many people, in Russia and …show more content…
Descartes, the famous philosopher who supposed “I think therefore I am” even recognizes that truth requires fact, and does not stem directly from belief. This is an important distinction because Descartes’ premise for his philosophy was that rationality determines humanity, and yet belief, a part of the thinking system, does not determine truth—only fact or reality
This House is defined as “this deliberative body of Honors Communications 243”
Believes is defined as “holding the view that” or “of the opinion”
No One is defined as not a single person
It in this context is defined as an event or occurrence due to the use of the word happen in the pro claim and happened in the con claim. An ideology, fictional work, or hypothetical example cannot “happen” or “occur”
Happened is defined as occurred by the Cambridge Dictionary If no one believes it, it still happened because belief does not determine truth. This can be proven using history very easily. For example, take the death of the Tsarist royal family during the Communist Revolution in 1917. The White Army shot the entire royal family, but the bodies of Anastasia and her brother, Alexei were buried with the rest of the family. This spurred rumors that Anastasia was alive and had escaped. There were theories that the bullets bounced off her because of jewels sewn into her dress and that was how she escaped. Don Bluth made an animated kids movie depicting the lost Princess of Russia, many people, in Russia and …show more content…
Descartes, the famous philosopher who supposed “I think therefore I am” even recognizes that truth requires fact, and does not stem directly from belief. This is an important distinction because Descartes’ premise for his philosophy was that rationality determines humanity, and yet belief, a part of the thinking system, does not determine truth—only fact or reality