Love Proved by Modus Ponens
What's love got to do with it? In this paper I will seek to prove that love is the foundation of the human race by: First, illustrating that if love unifies all humans, then it is also the foundation of the human race; second, verifying that love unifies all humans. Therefore, it follows that because love unifies all humans, love is also the foundation of the human race. Premise 1: In order to see if love is the foundation of the human race we must first hold as truth the assumption that indeed love does unify all humans. We will prove this claim in our later premise. We must next establish the relationship between a unifying element and a foundation in order to determine that love is the foundation as well as unifying element of the human race. A unifying element is something that links an entire whole together. Thus, if love links the entire human race together, then love is the unifying element of the human race. A foundation is the basis or groundwork of anything. Thus, if love is the basis or groundwork of the human race, then love is also the foundation of the human race. If love is the unifying element of humans, then love links the entire human race. In order to link all humans together, the link must be built on something common to what all humans share. Additionally, in order for this link to be built there must be a groundwork for which love is built upon.
Hard Times demonstrates the importance of imagination in a persons growth and development
'Hard Times demonstrates the importance of imagination in a person's growth and development' Hard Times tells the tale of the dire consequences an upbringing devoid of fancy can have on its characters' abilities to develop emotionally. Mr. Gradgrind's insistence that his children were to be raised on 'fact alone' crushes their sympathetic imaginations, and both Louisa and Tom's stunted emotional growth ultimately leads to their downfall. This is juxtaposed against Sissy, who nurtured her imagination which eventually aids her in her clarity of understanding people. Ultimately, through the fates of the various characters in Hard Times, it is shown that the deprivation of imagination can only inhibit their capacity to reach their full capacity as human beings. Dickens derisively introduces facts as 'the one thing needful', however, it is clear that the 'sowing' of 'facts alone' without the aid of fancy has a detrimental impact. Louisa Gradgrind is introduced with; '...a light with nothing to rest upon, a fire with nothing to burn, a starved imagination keeping life in itself somehow.' The suppression of this 'light' is what eventually gives way to Louisa's apathy in her response to her marriage to Bounderby; 'What does it matter?'Gradgrind's oppressive utilitarianist ideology forces Louisa to submit to the opposite of the embodiment of Victorian femininity; 'cold, silent and
The historical and present day contexts of the English language
The historical and present day contexts of the English language English as a worldwide language comes across as a powerful and dependable collection of words. The English language is part of the heritage of the English-speaking world and has influenced the languages of countries where English is spoken fist, or even second, language. English has a larger vocabulary than other language. There are more than 600,000 words in the largest dictionaries of the English language. Many English words have been passed from generation to generation as far back as scholars can trace. Words such as women, man, sun and eat, express basic ideas and feelings. Later, many words have been borrowed from other languages. For example, algebra is from Arabic. The Jamaican tongue is shaped and formed from English and African. In general, the universal language on the Internet is English, or more exactly a vague collection of languages called English because their common origin is the national language spoken in England by the English. That national language has spread over the world, and several variants such as American English, and Australian English. A great number of people whose native language is none of the variants know English as a foreign language. They typically use a more or less simplified variant. Sometimes the English used by people as a foreign language on the Internet is
Personal experience of violence.
[image001.gif] My assignment is based on something that changed my life or had an impact on my life in some sort of way. There are a few things that have changed my life but overall it has been very sheltered. For example I go to a public school, which is very strict with behavior and other things. The school acts very seriously upon drugs and crime to help prevent children from having bad experiences with these things. So this brings me to a decision I am going to have to make about what my assignment should be about. It needs to be something meaningful, and not just a little thing that shouldn't really have an effect on anyone. Up until last year I used to watch adverts or programs about abuse and not think anything else but "Oh!", "That's very bad!", and "if I caught him alone...!". But last year on the way to school, something had a huge impact on me mentally. I was going the usual way to school from my house on what seemed like a perfectly ordinary morning, but little did I know that something would happen that day that I would remember for the rest of my life. I guess it was a form of road rage - or was it abuse? Not another man/woman hitting the same gender, but a big six foot, strapping bloke hitting an innocent woman who had simply made a mistake whilst driving to work, or wherever she might have been going. What actually happened not only
A Crime In the Neighborhood.
A Crime In the Neighborhood It was the summer of 1972 when Spring Hill, a Washington, D.C., suburb, got its first taste of an increasingly violent, insecure modern world. The quiet residential area, whose inhabitants traditionally left their doors unlocked and spent the summers attending one another's cookout, was rocked by the news that 12-year-old Boyd Ellison had been raped and murdered, his body dumped behind the local mall. While shaken residents organized a neighborhood watch program and clued detectives in on anyone's suspicious behavior, the inhabitants of at least one house were distracted by a tragedy of their own: 10-year-old Marsha Eberhardt's father, Larry, had run off with his sister-in-law, leaving his wife and three children to manage on their own. Marsha, stunned by her father's abandonment and having broken her ankle, spends the summer witnessing her mother's desperate attempts to cope, the neighborhood's paranoid response to the murder and even the country's disorientation over the unfolding Watergate scandal. The tension proves too great when the Eberhardts' shy bachelor neighbor, Mr. Green, takes interest in Marsha's mother. Though murder is the most visible crime in Marsha's neighborhood, it is by no means the only one, Marsha's father and aunt run off together and Marsha wrongly accusses Mr. Green for the death of Boyd Ellison. Marsha's
Outline the difference between a prescriptive and descriptive approach to language.
My task for this essay is to outline the difference between a prescriptive and descriptive approach to language. Grammar is the underlying structure of language and is a socially agreed framework; it is needed as it allows groups of words to be linked together in ways that make sense. If there was no grammar, language would be a meaningless jumble. "Grammar is the sum of the conventions of Standard English". This is written in the prescriptive approach and suggests that rules are essential. Some of the non-standard features include taboo language (swearing), slang, dialect features, spoken features and language seen as rude. In class we did an exercise to show the importance of grammar. We were told to write any word on a piece of paper and pass it on throughout the difference members in the class. The results came out as followed: Metal through jacket atmosphere no overprotect magic. This list of words made no semantical sense as it did not include any conjunctions or prepositions. It made no grammatical sense. We then repeated the experiment but this time was instructed to insert a verb, adjective or a noun in a particular order that we were told. T The sentence came out like this: The microwave sang discreetly and the blue elephant urinated. This sentence was structured and made grammatical sense even thought it dose not make sense semantically. This experiment
Discuss the linguistic differences between the spoken and written modes and consider the ways in which both are perceived in terms of social prestige.
Laura Mead Discuss the linguistic differences between the spoken and written modes and consider the ways in which both are perceived in terms of social prestige For both the spoken and written mode it is possible to recognize different linguistic characteristics. Speech is a useful social tool, helping to develop communication and express attitudes and opinions. Writing is useful for documenting facts and ideas, making notes and organising information; it is a more permanent mode than speech which can be revised or reread. The first point to be taken into consideration for each mode is the audience. Spoken encounters more often than not are personalised and happen face to face with a particular individual. While written language can either be intended for one individual reader or directed at a wider unknown audience. The lexis for both the written and spoken mode is somewhat different. Informal and colloquial is the language used during speech whereas Standard English applies for the written. It is very uncommon; except for during personal correspondence that informal lexis would be acceptable in the written mode. Due to the personal nature of speech it is customary to use personal register, for example, current jokes or nicknames, and colloquial idioms e.g. 'the thing is', 'as far as I can see'. Abbreviations may also be used when a high level of familiarity is
Schopenhauer
In this passage Schopenhauer claims that learning by reading can limit one's opinion while being a free thinker will open up one's opinion which is better for "developing the world". I believe in some ways Schopenhauer was correct, but reading books can sometimes open up the mind. For me, reading books can make me look at things in a different way. On the other hand occasionally it is better for me to be able to have time to myself in order to fully understand something. I disagree when Schopenhauer says "Reading forces thoughts upon the mind". I do not believe that reading can force a particular thought on anybody unless they are that dim-witted, to allow readings to change they're opinion. I think that reading a book or magazine whether it is based on facts or opinions, should only make you think not change you ideas completely. Then again educational books such as science books and history books have a tendency to narrow a person opinion because with these types of books you have to accept facts, facts by definition only elicits one view point. With history books if it says that Christopher Columbus sailed in the ocean blue in 1492, that's what you have to believe, there is no opinion to that. Therefore textbooks tend to narrows one's opinion rather than to make one's opinion broader. There are some instances were self-learning or self-thinking is best. When you
Perception is reality! Oh really?
CRITICAL THINKING AND PERCEPTION PAPER by Sharon Buhse PHL251 Professor Vanessa Tom UoP November 19, 2003 Perception is reality! Oh really? A couple of years ago, I witnessed what I thought was a man having trouble getting into his car. There was a man that must have been in his mid 60's tugging on his door handle to his car. I watched him try to fit his arm into a small opening in the widow on the passenger side of the car. Because of the age of this man, it never entered my mind that this man was trying to break into this car to steal it. Another thing that didn't fit the profile of a car thief was the way the man was dressed. He was dressed in a sports jacket and was wearing fairly decent trousers with nice shoes. I walked over to the man and asked him if there was anything I could help him with or if he needed to call someone. He told me he did not have a cell phone, so I offered the use of mine. The man declined saying he just bought the car a couple of weeks ago, and had not had a chance to get a spare key made. He was in the parking lot where I worked at, so I asked him if there was someone he knew inside the building that could give him a ride to the dealership where he bought the car from, and once again he declined by saying he had just stopped by to fill out an application. I asked him again if there was anything I could help him with because I
Nature vs Nurture
Mayur Bedadala Ms. Blair Hon Sophomore Composition 17 October 2008 To begin with what is intelligence? As Merriam Webster dictionary states intelligence is "the ability to learn or understand or to deal with new or trying situations". Some say its nature and some say its nurture. Who is right and who is wrong. From the past decades there is a raging debate going on whether intelligence is nature or nurture, but the results were always inconclusive or full of loopholes. There are many reasons that clearly prove that intelligence is genetic. In this essay the topic that I will be exploring are the differences in intelligence within different races and ethnic groups. Intelligence is clearly more affected by genetics than it is by environmental factors due to the results of twin studies between two different races. From many years scientists have been studying the IQ scores of twins between many different ethnic groups. Some results were very accurate and enlightened the scientists a lot. For example in an article scientist Philippe Rushton informs us that some races have average IQ scores that are higher than others. Rushton also said that twins receive over 50% of their intelligence from their family. Also scientists reported that the average IQ scores for white identical twins was 86 percentile, for Asians .99 and for blacks .80. Therefore these results suggested that
