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Topic: Francis Fukuyama |
lpeper2012
Replies: 16
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Forum: Art of Prediction Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2011 9:10 pm Subject: Francis Fukuyama |
I agree with a lot of what other people have already said and got a lot of the same ideas from this reading. I'll start with Knaide- I agree that Fukuyama was very interested in macrohistory and he sa ... |
Topic: Bohr, Heisenberg and Schroedinger |
lpeper2012
Replies: 19
Views: 3283
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Forum: Art of Prediction Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2011 9:02 pm Subject: Bohr, Heisenberg and Schroedinger |
I think between Knaide and Sonya, they hit most of the points I got from the reading. Heisenberg and Schroedinger changed science based on their use of mathematics and combining science and math and s ... |
Topic: Einstein! |
lpeper2012
Replies: 23
Views: 3523
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Forum: Art of Prediction Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2011 9:35 pm Subject: Einstein! |
I really had a difficult time with the reading tonight. I think all of physics and theories just really aren't connecting in my brain. But I'll take a shot in the dark of what I found from the reading ... |
Topic: Microhistory! due 9/23 |
lpeper2012
Replies: 26
Views: 3532
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Forum: Art of Prediction Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2011 9:50 pm Subject: Microhistory! due 9/23 |
A lot of people made very valid points in their posts. When I first read the article, I definitely did not think Contat was a historian. I thought he was a story-teller and this story just seemed fict ... |
Topic: my 1st post of the night |
lpeper2012
Replies: 28
Views: 3914
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Forum: Art of Prediction Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2011 9:48 pm Subject: my 1st post of the night |
Dylan, I really liked your idea of the relationship between science and history. I think it is an idea that we could really expand on. As far as DMT goes I agree with a lot of what people are saying. ... |
Topic: Kant and Hegel on Cause and Effect/ Questions about K and H |
lpeper2012
Replies: 9
Views: 1339
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Forum: Art of Prediction Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2011 8:56 pm Subject: Kant and Hegel on Cause and Effect/ Questions about K and H |
I was also thinking the same thing, I also understand Kant better than Hegel so I'm mainly preparing my notes on Kant. |
Topic: Kant and Hegel, Take One |
lpeper2012
Replies: 21
Views: 3049
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Forum: Art of Prediction Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2011 9:26 pm Subject: Kant and Hegel, Take One |
a priori seems like a concept that is generally understood. as a lot of people have already said, it is a basic framework that is just known, like time and space. it seems like there are a number of d ... |
Topic: Galileo |
lpeper2012
Replies: 21
Views: 2816
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Forum: Art of Prediction Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2011 9:23 pm Subject: Galileo |
Wow, Galileo is amazing. I know we are supposed to say our opinions like that, but I'm blown away. This was my favorite reading by far and definitely the easiest to understand. Everything he said just ... |
Topic: Herodotus and Thucydides |
lpeper2012
Replies: 29
Views: 4724
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Forum: Art of Prediction Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2011 8:59 pm Subject: Herodotus and Thucydides |
And in reply to Niko's question, I do think that history needs to be accurate. A lot of people believe the entire point of history is to observe what happened in the past and learn from our "mist ... |
Topic: Herodotus and Thucydides |
lpeper2012
Replies: 29
Views: 4724
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Forum: Art of Prediction Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2011 8:49 pm Subject: Herodotus and Thucydides |
Like a lot of people, I first was on the side of Herodotus being the father of history but as I continued to read I realized he was much more of a storyteller than a true historian. Yes, most of his w ... |
Topic: Herodotus and Thucydides |
lpeper2012
Replies: 29
Views: 4724
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Forum: Art of Prediction Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2011 4:09 pm Subject: Herodotus and Thucydides |
Knaide you're too fast! |
Topic: Due Thursday: Aristotle |
lpeper2012
Replies: 22
Views: 2627
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Forum: Art of Prediction Posted: Wed Sep 07, 2011 9:25 pm Subject: Question #1 and #2 |
The statement, "...true knowledge must be of the truly real," (pg. 5) I find really interesting because I think it applicable to both questions 1 and 2. I think it shows the differences in ... |
Topic: What is the difference between IDENTITY and ETHNICITY? |
lpeper2012
Replies: 1
Views: 808
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Forum: ABCD Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2010 11:49 pm Subject: What is the difference between IDENTITY and ETHNICITY? |
Tad said to start posting the questions he wrote in class as topics here so I guess I'll start off.
This was one of the last questions he wrote down and I found it especially interesting. We had j ... |
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