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- 5631: Descartes
- ... that he does, it is helpful to gain an understanding of the intellectual background of the 17th century that provided the motivation for his work. We can discern three distinct influences on Descartes, three conflicting world-views that fought for prominence in his day. The first was what remained of the mediaeval scholastic philosophy, largely based on Aristotelian science and Christian theology. Descartes had been taught according to this outlook during ... time at the Jesuit college La Flech_ and it had an important influence on his work, as we shall see later. The second was the scepticism that had made a sudden impact on the intellectual world, mainly as a reaction to the scholastic outlook. This scepticism was strongly influenced by the work of the Pyrrhonians as handed down from antiquity by Sextus Empiricus, which claimed that, as there is never a ... was the best way to discover what is certain: by applying sceptical doubt to all our beliefs, we can discover which of them are indubitable, and thus form an adequate foundation for knowledge. The third world-view resulted largely from the work of the new scientists; Galileo, Copernicus, Bacon et al. Science had finally begun to assert itself and shake off its dated Aristotelian prejudices. Coherent theories about the world ...
- 5632: Model Train Building And Compu
- The world of Model Train Building has grown greatly with the aid of computers and technology to enhance the fun of building. Technology has long been a part of Model Train building with the adding of lights ... computer brings along a new breed of builders who plan track layout, buy parts on the Internet, receive updated news, and chat with other enthusiast. The most notable difference that computers have brought to the world of Model Train building is in software programming. Now on the market there are numerous different packages of software that enable hobbyist in the “challenge” of real yard operations on a smaller scale. These programs ... novice in train building, it can be said that the influence of computers and technology will continue to grow as computers expand into more aspects of our modern life. “Children are born into a technological world. Their frame of reference is that there’s always technology,” says Chris Byrne of Playthings Marketwatch. “What electronics does is it simply enhances and adds a level of reality to the play experience,” Byrne ...
- 5633: How Technology Effects Modern America
- ... competition, technology, deregulation, the decline of unions and defense cuts – technology is probably the most critical. It has favored the educated and the skilled," says M. B. Zuckerman, editor-in-chief of U.S. News & World Report (7/31/95). Since 1973, wages adjusted for inflation have declined by about a quarter for high school dropouts, by a sixth for high school graduates, and by about 7% for those with some ... under the age of 18. This government policy was conducive to our economic markets, and allowed our country to prosper from 1950 through 1970. Now, our own prosperity has moved us into a highly technical world, that requires highly skilled labor. The natural answer to this problem, is that the U.S. Government's education policy must keep pace with the demands of the highly technical job market. If a middle ... a college diploma, as it was for the children of the 70's to get a high school diploma. This brings me to the issue of our country's political process, in a technologically advanced world. Voting & Poisoned Political Process in The U.S. The advance of mass communication is natural in a technologically advanced society. In our country's short history, we have seen the development of the printing ...
- 5634: Childhood Socialization
- ... whole and be unbiased and open-minded which in turn decreases negative attitudes toward racial, ethnic, and religious groups. People who understand socialization realize that a big part of it is an understanding of the world and the people around them. It is a very important task to teach children the ways of socialization and this job should not be taken lightly. It could be quite a large task and would ... smart and thy can pick-up easily on it. They have to be willing to share every aspect of every element of life. There are many ways in which we can socialize children in the world and teach them culturally unbiased and understanding ways. The first and foremost way in doing so is teaching the children by positive example. They can and will learn from parents, older siblings, teachers, and respected ... differences among them. Bringing children up this way can have very positive effects on their own life, lives around them , and the society around them. Sadly, not all children are brought up to see the world in this culturally unbiased way. If an effort could be made in order to bring children up to be more socialized, the world could be a much better place, and maybe someday we would ...
- 5635: Autobiography on Ernest Hemingway
- ... where he had his first success. The book deals with a group of desultory people in exile from France and Spain-members of the "lost generation", a phrase made famous by Hemingway himself. In post-war years, Hemingway spent most of his time writing books. But, when his first marriage failed, and produced a son, John, he had married Pauline Pfeiffer, who had his next 2 children. Based in Paris, he ... work was all about. Hemingway, started writing short stories, among them was "Men Without Women" in 1927, and "A Farewell to Arms" in 1929. This story ("A Farewell to Arms"), shows a lovestory within a war time setting. Many people believe that Hemingway, did his writing at this period of his life. He once confessed "If I had not been hunting and fishing, I would have probably been writing." (Hemingway 283 ... adventure, and different aspects of it. His love of spain, and his love of bullfighting, led him to write a book called "Death in the Afternoon". During the 1930's, Spain was in a civil war, still having ties in Spain, Hemingway made 4 trips their. He raised money, for a party called the "Loyalists". He wrote a book about it called "The Fifth Column". In this book, the narrator ...
- 5636: Grapes Of Wrath And Jim Casy
- ... for simply being a preacher. Casy and Jesus both saw a common goodness in the average man and saw every person as holy. Both Christ and Casy faced struggles between their ideals versus the real world. (Despite Casy's honesty, goodness, and loyalty to all men, he would not earn a meal or warm place to stay. Although Jesus had many followers, still others opposed his preaching until the very end. ) These prophets attempted to disengage man from the cares of the world and create a high spiritualism that stemmed joy from misery. (All the migrants found pleasures along their trips and kept their hope and spirit throughout the journey. Thanks to Jesus, the saddest, dullest existence has ... don' know what you're a-doin." Jim Casy was similar to Jesus Christ but his personality traits did not end there. Jim Casy's personality is one of the most unprovincial, nonjudgemental in the world. He believed that every one is created equal no matter what their physical differences, political class, or position in the world might be. He shows this by never uttering a hurtful word at anyone, ...
- 5637: Experiencing Cyberspace
- ... cover visual distance. Just as many people do, I refer to the places that I visit as virtual worlds. I like calling them this because I never actually get to see the reality of the "world". I only get to see it electronically and digitally. The feeling that I experience while in cyberspace is knowing that I possess the power to visit any where I want. When I click one of the buttons on the mouse, or what I refer to as a transporter, I feel as though all the power in the world rests at the end of my fingertips. I am in my own sort of fantasy land. Once I land in a desired location, or website, I have the opportunity to click on pictures and words ... don't have five hour conversations using them, but I can let people know what I want to tell them in a short amount of time, which I find extremely handy. Before the ease of world-wide portable phones, there was a different breed of digital communication devices: beepers. Beepers, or pagers as they are commonly called, go hand in hand with cell phones. If a person does not own ...
- 5638: Communication In The Millenium
- ... eyed as our parents and grandparents did so many years ago at the mere hint of an idea of communication beyond the telephone? Can we even begin to comprehend the way communication will change the world; the way it is changing the world as we speak? Or will we just accept it as we go, marveling at the new innovations and technologies briefly, as if something new isn’t new enough for us. One thing when mentioning communication ... a society are already so dependent on these resources that they are becoming more and more mainstream everyday. Everyone from the smallest child to the oldest adult know about logging on to explore a new world where news, ideas, and people are available at the touch of a key or the click of a mouse. There was a time when hardly anyone knew what the internet was. It was an ...
- 5639: Use Of Fairy Tales In Germany Pale Mother
- ... Germany Pale Mother (1979) is the nearly twenty minute long telling of The Robber Bridegroom. The structual purpose of the sequence is a bridge between the marriage of Lene and Hans, who battles at the war’s front, and the decline of the marriage during the post-war period. Symbolically the fairy tale, called the “mad monstrosity in the middle of the film,” by Sanders Brahms (Kaes, 149), offers a diagetic forum for with which to deal with the crimes of Nazi Germany ... is followed by aerial shots of a decimated Berlin and of Hitler’s burning bunker. The diagetic silence of these shots leaves the viewer with a deeply embedied feeling of the death and destruction the war caused. However, the fairy tale does end with a manifestation of denazifcation. The murderers are caught, and sentenced for their crimes. Ironically, in the fairy tale they are brought to justice by their own ...
- 5640: Computer Crime In The 1990's
- ... voice mail account to accept charges for long distance calls, until the authorities catch on, not for a few days, hackers can use voice mail accounts to make free and untraceablecalls to all over the world. The hackers that commit this type of crime are becoming increasingly organized. Known as "call cell operators" they setup flyby night storefronts were people off the street can come in and make long distance calls ... by a computer. The computer is connected to a modem, so are you and all the hackers therefore you too can run the switches. Our generation is the first to travel within cyberspace, a virtual world that exists with all the computers that form the global net. For most people today cyberspace is still a bewildering and alien place. How computers work and how they affect our lives is still a ... Even though this wasn't done deliberately. These are the type of circumstances that give hackers a bad reputation. Today anyone with a computer and a modem can enter millions of computer systems around the world. On the net they say bits have no boundaries this means a hacker half way around the world can steal passwords and credit card numbers, break into computer systems and plant crippling viruses as ...
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