Logical possibility

“Highly unlikely, but not outside the realm of possibility”-David Duchovny. This familiar phrase from the popular nineties television show “The X-Files” manifested itself in my mind when reading the article that profoundly influenced the University of Central Arkansas’ Honors Program, Peter Elbow’s abridged version of “The Doubting Game and the Believing Game—An Analysis of the Intellectual Enterprise (Excerpts)”. Though on a much more theatrical and improbable level, this show relates to the…

Regardless of the memory you have recalled, it is likely that, at some point in your life, you have come across one of these painful memories and wished there was a way to erase them from your mind. Our society imagines the possibility of memory erasure in seemingly logical, simplistic ways; most people imagine a world where memories can be erased simply by taking a pill or undergoing a procedure. The concept is shrouded by society’s futuristic, sci-fi expectations of advanced technology that…

each individual. And, each individual has its own personality types. For this assignment, I am going to talk about the Duty Fulfiller and the Visionary personality type. Additionally, I will also write about three learning styles which are physical, logical, and verbal. Personality types ISTJ - The Duty Fulfiller The Duty Fulfiller personality type is quiet, serious and interested in peaceful living. Moreover, this type of person is well-organized, dependable, and goal oriented (The Duty…

Debates over truth’s meaning and importance, or inconsequentiality, flourish as much today, if not more, as any other period of history. Philosophers, scholars, kings, prophets, and religious founders all, at one time or another, pondered and declared what they believed should be truth’s definition. Today, three major schools of thought present themselves in the consciousness of society. Some hold to individual relativism, a belief in the individual’s power to make and change, if so desired,…

Regardless of the possibility that we permit that one is happier as long as one 's soul is disciplined, and unhappy as long as one 's spirit is struggling, would it be logical for us to conclude that one who acts as the society requests of virtuality will be ensured both psychic justice and happiness? Is actions in line with social justice a fundamental…

and not only humans, which provides credence to the author’s claims. The author then offers solutions to this problem, saying "Already, many cities and towns across North America and Europe are changing to LED streetlights, which offer dramatic possibilities for controlling wasted light" He also mentions that in cities like Paris, the government is controlling light wastage, which helps both economically and environmentally. This furthers his argumentation because it shows how steps can be and…

the word “disadvantage” by using evidence about people who are dyslexic. He uses logical and emotional appeals and repetition to make the reader question their interpretations of disadvantages, to emphasize we can overcome those difficulties and to suggest that some difficulties may even be desirable. Gladwell opens the chapter expounding upon what dyslexia is and what a disadvantage it can be. He appeals to the logical side of readers with the statement, “What do we mean when we call…

description of everything, it is also a discipline of logical thinking. The proofs of even the most basic theorems are completely logical, and the solving of math exercises follows logical steps to obtain the answer. This logical requirement necessarily verifies the consistency of math since all theorems must be proved, and they must be proved with logical accuracy. Because of the logical foundation of math, the practice of math reinforces logical thinking and problem solving in a way that few…

Hume argues that we have no logical reason to believe in miracles on the basis of testimonies from those who claim to have seen a miracle. Miracles in a sense are derived from testimonies which are second-hand evidence from someone’s experience making it unreliable. No one can depend entirely on testimony as if it were to act as an immediate object of our senses since it contradicts our senses.The evidence must be greatly supported for it to be probable for belief, according to Hume. However, we…

into subsystems and components, and describes how these subsystems and components interact with each other (McGovern, 2004; Pressman, 2010). There exist four views from different stakeholders when designing a software architecture; they are 1) a logical view, indicating the core perspectives of the system requirements; 2) a process view, showing the interaction processes of the system at run-time, which is useful for evaluating the system quality such as performance; 3) a development view,…