Essays Tagged: "fundamental principle"

Protestant Reformation and Scientific Revolution

the supernatural life. Immeasurable harm was thus created from the religious standpoint. The false fundamental principle of justification by faith alone, taught by the Reformers, produced a regrettab ...

(3 pages) 138 1 3.0 May/2002

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

The Age of Spiritual Machines, by Ray Kurzweil. This report gives a basic summary of a very technical book on A.I.

eeds up.Therefore:-The returns (the valuable products of the process) accelerate.Kurzweil uses this fundamental principle, in addition to others, to justify his many predictions.The next chapter deals ...

(3 pages) 82 0 5.0 Dec/2002

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science > Artificial Intelligence

Describe the general development of financial accounting regulation in the United Kingdom from 1970 to the present day.

nity of investors. As such, it is vital that the profession be properly regulated and monitored.The fundamental principle upon which all UK regulation is based, is that accountants should be constantl ... f 'Statements of Standard Accounting Practice' (SSAP). These statements were designed to act as the fundamental underpinnings of accounting practice in the UK. The statements, whilst mostly accepted a ...

(4 pages) 246 1 3.8 Jan/2003

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Accounting

Review of The Age of Spiritual Machines and Artificial Intelligence.

ime exponentially speeds up and the valuable products of the process accelerate. Kurzweil uses this fundamental principle, in addition to others, to justify his many predictions.The next chapter deals ...

(8 pages) 117 0 2.0 Dec/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science

"Maximilien Robespierre's Beliefs"--does a revolution always have to include terror? also explains robespierre's beliefs

d be based on the combination of the spirit of revolutionary government and democracy. Virtue, the "fundamental principle of the democratic government," was a strong factor of his viewpoint. He thinks ...

(1 pages) 52 1 4.0 Feb/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History

Female Deviance

ased . This is because gender and its associated paradigms of masculinity and femininity lie on the fundamental principle of male superiority and dominance over women within both social and political- ... ve reflects a deterministic view of women's deviance by positing natural or biological qualities as fundamental aspects in female deviation .Feminists argue that although a child may have a biological ...

(9 pages) 410 2 3.5 Feb/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology

Will Kyoto work in a Federal system?

ons to Canada's federal structure of government and the negotiations involved in the structure. The fundamental principle in the federal system is realization that different types of political issues ... ful government. Federalism, Parliamentary government and the charter or rights and freedoms are the fundamental principles of governance in Canada (Jackson, J. Robert, and Doreen Jackson. Canadian Gov ...

(10 pages) 105 0 5.0 Mar/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science

A case for prayer in school

ayer in school would decrease violence in and out of school.The separation of Church and State is a fundamental principle of American government which rests primarily on the Constitution's First Amend ...

(9 pages) 265 0 5.0 Mar/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Persuasive Writing

Lord of the Flies, As a reflection of life

d society depends on the ethical nature of the individual and the force of psychic structure as the fundamental principle of the Natural Man. When read at face value, it can be interpreted as a short ...

(4 pages) 38 0 5.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

The Use of Doubt and Skepticism by Descartes in Order to Defeat Doubt and Skepticism

es was wholly convinced that he could determine all truth through a deduction process from a single fundamental principle. Descartes began by doubting absolutely everything in the hope of arriving at ...

(1 pages) 62 0 0.0 May/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Modern Philosophy

Corporation law

trol the activities of the company. They are subject to both general law and statutory law. It is a fundamental principle of corporate governance that the relationship between a director and the compa ...

(7 pages) 115 0 4.0 Nov/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Accounting

Walt Disney: A Biography

of animals with eight legs, representing the animal running (Chew 29).Without first understanding a fundamental principle of the human eye, true animation cannot be achieved. This principle is the per ...

(8 pages) 91 0 5.0 Jun/2005

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies

'NOH THEATRE' - Drama Essay (Extended Written Response)

orary audiences and performers."...................The Essence of Noh Theatre...................The fundamental principle of Noh theatre can be illustrated using the Zen term 'Yugen' meaning 'beauty t ...

(3 pages) 33 0 5.0 Jul/2005

Subjects: Art Essays > Drama

American government study guide-Some have the answers, some don't.

eory that describes the relationship between the few leaders and the many followers.Majority rule-A fundamental principle of traditional democratic theory. In a democracy, choosing among alternatives ...

(5 pages) 89 0 5.0 Oct/2005

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science

"Ethical axioms are found and tested not very differently from the axioms of science. Truth is what stands the test of time." Critically evaluate this claim.

o govern the way people act. An example would be, "It is wrong to kill," this axiom is self-evident fundamental principle that may be used to assist moral decision making. Scientific axioms are those ...

(7 pages) 23 0 3.0 Oct/2006

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Anthropology

Efficacy of Homeopathy

ns of the same kind, and this to be accomplished by infinitesimally small doses" (McSherry 89). The fundamental principle of homeopathic treatment is the axiom similia similibus curentur, "the like is ...

(8 pages) 66 0 5.0 Feb/2007

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine

Waiting For Godot

e.In Waiting for Godot, Vladimir and Estragon represent the mind/body duality of the human being, a fundamental principle in Western philosophy. Beckett's intention is to demonstrate through these cha ... who is not so much tragic as he is absurd, even ridiculous, because, in his efforts to overcome the fundamental anguish of his existence, he uses faulty equipment, resulting in a series of paradoxes" ...

(6 pages) 11 0 0.0 Nov/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

The Recurring Themes Of Alice In Wonderland

c changes that not only Alice?s body undergoes during adolescence, but everyone else?s as well. The fundamental principle, once again, is adaptability. Alice's physical size changes also evoke a chang ...

(2 pages) 18 0 5.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Poetry

Marc Chagal

it is necessary to look at the evolution of the artistic movements beginning with Primitivism. The fundamental principle of Primitivism is that it draws on art of the past. The painting, The Gypsy Wo ...

(5 pages) 25 0 4.7 Feb/2008

Subjects: Art Essays > Artists

Kant's Categorical Imperative

Kant?s Categorical Imperatives of the Fundamental Principle of Morality In section one of Grounding for the Metaphysics of Morality, Kant ... mmon understanding of morality. In the second section he outlines the Categorical Imperative of the fundamental principle of morality to show that it has a particular form and end to it. Kant uses thi ... g are valid. In this paper I will articulate both Kant?s Categorical Imperative for the form of the fundamental principle of morality as well as it?s end, and I will also discuss whether or not these ...

(5 pages) 76 0 3.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Modern Philosophy