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- 1131: Individual Understanding
- ... understand anything, nor does it explain humans= ability to understand. In criticizing strong AI, Searle creates his famous AChinese Room@ argument: suppose that Searle was locked in a room with a large batch of Chinese writing. Here, Searle knows absolutely no Chinese, but he does understand English fluently. For Searle, AChinese writing is just so many meaningless squiggles@ (355). Then, someone slips under the door another set of Chinese writing, but along with it an English rulebook. The rulebook shows Searle how to simply correlate one Chinese symbol with another, identifying them only by shape and not by meaning. Searle then strings together his ...
- 1132: Jane Eyre 5
- ... didn t carry the same measure of symbols as Jane Eyre and thus didn t produce that same foreshadowing and ironic effect, Bronte drew heavily on her recent experiences in Brussels [seeking] to disguise this personal element by making her narrator-protagonist a man. . . 8 Perhaps not looked at as a symbol or conceived image, a male narrator was created to hide Charlotte s personal emotions of her lifetime experiences thus, in a way it can be a symbol of the need of privacy imagined by Bronte. Charlotte often incorporated motifs from her Angrian tales because they were her symbolic ... aided in her decisions regarding her family, romantic relationships, and career options. As Bronte s life was represented through symbols and images, it was also reflected through the commitment of Crimsworth and Eyre to their personal goals. When Crimsworth came to the epiphany that he loved Frances, he saw that pursuing her was only way to win her. With this knowledge he became the hero as he stayed committed to ...
- 1133: Models Of Political Ideology
- ... these models must be explained. There are five main elements/political philosophies in most American political ideology models: left-liberal, right-conservative, authoritarian, libertarian, and moderate. The first, left-liberals, believe in governing themselves on personal matters, but they want government to control economics. The left-liberals "want government to serve the disadvantaged in the name of fairness. Leftists tolerate social diversity, but work for economic equality" (Libertarian 1). The opposite of the left-liberals is the right-conservatives. This group believes in free-markets with government putting a check on personal freedom. "Right-conservatives prefer self-government on economic issues, but want official standards in personal matters. They want the government to defend the community from threats to its moral fiber" (Libertarian 1). The next group is the libertarians. The libertarians want little government help or control. "Libertarians are self- ...
- 1134: Various Works Of Ee Cummings
- Various Works of EE Cummings Edward Estlin Cummings, famously known as E. E. Cummings, had a very unique way of writing his poetry. The way his poems were written are what many critics admire most. He brushed aside the rules of English and allowed his art to shine through. He lived from 1894 to the year ... gibberish at a glance, but under close inspection are works of a true poet. One of the most famous poems of E. E. Cummings is "l(a". Since he always had a unique way of writing, he also rarely had a title for his poems, thus, the first line would represent his title. In the following poem, one may wonder what is being said. "l(a le af fa ll s ... work may have appealed to a younger audience in the past, but now his poems are cherished by millions. E. E. Cummings and Robert Frost were both very famous during the time of Cummings's writing. One may believe that they both had great works, but E. E. Cummings opened a door to poetry that had rarely been explored before. In the following E. E. Cummings' poem, "insu nli ght", ...
- 1135: Civil War 6
- ... of History at Rowan University, “When men were away fighting in the Civil War, women managed the farms and took on the duties that their husbands once had. Women became individuals during the war” (Carrigan, personal interview). Women did change their lives dramatically from 1861 to 1865, assuming many chores and responsibilities that many thought females could not handle (Carrigan, personal interview). The wives of the plantation owners assumed many responsibilities and single- Clarkson 3 handedly ran the South for four long years. Douglas Grunn, member of the 33rd New Jersey Volunteer Infantry Reenactment Group, said ... the North also played a key role in the results of the Civil War. Many women would sew flags, make bullets, act as field nurses, and administer bandages to aid their husbands and soldiers (Grunn, personal interview). Everyday field nurses would impact the war by saving the lives of soldiers who needed serious and quick medical care. The U.S. Civil War would have resulted differently if it weren’t ...
- 1136: Spoken Words Versus Written Words
- ... with great knowledge from the credibility of the speaker. The speaker would be able to dictate using his genuine knowledge to pass on his own beliefs. Socrates thinks that speaking is a more noble than writing because, the speaker can defend his own words. As for written words, they can only read by the reader and if the reader were to question the words, the written language can only say “the ... thing, over, and over forever”. The written words cannot defend it self as well as if it were to be spoken. Therefore led Socrates to his conclusions that speaking is a more noble activity than writing. Speaking gives the listener a sense of trust. The speaker knows which audience to speak to and not to speak to. The opportunities that speaking offers us that writing can’t do is telling the listener about the events that happen during the present time, censorship, and trust from the credibility of the speaker. Through today’s technology more and more information is ...
- 1137: The Meaning of Abortion
- ... s choice, abortion should be banned because its immoral and life begins at conception. Abortion is the choice of a women whether or not she want's to receive one. Under the 14th Amendment's "personal liberty" women are given the right to receive an abortion. The 14th Amendment's concept of "personal liberty" and restrictions on state action is enough to allow a women's decision whether or not to terminate her pregnancy. The right to choose to have an abortion is so personal and essential to women's lives that without this right women cannot exercise other fundamental rights and liberties guaranteed by the Constitution (Paltrow 72). The state can't interfere in the private lives of ...
- 1138: Kurt Vonnegut And Slaughter-Ho
- ... simply never unlearned junior civics. I still believe in it." Along with instilling Vonnegut with a strong sense of ideals and pacifism, his time in Indianapolis's schools started him on the path to a writing career. Attending Shortridge High School from 1936 to 1940, Vonnegut during his junior and senior years edited the Tuesday edition of the school's daily newspaper, The Shortridge High School Echo. His duties with the ... write better than a lot of other people. Each person has something he can do easily and can't imagine why everybody else has so much trouble doing it." In his case that something was writing. Looking back on his school days, Vonnegut felt lucky to have been born in Indianapolis. "That city," he writes in his collection Fates Worse Than Death, "gave me a free primary and secondary education richer ... him as a writer that the studied the physical sciences instead of English. Because he wrote for his own amusement, there were no English professors to tell him for his own good how bad his writing might be or one with the power to order him what to read. Consequently, both reading and writing have been "pure pleasure" for the Hoosier author. To the young Vonnegut, Cornell itself was a " ...
- 1139: John Grisham
- ... Grisham became a world famous writer with his book The Firm. Although he never wanted to be a writer, he has now written over nine books, many of them best- sellers (Arnold 29). Examining his writing will show why John Grisham quit his previous job as a lawyer. I will start by telling about his childhood, education, family, then on to his career. John Grisham led a mostly normal childhood. Grisham ... Grisham was elected to the State Senate, but again found himself in a field he disliked. Shortly before his second term, Grisham resigned his seat and decided to try something he never had dreamed about, writing (Hubbard 44). Meanwhile during all this Grisham was still a lawyer. Grisham's inspiration for writing hit him one day when he never expected it. One day at the De Soto County courthouse, Grisham listened to the testimony of a 12-year-old rape victim. Grisham wondered what it would ...
- 1140: Cable Modems and ADSL
- ... and provide rates as high as 9 Mbps. Both technologies address the large markets for Internet access, remote LAN access for work at home and telecommuting, and network access for the hundreds of millions of personal computers in place today and to be sold over the next ten years. Cable modems may offer more raw speed than ADSL, but that advantage is compromised by inevitable reductions in available cable modem speed ... other users; as more users join a line, the capacity available to any one inevitably drops. The top speeds of both technologies will not be usable for years anyway. Internet server speeds, network delays, and personal computer limitations will hold usable rates at or below 2 Mbps for some time. ADSL offers higher security and reliability profiles. Both technologies are at about the same state of maturity and integration. Cable modems ... order of 20 to 1, and will not likely get better for CATV suppliers than 3 to 1 over the next five or six years. The end of 1997 will have sold two hundred million personal computers. At present run rates, another 240 million will be added by 2001 as PCs start to approach the global population of televisions. Small offices and residences will absorb at least 25% of them, ...
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