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  • The Science, Philosophy and Religion of Matter

    The Science, Philosophy and Religion of Matter

    The Science, Philosophy and Religion of Matter What exactly is matter, it is not an every day question that one asks one's own self. When looked at there are many different views on this subject, however because of the numerous numbers of different views, it is only possible to look at three of the discourses. The three discourses of matter to be looked at are; the Religious, Scientific, and Philosophical. Each discourse has evolved through

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    Essay Length: 950 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: December 13, 2009 By: Fatih
  • Revolutionary Ethical Philosophies

    Revolutionary Ethical Philosophies

    In many ways, Buddhism, Confucianism, Christianity and the Socratic method all share common roots in humanism, and a general dissatisfaction with the religion or philosophy that came before them. They all are revolutionary evolutions of the previous way of thought, applying new meanings for traditional concepts. All four are humanist ethical traditions, in the sense that they allow “salvation” to be available to everyone, through one's own effort. In the Socratic dialogue, all that is

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    Submitted: December 13, 2009 By: Victor
  • C ++ Language

    C ++ Language

    C++ Programming Language C++ is a universal programming language, which considerably eases and comforts the work of a professional programmer. Roundly, C++ is an enhancement of C programming language: C++ offers flexible and effective tools of determination of new data types, which help programmer to split up his work into a number of easily controlled parts. Custom data types can be composed into some objects (called classes), specified by the programmer. Such objects are simple

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    Essay Length: 646 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: December 13, 2009 By: July
  • The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics in the Natural Sciences

    The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics in the Natural Sciences

    THERE IS A story about two friends, who were classmates in high school, talking about their jobs. One of them became a statistician and was working on population trends. He showed a reprint to his former classmate. The reprint started, as usual, with the Gaussian distribution and the statistician explained to his former classmate the meaning of the symbols for the actual population, for the average population, and so on. His classmate was a bit

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    Essay Length: 6,320 Words / 26 Pages
    Submitted: December 13, 2009 By: Vika
  • Language

    Language

    Language is one of the most important areas of human development. Our communication skills set us apart from the rest of the animal kingdom, and they're also what bring us together with each other. Even though we are born without being able to speak, we all have some form of language from birth. If we didn’t posses any communication, we would be unable to express the emotional and moral aspects of our souls. Many people

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    Essay Length: 407 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: December 13, 2009 By: Tasha
  • Educational Philosophy

    Educational Philosophy

    Educational Philosophy Susan M. Edwards University of Phoenix MTE 501 The Art and Science of Teaching MACK0740H3 Mrs. Mary Vanderpool July 14, 2007 Educational Philosophy In today’s society education is a valuable commodity that is sometimes taken for granted. Schools focus their attention on students for the purpose of preparing them for what lies ahead. This, however, is not always an easy task because everyone learns differently and views about education vary. Michael de Montaigne,

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    Essay Length: 1,228 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: December 14, 2009 By: July
  • Language in "julius Caesar"

    Language in "julius Caesar"

    The tragedy of William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar is driven forth by the actions of those who have been manipulated by the sly language of Cassius, Brutus, Antony, and others. Titinuis stating “Alas, though hast misconstrued everything” sums up the play best because a few misleading remarks by Cassius, Antony, Decius, and Brutus led to the deaths of Julius Caesar, 100 Roman senators, and Cassius, Titinius, Portia, Brutus, and lets not forget poor Cinna the Poet.

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    Essay Length: 342 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: December 14, 2009 By: Venidikt
  • My Philosophy of Life

    My Philosophy of Life

    My Personal Philosophy of life. Philosophy of life will be different between each person. A persons philosophy will vary depending on ones life experience. I believe that no two people will have seen life in the same way. There would be many people that have similar philosophy on life but none of them would be exactly the same. I will share my ideas and thoughts on what is my philosophy of life. The way have

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    Essay Length: 562 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: December 16, 2009 By: Fonta
  • Unified Modeling Language

    Unified Modeling Language

    The Unified Modeling language (UML) was released by the Object Management Group (OMG) in the effort to provide a standardized design language to build and develop computer applications. The purpose of the design language is to allow IT professionals to distribute system structure and design plans in a comprehensible graphical manner, similar to blueprints of a building. Modeling is an important part of software projects, large and small. With modeling, the software development team are

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    Essay Length: 518 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: December 16, 2009 By: Stenly
  • A World Without Mathematics

    A World Without Mathematics

    According to teachers for as long as any can remember, one cannot survive in this world without mathematics, yet thousands in the United States alone cannot grasp mathematics, cannot learn mathematics because of “Dyscalculia” (also called Dyscalcula). Dyscalculia is a term meaning "specific learning disability in mathematics." People who suffer with a poor memory for all things mathematical have many other symptoms and characteristics. Taken as a whole, these coexisting conditions comprise what is termed

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    Essay Length: 900 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: December 17, 2009 By: Edward
  • Philosophy

    Philosophy

    Philosophy "Theories of Connectivity" paints a picture of our tomorrow. It names some of the advancements that we have made in technological areas. Everyday computer companies and universities are devising ways to insert computer systems into every facet of our lives. They have made GPS systems for our cars, palm pilots for easy Internet access, and digital jewelery for easy communication and information storage. We are in an age of network. "The average American house

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    Submitted: December 17, 2009 By: July
  • The Power of Language

    The Power of Language

    The Power of Language Of all possible human qualities, the one that wields the most power is the ability to use, understand and communicate effectively through language. A proficient use of language allows us to clearly communicate an exact idea from one person to another person or group of people. This precise science of being able to convey exactly what you want equates to the acquisition of power. An important link between language and power

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    Submitted: December 18, 2009 By: Monika
  • How Does Steinbeck's Distinctive Use of Language/ Structure/ Imagery Contribute to the Themes in of Mice and Men?

    How Does Steinbeck's Distinctive Use of Language/ Structure/ Imagery Contribute to the Themes in of Mice and Men?

    How does Steinbeck’s distinctive use of language/ structure/ imagery contribute to the themes in Of Mice And Men? The overriding themes in Of Mice And Men are those of the American dream and the theme of friendship and loyalty between the characters, especially between George and Lennie. The fragility of these dreams is what Of Mice And Men is based around. These themes and relationships are shown throughout the book in a number of ways

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    Submitted: December 18, 2009 By: Tasha
  • Unified Modeling Language

    Unified Modeling Language

    Unified Modeling Language (UML) is a non-proprietary, third generation modeling and specification language. The use of UML is not only for software modeling. It can also be used for modeling hardware (engineering systems) and is used for business process modeling and organizational structure modeling. The UML is an open method used to specify, visualize, construct and document the artifacts of an object-oriented software-intensive system under development. The UML represents a compilation of best engineering practices

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    Essay Length: 411 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: December 18, 2009 By: Vika
  • The Value of Philosophy

    The Value of Philosophy

    The Value of Philosophy Bertrand Russell In Bertrand Russell’s The Value of Philosophy Russell explains the importance of studying philosophy and why it must be done. Russell stresses the fact that philosophical questions are necessary for mankind to be liberated. Russell explains the value of philosophy to our lives. Russell also explains that philosophy like other areas of study is about knowledge; and the problem with that. Russell concludes his essay with explaining to us

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    Submitted: December 19, 2009 By: Stenly
  • Language Attitudes

    Language Attitudes

    An interview on language attitude and background of a particular person is very unique and interesting. For this interview, I interviewed Jason Wong because there is a big contrast in language background between us since I grew up in a rural city in China while he grew up in an urban city. Jason is a multilingual man from Hong Kong who learned Cantonese and English at school in Hong Kong. Indeed, his mother influenced him

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    Submitted: December 19, 2009 By: Jack
  • Speak the Language: A Global Analysis

    Speak the Language: A Global Analysis

    Speak the Language: A Global Analysis Alyssa Marshall MGT /448: Global Business Strategies Speak the Language Global Analysis “Globalization and immigration have transformed today's business world. Many organizations are looking for solutions to improve communication between the established corporate culture and the new multicultural workforce” (Cross Cultural Consulting and Training, para. 1). Since its beginnings in 1986, Speak the Language focused mainly on foreign companies operating in the United States. Since then the company has

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    Essay Length: 507 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: December 19, 2009 By: Janna
  • Body Language

    Body Language

    The recent observation of how men and women relate to each other was really fascinating as it was obvious to notice the ‘affliative and power cues’ that Janet Mills speaks off in Body Language Speaks Louder Than Words. Although body language can be clearly differentiated between the two sexes, whilst conducting the observation, I noticed that there is other categories that also have a certain behavioral patterns particular to that category. I conducted my observation

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    Submitted: December 19, 2009 By: Fonta
  • Apes and Language

    Apes and Language

    Apes and Language: A Review of the Literature By Karen Shaw For Professor Dyer’s Class March 2, 2005 Over the past 30 years researchers have demonstrated that the great apes (chimpanzees gorillas and orangutans) resemble humans in language abilities more than had been thought possible. Just how far that resemblance extends however has been a matter of some controversy. Researchers agree that the apes have acquired fairly large vocabularies in American Sign Language and

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    Submitted: December 20, 2009 By: Fatih
  • Philosophy of Truth

    Philosophy of Truth

    There are many theories on the meaning of truth, and with those theories come beliefs and questions as to why one is more adequate than the others. The theory that I will discuss as the most adequate is the correspondence theory. Honestly, I don't possess the capabilities to fully determine the most sufficient theory of truth. I do, however, have empirical evidence and solid reasoning to support the correspondence theory. There are many valid arguments

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    Submitted: December 20, 2009 By: July
  • Educational Philosophy

    Educational Philosophy

    Philosophy 2 What is philosophy? According to the book, Foundations of Education, philosophies are fully developed bodies of thought each representing a generalized worldview (Ornstein & Levine, 2003). Many people have their own philosophies and worldviews so it is hard to say that everyone has the same educational philosophies. I never fully understood what a philosophy was or even acknowledged the fact that every teacher has a hidden philosophy behind their teaching strategies. My instructors

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    Submitted: December 20, 2009 By: David
  • Teaching Philosophy

    Teaching Philosophy

    Teaching Philosophy My entire life teachers have played a critical role in my intellectual, academic, emotional, and personal development. From elementary, high school, to graduate school, teachers have shaped my sense of self and my conception of the world around me. Through positive or negative experiences, I believe education has the power to vastly shape and shift an individual’s life. I have seen this in my own experience. I believe a school, its staff, and

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    Submitted: December 21, 2009 By: Mike
  • Philosophy of Self

    Philosophy of Self

    ? How are you different now than you were in the beginning of the semester? How has this class and your experience in it influenced those changes? When I first choose this course I had spoken with Dr. Chapman who had originally be scheduled to teach it. I was expecting a class similar to the ones I've had with her before. However, when there was a new teacher teaching it I was a little apprehensive,

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    Submitted: December 22, 2009 By: Fonta
  • An Examination into the View of Perception (pratyaksa) According the Nyaya School of Philosophy.

    An Examination into the View of Perception (pratyaksa) According the Nyaya School of Philosophy.

    Perception as a pramana or method of knowledge has not been discussed at length in Western logic. In so far as it has been discussed, it has created a divide amongst the realists, the idealists and the empiricists. Many schools of Indian philosophy have taken up a critical examination of perception as a means of gaining valid knowledge. The Nyaya is one of them. According to the Nyaya school of philosophy, valid knowledge or prama

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    Submitted: December 23, 2009 By: Jon
  • Measurement - Mathematic Reform

    Measurement - Mathematic Reform

    Part A: Content Goals for Measurement in Grades 3-5 Most students enter grade 3 with enthusiasm for, and interest in, learning mathematics. In fact, nearly three-quarters of U.S. fourth graders report liking mathematics (NCTM, 143). This can be a very critical time in keeping children interested in what they are learning. If the work turns too monotonous and uninteresting it can have a negative effect on their perceptions of the subject later in life. If

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    Submitted: December 23, 2009 By: Monika

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