Philosophy
- Modern Mencken
Tomorrow is Mencken day at the Enoch Pratt Library, honoring one of the great intellects of Baltimore. Who would be the modern day version of H.L. Mencken? Is there a writer who is smart, ascerbic, conservative, and wry? P.J. O'Rourke? ...
- Fricking Fracking Fixtures
Two questions from Michael Schmidt. First, "Frack" a suitable substitute for the expletive "fuck," and "frickin'" (or "frikkin'") is a suitable substitute for the participle "fuckin'". Why, then, is "frick" rarely used as a substitute...
- Can You Really Own A Position?
I've been thinking about the use of the verb to own with respect to an intellectual view. When a student is being wishy-washy about a proposition he or she is arguing for and clearly believes, I'll tell the student to "own the position." ...
- Historians, Archaeologists, And Scientists
Are historians scientists? They frame hypotheses about the causes and effects of real events and use empirical evidence to support their accounts. But they don't do not look for regularities to make into laws; to the contrary, they account...
- Week Three: Biological Philosophy
TEXT: DARWIN'S DNA Natural selection works because of variations among organic life. The variations allow humans to have advantages over others. For example, during flu season, thousands of people die from flu symptoms. However, thousands of others...
Philosophy
MIDTERM
MIDTERM EXAMINATION FOR INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY
ONLINE COURSE
Professor David Christopher Lane
Directions: Place all of your answers on your personal website. Then send a link to your midterm to your teacher at [email protected]. Best to write them in essay format and feel most free to add embedded pictures, links, charts, graphs, or anything that you feel augments your answers.
TEST IS DUE: JANUARY 30TH by 11 p.m.
ESSAY QUESTIONS
As you write your responses, make sure that they are well crafted. Take time
with them and add whatever visuals you think may help the flow of your arguments
or narratives. The length for each answer can vary from 2 pages (minimum) to
hundreds of pages?.. The sky is the limit.
YOUR NAME: Domonique Brown
As you write your responses, make sure that they are well crafted. Take time
with them and add whatever visuals you think may help the flow of your arguments
or narratives. The length for each answer can vary from 2 pages (minimum) to
hundreds of pages?.. The sky is the limit.
YOUR NAME: Domonique Brown
YOUR USERNAME (if you use one): http://mcdomo.blogspot.com/
9. LIST ANY EXTRA CREDIT YOU MAY HAVE DONE.
EXTRA CREDIT: THE FAITH OF PHYSICAL CAUSES
Mutations exist. For example, bacterial infections are from tiny organisms mutating into virulent forms.There is evidence of evolution by natural selection.One evidence of evolution is the extinction of the short neck giraffes. The long neck giraffes survived through natural selection because they were advantaged .
If you reject evolution, you do not fully understand what is going on in this world. As the text states you might as well suggest that "there is no evidence for gravity existing or that our planet doesn't orbit the sun."
EXTRA CREDIT: THE FAITH OF PHYSICAL CAUSES
Mutations exist. For example, bacterial infections are from tiny organisms mutating into virulent forms.There is evidence of evolution by natural selection.One evidence of evolution is the extinction of the short neck giraffes. The long neck giraffes survived through natural selection because they were advantaged .
If you reject evolution, you do not fully understand what is going on in this world. As the text states you might as well suggest that "there is no evidence for gravity existing or that our planet doesn't orbit the sun."
10. Do you have any questions for your professor?
1. Can you give the students individual feedback on how we are doing so far in the class, so we can improve before the final? I been having trouble knowing if I am actually doing my assignments correctly.
- Modern Mencken
Tomorrow is Mencken day at the Enoch Pratt Library, honoring one of the great intellects of Baltimore. Who would be the modern day version of H.L. Mencken? Is there a writer who is smart, ascerbic, conservative, and wry? P.J. O'Rourke? ...
- Fricking Fracking Fixtures
Two questions from Michael Schmidt. First, "Frack" a suitable substitute for the expletive "fuck," and "frickin'" (or "frikkin'") is a suitable substitute for the participle "fuckin'". Why, then, is "frick" rarely used as a substitute...
- Can You Really Own A Position?
I've been thinking about the use of the verb to own with respect to an intellectual view. When a student is being wishy-washy about a proposition he or she is arguing for and clearly believes, I'll tell the student to "own the position." ...
- Historians, Archaeologists, And Scientists
Are historians scientists? They frame hypotheses about the causes and effects of real events and use empirical evidence to support their accounts. But they don't do not look for regularities to make into laws; to the contrary, they account...
- Week Three: Biological Philosophy
TEXT: DARWIN'S DNA Natural selection works because of variations among organic life. The variations allow humans to have advantages over others. For example, during flu season, thousands of people die from flu symptoms. However, thousands of others...