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- 891: Hume
- ... by mankind, such as the laws of identity and gravity. He views society as being far to liberal in what they consider to be a miracle. He gives the reader four ideas to support his philosophy in defining a true miracle, or the belief in a miracle. These points leads us to believe that there has never been a miraculous event established. Hume's first reason in contradicting a miracle is ...
- 892: Compare Happiness and Life Between D. H. Lawrence's "You Touched Me" and Friedrich Nietzche's "The Use and Abuse of History Taken From The Twilight Of the Idols."
- ... can't explain it well, I will site an extract from The use and abuse of history. [If happiness and the chase for new happiness keep alive in any sense the will to live, no philosophy has perhaps more truth than the cynic's: for beast's happiness, like that of the perfect cynic, is the visible proof of the truth of cynism. The smallest pleasure, if it be only continuous ...
- 893: Practical Cognition
- ... human being. While some of his ideas were not followed to their logical conclusion, nor made sense, the fundamentals of his epistemology contain valuable ideas which can be viewed as furthering pragmatism as a respectable philosophy. His theory of cognition states that cognition is a biological function of the human which is used as a tool for his survival. Marx defines truth in a pragmatic way. The truth value of a ...
- 894: The Enlightenment and the Role of the Philosophes
- ... extreme and radical philosophes--Denis Diderot, Claude Adrien Helvetius, Baron d'Holbach, the Marquis de Condorcet, and Julien Offroy de La Mettrie (1709-51)--advocated a philosophical rationalism deriving its methods from science and natural philosophy that would replace religion as the means of knowing nature and destiny of humanity; these men were materialists, pantheists, or atheists. Other enlightened thinkers, such as Pierre Bayle, Voltaire, David Hume, Jean Le Rond D ...
- 895: H G W B S
- ... today it's at the same place it's always been. There is one such group that I hate, not so much for their appearance, but for their attitude, closed mindedness and opinionated views. The philosophy of this group is very simple: that one must either smoke (narcotics or tobacco) or one must be rich or have the appearance of being rich. All members of this club wear rather expensive clothes ...
- 896: Snowboards
- ... pioneer was Dimitrije Milovich, a surfer from the east coast. He made his invention because of the lack of warm water in the winter. This board also had no bindings, to stick with the surf philosophy, but it included iron edges. In the early seventies Milovich began limited production of these custom boards. Also in 1972, Bob Webber received a patent for his "SkiBoard," another board directly from the surf idea ...
- 897: Negligent Hiring/Retention
- ... fit for the job which he or she applied. Use this opportunity to pursue and resolve any doubts about the applicant . Empolyers who do not conduct a job interview follow a hit and miss employment philosophy. 3) Check the applicant's employment references so that information supplied by the applicant can be confirmed. Base the inquiry on the job applied for. (13) Many of the cases previously discussed address the need ...
- 898: Mining in Space
- ... very poor condition. In particular, it has been criticized for using what has been described as Rneanderthal technology. S Dr. Peterson clearly implied that such criticism is justified, noting that the sooner or later the philosophy of not doing what you canUt make money on today will come back to haunt people. A possible solution to this problem, Dr. Peterson, suggested, is a marriage between mining and aerospace. (As an aside ...
- 899: COMPOSTING AND THE GROCERY INDUSTRY
- ... an annually escalating proportion of manufacturer and retailer wastes. * The recovery, through composting, of an annually escalating proportion of consumer wastes. The grocery industry should make a serious effort to publicize the GICSW's environmental philosophy and actions, and to educate consumers, the general public, the grocery industry and the solid waste community. In all cases, the GICSW recommends extreme caution against overstating any facts, expectations or interpretations. The GICSW recommends ...
- 900: Adolescent Case Study
- ... who often tends to try and force her opinions on her peers. Which in turn, has the opposite effect and more often causes her peers to become distant and antisocial with her. F. Her personal philosophy and ideology is based mainly on her religious beliefs. She believes in the teachings of the bible and that there is one God who controls and oversees the world in which she lives. Therefore, she ...
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