Skepticism

up the lot in the extreme heat, the woman came up to me and politely asked, “It’s pretty hot today. Do you have water?” It was a strange encounter because the most contact we’ve ever had was merely glancing at each other. I then responded with skepticism, “I’m sorry I don’t have any with me.” She slightly chuckled at my response as she proceeded to grab a bottle of water from her cart and shared it with me. Perplexed, I accepted her offering, though deep down I knew that she needed it more. I…

essay in criticism expounding a causal theory of beauty. "I contemplate the structure, and the sculpture causes to arise in me a particular sentiment of beauty. That is all," . Hume's reflective return to common sense keeps skepticism as a "Constituent" of "True philosophy" skepticism makes the first critical move when it explodes the commonsensical identification of feeling in the bystander and quality in the object, by announcing that beauty is nothing more and beyond one's sentiment. The…

Descartes decided to use a method now know today as methodological skepticism, in which Descartes removes any ideas that could be doubted at all. After basically sorting through all Descartes knows and trying to bring back ideas that can be known as truth, Descartes comes to a wall. This wall is that only one thing can be…

Identification and Evaluation of Sources The scope of this investigation covers the effects of technological development in American employment from the 1960s-1990s. It specifically focuses on the effects of computerization as computers began to replace human laborers. Source Evaluation #1: Primary Source One of my primary sources is the book Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: John F. Kennedy, 1962, accessed online. This book is a compilation of quotes spoken by President…

Schrodinger’s experiment illustrates a cat locked inside of a chamber with no viewing holes except for a hatch. Inside the container, there is a flask filled with poison and a radioactive source that emits radioactive particles unpredictably. When the emitted radiation is detected, the flask of poison spills and kills the cat. If the hatch is closed, there is no way for one to tell if the cat is dead or alive. So, technically it would be correct to say that the cat is both dead and alive. It is…

Crime rates in the United States have been steadily dropping since the early nineties after having been on an upward trend since the sixties. They reached a historical peak in 1992 and from 1993 to 2000, the U.S experienced an unexpected 48% and 51% drop in violent and property crime rates, respectively (U.S Dept. of Justice). Many researchers have tried to explain this sharp drop in crime, but there seems to be a lack of consensus on the most influential factors. On one side, there are…

The objectivity of moral values has been questioned greatly through out time. So, do objective morals and values really exist? Or are we so enamored with the idea that there is a standard universal code to follow for guidance. In his piece “The Subjectivity of Values” J.L Mackie states that, “There are no objective values.”(Landau175) The moral subjectivists uphold the idea that moral claims are only true, if they are objectively true. But what makes these true? Consequently what establishes…

Throughout the history and since the beginning of times, women have influenced individuals all over the world. The fact that it was the women, who accomplished certain goals, often caused skepticism in the minds of many individuals, however. Despite the obstacles that many historical women have faced, they still made it onto the pages of our textbooks and the hearts of the people. One of these women was Coretta Scott King, a wife of a famous African- American Civil Rights Movement leader,…

Throughout “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” by T.S. Eliot, the timeless struggle to navigate society unfolds. As Karen Prior expresses in her evaluation of Eliot’s work, Prufrock parallels the modern hipster. Although the hipster is considered a modern phenomena, the way in which that type of individual comes to life can be found repeatedly in history, “Neither hipsters nor Prufrock would exist without the modern urban setting that bred their sensibilities. It is in the city that the pulse…

The NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman, and the board of governors opened the formal expansion process, and began accepting applications in July, 2015. The NHL has been reviewing applications, and Lax Vegas has emerged as the top candidate for expansion, in part due to favorable resident income, and localized demographics. NHL interest is high for expansion in the city especially due to fact it is one the largest U.S. metropolitan areas without a professional sports team. If the NHL was able to break…