According to urge, if ert would speak of arthritis in the thigh he would, in this case, express a true belief, because the term itself would be used in his society to express inflammations in the thigh and in the joints.
The social interpretation described by urge is meant to explain terms that have a certain perception in a certain society. We would be inclined to believe that a tribal organization in Africa may refer to arthritis as a disease describing pains in the chest and that the term would have this connotation in that respective society. A member of that society would refer to his chest pains as arthritis and would express a true belief, according to the social theory.

On the other hand, it seems legitimate to ask ourselves whether the social and societal explanation may turn away from an absolute truth, in the sense of an absolute definition…...

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1. Burge. Individualism and the Mental. Page 77. From Jackman, Henry. Individualism and Interpretation. Southwest Philosophy Review, vol. 14, no.1, Jan. 1998

2. On Fodor & LePore & Hale & Keyser. On the Internet at  http://dingo.sbs.arizona.edu/~hharley/522/522/MPPHandout7Fodor&Lepore.html 

On Fodor & LePore & Hale & Keyser. On the Internet at

Her husband ignores her and as she becomes increasingly aware of the wallpaper, she is slowly losing herself. Her worst obstacle is not her illness but her husband and this is the reality that Perkins-Gilman establishes. The conclusion of the story brings us to the realization that the narrator will suffer because she is a women and she finally loses the battle when she confesses that she has "got out at last" (773). This story encapsulates the fundamentals of Realism and Naturalism because the narrator's experience represents a true account of what American women endured in the nineteenth century.
In "The Luck of Roaring Camp," we see realistic character sketches emerge. Harte also provides readers with a realistic vision of the local community of Roaring Camp. e can literally see the gold-seekers. The men of the camp are described as "One or two of these were actual fugitives from justice,…...

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Crane, Stephen. Maggie, a Girl of the Streets. New York: Random House. 2001.

Chopin, Kate. The Awakening and Other Stories. New York: Bantam Books. 1988.

Harte, Bret. "The Luck of Roaring Camp." Bartleby Online. Information Retreived April 28,

2009.

Bellah sees this as dangerous and particularly dangerous is the faith of 'Shelia-ism,' the idea that a society can survive so long as everyone has his or her own personal moral code. Social commitment is portrayed as the lifeblood of society, yet all too often the pressures to 'make it' in America mean that people must take time away from volunteerism and spend more time at work. Despite high levels of church attendance, individual responsibilities and intimate relationships define American's sense of identity (Bellah et al. 250). The self is orchestrated as a personal, rather than a social matter.
However, while it is difficult to argue that America, as a young nation, has had to work harder to construct binding ties of communal self-interest, the authors do not really provide a clear definition as to what that commonality should be. In the new, diverse America, religion as a social 'glue'…...

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Bellah, R. (et al.). Habits of the Heart. University of California Press, 1996.

In her discourse, "The Treasure of the City of Ladies," De Pizan contemplated how human society had developed the psyche and perception that females are inherently inferior to males. This issue was borne out of the author's observation how literary and scholarly works portray a common stereotype of women as subversive to men, depicted as uneducated and not able to create decisions for themselves. In the words of Pizan, "learned men" tend depict women through 'wicked insults" about their behavior. This drove her to investigate and know the origin of this perception and wrong portrayal of women in Western societies.
Through the help of the different "Ladies" in her discourse, Pizan was able to trace the wrongful creation and institutionalization of women as less incapable of creating and expressing sensible thoughts about relevant and significant issues and concerns in their society. One of the early arguments presented in her analysis…...

Politics
Thomas More wrote Utopia in 1515 and in the story this place of "utopia" is told to him by a friend who encounters it upon his travels. Utopia is described by Giles, More's friend, as a place where there isn't any social unrest and suffering is nowhere to be found. More seems to have written Utopia with the idea of individual freedom in mind; however, there are some problems with the Utopia that More deemed as perfect. First of all, if More wrote Utopia with individual freedom in mind, then why are individual activities actually discouraged and in its place is favored the communal life? Individualism doesn't seem to be encouraged in More's utopian society as what is held as virtuous is supporting society as a whole and not straying from the values and mores that have been laid out for that society.

In Fahrenheit 451 by Ray radbury, there is…...

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Bradbury, Ray. Fahrenheit 451. Simon & Schuster; Reprint edition. 2012.

More, Thomas. Utopia. Smith & Brown. 2012.

Alternative to Methodological Individualism
In this report, I shall attempt to identify, compare and contrast the comprehensive models of the economic systems focusing on the Methodological Individualism and the Classical Economists approaches. The objective will be to identifying how these two philosophies have basic assumptions about human nature, technology and social institutions. In addition, the report will point out that these philosophies may have some inherent problems. The assumptions made by the Methodological Individualism thinking and the Classical Economists will provide an excellent opportunity to distinguish if how our economy literally works and how it theoretically works and if those are technically one and the same.

Methodological Individualism is a philosophical system that privileges the Individual as sovereign." (Methodological Individualist) Methodological Individualism economists like Friedrich August von Hayek, feel that our economy can be explained by demonstrating that it is simply an outcome the society's combined individual's behaviors. The Methodological Individualist feels…...

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Critique of the Austrian School of Economics: METHODOLOGICAL INDIVIDUALISM. Ed. Huppi. Huppi. 13 Dec. 2003  http://www.huppi.com/kangaroo/L-ausmi.htm .

Classical Economists, Good or Bad? Ed. Mark Skousen. Liberty Haven. 13 Dec. 03 http://www.libertyhaven.com/theoreticalorphilosophicalissues/austrianeconomics/classicaleco.html.

Methodological Individualist. Ed. Wikipedia. Wikipedia. 13 Dec. 2003 http://en2.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methodological_Individualist.

Essay

During that time, the American middle class was threatened, and the reality is that many Americans lost their status as middle class during the economic crises. People literally died of starvation, and the economic markets that had helped create the middle class, once destabilized, helped usher in a greater divide between rich and poor, since only those with the most assets were able to weather the Depression with economic wherewithal. However, context remains important, because the fact is that America did recover from the Depression, and the living standards of the middle class continued to rise after its recovery, and have consistently done so, notwithstanding less substantial economic recessions. As a result, America has become a country associated with vast wealth, not because of the tremendous wealth held by the top 1% of its inhabitants, but because of the incredible wealth held by all but its poorest inhabitants, which…...

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References

Hoover, H. (1928). Rugged Individualism. Retrieved October 4, 2008 from Teaching American

History

Web site:  http://www.teachingamericanhistory.org/library/index.asp?document=953

Apart from literary arts, individualism is also most evident in the field of education. The development of educational institutions, spearheaded by the Florentine Academy, an informal organization of humanists, helped celebrate human reason in combination of mathematical and moral truths. The conceptualization of an educational institution as the formal venue for human reasoning and thought to be cultivated began with Plato's concept of the Academy. As Renaissance thinkers and humanist began using Greek studies as the foundation for European culture and society's rebirth, informal educational institutions such as Florentine Platonic Academy and religious schools have been established to harness the humanists' skills in critical thinking and further explore ways in which people can best express their individuality (363).

Objectivity is the result of the birth of individualism during the Renaissance period. As European society learned to cultivate and give importance to their ability to reason and think critically, objectivity began to…...

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Grafton, A. (1999). Natural Particulars: Nature and the Disciplines in Renaissance Europe. Cambridge: MIT Press.

Kagan, D. (1995). The Western Heritage. NJ: Prentice-Hall.

Ernest Hemingway on individualism and self-realization. Specifically, it will discuss several sources, and incorporate information from at least one Roberts and Jacobs short story, poem, or play. Ernest Hemingway embodies his characters with some of his own rugged individualism and search for meaning in life. Many other authors incorporate this theme in their works, because it seems to touch a cord in many readers, who also hope to learn more about themselves as they read and evaluate great fiction.
INDIVIDUALISM AND SELF-REALIZATION

Ernest Hemingway often portrayed a bit of himself in his works, because many of his protagonists were rugged individualists who searched for meaning in their lives and in the world around them, just as Krebs does in "Soldier's Home." Unfortunately, many of Hemingway's characters never find the comfort of self-realization, and so they are empty characters that never really find themselves. This self-realization process is also a common theme…...

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American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2000.

Farrell, James T. "The Sun Also Rises 1943." Ernest Hemingway: The Man and His Work. Ed. McCaffery, John K.M. New York: World Publishing Co., 1950. pp. 221-225.

Hemingway, Ernest. A Farewell to Arms. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1929.

Soldier's Home." Literature: Literature: An Intro to Reading & Writing, 6th Edition. Ed. Edgar V. Roberts and Henry E. Jacobs. Upper Saddle River: Prentice-Hall, 2003. pp #.

Democracy in America by Tocqueville
Tocqueville provides various reasons from despots as to why citizens must embrace individualism. In his arguments, Tocqueville shows that democracy breeds selfish individualism. According to Tocqueville, individualism is a feeling that is calm that makes every citizen be disposed from one another, or isolates citizens, from the rest of the masses, and is withdrawn from a circle of family and friends. This makes individualism be a stepping-stone that leads to egoism. Individualism is invaluable to people living in a democratic society. These people tend to be disjointed from their larger families and the communities. This is unlike in aristocratic societies where people are living together, with the families and communities taken to be critically important and of immense concern. In fact, despots do not like such societies or people. They like people who portray signs of caring for nothing or no one as long as they…...

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de Toqueville, Alexis. Democracy In America, Volume 1 (of 2) (Translator: Henry Reeve). 2006. Web. From  http://www.gutenberg.org/files/815/815-h/815-h.htm 

de Toqueville, Alexis. The Old Regime and the Revolution. Harper & brothers, 1856. Web. From  https://www.stmarys-ca.edu/sites/default/files/attachments/files/The_Old_Regime_and_the_Revolution.pdf

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Communication Accommodation Theory holds that we will adjust our communication styles when dealing with people of different cultures. We will use different language and different speaking styles depending on the audience of our speech. One particular example is with authority figures. Most people will speak to authority figures in a more formal way that they would to friends and even family members. The same is true in the workplace -- the setting embeds something formal in the setting, and that formality is then reflected in the speech the individual uses.

This phenomenon can also be viewed in a social setting. When an individual socializes with people of different groups, accommodation in speech is common. A good example the differences between conversation styles between social groups of people of one gender vs. interactions between members of groups from different genders. Single-gender groups will not use accommodating language, but mixed-gender groups will often…...

Rather than limit themselves to what has always been done, individualism encourages people to explore different personas throughout their life, trying on different identities in school and at work.
The idea that the individual is valuable also underlines our modern political system in a progressive fashion. Every person has the right to freedom of expression, even if the majority disagrees with his or her viewpoint -- the minority view may still have something to contribute to the majority's point-of-view. Even our modern medical system, holds every life is seen as potentially and equally valuable. Thus, the idea of individualism is thus yoked to a kind of philosophical pluralism -- every individual is equally valuable, and is entitled to the same opportunities in life....

If the risks that were taken in the past worked out well, individuals would be more likely to take risks in the future. It is clear from those findings that it is important to differentiate between the different types of risks when it comes to the study of risk theory. Sociological contexts must also be more clearly examined and drawn out in order to be able to completely grasp the nature of the risks that are prevalent in today's modern society. The article showcases this information very well, and it is important in that it shows the need for further study into this issue and a better understanding of what must be learned in order to properly address risk.

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Cebulla, a. (2007). Class or individual? A test of the nature of risk perceptions and the individualization thesis of risk society theory. Journal of…...

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Cebulla, a. (2007). Class or individual? A test of the nature of risk perceptions and the individualization thesis of risk society theory. Journal of Risk Research, 10(2), 129-148.

The Sense of Self and the Omniscient I in hitmans Song of MyselfIntroductionalt hitman\\\'s \\\"Song of Myself\\\" is an epic poem that celebrates the individual self while exploring the interconnectedness of all things. The poem is filled with imagery and symbolism, and it is characterized by an omnipresent \\\"I\\\" that seems to encompass all of humanity. hitman\\\'s conception of the self in this poem is one that is both public and universal while simultaneously deeply personal. This essay will examine the sense of self and the omniscient \\\"I\\\" present in \\\"Song of Myself\\\" and explore how hitman\\\'s perception of self relates to the common public perception of the self at the time, historically and culturally.The Self and IThe sense of self in \\\"Song of Myself\\\" is both individualistic and universal. On the one hand, hitman celebrates the uniqueness of the self, urging the reader to \\\"celebrate [their]self\\\" (line 1) and…...

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Works CitedWhitman, Walt. \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Song of Myself.\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" Leaves of Grass. 1855.Reynolds, David S. Walt Whitman\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s America: A Cultural Biography. Vintage, 1996.Richardson, Robert D. Emerson: The Mind on Fire. University of California Press, 1995.

Individualism in the Eyes of Thoreau and Emerson
Literary works and philosophical ideologies in the early 19th century is characteristically individualistic, where belief in humanity's natural freedom (that is, affinity with nature) was given importance. The ideology of individualism is evident in the works of Henry Thoreau and Ralph Waldo Emerson, 19th century philosophers and literary writers who composed the works Walden and Self-reliance, respectively. These works from both philosophers advocate the need for an individual to assert his/her identity in a society intolerant of differences and changes. In Walden, Thoreau narrates and documents his attempt in establishing a new life in the woods, primarily to deviate from the comforts that he and the society has learned to depend on. In his discourse, Thoreau states that, "many of the so-called comforts of life, are not only not indispensable, but positive hindrances to the elevation of mankind... To be a philosopher is…...

The first thing you need to do is understand what a theme is.  A theme is an idea in a movie.  Many people think of themes as the main idea, but a movie may have a central theme and several other themes.  If you are not sure how to identify a movie’s theme, think about the things in a movie that you want to talk about after you watch it or that leave you thinking about the movie. While themes can spur a number of different discussions, you should be able to describe the them concisely, generally....

Sure! Here are some suggestions for essay topics related to loneliness:

1. The impact of loneliness on mental health and well-being.
2. The role of social media and technology in exacerbating feelings of loneliness.
3. The relationship between loneliness and addiction.
4. Loneliness in the elderly population and potential solutions to combat it.
5. The portrayal of loneliness in literature and film.
6. Loneliness as a universal human experience.
7. The connection between loneliness and creativity.
8. The effects of chronic loneliness on physical health.
9. Strategies for coping with loneliness and building social connections.
10. The link between loneliness and societal factors such as urbanization and individualism.
11. The impact....

1. Exploration of Loneliness and Its Impact on Mental and Physical Health

Loneliness, a pervasive human experience, has detrimental effects on both mental and physical well-being. This essay could delve into the psychological consequences of loneliness, such as depression, anxiety, and cognitive decline. It could also examine the physiological impacts, including increased risk of cardiovascular disease, stroke, and impaired immune function. The essay could conclude by highlighting the importance of recognizing and addressing loneliness as a significant public health concern.

2. The Role of Technology in Loneliness: A Double-Edged Sword

Technology has become an integral part of modern life, but its impact on....

Thesis Statement:

Cultural distortion, deindividuation, and prejudiced stereotypes perpetuate societal division and undermine human understanding.

Introduction:

In contemporary society, the prevalence of distorted cultural narratives, deindividuation, and enduring prejudiced stereotypes poses a significant threat to fostering genuine human connection and understanding. This thesis will explore the complex interplay between these three phenomena and argue that they work in tandem to create and maintain social barriers, hindering our ability to recognize the inherent worth and diversity of all individuals.

Section 1: Cultural Distortion and Identity Construction

Cultural distortion involves the selective presentation of certain cultural characteristics while obscuring others, resulting in an incomplete and often inaccurate....