Essays Tagged: "Objection"

Good God!

But theworld may never know, for the fools that are blinded with salvation still wanderin oblivion.Objection number one is that, can one actually prove the "existence" ofGod? How can one experience d ...

(3 pages) 76 0 2.7 Nov/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith

Journal Review - Incoherence of the moral "ought", an analysis of a paper by Elizabeth Anscombe entitled, 'Modern Moral Philosophy.'

parts. Part one summarizes Elizabeth Anscombe's research according to her second thesis. Anscombe's objection is to limit the use of such words as 'ought,' 'should,' 'needs' and 'most.' She asserts th ... ,' 'needs' and 'most.' She asserts that there are two uses for such words, being either ordinary or objectionable. In the ordinary sense of the specific case, 'ought,' the word is indispensable. The m ...

(3 pages) 73 0 3.7 Nov/1995

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Comparative Philosophy & Ethics

Achebe's "An Image of Africa : Racism in Conrad's Heart of Darkness"

Conrad's Heart of Darkness" (The Massachusetts Review, 18 (1977) : 782 - 94) expresses a passionate objection to Conrad's point of view and portrayal of Africa and Africans in his novel Heart of Darkn ...

(12 pages) 253 0 3.4 Mar/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors

William Wordsworth View of How "The World is Too Much With Us".

changes the world, however, a poet, William Wordsworth objects to this new change. He expresses his objection in the poem, "The World is Too Much With Us." In this poem, Wordsworth describes his inner ...

(2 pages) 160 0 4.3 Apr/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry

Intolerence.

Intolerance can only be defined as a beings unjustified objection to accept the views, beliefs, and/or behaviours of others. In other words racism, sexism o ...

(2 pages) 42 2 3.0 Aug/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

An Intelligent Debate.

re are obvious flaws inthis view if one takes into account atalking parrot, for example. To suchand objection Descartes would respondwith the simple argument that theparrot has no language, but is sim ...

(2 pages) 55 0 4.0 Oct/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy

Analysis of "The Oval Portrait" by Edgar Allen Poe.

er doom. As the painting matured, her health and spirits declined and yet she remained and, without objection, she continued to sit for him. His passions increase and after many weeks, as the painting ...

(4 pages) 53 0 0.0 Oct/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors > Edgar Allan Poe

"In What ways and to what extent were the lives of the British people affected by the first world war?"

any invaded Poland and during this war many things took place such as recruitment, conscription and objection, propaganda which is where people were influenced by the things around them, shortages and ...

(5 pages) 37 0 5.0 Nov/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers

"Hard Determinism" two ojections and one responce!! how does hard determinism over come the free will and determinism argument!!

viable position with respect to the free will and determinism debate. I will consider W.T. Stace's objection concerning the semantic problem, which is explaining what the real sense of the word" free ... he semantic problem, which is explaining what the real sense of the word" free will" means, and the objection raised by the libertarians, which is how can a person want things and the wanting just com ...

(5 pages) 184 0 5.0 Dec/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy

Double Doctor.

ning, if the cold was worse. I wasn't really givin much of a choice, but I was too tiredto make any objection.The next morning, my mom made an appointment to see the family doctor. At teno'clock we pu ...

(2 pages) 22 0 0.0 Jan/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

The Court Case Of Mary Maloney A continuation of Roald Dahl's Lamb to the Slaughter

that she is a cold-blooded killer.Mary Maloney pretends to cry upon hearing that.Defending Lawyer: Objection! No one is guilty until proven so in front of the court of law. Besides, the supposed weap ... ty until proven so in front of the court of law. Besides, the supposed weapon was never foundJudge: Objection sustained but, defendant, please control your emotions.Defending lawyer: Today, my client ...

(4 pages) 40 0 0.0 Feb/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

This talkes about the difference between chapters 3 and 4 and 9 and 10 in the book Adam, Eve and The Serpent. This is for a class called Western Civilization

. Augustine belief that Adam's original sin somehow morally corrupted Adam and his descendants. One objection is that if Adam had this much influence, Adam would be like a God. Likewise, Pagels emphas ...

(7 pages) 51 0 4.0 Feb/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History

History of Philosophy Meno's Paradox

nitions. But how does he know when he has succeeded in finding the right definition? Meno raises an objection to the entire definitional search in the form of (what has been called) "Meno's Paradox," ... the form of (what has been called) "Meno's Paradox," or "The Paradox of Inquiry" (Meno 80d-e).2. An Objection to Inquiry1. The argument reformulated:1. If you know what you're looking for, inquiry is ...

(4 pages) 88 1 3.0 Feb/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy

The Dangers of Objectification

ms are used to classify an individual according to his moral philosophy. Nietzsche has an important objection to these simplistic definitions. "Shall we still speak this way today? May we do so?" (Nie ...

(3 pages) 32 0 5.0 Mar/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Nature of the Industrial Revolution

Nature of the Industrial RevolutionThere has been much objection to the term because the word revolution suggests sudden, violent, unparalleled change, whe ...

(4 pages) 76 0 3.0 Jun/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

The Glass Menagerie Write an essay on Jim, and how he influences the characters in the play.

t popular boy, like Amanda and Thomas do. Jim is shown as an insensitive man, yet polite. He has no objection in facing reality; when he is alone with Laura, he directly tells her she suffers of an "i ...

(5 pages) 49 1 5.0 Jun/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

"Why does Searle think that the Chinese Room thought experiment shows that the Turing Test is invalid, strong AI false? Can a computer or robot possess understanding and intelligence?"

s essay I shall argue how Searle quite effectively illustrates his argument, as well as raising the objections to his argument. I shall conclude that Searle's objection to Artificial Intelligence rest ... result in meaningful thoughts and actions demonstrating understanding.To this Searle makes the same objection as to the Functionalist reply, all processing inside the robot is still just syntactic pro ...

(6 pages) 73 0 4.5 Nov/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy

A critical analysis of the three petitions Moliere wrote to King Louis to persuade him to lift the ban of Tartuffe

y the public. The play pleased the King, but he banned it from public performance because of strong objection by officials of the Catholic Church.Moliere protested that the play get permission for a p ...

(2 pages) 30 0 5.0 Jan/2005

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

When does Mill allow (and even invite) the encroachment of the state on personal liberty?

tter idea of what is good for them than the government or any one else for that matter. Mill has no objection to governments interfering to prevent citizens from harming each other; indeed he believes ...

(8 pages) 42 0 3.0 Feb/2005

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science > Political Theory

Q: Why on earth did Chamberlain's policy change from 1938 to 1939?

ent. This drove many people in England against Chamberlain's idea. The expending of fascist and the objection of his own country cut down the policy of appeasement. Chamberlain had to drop his idea an ...

(5 pages) 24 0 2.3 May/2005

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History