William Lewis Herndon

essay, I will explain why Lewis’s understanding of counterfactuals develops the need for transitivity, and argue that although the notion of causal transitivity is useful to us (and necessary under Lewis’s 1978 account of counterfactual analysis), Lewis himself fails to provide an adequate response to meaningful counterexamples against it. Finally, I will present and evaluate an alternative rebuttal to these counterexamples, concluding that the transitivity of causation is not as unintuitive as…

How would you feel if you were accused of witchcraft? The Crucible accused multiple innocent people of witchcraft and majority of those that were accused were puritans, and those puritans were strong within their faith. Most people have zero mercy on one another and wanted to save themselves. What would you do ? The author of The Crucible and many other pieces of American Literature was Arthur Miller. Arthur Miller has won multiple awards for his pieces including Tony awards. Some of Miller’s…

from them. Lewis and Clark set up camp on the banks of the Clearwater River, a branch of the Snake River, which was a branch of the Columbia River. On October 7, they left camp and started down the Clearwater River in their five newly hollowed dugouts they had made. They reached the Snake River on October 10 and the Columbia River on October 16. On November 24, the explorers reached the place where the Columbia River emptied into the Pacific Ocean, completing the expedition (Anderson). Lewis and…

To say that Meriwether Lewis and William Clark were explorers during the early 1800’s, would undermine the contributions they possess in American exploration history. President Thomas Jefferson requested that his aide, Meriwether Lewis (hunter, outdoorsman, herbologist and former Army officer) lead a team of explorers, and study the western component of the west, now known as the Pacific Northwest. William Clark (outdoorsman, Army officer, celestial observer and cartographer) was asked to be his…

Arthur Miller’s, The Crucible, there were many characters of importance but one that stuck out and was very important to the plot was John Proctor. John Proctor, a man of strength and honesty, made a horrible mistake of having an affair with Abigail Williams which ultimately led him to being convicted of witchcraft. His decision of ripping up his confession to witchcraft he previously wrote was, in the end, the right thing to do. One way that we know Proctor’s decision was the right one is…

The Crucible: Dying For a Principle “Because I am not worth the dust on the feet of them that hang!” (Miller 1164) says John Proctor in Arthur Miller’s The Crucible when asked to sign his name on his confession to witchcraft. Judge Danforth of Salem has condemned hundreds to witchcraft, and hundreds have confessed (Miller 1160), but upstanding citizens in the town refuse to confesses to the lies, and would rather die than live a lie, such as Rebecca Nurse, Giles Corey, and of course, John…

“What is right is not always popular and what is popular is not always right.” -Albert Einstein. In the excerpt from The Crucible, in Malala Yousafzai's Biography, and the song "The Right Thing" by Mandisa they explain how people do things the easy way just so their life is less difficult. The authors of these three types of literature explain the easy choices people tend to make. However, one should always do what is right, not what is easy. John Proctor from The Crucible is a marvelous…

responsible for the fundamentals of leading character John Proctor. The Crucible is a play written during the time of the Salem Witch Trials that portrays the life of John Proctor and other leading characters. John Proctor cheated on his wife with Abigail Williams, John's wife Elizabeth is accused of witchcraft by Abigail in hopes of getting John all to herself. The outcome of the play characterizes John as a tragic hero considering John would not sign the fabricated confession along with…

Mallory In “The Crucible”, Arthur Miller is trying to explain both faith and truth in a different way it should be explained. The theme of the entire play is evolved around the constant adversity of faith and truth. Furthermore, the idea of the play was the rising action and adversity, and then standing up for the truth and what was right. Like many additional stories and plays are comparision with “The Crucible” and the major turning of events. Even though, the truth isn’t always the…

the time of 1808 was controlled by Spain, Russia, Britain, and the United States. However, only the United States and Britain would continue control over the region by the 1820’s. Any form of invasion or concquering, which some might consider the Lewis and Clark expedition was, would be invading land belonging to multiple countries. Jefferson could have potentially started conflicts with any of these countries and also the Native American land which they will be trespassing on. However,…