The Penultimate Truth

Wired for War: The Robotics Revolution and Conflict in the 21st Century written by Peter Warren Singer. In his book, Mr. Singer explores and supports his theory of how technology is quickly and decisively changing the way the U.S. fights wars. This book was written in 2009 and the author provides historical data up to 2009 on how the military relies on technology in the battlefield. Mr. Singer’s credentials include a Ph.D. in Government from Harvard and a BA from the Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton2. He has worked with numerous U.S. government agencies as advisor and continues to provide his services in that capacity. He has published books which relate to the military such as Corporate Warriors: The Rise of the

In the book “Nothing But the Truth”, a young adult fiction novel written by Avi. In “Nothing But the Truth”, Philip Malloy, the main character, begins humming during the morning announcements when the National Anthem was played. Everyone thought that he was trying to create a disturbance but Philip said that he was trying to be Patriotic. A few days later, he got suspended. Philip’s story was heard from all over the country several days later. All of Philip’s friends and teachers are trying to prove him wrong and the country thanking him for something he lied about. So to avoid the mess, Philip switched to a private school. But when the Nation Anthem played there, a teacher asked him to sing but Philip said that he doesn’t know the words. Throughout the entire book, Philip was treated fairly for many reasons. First, for how Philip was

The reason for blaming Philips parents are stated in chapter 9 page 28, Philip admits that Philip didn’t like Miss. Narwin and that she, Miss. Narwin had it in for him. This is also stated in page 32 that the teacher Miss. Narwin is supposedly has it in for him and that Philip could fail and take summer school. Dr. Joseph Palleni, Assistant Principle can also be blamed because in Dr. Palleni’s office, Dr. Palleni goes and talks to Philip the incident/ issue at hand.

In the 1960’s, computer technology was just starting to dominate much of modern life and this new technology raised concern about whether humans had command over certain important functions like the control of nuclear weapons. The novel Fail-Safe addresses these fears by portraying a technology doomsday scenario where a malfunction by a computer causes a nuclear bomber group to be deployed against Moscow. Along with showcasing issues relating to technology, and its limitations, Fail-Safe portrays several political aspects of the cold war including the role of the “human factor” within the rationalized, technological fetishism and examples of human weakness within the “man vs. machine conflict

As he mentioned while finding the true murdered, he accomplishes the penalty he stated for the murdered, and exiles himself.

Universal truths correspond with everything to do with life and everything else. One universal truth that has a message that rings true, especially in today’s world is, “a million people can believe a foolish thing, but it is still a foolish thing”. This universal truth can be taken a number of ways, the first is reading it literal - going by it word for word. Jon Krakauer, author of Into the Wild, wrote about this universal truth, but in another understanding. His book used the truth in the sense that just because everyone believes in something, it does not necessarily make it true.

1984 : From Goldstein's book - "The effect (of the atomic wars) was to convince the ruling groups of all countries that a few more atomic bombs would mean the end of organized society, and hence of their own power. Thereafter, although no formal agreement was ever made or hinted at, no more bombs were dropped. All three powers merely continue to produce atomic bombs and store them up against the decisive opportunity which they all believe will come sooner or later. And meanwhile the art of war has remained almost stationary for thirty or forty years. Helicopters are more used than they were formerly, bombing planes have been largely superseded by self-propelled projectiles, and the fragile movable battleship has given way to the almost unsinkable Floating Fortress; but otherwise there has been little development. The tank, the submarine, the torpedo, the machine gun, even the rifle and the hand grenade are still in use. And in spite of the endless slaughters reported in

This is the faith I have in God to be the alpha and the omega of my life. I believe that my life is not made and controlled by my power but , controlled by a supreme being who ultimately have the power to decide my existence and what the fate of this world, and what goes on in it. He is the only true God.

“The short term pain of accepting the truth is much better than the long term pain of believing an illusion”- unknown. In the novel A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness, a 13 year old boy, Conor O'malley, deals with inner struggles when accepting his mother’s fatal illness. Conor experiences hardship when coming to terms with the truth so he chooses to suppress it with denial and this worsens his grieving process. Conor undergoes a troubling state where he is lonesome and unwillingly expresses himself through violence and a series of emotional collapses. The teen’s way of coping is not beneficial to either him or is family. A monster in the form of a Yew tree comes to visit Conor and guides him towards the acceptance of truth. Although Conor is not oblivious towards his mother’s imminent death, he must learn from the monster to fully accept the condition she is in, in order to move on with his life. The Yew tree monster guides Conor through storytelling, thus teaching him the importance of accepting the truth. At times, the monster takes a step back and this allows Conor to discover the importance of truth slowly and independently. The way the monster approaches Conor and the tactics he uses to enlighten him are the main reasons Conor develops throughout the novel as an individual. Patrick Ness conveys the importance of truth and how difficult it is for individuals to accept and come to terms with

For Komunyakaa truth is not a matter of passing on exacting or account subjects. Truth be told, in his first books, his ballads retreat from utilizing dialect for these reasons—and I don't mean retreat in the feeling of surrendering. I mean retreat as a demonstration of resistance, as one retreats in military methodology. In a world in which African-American character, and specifically, African-American male personality, is always debilitated, dialect and the sonnet itself turn into a last protection, a definitive weapon of the sense of self against disintegration. For Komunyakaa, dialect vindicates torment, brings back what is lost, veils enduring, denies it, and recuperates it. In Komunyakaa's verse, dialect is the statement of a beset self

2. This novel isn’t a traditional book; its written with dialogue and primary source documents.

In regards to using the Adler’s birth order and fictional finalism with our client Sam. Based on his birth order, he is the youngest of four children. Due to him having a supportive family, this might be because he is the be baby of the family and his parents are making him move back home due to wanting to provide/help their youngest child. On the other hand, Sam’s fictional finalism could be him changing his education to an art degree could lead to career happiness and lower his feelings in feeling like a failure. In addition to counseling Sam’s fictional finalism, Watts and Holden (1994) disclose why it is important to continue to perform fictional finalism at counseling sessions. They disclose how it helps the client feel safe about their

In his book ‘Meditations on First Philosophy’, Descartes writes that all beliefs, even the most irresistible convictions, may not correspond to how the world really is; and this is something that defenders of the correspondence theory are arguably unable to dismiss. As a result, the coherence theory takes a different approach and argues that a proposition (truth-bearer) is true if it ‘fits’ or coheres with a specific set of beliefs (truth-maker). These beliefs may belong either to the individual (and include the laws of logic, for example), to human beings at the ultimate stage of historical development, or to a system of beliefs held by a God or the Absolute (Walker, 1989). So in the example where Billy believes that ‘dogs have five legs’, his claim can be assessed by considering if this statement coheres with a specific set of true beliefs. For instance, it may be commonly understood that dogs have four legs not five, that there has never been a dog with more than four legs, and that no one apart from Billy has ever claimed that dogs can have more than four legs. Thus, it follows that the key to determining whether Billy’s statement is true or false is “internal consistency and logical standards” (Dunwoody, 2009, p. 117).

Truth can be defined as conformity to reality or actuality and in order for something to be “true” it must be public, eternal, and independent. If the “truth” does not follow these guidelines then it cannot be “true.” Obviously in contrary anything that goes against the boundaries of “truth” is inevitably false. True and false, in many cases does not seem to be a simple black and white situation, there could sometimes be no grounds to decide what is true and what is false. All truths are a matter of opinion. Truth is relative to culture, historical era, language, and society. All the truths that we know are subjective truths (i.e. mind-dependent truths) and there is nothing more to truth than what we are willing to assert as true

Merriam-Webster dictionary defines the truth as “a statement or idea that is true or accepted as true”. In other words, if a statement or idea is rejected, it is no longer a truth. Different cultures have accepted different ideas and statements as the truth, and these different ideas causes clash of cultures. Post-Colonization literature describes these conflicts. In Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe, the natives question their Ibo culture and their gods. In Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad and Shooting an Elephant by George Orwell, the white men question their homeland’s actions. Post-Colonization literature reflects on how both the colonizer and the colonized question what they understand as the truth through the clash of