Distinct

In the third Meditation, René Descartes aims to offer an argument for the existence of God, based simply on what he knows with certainty. In this, he reviews his doubts, what he knows for certain, and what he no longer doubts. While arguing the existence of God, Descartes explores God as a possible deceiver, his capacity to overcome this doubt in God’s goodness through formal and objective realities, and how effects supremely rely on their ultimate cause. Through his various claims and…

Paper Summary: “Geographic Variation in the Acoustic Traits of Greater Horseshoe Bats” (Keping Sun et al.) Introduction This experiment focused on understanding the process of the diversification of phenotypic traits between populations of individual species due to geographic distance or isolation between each population. These researchers aimed to analyze the microevolutionary processes of genetic drift, cultural drift, and adaptation as factors that could have driven geographic variation in…

Averageness, Exaggeration, and Facial Attractiveness A report by: Gillian Rhodes and Tanya Tremewan associated with Canterbury University Psychological Science; Research, Theory & Applications in Psychology and Related Sciences, volume 7 number 2, Pages 105-110 Hypothesis: It was hypothesized that there is a higher attraction to facial averageness than to distinctiveness. Method: In the first experiment, the researchers showed participants photographs of males and females whose facial…

Being aware that he exists in the form of a 'thinking thing ', capable, through the clear and distinct perceptions, of envisaging glimpses of sound knowledge (only to lose them when his attention wanders), the Meditator employs those perceptions into an articulate one-piece argument. Thus, he inspects the collection of clearly and distinctly perceivable…

material world. This soft deterministic attitude is heavily tied to Descartes clear and distinct ideas (which are the foundation of his rationalism) and his proofs for the existence of God1. Descartes, being a rationalist first struggled with determining absolute truth before tackling the problem of the material world. He asserted the only way to absolute truth and a way to avoid error is through clear and distinct ideas- ideas that cannot possibly be…

clinical correlation analyses were based on conventional approaches which routinely uses tumor samples from dominant or index nodule. Given the multifocal tumor and morphological heterogeneity we hypothesize that each tumor foci may be genetically distinct (molecular heterogeneity) and may…

concerning Macbeth, a general in 11th century Scotland, and his ambition to become king which ultimately leads to his demise. Macbeth is seen as a character with numerous weaknesses throughout the tragedy but, he is also seen as a character with distinct strengths at particular parts of the play. These strengths and weaknesses acutely affects the credibility of Macbeth’s actions in that he is seen as character incapable of overcoming difficult moral situations and as a character who is easily…

body resemble a human heart with distinct lines and grooves that provide the heart’s texture. In contrast to…

crossroads. As one listens to Woody Guthrie song ‘Dustbowl Blues’, one aspect that can come about is the low note of the song that gives the song a folky ballad appeal. Alike to Robert Johnson, the song has the country like sound. However, what is distinct is the guitar play. Woody Guthrie unlike Johnson incorporates the continuous guitar play in this song. Because the song does not involve reaching high notes like ‘Crossroads,’ he uses the guitar play to give the song balance in annotations in…

Lucretia Field 001691599 Philosophy 1101 Paper 2 The Meditations on First Philosophy by Rene Descartes examines the way in which material objects are observed through cognitive understanding through the senses and what is known about the world. In the second meditation, Descartes examines the nature of the mind and how it relates to the physical observed properties. The specific example which is used in this meditation is the example of a ball of wax which, when melted changes in all…