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Empirical inductivism and Popperian falsificationism in scientific methodology

Critical Examination of the Empirical Iductivist and Popperian Approaches to the Scientific Method The pursuit of science is often imagined untroubled by philosophical quandaries. Unfortunately, this is not the case.

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Suicide and homicide correlation with geophysical activity

temporal (monthly) distribution of death by the two extremes of human behavior, suicide and homicide..." (p.85) This comparison is intended to relate to the significance of another correlation and factor; namely "environmental physics activity" which includes" solar, geomagnetic and cosmic - ray…

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Carlyle's philosophy of clothes and spiritual meaning in Sartor Resartus

Thomas Carlyle's Sartor Resartus can be read in many ways; the book simultaneously functions as an outlet for Thomas' Transcendental ideas, a gentle parody of German intellectualism, and a commentary on the nature of writing.

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Levine's examination of popular culture in Depression America

Levine centers on popular culture and how it is an adequate mechanism in comprehending Depression America. The writer attempts to get away from austere adjective labels as often as possible. He notes that while culture may not be seamless, it is integrated or connected.

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Aristotle's theories of civic friendship and workplace justice

Aristotle was one of the philosophers who spent a great deal of their time in defining and explaining ethics since he believed that ethics was a science whose practicality was crucial to mankind.

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Descartes' rationalism and the limits of pure thought

A Rationalist is a person who believes that ideas and thinking is a path to knowledge.

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Vernacular rhetoric and community communication in ancient Rome

The art of using grandiloquent language, though insincere it maybe, as a means of effective communication and persuasion has been coined as "rhetoric" in the Merriam-Webster dictionary.

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Habermas' two-tiered public sphere and democratic welfare state reform

Habermas' idea of democratizing the welfare state unrealistic? If so, does this make it any less valuable for us to think about?

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Women's literacy and male authority in Jane Austen's Persuasion

Feminist criticism is equally concerned with female authorship and with female readership and in the case of Jane Austen, both issues must be addressed.

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Arguments against capital punishment in modern society

The debate surrounding the usage of capital punishment in the modern era has raged for generations. While there have always been arguments for the positive aspects of capital punishment, today's world is less optimistic about the death penalty -- and with good reason.

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