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    the future of natural philosophy. On one side was Galileo Galilei and his followers. They wanted natural philosophy to be based on the results of math and direct experience. On the other were the Aristotelian natural philosophers, who wanted to maintain the separation theoretical knowledge, such as theology, and practical knowledge, such as math and astronomy, and base natural philosophy on only theoretical knowledge. While Galileo was winning the battle in redefining natural philosophy, his…

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    Locke Philosophy Overview of John Locke The philosophers’ works have created a significant impact on people’s lives today. Based on what they experienced and observed things happening in their life, these philosophers’ levels of thinking surpassed those of other human beings. One of the philosophers whose ideas have offered a worthwhile contribution to today’s life is John Locke. Born in October 1632 in Wrington, Locke’s work laid the steadfast foundation of political liberalism and…

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    Vaughn? Is Benny “The Jet” Rodriguez? You might think it is one of those guys, however, you are wrong. The greatest fictional baseball character is Roy Hobbs. Roy Hobbs is character from the novel The Natural, which was later turned into a movie starring Robert Redford. Over the course of The Natural, Hobbs has to overcome life issues, relationship issues, and the issues are he faced on the baseball field. Roy Hobbs deals with a lot of life issues throughout the novel and movie. Some of the…

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    During this specific game, he is failing at bat, and when he finally hit the ball with his bat, Wonder boy, it breaks. Instead of taking this as his final defeat, he turns to the batboy and tells him to “pick me out a winner” (The Natural). He depends on a child to save him, to help him win the final game. When he puts his fate in the batboy’s hands, he ends up winning the game and is able to cross the threshold back into the normal world. By trusting this boy, his hero’s journey is…

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    Film Theory The two films analyzed in this paper will be The Rookie and The Natural. The Rookie produced in 2002 is an inspiring true story. Jim Morris a high school teacher strikes an intriguing deal with the Texas high school baseball team he coaches. He tells them if they make the playoffs, he 'll try out for the Major League. The movie starred Dennis Quaid, who played the role of Jim Morris. The Natural is a film that was an adaption from a 1952 baseball novel. Barry Levinson directed it.…

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    In Chapter 2, “The Greek World”, I learned that in ancient Greece, they believed in the balance of philosophy. Their two traditions of “philosophia,” were Pre-Socratic which focusses on the natural world and Sophist which focusses on the human mind (power point 2). Hippocrates was known as the father of medicine and he focused on natural philosophy. According to the power point, he would have patients undergo physical and spiritual cleansing. Hippocrates was also famous for his healing, teaching…

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    Natural life sentences are among the more less-known issues that are discussed today. A Natural life sentence is a prison sentence that lasts for entire life of the inmate it was given to, with no chance of parole or any other means of freedom. Jennifer Lackey discusses this issue into great detail in her article “The irrationality of natural life sentences”. In the article, Lackey does a great job of utilizing her three rhetoric tools, Ethos, Pathos, and Logos in arguing her position on the…

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    in the natural world and that the world is as it is and will remain so for eternity. He argued, quite fervently, that our personal observations of the natural world do not correlate with reality. While many see this as a fallacy in the modern era, the principle behind his ideas (that the world we see is different from the world that is) has been validated by scientific discoveries such as elements within the periodic table. Despite this being a fallacy by modern standards, Western Philosophy…

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    school dedicated to the instruction of mathematics, history, geometry, and above all, Latin. In 1740, Kant matriculated at the University of Konigsberg. Under the inspiration of his favorite teacher, Kant immersed himself in the study of natural science and philosophy. In fact, it was his teacher, Martin Knutzen, who introduced him to the writings of the two thinkers who had the greatest impact on his early intellectual development: Isaac Newton and Christian Wolf. For approximately…

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    Kant was an extremely influential philosopher in the 18th century, who many consider to be the father of modern philosophy. His groundbreaking work on morality is best exemplified in his book, The Grounding for the Metaphysics of Morals. This book introduces readers to the concepts of morality and the idea of what it means to have good will. Metaphysics is defined as a branch of philosophy that deals with the first principle of things which includes concepts such as being, knowing, substance,…

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