Soundness

issues within the context of courses (P. Gray, 1993; Halonen, 1985), a course on paranormal phenomena appeared to be an ideal medium for encouraging development of critical thinking. We broadened the scope of our course to include an analysis of the soundness of claims about the paranormal. Traditional approaches to teaching critical thinking present concepts in abstract form and draw examples…

Chocolate, a food made out of roasted and ground cacao mostly seen in a liquid or solid block form, is an all time favorite sweet. Theobroma Cacao has been a native tree to Latin American countries way before Columbus set foot in the new world. During the Mayan and Aztec Empire, cacao beans weren 't used as food but as currency and a bitter drink. Around 1519, an unknown Spaniard mixed sugar and cacao together creating the sweet chocolate flavor we know. The process of making…

Architecture is as old as humanity and it influences nearly all mankind. It has a great impact on our well-being by inducing feelings ranging from boredom, depression and even fear to inspiration and relaxation. The results of previous studies are mixed but they indicate that architectural knowledge and cultural factors affect architectural opinions. A person’s feeling may vary as the surrounding vary thus the idea of an architect being responsible for designing buildings which satisfy aesthetic…

What is faith? According to Merriam-Webster, there are three main definitions of faith: 1) it is an allegiance to duty or a person. 2) It is a belief and trust in and loyalty to God or the traditional doctrines of a religion 3) it is a firm belief in something for which there is no proof. Faith is an idea that is used to fill the gap that people encounter between reasons and conclusions. Like other ideas, and theories, presented in philosophy there are usually multiple opposing sides to one…

Case Studies Name of Student Institutional Affiliation Case Studies Case Study 1 The so-called “Holocaust” terminology has always been found in politics, in discussions in the media and online environments. When investigating this topic, it becomes absolutely possible to hear different opinions on this issue. On the one hand, the investigators of the issue argue that the Holocaust has broken the backbone of the nations; it produced negative effects on the Holocaust descendants'…

Moral arguments are both imperative and fascinating. They are fascinating in light of the fact that assessing their soundness obliges regard for basically every essential philosophical issue managed in metaethics. While dismissing the ontological and causal arguments for God's existence, Mill considered important the argument from design, the stand out based upon experience…

Integrity is obedience to moral, ethical, and social codes of society more accurately defined as "adherence to moral and ethical principles; soundness of moral character; honesty," by dictionary.com In short, it is honesty. Nothing is more important than a person's character and honesty is one of the most important traits a person can posses. This trait is one that the Army values continue to develop and hone beginning during basic training and does not stop even after all training has been…

Aim: This experiment will investigate the effects of different concentrations of fertilizer on the growth of duckweed. Hypothesis: It is expected that the cup with the most amount of fertilizer (cup D) over the 14 days will have the most amount of growth compared to cup A, B and C. Apparatus: 4x polystyrene cups 20x duckweed fronds (5 in each cup) 1x 5ml medicine teaspoon 1x tweezers 1x syringe 1x marker fertilizer Method: 1. Label each cup as A, B, C or D with the marker 2. Using the…

In their 1985 work The Dialectical Biologist, authors Levins and Lewontin make the case for a dialectical-perspective-based approach to scientific inquiry and interpretation. Here we first summarize what is more rigorously referred to as the dialectical materialist (DM) perspective (Clark & York, 2005), then illustrate how science and social epidemiology (SE) fits within the framework developed therein. Next, we compare our own application of the dialectic framework to SE to the approach laid…

Taste in beauty is a subjective thing and every person has a different taste. However, Kant and Hume view differently on the taste of beauty. Hume claims “every individual ought to acquiesce in his own sentiment, without pretending to regulate those of others.”(268-269) Whereas Kant thinks even though taste in beauty is subjective, people are still demanding others’ agreement. Thus, taste in beauty is subjectively universal. Hume defines the standard of taste as “a rule, by which the carious…