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Topic: W.E.B DuBois & Hubert Blumer Readings |
niko.suyemoto
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Forum: ABCD Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2011 9:52 pm Subject: W.E.B DuBois & Hubert Blumer Readings |
So in the first reading, i loved when it talked about the scientific definitions of what race is. I agree with Shari that the question of "what is race?" is very important, and I think that ... |
Topic: Francis Fukuyama |
niko.suyemoto
Replies: 16
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Forum: Art of Prediction Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2011 7:56 pm Subject: Francis Fukuyama |
I feel that Fukuyama's thesis is that the final form of government came with the introduction of Western ideas, which ended history. I definitely do not agree with his views about history. Like what ... |
Topic: Bohr, Heisenberg and Schroedinger |
niko.suyemoto
Replies: 19
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Forum: Art of Prediction Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2011 7:34 pm Subject: Bohr, Heisenberg and Schroedinger |
Ok so while reading, there were a lot of different people with different ideas, so i hope i keep these straight. Bohr worked mostly off of other scientists' work, but what he found influenced the dis ... |
Topic: Einstein! |
niko.suyemoto
Replies: 23
Views: 3564
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Forum: Art of Prediction Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2011 7:26 pm Subject: Einstein! |
ok, so i'm not gonna lie, this relativity stuff makes my head hurt. But what i think i got from the reading is that, Einstein believes that all motion is relative, and that while motion makes lengths ... |
Topic: Newton’s View of the world pp. 102-112 |
niko.suyemoto
Replies: 20
Views: 2814
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Forum: Art of Prediction Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2011 12:25 pm Subject: Newton’s View of the world pp. 102-112 |
From the reading there was much evidence that light is a particle. For example, Euler recognized the difficulties with the idea that light traveled as a stream of tiny particles and made the analogy ... |
Topic: Microhistory! due 9/23 |
niko.suyemoto
Replies: 26
Views: 3557
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Forum: Art of Prediction Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2011 7:25 pm Subject: Microhistory! due 9/23 |
ok first things first, this was possibly one of the weirdest/disturbing/ hilarious/ridiculous/ some other words and slashes that i cannot think of now, that i have ever read. So on the question of if ... |
Topic: Kant and Hegel, Take One |
niko.suyemoto
Replies: 21
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Forum: Art of Prediction Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2011 10:02 pm Subject: Kant and Hegel, Take One |
Priories exist mainly in an ideal world. They are theories and speculations that are then used as the foundation, or framework, for other things.
So there was a lot of good points to all the philo ... |
Topic: Galileo |
niko.suyemoto
Replies: 21
Views: 2831
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Forum: Art of Prediction Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2011 7:13 pm Subject: Galileo |
While reading this, I was fascinated by the images that Galileo described. What I basically got from the reading was that humans have had the authoritative role. The part where he says, " Witho ... |
Topic: Herodotus and Thucydides |
niko.suyemoto
Replies: 29
Views: 4745
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Forum: Art of Prediction Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2011 8:17 pm Subject: Herodotus and Thucydides |
So i think that Herodotus is the father of history, but then Thucydides is the step-father that comes to take the first father's place. From the readings, I gathered that Herodotus was considered the ... |
Topic: Due Thursday: Aristotle |
niko.suyemoto
Replies: 22
Views: 2636
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Forum: Art of Prediction Posted: Wed Sep 07, 2011 9:36 pm Subject: Due Thursday: Aristotle |
It is fascinating how the Aristotle was the student of Plato, but their views of reality are vastly different. Plato believes there are two worlds, the ideal world and the sensible world. The object ... |
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