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- 4581: Other Minds
- ... children with no philosophical education whatsoever, yet remains intractable to many academics. Broadly speaking, the problem can be divided into three questions. Firstly, how do I come to believe that there are minds in the world other than my own? Secondly, how can I justify my belief that there are minds in the world other than my own? Thirdly, what can I state about the mental states of minds other than my own?. The question we are dealing with here falls largely into the third category, although of course ... power is exceedingly limited as it makes no distinction between those who are pretending to be in a mental state and those who genuinely have it. How does it help us to believe that our world is not populated by robots? Secondly, it does not sufficiently explain how we came to attach the words we do to our mental states. Crying and limping are ‘natural’, animistic reactions to pain, but ...
- 4582: The Stone Angel---literary Ess
- ... is faced with death, horrific to the young, or inviting to the sick and the old. Death is interpreted as the end of existence, but to those who believe in the afterlife, as a whole new chapter of the unknown. When Hagar realizes the proximity of death, she is in denial. She comes to live in a world of memories in the past. She created her own illusion because she cannot understand the weakness coming forth in her, like her tears "the incontinent wetness of the infirm" (pg. 31). All her life, she ... of John. You can see her softening near the end, although she would not admit it. In addition to denial, she reaches a stage of anger and indignance with herself and others in the small world that is her life. She can no longer perform the simplest tasks such as dressing herself or walking down the stairs. It irks her to need help, which is one of the reasons she ...
- 4583: Black Boy
- ... more he was hurt. In Black Boy, Richard is abused by whites because he reminds the whites of their lack of identity and failure to meet society's expectations. Their lives became bland and their world became, "bleak and undeniable." (193) The largeness, the coldness, and squalor of the world to the white racists then and now are mountains of pain that the racists can not scale. Like a motherless child, they feel lost and not cared for by a world with all of those conditions. They lose their individuality and then their self_ esteem. Those whites took the hate and despair that they received, and punished blacks, a weaker race, with harsh discipline. When ...
- 4584: Dyslexia
- Growing, developing and learning are the facts of life for all children. Each day children are faced with many new concepts and various challenges. Can you imagine how it feels for a child to face not only new challenges life has, but to face these challenges while living with a learning disability? These challenges are met not just when they begin school either. Students suffer from learning disabilities from the moment they begin ... learning problems. CEC-Council for Exceptional Children. This organization works to protect the rights of people with special needs. It also works to improve the life of exceptional learners. A college student who wanted the world to understand his frustration he has with reading, wrote this poem: B’s and d’s look the same to me- And so do p’s and q’s. N’s and u’s ...
- 4585: Henry T. Ford
- ... three years he watched the American automobile industry develop. Even though most of the cars still were made by foreign countries, some thirty American manufacturers made 2,500 cars, most of them were based in New England. In 1898 many industries that were making bicycles changed their production form bicycles to automobiles. This kept the factories busy because bicycle productions were going down. Later that year, thirty-six year old Henry Ford was offered a senior and part ownership of a new company, The Detroit Co. Ford quit the Edison Illuminating Company. At the same in Detroit new company emerged the Oldsmobile. The Detroit Automobile Co. failed, because it did not produce any cars, and Henry Ford was forced out of the company by angry investors. Th firm survived, emerging from reorganization ...
- 4586: Fahrenheit 451: Criticizing The Modern World
- Fahrenheit 451: Criticizing The Modern World Ray Bradbury’s satire, Fahrenheit 451, is a novel full of symbols criticizing the modern world. Among those symbols appears The Hound. The Hound’s actions and even its shape are reflections of the society Bradbury has predicted to come. Montag’s world continues on without thought; without any real reason. There is no learning, no growth, and no purpose. “The Mechanical Hound slept but did not sleep, lived but did not live in its gently humming, ...
- 4587: Lillian Hellman
- Comparing Lillian Hellman’s The Children’s Hour and The Little Foxes. Lillian Hellman was a well-known American dramatist who was born in 1905 in New Orleans ("Hellman," 1999). She later moved and attended New York public schools and went on to go to New York University and Columbia University as well. Within the confines of her youth, there had been confusion about her family background (Harmon, 1999). There has always been talk about her parents troubled marriage and ...
- 4588: New Age of Technology
- New Age of Technology Technology and computers are increasing factors in the collision repair industry. With time being a concern for customers in many cases, the work we do has become easier to manage and faster ... because of technology. Over the past ten years, equipment technology has increased our productivity. Today, a computerized management system helps you to quickly process repair orders, job costing, and management reporting. Some examples of this new technology are the Shark, Pro Spot PR-10, Magna Rack III, and HVLP. The first example, the Shark, is a computer driven measuring system designed to be operated electronically. Shark is not a modified mechanical or laser system. This is a totally new measuring system designed to be computer driven using ultrasound technology. Unlike mechanical or laser systems, the beam does not need to be level or parallel when it is placed under the vehicle The intelligence ...
- 4589: Effects Of The Atomic Bomb
- Nuclear / Particle Physics Effects of the Atomic Bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki Ever since the dawn of time man has found new ways of killing each other. The most destructive way of killing people known to man would have to be the atomic bomb. The reason why the atomic bomb is so destructive is that when it ... which causes more energy to be released. If this process is repeated, a self-sustaining chain reaction will occur, and it is this chain reaction that causes the atomic bomb to have its destructive power (World Book, 1990). This chain reaction can be attained in two different ways. The first type of atomic bomb ever used was a gun-type. In this type two subcritical pieces of U-235 are placed ... a high velocity into the first subcritical mass. The resulting combination causes the two subcritical masses to become a supercritical mass. When this supercritical mass is obtained, a rapid self-sustained chain reaction is caused (World Book, 1990). This type of atomic bomb was used on Hiroshima, and given the nickname "Little Boy" after Franklin D. Roosevelt (Outlaw Labs). The second type of atomic bomb is an implosion bomb. In ...
- 4590: Pythagorean Philosophy And Its Influence On Musical Instrume
- ... and music. Revolutionizing music, Pythagoras' findings generated theorems and standards for musical scales, relationships, instruments, and creative formation. Musical scales became defined, and taught. Instrument makers began a precision approach to device construction. Composers developed new attitudes of composition that encompassed a foundation of numeric value in addition to melody. All three approaches were based on Pythagorean philosophy. Thus, Pythagoras' relationship between numbers and music had a profound influence on future ... instrumentation would never be the same again. Furthermore, many composers adapted a mathematical model for music. According to Rowell, Schillinger, a famous composer, and musical teacher of Gershwin, suggested an array of procedures for deriving new scales, rhythms, and structures by applying various mathematical transformations and permutations. His approach was enormously popular, and widely respected. "The influence comes from a Pythagoreanism. Wherever this system has been successfully used, it has been ... musical endeavours. Mathematical music would not have been produced without these theories. Without audibility, consequently, music has no value, unless the relationship between written and performed music is so clearly defined, that it achieves a new sense of mental audibility to the Pythagorean skilled listener.. As clearly stated above, Pythagoras' correlation between music and numbers influenced musical members in every aspect of musical creation. His conceptualization and experimentation molded modern ...
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