California Proposition 13

Learning Activity #4: Objective vs Subjective Exercise How and why understanding the differences between objective and subjected statements, reasoning will help me achieve academic success? Because of the formula and methodology used which is often used in mainstream media, books, programs, films, movies, articles, music, religion and a plethora of other different genre’s we are often misinformed or given a half- truth on a particular subject and therefore as the general population, we don’t…

Russell further asserts that it is possible to break apart any definite description into a series of similar claims which can then be substituted into each other to form a series of propositions of arbitrary complexity (Descriptions 176). As a consequent of this treatment, Russell is able to easily to distinguish the phrases such as “Wales is Wales” from “Wales is the founder of Wikipedia” – the former is a logical statement of the form…

Originating from soros, the Greek word for “heap,” sorites arguments utilize statements with miniscule differences which are centered around vague keywords to arrive at very paradoxical conclusions. For instance, one would typically be able to agree with the following statements: 1. A man with no hairs on his head is bald. 2. A bald man, if given one more hair, is still bald. These two statements, however, can be used to say that everyone is bald. For example, consider a man with no hairs on…

One must begin at belief then continue down to communication acts, then to speech acts, to beliefs then to propositions, then finally to knowledge. As discussed before, Plato states that knowledge has to be a justified true belief. One thing that Plato studied within philosophy was epistemology. Epistemology is the study or theory of or word about knowledge.…

hospital for them more than twenty times and blood has even started coming out of my nose and mouth, because my sinuses fill with blood and it has nowhere else to go. Second: I always hated field day. I live in California and field day was always in May. If you don't live in California, you might not know that it isn't rare for it to be 110 degrees in May. Beside the fact that it can be this hot, on field day they only gave us the tiny Deer Park water bottles, and I hated sports. Every…

Introduction California is a dynamic state whose needs are in the eternal realm of changing and adjusting because of the growing population. Correspondingly, every county experiences different problems, and most of those problems require strategic problem solving because there is no "one-size-fits-all" solution. This is the essence of California’s political system. The counties are the legal entities responsible for governing and protecting segments of the population. Whereas, the state is…

722,762 votes (New York Times). That’s the difference between 749 California inmates being taken off death row and receiving life without parole, or staying on there and ultimately facing lethal injection (Death Row Inmates by State). The death penalty has been a controversial topic for decades, being taken away in 1972, reinstated in 1977, halted in 2006, and continued again in 2010 (Progressive Editorial Staff). This proposition causes voters to have very strong views about it, millions of…

considerable new jobs, while other cities are facing economic hardship. California’s GDP has growth substantially; however, the state’s unemployment rate still higher than the national average. High unemployment can significantly increase poverty and California cannot support social programs without compromising its economy. Companies and government must work together for finding new ways for improving state economic and social development. Politics and economics go hand to hand, wherever one…

Apollo 13, also known as (AS-508), was suppose to be the third mission to land on the moon. The crew on the spacecraft consisted of Fred W. Haise, Jr., lunar Module Pilot, John J. Swigert, Jr., command module pilot, and James A. Lovell, Jr., commander. Launched at 2:13 p.m. on April 11, 1970 from the launched from complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center. The Apollo 13 mission was planned to launched and land on the moon and return back to Earth. Unfortunately, after about 56 hours into their…

Survival is about mental fortitude In Space on one can hear you scream. This is true for the novel 172 Hours on the Moon by Johan Harstand tells a tale of science fiction horror about three teens that have won a contest to spend 172 hours on the moon, however this journey becomes a fight for survival. Each of the Teens have their own reason for going and each have their own feelings. The are tested in the expanse of space with all of the mental and physical trials that they face. The fight for…