Certainty

According to the text “metadiscourse is language that does not refer to the substance of your writing, but instead it refers to yourself, your reader or your writings”. This sentence is an example of metadiscourse. 1a. My attempt to explain to my readers what metadiscourse is particularly difficult, because I do not fully understand it myself. This sentence refers to the reader and myself is a prime example of metadiscourse. I used language that speaks in the first person and the actions…

opposition between permanence and immanent change” (O’Boyle, 2014). Relational partners look forward to the predictability of a regular routine they maintain, but may sometimes also feel the need for change and spontaneity. Relationships require both certainty and uncertainty in order to uphold the ups and downs that come with being connected to somebody. Lastly, “The openness–closedness competing discourse refers to the need for disclosure between relationship parties, but this openness creates…

There is no question in the historicity of Jesus of Nazareth who was a real historical person., even with the limited amount of sources both secular and Christian. Proof that Jesus existed is obtained most directly through eyewitness testimony of the existence of the apostles of Jesus. Other available documents that we do have support the conclusion that Jesus was known as a historical figure by Christian writers 20-30 years after His death -the Pauline Epistles were written within that…

Normalcy and abnormality can be understood from a social, economic, physical, and emotional context. These are but a few of the defining factors that play a role in the ways that we determine a person’s psychological make-up. People can be draw to make outlandish decisions in order to gain peer acceptance I believe that people are, in a sense, a product of their environment. When a young man is born to a life that includes a life of poverty, discrimination, isolation, and a constant need to…

occurrences from a specific perspective, their work is essentially a sort of fiction in its own right. The manifesto does claim to use fact as evident in its use of words “is”, “historically”, “already seen”, etc. The words convey the sense of certainty the two authors hold in their account of history. While it is no bad thing to be certain, the amount of simplification belies the complete truth (instead shrouding it in a façade). This simplification is evident in the very first line of the…

a third party may contract a person otherwise under an existing legal duty to do the act so required. Usain is not an agent of Brie as he was given no authority to act on her behalf and was not purporting to, and is therefore a third party. 3. Certainty The contract is sufficiently certain as the essential terms including price are given. No party has discretion as to performance, and it is sufficiently clear for the courts to enforce. 4. Intention to Create Legal Relations There is a…

Ursula K. Le Guin’s Schrödinger’s Cat is a science fiction short story from her short story collection, The Compass Rose (1982). Schrödinger’s Cat begins with a narrator who does not identify by gender or name explaining the world in which he/she lives. A nearby couple is overheard having a breakup, yet in this unexplainable world, they mean it literally as the woman turns into a heap of body parts, with the man reduced to pieces hopping around. The most agonizing aspect of this world is that it…

better yet, if there is even a God to begin with. He muses with the idea that exploring God’s deceptive nature is necessary to his search for the truth. If there is a God, and he is a deceiver, then how could Descartes know anything with complete certainty? Using a deductive argument, Descartes explains that since God is perfect and has no imperfections, and deception is seen as an imperfection, therefore God cannot be a deceiver. These thoughts are somewhat echoed in…

and be wrong, and then change direction, than it is to waste time. How does a team go about ensuring commitment? They can do this by taking specific steps to maximize clarity and achieve buy in, and by resisting consensus and an over reliance on certainty. The first thing that should be done is that at the end of a staff meeting or off-site, a team should review the key decisions made during the meeting and agree on what needs to be told to employees or other details about those decisions.…

international order is the result of international cooperation and born of values that reflect the feeling of the states for international stability and development. Because, the states need to create and maintain an international order to maintain certainty and reduce the risk, fear, and uncertainty in an anarchic world; International institutions promote stability among nations; Nations must cooperate and have the responsibility to maintain…