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The purpose of Fukuyama's article is to "look at underlying trends in the sphere of ideology and consciousness."(p.172) I believe his thesis is interwoven within this purpose and involves th ...

"The insight which led him to the special theory was based on his sound physical intuition about what Maxwell's equations were really saying." (116) Einstein's insights about light lay in hi ...

Before I can figure out if "what is light" relates to science, I think that I have to expand and clarify my definition of science. In the reading I found Newton's definition of science to be ...

I find it difficult to understand why people have so easily written off Contat as a historian, when many of us believed Herodotus to be "the father of history." Both Herodotus and Contat wer ...

I'm having some issues connecting Darwin, Marx and Turner, since they all have very different viewpoints. I keep looking at my chart that I made in class today and trying to find a crossover between t ...

I agree with Dylan that a priori is something we accept to be true. It is also knowledge gained not from experience, but from acceptance of other people’s opinions as fact.

David Hume "point ...

Galileo and Aristotle are similar on the grounds that they believe strongly in the power of experience. Galileo thought that until you had physically witnessed something, it couldn’t be proven. He po ...

I consider Herodotus to be the father of history. His writings about the Persian War were the first written narrative on history. Although Thucydides’ writing may have been more truthful and historica ...

Aristotle defines change based on his notions of potentiality and actuality. He starts with the basic idea that change is genuine. He goes on to say change "is the actualization of a thing's abi ...

I agree with Douglas. I too found it strange that the government was so anti-abortion during the depression where having another kid could ruin your family's life since it was impossible to afford. I ...

I think one of the main things that set the judiciary apart from other Weimar institutions was that the other institutions attempted to work in the best interest of the people while the judges worked ...

Bookbinder gives an impression of chaos in the politics of the Weimar Republic. There are so many political parties with clashing perspectives that there is no unity, which is why the government is in ...

I agree with everyone who has posted so far. The statement "Neither of these political parties stood a chance in becoming a unifying organization .They were disorganized, haphazard and too radica ...

I agree with the author of the article that the war could have been prevented. The author states that the thesis of the article is that "mortals made these decisions. They made them in fear and i ...