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 Topic: Ava's Question |
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| tillyalexander Replies: 6 Views: 1090 |
 Forum: ABCD Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2011 10:07 pm Subject: Ava's Question |
| I agree with Amelia's point. Like Shari said earlier, America is an economically driven country that lives off of fast-paced production and quick fixes to simple problems. And while some other countri ... | |
| Topic: Francis Fukuyama |
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| tillyalexander Replies: 16 Views: 2793 |
Forum: Art of Prediction Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2011 9:23 pm Subject: Francis Fukuyama |
| I agree with Sonya and Dylan (I think) that his thesis/hypothesis is that history will end when whatever political system that is established as a 'universal homogenous state'. His arguments are very ... | |
| Topic: Bohr, Heisenberg and Schroedinger |
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| tillyalexander Replies: 19 Views: 3297 |
Forum: Art of Prediction Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2011 8:48 pm Subject: Bohr, Heisenberg and Schroedinger |
| Kate I'd love to hear more of your points for arguing 'no' to our light project.
What summarized Bohr's outlook on science was the second to last sentence on page 129 "...we had something fro ... |
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| Topic: Einstein! |
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| tillyalexander Replies: 23 Views: 3543 |
Forum: Art of Prediction Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2011 8:45 pm Subject: Einstein! |
| So I was pretty tempted to use me not understanding any of this as my excuse for using one of those two acceptable skipped posts. But I figured posting and trying to answer other people's questions an ... | |
| Topic: Newton’s View of the world pp. 102-112 |
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| tillyalexander Replies: 20 Views: 2805 |
Forum: Art of Prediction Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2011 7:36 pm Subject: Newton’s View of the world pp. 102-112 |
| Newton established the foundation of the scientific method used today, the "combination of ideas (hypotheses), observation and experiment" (p.102). Newton's words in response to the letter f ... | |
| Topic: Microhistory! due 9/23 |
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| tillyalexander Replies: 26 Views: 3547 |
Forum: Art of Prediction Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2011 8:50 pm Subject: Microhistory! due 9/23 |
| To respond to what Kate said: "the fact that he was writing this in what was the present to him is what makes this history." In my opinion, that would make what he is writing more or histori ... | |
| Topic: my 1st post of the night |
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| tillyalexander Replies: 28 Views: 3925 |
Forum: Art of Prediction Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2011 9:54 pm Subject: my 1st post of the night |
| O no. Sorry Douglas. If you're yamsham then I was referring to you in my post, not Shari I guess.
Anywho. I still haven't come up with any sort of a solid answer to the question about the relation ... |
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| Topic: my 1st post of the night |
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| tillyalexander Replies: 28 Views: 3925 |
Forum: Art of Prediction Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2011 7:38 pm Subject: my 1st post of the night |
| I kind of have the same question as Kate. It is very obvious to me the connection of change and/or progress the three of them all seem to talk about, but besides that I'm not really sure. I also agree ... | |
| Topic: Kant and Hegel, Take One |
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| tillyalexander Replies: 21 Views: 3062 |
Forum: Art of Prediction Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2011 9:07 pm Subject: Kant and Hegel, Take One |
| Like most people have already said, I think a priori is a basic framework that allows for theoretical deduction and which lays the foundation for empirical observation and then enables us to base our ... | |
| Topic: Galileo |
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| tillyalexander Replies: 21 Views: 2825 |
Forum: Art of Prediction Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2011 7:24 pm Subject: Galileo |
| Galileo bases almost all his thoughts and ideas surrounding understanding and nature on experience. I agree with the earlier posts that Galileo leaves nothing untouched and lays out his explanations a ... | |
| Topic: Herodotus and Thucydides |
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| tillyalexander Replies: 29 Views: 4738 |
Forum: Art of Prediction Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2011 4:46 pm Subject: Herodotus and Thucydides |
| What kept coming up in these readings was the important and reoccurring theme of conflict and the role it played throughout both Herodotus and Thucydides histories. I agree with Kneaded that Herodotus ... | |
| Topic: Due Thursday: Aristotle |
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| tillyalexander Replies: 22 Views: 2632 |
Forum: Art of Prediction Posted: Wed Sep 07, 2011 9:48 pm Subject: Due Thursday: Aristotle |
| Aristotle relies heavily on basic observation and logic in his process of understanding and "quest for knowledge." (page 5) I drew a basic flow chart in the margin of my packet when the auth ... | |
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