Rationalism

The Victorian period during which The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and “The Birthmark” were written (1837-1901) was characterized as a time of technological invasion. Science was rapidly introduced into the lives of individuals and it was evident that science was going to dramatically change the world. Inventions galore, combined with the professionalization and institutionalization of science, challenged authors, including Robert Louis Stevenson and Nathanial Hawthorne, with the task…

project information title or description: Logo design of AA designer: Massimo Vignelli client: American Airlines year: 1967 American Airlines identity and branding were designed by Massimo Vignelli’s design firm, Unimark International in 1967. The logo contains two colors which represent American flag: blue and red. He created something very simple: two A letters and geometric X-shaped eagle. Massimo Vignelli was born and raised in Milan in 1931. He first studied architecture in…

Giddens definition of power is “transformative capacity”, which refers to the ability in making a difference in the world. An individual makes a difference when he or she carries out a social action with intention. He states that everyone has power since we all carry out social actions, but the amount of power that a person has is interconnected with “resources”. He believes there are two types of resources: allocative and authoritative. Allocative recourses are physical things that you can…

James Longrigg gives an alternative view of ancient Greek evidence and the value it has. He assesses the impact of the ancient Greeks to the early development of medical science. He starts with an introduction that sets out the terms of his approach. Almost immediately Longrigg distinguishes between the originality and the rational nature of Greek medicine in its progression of natural means of explanation regarding the causation and character of disease and health. There are seven chapters of…

The modernist era of art began in the late 19th century and last until around the middle of the 20th century. Some of the important artists of this time were Marcel Duchamp, Pablo Picasso, and Salvador Dalí. Postmodernism began in the 1960s, however the term was not predominantly applied to the movement until the 1970’s mainly with architecture, but when it comes to paintings and other such art the term did not come to fruition until the mid 1980s. Some of the important artists of this movement…

Criminological Positivism was a school of thought which emerged and gathered momentum in the 19th century, during a period of major technological developments and growing appreciation of the importance of science and scientific understanding (Haines and White, 1996). Within the historical context, the positivist movement arose in challenge to existing ideologies (such as the polar opposite: Classicism) and as a result has been referred to as a revolution or revolt against traditional concepts of…

Epistemology is the study of knowledge in regards to its limits and validity, knowledge in the sense of the facts, information and skills that humans can acquire. The basis of this human knowledge has been repeatedly studied throughout the history of philosophy. When analyzing Descartes’ Meditations of First Philosophy and Hume’s Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, it is evident that they have both similarities and differences when it comes to their assessments on the foundation of human…

In the book The Integration of Psychology and Theology, Carter and Narramore present several aspects and issues regarding the integration of Psychology and Theology. The main focus of the book revolves around four different models of integration. The four models are; the against model, the of model, the parallels model, and the integrates model. The first chapter of the book focuses on people’s thoughts and perceptions on the idea of integrating psychology and theology. One of the main…

living in the Medieval Age, and we can still see its influence today. Despite the secular crises that Christianity endured during the early modern period, it has still managed to grow to be the most widely practiced religion in the world and from rationalism to socialism, it has been the forefront of the lives of many people all around the…

Brilliant. Innovative. And Well diversified. When a man finds inspiration throughout his lifetime only to later realize he would be a man that leaves a legacy as one of the famous American poets. I would like to introduce you to a man named Edward Estlin Cummings, one of America's innovative, and influential poets of his time. Inspiring readers to understand the concept of originality in his poetry by demonstrating how he used influences from his childhood experiences, imagism, and concrete…