Philosopher G. E. Moore raises a question, “Is a existence a predicate?” as an objection to Anselm’s ontological argument. Moore asserts that God has to have every perfect feature since he is the perfect being. However, Anselm’s argument is false since existence is not a predicate. To prove this argument, Moore establishes an analogy and compares two sentences; tigers growl and tigers exist. Since the word growl is a predicate and makes sense in any usage of it such as all tigers growl, most tigers
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The Collaborative Writing Project (CWP) is a group assignment that is designed to hone students’ oral and written communication skills, as well as their social skills. Students will prepare a formal report, individual memo and an oral presentation (accompanied by a PowerPoint slideshow) on the topic described below. THE TOPIC You and your team of professional accountants have been hired by Mike MacCloud to provide his new business with accounting services. Mr. MacCloud has just decided to create
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Name Course Instructor Date Universal Intellectual Standards Meantime, awakening her roommate who was up late studying and who has no reason to rise for another hour? This violates the intellectual standard of clarity. We do not know any reason as to why the roommate is expected to wake up an hour after. The character fails to elaborate her reasons as to why waking up an hour later would be appropriate for the roommate without even telling if she has a class or even sets her alarm for 9 am
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ASSIGNMENT BRIEF Assignment MBA 401 OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT ACADEMIC YEAR 2011/2012 |Module code and title |MBA 401 Operations Management | |Module tutor |Mr. Quoc Dinh Ngo | |Tutor with responsibility for this Assessment |Mr. Quoc Dinh Ngo
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The Violence Interrupters are cited to have a goal in mind and that is they’re trying to save lives (The Interrupters, 2011). Violence Interrupters take the initiative in interceding before, while, or after an event of violence in order to stem violent behaviour. However, the question lies if these interrupters can be considered credible sources and experts. The documentary “The Interrupters” shows how they constantly impede upon their own purpose by engaging in uncritical arguments and reasoning
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"Critical Thinking Paper — Draft and Self-evaluation 2 (Due Week 9)" Once you have completed a draft which presents and defends your position for your chosen topic, look at your paper and pay careful attention to any arguments that you are using to support your position. (Note: If there are no arguments, then you have not written an argumentative paper!) Self-evaluation •On a separate sheet (not part of the paper), identify the premises and conclusion of each of the arguments in your paper
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ToK Essay Assessment Criteria AUnderstanding knowledge issues | marks | 1-2 | 3-4 | 5-6 | 7-8 | 9-10 | | Treatment of relevant KIs … | very little | some | for the most part | consistently maintained as its focus | consistently maintained as its focus | | AOKs and/or WoKs … | merely mentioned | largely ineffective links | some effective links | effective links and some comparisons | effective links and comparisons are elaborated | | Understanding of KIs … | little understanding | rudimentary
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To be a good listener I have taken it for granted that successful communication means frequently oral interaction with others. I never know listening sometimes is more vital than talking. My English is poor. When I meet some nice and talkative American people, I usually response to them with some quick and short words because I find it is hard to express myself by couples of long sentences smoothly. But it is totally differently when speaking my mother language. Sometimes my friends complained of
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Debate Outcomes Credible sources are always a topic for debate. What is a credible source and what is not a credible source. By definition, credible means “offering reasonable grounds for being believed.” ("Merriam-Webster", 2011) Therefore a credible source is information that is true and believable. One of the sources that we discussed and debated in class is Wikipedia. “Wikipedia is an online open-content collaborative encyclopedia.......” "Wikipedia:general Disclaimer" (2011) So what about Wikipedia
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misfortune and that virtue is sufficient for happiness” (Baltzly). The stoic philosophy was and is still is very popular for many people. The stoics had a particular way of thinking that affected their thoughts on philosophy and life, physical theory, logic, and ethics. It is here where we will explore these concepts, and how they were manifested by stoic philosophers. Stoicism is a school of Hellenistic Philosophy which was founded by Zeno of Citium in the early third century, BCE. The basis for
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