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Topic: Fukuyama's "End of History" |
Alapides2014
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Forum: Art of Prediction - Mod 6, 2014 Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2014 9:45 pm Subject: Fukuyama's "End of History" |
When I first looked at this reading, I immediately thought of the end of history illusion- the idea that we assume how we are now is how we're always going to be. It's used mostly on a personal level ... |
Topic: Einstein, Michaelson, Morley and More |
Alapides2014
Replies: 17
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Forum: Art of Prediction - Mod 6, 2014 Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2014 7:50 pm Subject: Einstein, Michaelson, Morley and More |
Mark- yeah, I have no clue. I don't think you're missing anything, I think it's just not mentioned.
What was Einstein’s insight about light and what role did the Michaelson-Morley experiment p ... |
Topic: Newton Reading - How did Light change science? |
Alapides2014
Replies: 17
Views: 599
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Forum: Art of Prediction - Mod 6, 2014 Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2014 9:51 pm Subject: Newton Reading - How did Light change science? |
I agree with Max- I think the struggle of finding out what light was made of made this time period a very difficult time period to be a scientist. The community went through a number of theories, wit ... |
Topic: Contat and Cats |
Alapides2014
Replies: 21
Views: 670
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Forum: Art of Prediction - Mod 6, 2014 Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2014 9:37 pm Subject: Contat and Cats |
Is Contat a historian? Why or why not?
Is the account History? Why or why not?
I don't think I'm going to be adding a whole lot of new material to the discussion that isn't already here- I agr ... |
Topic: Philosophies and Methodologies of Science and History |
Alapides2014
Replies: 17
Views: 588
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Forum: Art of Prediction - Mod 6, 2014 Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2014 9:47 pm Subject: Philosophies and Methodologies of Science and History |
"Are the philosophies and methodologies of science and history changing in ways that are compatible? Are they pushing against each other? Do they have any relationship at all?"
I think that ... |
Topic: Darwin, Marx, Turner |
Alapides2014
Replies: 17
Views: 571
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Forum: Art of Prediction - Mod 6, 2014 Posted: Sun Apr 13, 2014 9:52 pm Subject: Darwin, Marx, Turner |
Responding to Tino's question: I was never a huge fan of the "history repeats itself" idea, mostly for the same reasons he outlined. Especially in the scheme of discoveries and progress, it ... |
Topic: Kant and Hegel |
Alapides2014
Replies: 20
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Forum: Art of Prediction - Mod 6, 2014 Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2014 6:00 pm Subject: Kant and Hegel |
Hume believed that we only understood the cause and effect relationship between to things after we had observed and experienced them over time. This was contrary to past beliefs that cause and effect ... |
Topic: Galileo |
Alapides2014
Replies: 19
Views: 609
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Forum: Art of Prediction - Mod 6, 2014 Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2014 9:33 pm Subject: Galileo |
Authorities, in theory, seek to explain things to us so that we can use their knowledge as a base for our own observations. Experience can also do this, but it is much easier to simply learn from an ... |
Topic: Herodotus and Thucydides |
Alapides2014
Replies: 22
Views: 927
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Forum: Art of Prediction - Mod 6, 2014 Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2014 9:44 pm Subject: Herodotus and Thucydides |
It seems to me that Thucydides is the true 'father of history,' not Herodotus. There are a few passages of the first reading that mention Herodotus inserting his own opinion into his text or using I ... |
Topic: Aristotle's Philosophy of Nature |
Alapides2014
Replies: 21
Views: 765
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Forum: Art of Prediction - Mod 6, 2014 Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2014 9:58 pm Subject: Aristotle's Philosophy of Nature |
How do the heavens and the earth differ with regard to:
what they are made of
what kind of change occurs
what kind of motion exists
According to Aristotle's vie ... |
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