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Foundations of the Contemporary World Cemented by the Scientific Revolution

scientific explanation, rather than a divine one, for the way the world works. The changes that came with the Scientific Revoluti...

Sophism and Apology by Plato

In five pages this paper examines Socrates' arguments regarding capital punishment and the sophist foundation that cements them....

Taoism and Lao Tzu

mean "The Way and its Power" (Rasmussen, 2002). The philosophy which would result did so in direct response to a number of social...

Revolutions in Science and Technology

While it is true that Fleming noted the effect of this substance on bacterial growth, the discovery entirely by chance, as Fleming...

Ancient Alchemy and Its Progress

have causes to which they can be traced, the causes in themselves can be classified into four principles of explanation: material...

Overview of Experimental Economics

In five pages the contemporary world's utilization of experimental economics is examined in this overview of its history and varie...

A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway

In five pages this paper examines how war's realities and intrusions have cemented contemporary society's philosophical foundation...

Revolution Concept of Jacques Ellul

In five pages this paper examines Jacques Ellul's concept of revolution within the context of European history from the sixteenth ...

European History and Class Struggles

In five pages changing social class is examined from the time periods of the Scientific Revolution until the Enlightenment and fro...

Scientific Revolutions and the Perspectives of Thomas S. Kuhn

of practitioners" (Davidson, 1997, p. 13). The existing paradigms of the science community, according to Kuhn, are established vi...

Galileo's Impact On The Scientific Revolution

connection between science and religion is not easily attained, inasmuch as science is based in a foundation of undeniable proof, ...

Dicken's Hard Times in the Context of Thomas Kuhn's work

Scientific education is the focus of this paper that considers Kuhn's work on scientific revolutions. Liberal education as appears...

Tragic Elements of Hamlet by William Shakespeare

In five pages this paper analyzes the play's tragic elements and then applies them to the experience of the contemporary world....

Overview of Galileo

want to discuss how Galileo studied religion with great interest and considerable depth. His ongoing quest was not only to determ...

Peter Dear: “Miracles, Experiments and the Ordinary Course of Nature”

the 17th century, a time when religion was a powerful force in society, and when going against church teaching was considered here...

Philosophy of the Montessori Educational Method

of her idiots began passing the same exams as non-retarded children, she started to question the effectiveness of the conventional...

1803's Marbury v. Madison

and his Republicans had just defeated Adams and the Federalists in the 1800 elections" (pp. 400). As a result, a political battleg...

Shalom Concept ni Donal Dorr's Integral Spirituality

spirituality, the personal, the interpersonal and the public. Dorr then presents the relationship between these three categories...

Richard T. LaPiere and 'Not Practicing What You Preach'

basis of the importance of measuring attitude when it comes to society and how people in it behave toward one another (Ellwood, 18...

Manuel Castells' IT Theory Evaluation

internet is the centre of communications and social function for society from social communications to the conducting of commerce....

Modern Applications of Ancient Myths

involvement of magical powers that develop the processes and actions confronting the hero. As a direct result, there is generally...

Sociology According to Max Weber and Emile Durkheim

as external to the individual, but internalized by the individual and not something determined by either biology or psychology. Th...

Early US Political Thought and the Philosophical Foundation Laid by Lockean Theories

In seven pages this paper discusses how the theories of John Locke as presented in his Two Treatises on Government cemented the fo...

Early Italian Fascist Movement and Patriotism

In five pages this paper discusses the exclusion of patriotic sentiments in Italian Fascism, which was cemented mostly upon a foun...

Geographic Soil Perspective and Archaeological Research Implications

Utilizing a soil geomorphic perspective in various types of archaeological research cements the foundation for this paper consisti...

Computer Science Majors and Computers

Core computer curriculum is discussed in six pages as it pertains to a computer scienc major with an emphasis upon getting back to...

Foundation of Democracy Upon Which the United States of America Was Built

In six pages this paper examines the democratic foundation upon which the US has been cemented. Eight sources are cited in the bi...

American Family and a Character Study of Ma Joad in The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck

In five pages this paper examines the Joad family matriarch featured in this classic American novel in a consideration of her role...

Voyages in Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift

In five pages this paper analyzes the Lilliput voyage's significance in terms of cementing the foundation for the other voyages fe...

Art and Healing

increased after self-induced, positive emotional states, but that it almost tripled after the introduction of music. The use of mu...