Essays Tagged: "premises"

Campus Secuirty and your rights paper for a cj class

different strategies were used by the police: arresting the suspect, ordering the suspect from the premises for 24 hours, and trying to restore order (Berk, 1992). Lawrence W. Sherman and Douglas A. ...

(7 pages) 91 0 3.1 Apr/2002

Subjects: Law & Government Essays

The Motionless Arrow, Aristotle's thoughts on Zeno's Arrow Paradox

ter, Aristotle interprets Zeno's argument of the Flying Arrow as 'missing the mark'. There are four premises for this argument, and in Aristotle's opinion, premise three can be rejected. He does not b ... roves with laws of science. However, by evaluating the falsity of premise three, you will find that premises one and two are also false. Almost all opinions can be argued, however, and by evaluating t ...

(4 pages) 61 1 4.3 Feb/1997

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Classical Philosophy

Do culture and individual beliefs affect logical thinking? If so, how do they influence the conclusions we reach?

is strictly followed, logical thinking cannot be affected by any outside influences as long as the premises are truly valid. For example the syllogism:All mammals are warm blooded.Whales are mammals. ... s often fallacious because of stereotypes, cultural taboos, and/or prejudices. Because of this, the premises used in reasoning are not always truly valid but are accepted as valid. This is what influe ...

(6 pages) 339 0 3.6 Dec/1995

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy

Does an Arrest Deter Crime?. Refers to the article in the American Sociological Review. Lawrence W. Sherman and Douglas A. Smith

different strategies were used by the police: arresting the suspect, ordering the suspect from the premises for 24 hours, and trying to restore order (Berk, 1992). Lawrence W. Sherman and Douglas A. ...

(7 pages) 134 0 3.4 Oct/1996

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law

Handguns - vital weapons or deadly killers?

to 5million. There are 60 to 65 million legal owners of one or more guns.1 There is a firearmon the premises of more than half the households in America. Most of them keep guns forprotection. The othe ... to 5million. There are 60 to 65 million legal owners of one or more guns.1 There is a firearmon the premises of more than half the households in America. Most of them keep guns forprotection. The othe ...

(19 pages) 257 1 4.8 Feb/1996

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law

Oklahoma City Bombing

other people were confirmed dead, 17 of them were infants and children in a day care center on the premises, and hundreds more are injured. Federal officials believed the bomb was set off in a car pa ...

(3 pages) 138 0 4.6 Mar/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science

Democracy in Ecuador

ee and quality. Confusion often arises in discussion about democracy. This stems from the different premises people have in mind when they use the term. In my opinion, most people fail to specify thei ... le have in mind when they use the term. In my opinion, most people fail to specify their underlying premises, and we often incorporate into our sense of democracy disparate factors that may or may not ...

(7 pages) 69 0 3.0 Dec/1994

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science

This essay is a compare and contrast essay. It deals with Flannery O'conners "Good Country People" and Steinbecks "The Chrysanthemums".

k's "The Chrysanthemums", the fence symbolizes Elisa's boundary, in which she is trapped within its premises. The fence being created by man symbolizes the boundary between man and woman, where inside ...

(4 pages) 108 0 4.6 Nov/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors

Cigarettes & Alcohol are Suckering in Children

e has already been a law passed making it illegal to advertise cigarette and alcohol near or on the premises of schools. Even though a law has been passed, there are still the same old billboards that ...

(2 pages) 58 0 5.0 Nov/2002

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine

A response to John Wisdoms article, "Gods"

aw of gravity can. It cannot be proven through a scientific experiment, or deduced through a set of premises. Science has dominated our acceptance of "facts" for many centuries, which has resulted in ...

(8 pages) 31 0 3.7 Nov/2002

Subjects: Humanities Essays

Meditation three of Descartes

s paper I'll reconstruct Descartes argument and evaluate its validity based on the soundness of its premises. Descartes' proof for the existence of god is: 1.) I think, therefore I am. 2.) I can not b ... e idea of god. Another way to put this is to say that you can't derive the infinite from the finite.Premises number four shows that we all have an idea of perfection (i.e. god). The concept of god as ...

(5 pages) 104 0 3.7 Dec/2002

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Modern Philosophy

Who was the "Boston strangler"? Discusses the unsolved case.

omen's homes so easily, "He would spend little time targeting his victims, gaining admission to the premises under the guise of being an official authorized to carry out business in the unsuspecting v ...

(4 pages) 70 0 5.0 Dec/2002

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Cases

Argument against William Rowe's article on the problem of evil to prove that an omni-x God does exist

suffering. His argument against the existence of an all powerful and loving god is set out in three premises:1.There exist instances of intense suffering which an omnipotent, omniscient being could ha ...

(6 pages) 105 0 4.8 Mar/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy

Is seeing believing?

, God does not exist". The conclusion of this argument is the proposition "God does not exist". The premises are "All knowledge comes from sensory impressions" and "There are no sensory impressions of ... is convincing. However, the first premise is not persuasive. A deductive argument is sound when its premises are true and the conclusion is valid. A valid deductive argument is that, whose conclusion ...

(3 pages) 105 0 4.0 Apr/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith

Rogerian argument as to why we as U.S. citizens need better clarification of the probable cause definition surrounding search and seizure laws.

my shotgun in the police sought and obtained a search warrant targeting any and all firearms on my premises.This is why I am going to attempt to argue why we as United States citizens need clarificat ... ould lead a person of reasonable caution to believe that something connected with a crime is on the premises of a person or on the person themselves"(Probable Cause 1)."Once again we have more vague t ...

(4 pages) 165 2 4.0 May/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Government

Gun Control.

fatal consequences. Criminals will not be discouraged from using guns without stricter regulations.(Premises) Guns, are far more lethal than knives or baseball bats, especially in the wrong hands or i ... quent paragraphs, one for each premise, you muststate the evidence you have for believing that your premises are true: )There have been cases where people have shot a colleague, school mateor spouse f ...

(8 pages) 346 0 5.0 May/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Military & International Conflicts & Security

Over Simplification of Women.

y, they also corrupt by their desire for power, love for competition, and want for achievements.The premises of John Gray's essay were set many years ago when all men lived on Mars and all women lived ...

(4 pages) 43 0 3.4 May/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

"Theory is created at the expense of Art". Does this statement present an accurate description of the central claim advanced by Nietzsche's Birth of Tragedy?

certainly a clearly discernable assertion made by Nietzsche. That said there are a myriad of other premises and claims within Birth of Tragedy that cannot simply be ignored. Moreover, our difficultie ... consider and take in to account; the intent of the author in publishing this work, the discernable premises and meanings inherent in its style and construction beyond the actual words and its subsequ ...

(10 pages) 80 0 3.0 Jun/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

When is war justified?

m would be assessed to determine an appropriate response. After a decision has been make from those premises, war could morally be justified and action should be taken. However, indirect aggression is ...

(3 pages) 85 1 4.7 Jun/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science

How does the film "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest" explore rebellion?

e story of patients at a mental institution, and explores some strange incidents which occur on the premises, the maintenance of power achieved by the authorities, and the acts of rebellion that inevi ...

(3 pages) 64 1 4.1 Aug/2003

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies