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    From my perspective, Chester by William Billings is genuinely a combination of tenor, melodic concordance and clashing dissonances with quite harmonious consonances which consist of fluent It is also made up of changeable levels of syncopation. Of all the things in this song that I found that is attractive to me first, I will strongly state that its complexity of rhythm that is sensitively mess but actually in harmony in different aspects. What’s more, complicated melodies in a wide range also…

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    It is impossible to define the concrete meaning of a human because humans are unpredictable beings with nothing being the only commonality they share. However, the evaluation of one’s self can be used to briefly understand what humans are like. Because my being is the only one I know, I can only understand myself in the context of being human. From the moment I was born, being alone was the only truth I have ever known and will remain as such until the moment my body begins to decompose. I am…

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    To begin the inquiry of the possibility of there being and enduring self, the argument that J. David Velleman holds against the enduring self, will be evaluated. In the beginning of Velleman’s paper, So It Goes, he asserts that the enduring self is an illusion. Velleman is helped by another philosopher, Derek Partif, in establishing his claim that anything enduring seems false in claiming that, “connections of memory do not necessarily trace out the career of a single, enduring object, and they…

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    Obstacles in My Education Critical Self-Reflection I make an effort work hard all the time but, when there are obstacles in my way that seem too great to conquer it is easy to slack off and not work hard at the task at hand. Still in the midst of an obstacle I must find the courage, resilience, and strength to overcome the problem. My view of personal identity is significantly formed because of many factors in my life, the beigest obstacles in my life is my education, because I lacked basic…

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    communicating with my student’s family getting them as involved in their child’s learning as possible. Being able to form a beneficial relationship with the family of children who are in my care is fundamental as this strongly links to the main personal concept of my image, which is teamwork. This image strongly represents Bronfrenbrenner’s ecological systems theory(McInerney, 2014). The ecological systems theory…

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    Kant's Theory Of Causation

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    Kant attributes Hume as his inspiration to the critique of pure reason as Hume’s work motivated him to prove Hume wrong. Specifically, Kant worked against Hume’s concept of causation. Where Hume found no necessity in causation nor of causation, Kant found causation necessary in both senses- otherwise no one would be able to navigate the world. However, Kant’s critique of Hume is much more general than causation, Kant through causation is asserting the existence of synthetic a priori judgements.…

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    This is a difficult question. In short, I believe that we can’t exist and have a happy productive life if we are constantly questioning everything in our reality. We would never be able to trust, love, or make advancements for our society. We or at least I, would turn into a shut-in constantly questioning everything I thought I knew. I can’t live like this. I think that if we accept Descartes’ is correct, and the only thing we can know with complete certainly is that we exist, we also have…

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    1A.) Descartes attempted to prove or examine the nature of physical objects as well as non physical objects and essentially discover whether or not they were true. He believed in mechanical philosophy, which can be explained when examining his method of doubt, and his views on the nature of the self. Descartes had a three step method of doubt which had the intention of discovering what can be found to be real or true. To sum this up, he wanted to discover what can be held as a base for certainty…

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    the notion of ‘self’ was conducted for this essay; in reviewing the literature various authors each giving their beliefs and concepts have written many theories and provided many discussions on ‘self’ over the years. However, to write about each of the authors would take some time, therefore within the essay, a few of the authors theories on what their beliefs and concept are to the view of self are included. The first part of the essay examine: (a) how the self is seen, structured, and defined;…

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    Personal Identity Essay

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    Throughout my academic career I struggled to find a sense of my own identity. In high school, and early in my college career, I wasn 't sure what I really wanted to pursue in life. I 'd always felt a pressure to succeed from my family, my community, and my peers. I 've never had a strong ethnic or cultural identity, my ancestors come from all over, but I 'm given the sole label “Caucasian”. When I was younger, I felt that it was a disadvantage not having a strong cultural or ethnic identity. I…

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