Certainty

Rene Descartes’ Discourse on Method was written with the premise in mind that there is a sequential approach to guiding one’s reason in order to maximize certainty of knowledge and discovery. Using an autobiographical method, Descartes deliberately does not push his method upon the reader, nor frame it as the best and only method that exists. Using an explanatory model, and detailing his exact thought process throughout the Discourse, he allows the reader to follow him on his journey and decide…

disciplines of others, rejecting one’s own abilities to come to satisfactory conclusions, and by accepting faith. Montaigne claims that we should allow things to run their course because new discoveries or disciplines are not capable of leading us to certainty. Montaigne states that it is not possible to…

Therefore, our senses cannot be trusted for they said the same wax was different wax, so Descartes must now doubt all his senses tell him. Descartes goes even further and says that if there is even one reason to doubt something, then he will doubt its certainty. Descartes, through the Method of Doubt, is…

It is also expected with 99% certainty that flats will cost between ₤116,847.60 and ₤184,042.40. Additionally, the price of semi-detached houses is expected to be between ₤236,295.86 and ₤311,246.29 with 99% certainty. Further, the price of detached houses is expected to be between ₤244,192.19 and ₤490,407.81 with 99% confidence. 2.4 Hypothesis Tests It is important to validate…

Meditation two, Descartes focus again on certainty, thru ontology and metaphysical tools. By means of these branches, he rationalizes the idea of certainty and existence. Nonetheless, he knows that God is deceiving, for he might not even inhabit space, furthermore he can’t trust the senses since the senses are also deceiving him for he doesn’t have any of the physical attributes to sense. Yet he is aware of his existence, although he is not sure of his entity. He is not sure of where does he…

Using DNA to trace people who are suspected of committing a crime has been a major advance in policing. When DNA profiling is used wisely, it can help to convict people who have committed serious crimes or exonerate people who are innocent. However, concerns arise when individuals' tissue samples, computerized DNA profiles, and person data are stored indefinitely on a DNA database. There are concerns that this information could be used in ways that threaten people's individual privacy and rights…

to be deterred from committing a felony such as a form of robbery, then they must be deterred by a form of specific and general deterrence. Any kind of deterrence has 3 main properties; severity, certainty and celerity (Sacco and Kennedy, 2010). Severity refers to the seriousness of the penalty, certainty is the reference to the likelihood of being punished for act and celerity is the swiftness in which the offender is apprehended and punished (Clark, 1988) (Sacco and Kennedy, 2010).…

Assessment of the Positive Impact of Classical Theory on the Legal System Through Promotion of Fairness and Improvement to the Existing Criminal Justice System Introduction Classical theory traces its origin to the mid years of the eighteenth century. Importantly, during this time, the uses of very severe and intense modes of punishment were common. This school of thought has its roots in Europe, as the region is well known to have used severe torture procedures to obtain confessions and…

suppose the soul to be something of this kind,” that is, a harmony or proper mixture of bodily elements like the hot and cold or dry and moist. Simmias considers that during our lifetime, we must constantly strive to achieve some sort of certainty, and that this certainty might only be achieved by exploring and exhausting every eventuality that might lead us to the Truth and believes that the soul and body can coincide in harmony with each other. In order to reply to this argument, firstly,…

Lucas’ conduct despite prior knowledge and certainty of its effects on Wideman are sufficient to constitute her actions as reckless. This statement is supported in the controlling case, Jones v. Harris, 35 Md. App. 556, 371 A.2d 1104 (1977), in which the defendant’s actions are considered to be reckless disregard as the defendant wants to inflict emotional distress on the plaintiff, in addition to the fact that he knows that it is certain to cause the plaintiff emotional distress. In our case,…