Do we have to learn to think scientifically in order to find the truth?
Do we have to learn to think scientifically in order to find the truth? To analyze the question "do we have to learn to think scientifically in order to find the truth", I think that it is vital that I identify what the question implies by 'the truth'. I believe that it requires looking at every type of truth that could exist, but I have decided to focus on the truth which tells us about the existence of human beings and how and why things take place on earth, because I believe that this is the truth which people strive to discover. I will be looking at which areas of knowledge are more effective for finding this truth, which I regard as being the truth. I would like to identify the ways in which thinking scientifically compares with thinking using History and Religion in finding the truth about the world. How can we verify claims said to be true by using these areas of knowledge? Sometimes I ask myself, 'how come I am thinking the way I am now, when 16 years ago I didn't even know who I was and wasn't aware of my surroundings?'. Is it because I somehow acquired knowledge during my life? But then I ask where I have gained this knowledge from? Perhaps one thing that plays a part is inductive logic, because we are born with the capability to adapt, whether it is to adapt to our surroundings or living in a modern society and accepting rules. We learn due to our mistakes and
The Ontological Argument
The ontological argument. The ontological argument is an argument for God's existence based entirely on reason. According to this argument, there is no need to go out looking for physical evidence of God's existence; we can work out that he exists just by thinking about it. Philosophers call such arguments a priori arguments. It attempts to prove God's existence through abstract reasoning alone. The argument is entirely a priori, which means it involves to empirical evidence at all. Rather, the argument begins with an explication of the concept of God, and seeks to demonstrate that God exists on the basis of that concept alone. Anselm was a Benedictine monk and Archbishop of Canterbury. He therefore started from a theistic ('believing') stance. Anselm's argument was based on the premise that God does exist - he set out to show that not believing in God is an absurd position to hold. This was a reduction ad absurdum argument - it tried to show that the existence of God could not be denied because to do so would involve adopting a nonsensical argument. Anselm's starting point was to propose a definition of the word 'God'. From this point he tried to show that it is absurd to suggest that God does not exist. His argument was in two parts, formed around an objection raised by another monk. Anselm says 'God is the thought than which nothing greater can be thought'. Even the
The Industrial Revolution.
Brad Crane February 21, 2003 Western Civilization Dr. Kenyon IV. The Industrial Revolution The Industrial Revolution in Europe was actually sparked by the "agricultural revolution." Due to the introduction of new crops and changes in other agricultural practices, the agricultural business began to grow (Textbook pg 633). When landlords noticed this growth they began to make the most use of their land in order to make a bigger profit. One way in which they did this was to "enclose" the common lands. The enclosure movements occured when the landlords kicked farmers off of common land in order to raise sheep and cattle there (Textbook pg 633). When this took place, many farmers were left without jobs. Most of these farmers sought out work in the countryside as spinnters, knitters, and weavers (Textbook pg 634). This lead to the "putting-out system." The putting-out system took place when entrepreneurs "put out" raw materials that the individual workers, mostly farmers that were kicked off of the common lands, finished by weaving and spinning (Textbook pg 634). This in home labor helped many of the farmers out by giving them a second job to fall back on when the lands that they would normally be farming were out of season. Another reason that many people were getting into the business of cloth and other finished products was the rise in overseas trade. The rise in
The Ionian revolt
The Ionian Revolt Name :Kris Agnew Student #: 0262044 TA: Laura Hoy The Ionian revolt occurred in about the year 500 BC with the major players being the Greeks and the Persians. The Ionians were a Greek people who had settled in what is presently the west coast of Turkey. The Greek states in Asia minor have been under Persian rule for 50 years before this when Cyrus, the Persian King, conquered them. Ever since then all the coastal islands were taken control of under the rule of the later, King Darius. Sometime later Cyprus was added to this already vast empire. The islands between Ionia and Greece were left independent and were known as the Cyclades1. They were important trade routes between Greece and Ionia. The Ionian people were not the only ones to revolt, they gathered others like the Hellspontians and the Byzantines to join them in their rebellion. The reasons for the Ionians rebelling were as various as the different cities involved in the revolt, taxes, and independence and probably most widely spread was the hate and contempt for Tyranny. Even if they had been more successful the overwhelming might, and power of the Persian Empire would have quelled their resistance in the end. The key inspiration and the flame to the fuel of the revolt was Aristagoras. After Aristagoras decided to rebel, and Herodotus says that "Aristagoras, in open rebellion, set
The holocaust.
The holocaust Anti-Semitism has been around for a long time. Hitler didn't invent it, he just took it to the extreme. He said that 'Germans and other northern European were 'Aryans' a superior race Jews were not considered Aryans they were inferior and could pose a threat to the uprising of the nazi party. Gypsies mental handicapped and homosexuals were also considered inferior. But the main threads were the Jews. No people had ever suffered like the jews did In ww11 during this period of six years six million Jews were killed and a million of them were children. Jews were killed on average of 1 every 30 seconds. The Jews suffered not because they were a threat to any one but simply because they were Jewish and because they were Jews they were categorised as inferior. Hitler said that they Jews threatened every thing that threatened the future of the 'master race' There were quite a few Jews that held high positions in Germany but Hitler claimed that they were uncommitted and were more concerned with their religion. Holocaust means 'total destruction by fire'. Over 30,000 Jews were sent to concentration camp the worst of these were auschwitzin Germany and sobibor in Poland. Many of the inmates of the camps were used for medical experiments. Often without anaesthetics. Most of the inmates died, however an elite few did manage to escape. The holocaust was mass destruction,
The Holocaust
Jenny Neal World Religions Period 4 2/9/02 The Holocaust The Holocaust, which took place during World War II, was the state-sponsored killing of six million Jews, half of those being children and teenagers, by the Nazi regime. If you had a distantly related Jewish family member, you were considered a Jew, and therefore you must be killed. Before beginning the war in 1939, the Nazis established concentration camps to imprison Jews, other victims of ethnic and racial hatred, and political opponents of Nazism. During the war years, the Nazis and their collaborators created ghettos, transit camps, and forced-labor camps. It was no secret that Hitler had talked since the early 20's, in his book Mein Kampf, about the "Jewish question." He fed on the centuries old anti-Semitism in Europe. The Jews were the killers of Jesus, it was thought, and they practiced blood rituals that involve the sacrifice of Christian children. The Jews were the greedy parasites who lived outside the Christian body, but fed on it by their immoral business practices. In Hitler's modern variety, Jews were responsible for the disease of communism and had "stabbed Germany in the back" during WWI and the Versailles treaty. The "Jewish question" was how to get rid of them, how to cleanse Germany of this "vermin." He promised he would achieve racial purity in a greater Germany once he had power and Germans
The Holocaust
The Holocaust During the Holocaust, millions of people fled into hiding, were forced into concentration camps and ghettos, and many were killed all because they were considered "inferior" to Germans. Hitler and the Nazi Regime took it into their owns hands to create a "superior race" by killing, torturing, and exterminating not only Jewish people, but also Gypsies, Polish, Slavs and those who had mental or physical disabilities (Florida Center for Instructional Technology, 2005). The Nazis also targeted people not only for who they were but for what they did including "Jehovah's witnesses, homosexuals, the dissenting clergy, Communists, Socialists, asocials, and other political enemies" (Florida Center for Instructional Technology, 2005). During the holocaust, 11 million humans were killed by the Nazis but of the few who survived their experiences as well as written documents recovered from the time of the Holocaust are the greatest key to understanding the horrific crimes that were committed against humanity during that time. Those who were lucky enough to escape the ordeals of being carted to labor and concentration camps were still unlucky for they had to find ways to hide so they were not killed by Nazi soldiers. There were many struggles and difficult obstacles for those who went into hiding. They had to first find a place to hide. Many dug small caves under their
The partition of India
The partition of India The British were in India from the early 17th century to the mid 20th century. Britain set itself into India due the East India Company, established on 31st December 1600 by Queen Elizabeth I, which was the beginning of a new era of trading. During the 17th century EIC built and established themselves within four cities in India they were Surat, Mumbai, Madras and Calcutta. Over the years the EIC became a monopoly for trading and became well reputable when it took over India. In this essay I am going to look at the reasoning for why India was partitioned and also look at the conflicts and aftermath due to the partitioning of India. The foundation of the separation of India came from the continuous hatred between Muslims and Hindus and Sikhs. 'Serious riots erupted between Hindus and Muslims around Patna in Bihar, in eastern India. These 1893 disorders, which led to Muslim deaths' (Stein 1998) These riots were 8 years after the first meeting of the Congress 1885. The reasoning behind this was due to Hindus saving Cows from Muslim slaughter houses. Another attributes of why India became separated in 1947 was due to the discontent in many states such as Punjab and Bengal. 'Another reason for the growth of swadeshi sentiment among Punjabis was the increasing tension between Muslims (who were half the population in that province) and both Hindus
The league of nations
The League of Nations was set up in 1919 directly after the First World War, which acted as a deterrent for future conflicts of that nature happening again. The powers, which had been in war against Germany met at Paris to discuss the terms, which they would impose upon the beaten enemy1 "The seat of the League was established at Geneva"2 , Switzerland was a neutral country, which hadn't been involved in world war one. It was the idea of Americas President Woodrow Wilson. The league had 4 main aims firstly to encourage co-operation, Secondly disarmament, the idea was to disarm the world's country of weapons, thirdly to improve social conditions; control diseases and improve people's living standards and finally the leagues main aim, which was to have world peace. The League fundamentally failed in its aims because of a lack of military strength, failure of two strongest powers America and Russia to join, the internal disorganisation and the rise of dictatorships in Europe. The League was successful however in solving the problems in smaller nations like Bulgaria, Greece and Finland. This essay will look at the successes of the league, the failures and will conclude with a general argument of both. The most important factor that can be seen to limit the success of the League of Nations was the lack of military enforcement .The League of Nations did not have its own army
The middle ages.
The middle ages After a week with nothing else from Alberto, on Friday May 25th, a postcard from Hilde's father lands on her windowpane. It dates from June 15th, and he tells Hilde he hopes it is still her birthday, and that a "week or two for Sophie does not have to mean just as long for us." He also tells her to say hello to Sophie, who, unfortunately, does not yet understand everything that Hilde perhaps does. Soon after, Sophie gets a call from Alberto, who tells her they must meet in person since Hilde's father is getting to close to them. She sleeps over at Joannas and then goes to meet him from her house. Although she does not understand him, he says Berkeley will be the key figure and that they must get Hilde on their side before her father returns. The next morning, she meets Alberto at a church where he tells her about the ten centuries of the Middle Ages. Although people in the Renaissance called this time the Dark Ages, Alberto points out that universities and schools were established in the Middle Ages. In addition, nation-states became established, with their major cities. There was a period of cultural and population decline, as feudalism set in and bartering once again became the form of payment. But the Pope was set up as head of the Church, and kings began to become very powerful. Greco-Roman culture split up and then came together
