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| Search found 14 matches |
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 Topic: On line evaluation |
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| TravisLaw Replies: 11 Views: 1802 |
 Forum: US Constitution Posted: Tue May 03, 2011 7:34 am Subject: On line evaluation |
| The survey won't let me fill it in, I will talk to salt and work it out. | |
| Topic: The New Yorker, April 5 |
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| TravisLaw Replies: 15 Views: 3233 |
Forum: US Constitution Posted: Tue Apr 05, 2011 10:08 pm Subject: The New Yorker, April 5 |
| The idea that conservatives uphold the constitution while liberals have to fend off accusations of "unconstitutionality". This seems like a counter-intuitive situation to me. The Constitutio ... | |
| Topic: First Night! |
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| TravisLaw Replies: 16 Views: 4202 |
Forum: US Constitution Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2011 8:03 pm Subject: First Night! |
| The two initial prompts seem to have been answered in an exemplary way, so I will continue onto another aspect of these events which I find interesting.
The articles of confederation seem like a go ... |
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| Topic: Online Teaching Evaluations |
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| TravisLaw Replies: 8 Views: 1263 |
Forum: Art of Prediction Posted: Fri Dec 17, 2010 8:47 am Subject: Online Teaching Evaluations |
| Finished both reviews | |
| Topic: Oppressed by Evolution |
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| TravisLaw Replies: 0 Views: 720 |
Forum: Art of Prediction Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2010 7:45 pm Subject: Oppressed by Evolution |
| - What is the point of view of the fundamentalist right and the multicultural left.
- How might the ideas apply to your final project? are the questions. The point of view of the fundamen ... |
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| Topic: Bohr, Heisenberg and Schroedinger |
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| TravisLaw Replies: 15 Views: 2671 |
Forum: Art of Prediction Posted: Wed Dec 08, 2010 10:40 pm Subject: Bohr, Heisenberg and Schroedinger |
| There have been many excellent posts about the broad sweeping details each of these scientists have made. Thus, I will only talk for a moment on what I found most exciting.
Bohr made the point that ... |
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| Topic: modern times |
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| TravisLaw Replies: 15 Views: 2979 |
Forum: Art of Prediction Posted: Tue Dec 07, 2010 11:16 pm Subject: modern times |
| It seems like everyone has covered what Einstein added quite well.
I will instead put forward why I do not think science has changed. New things have been added and old ideas destroyed. The concept ... |
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| Topic: Newton’s View of the world |
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| TravisLaw Replies: 14 Views: 2480 |
Forum: Art of Prediction Posted: Mon Dec 06, 2010 8:07 pm Subject: Newton’s View of the world |
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•What is the evidence that light is a particle? A wave? •What is different about Faraday’s and Maxwell’s approach to science compared to that of Newton? It seems like all th ... |
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| Topic: The Great Cat Massacre |
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| TravisLaw Replies: 23 Views: 4587 |
Forum: Art of Prediction Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2010 7:59 pm Subject: The Great Cat Massacre |
| I seem to be in agreement, Contat's account is useful to Historians and is history, but his intent in writing it was not to discuss History, but to tell the story of his life. This objective removes h ... | |
| Topic: Darwin, Marx and Turner |
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| TravisLaw Replies: 12 Views: 1551 |
Forum: Art of Prediction Posted: Thu Dec 02, 2010 10:33 pm Subject: Darwin, Marx and Turner |
| If I understand Rachel's question about reusing a method in science for a new problem, It happens frequently. The most immediate example for me is the continual assimilation and improvement on the exp ... | |
| Topic: Kant and Hegel |
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| TravisLaw Replies: 20 Views: 3099 |
Forum: Art of Prediction Posted: Sun Nov 21, 2010 7:33 pm Subject: Kant and Hegel |
| "a priori" is from latin, meaning from the first. Something which is a priori is something which we always know to be true. Kant's example is space and time, which is not correct based on th ... | |
| Topic: Galileo |
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| TravisLaw Replies: 20 Views: 3073 |
Forum: Art of Prediction Posted: Thu Nov 18, 2010 7:42 pm Subject: Galileo |
| It seems like Galileo has a much more modern idea about what science is. Aristotle valued the big picture more than observable facts. He created an enormous system where almost everything was accounte ... | |
| Topic: Herodotus and Thucydides Reading Responses |
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| TravisLaw Replies: 26 Views: 4790 |
Forum: Art of Prediction Posted: Tue Nov 16, 2010 9:38 pm Subject: Herodotus and Thucydides Reading Responses |
| On a somewhat different note ( and I am sorry for the divergence )
Are we defining history and science based on these early minds, or are we trying to look at these firsts and identify what they ar ... |
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| Topic: Aristotle Readings and Discussion |
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| TravisLaw Replies: 22 Views: 2840 |
Forum: Art of Prediction Posted: Mon Nov 15, 2010 9:22 pm Subject: Aristotle Readings and Discussion |
| Everyone has brought up good points for now, what I would like to focus on is how Aristotle fits into our ideas of science and history.
Our modern definition, based on our in class discussion, foc ... |
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