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Topic: End of History |
Nfranklin2014
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Forum: Art of Prediction - Mod 4 Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2013 6:58 pm Subject: End of History |
| Fukuyama's thesis is that history has come to an end. He believes that history is a Hegelian based dialectic process and that history is mostly concerned with ideologies and society. Fukuyama explains ... |
Topic: Bohr, Heisenberg, Schroedinger |
Nfranklin2014
Replies: 14
Views: 855
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Forum: Art of Prediction - Mod 4 Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2013 9:54 pm Subject: Bohr, Heisenberg, Schroedinger |
| Heisenberg and Bohr's research on light changed the discipline of science. Heisenberg's uncertainty principal changed how the universe was viewed. It was no longer predictable clockwork, now the mathe ... |
Topic: Modern Times |
Nfranklin2014
Replies: 13
Views: 810
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Forum: Art of Prediction - Mod 4 Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2013 9:10 pm Subject: Modern Times |
| Einstein's work on light changed the discipline of science. He made many insights, based on Maxwell's equations, about the workings of the universe. Einstein proposed that all motion was relative; the ... |
Topic: Newton's View of the World |
Nfranklin2014
Replies: 16
Views: 1071
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Forum: Art of Prediction - Mod 4 Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2013 8:26 pm Subject: Newton's View of the World |
| The search for "what is light" changed the discipline of science. After Newton's theory of light was criticized by Robert Hooke, Newton "provided an insight into his method of working&q ... |
Topic: The Great Cat Massacre |
Nfranklin2014
Replies: 13
Views: 1796
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Forum: Art of Prediction - Mod 4 Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2013 10:37 pm Subject: The Great Cat Massacre |
| I believe that Contat's text was a recording of history. Although Contat's story may not be completely accurate, it is still a description of past events and it still "sets the action in a frame ... |
Topic: Darwin, Marx and Turner: Day 2 |
Nfranklin2014
Replies: 15
Views: 1424
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Forum: Art of Prediction - Mod 4 Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2013 4:51 pm Subject: Darwin, Marx and Turner: Day 2 |
| The philosophies of science and history are changing in similar ways. Darwin, Marx, and Turner all brought new ideas to these disciplines during the eighteenth century. All of these people were, in so ... |
Topic: Darwin, Marx and Turner: Day 1 |
Nfranklin2014
Replies: 13
Views: 1208
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Forum: Art of Prediction - Mod 4 Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2013 9:48 pm Subject: Darwin, Marx and Turner: Day 1 |
| Darwin believed that all living things are descendants of one or a few forms of life. Over time certain variations of animals and plants would become extinct because of environmental factors or a lack ... |
Topic: Kant and Hegel: Day 1 |
Nfranklin2014
Replies: 13
Views: 1312
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Forum: Art of Prediction - Mod 4 Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2013 8:00 pm Subject: Kant and Hegel: Day 1 |
| Both Kant and Hegel believed that there was a connection between the knower and what they know. To Kant, someone and their knowledge need to be in accord for them to understand the universe around the ... |
Topic: Galileo |
Nfranklin2014
Replies: 16
Views: 1618
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Forum: Art of Prediction - Mod 4 Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2013 9:56 pm Subject: Galileo |
| For Galileo experience was the most effective way of determining something's validity. Galileo thought that testimonies of an event, no matter how many, were not true unless the event could be recreat ... |
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