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    “[T]he utility in diverse theories in interpretation does not imply the simultaneous truth of all the claims in the theoretical inventory” states Roland Garrett in a concluding statement discussing how more than one theory must be used to interpret fully a single work of text (Garrett 124). James Joyce’s short story “The Dead” is used to portray this statement in Garrett’s article “Six Theories in the Bedroom of The Dead.” As noted by the title of the article, Garrett analyzes James Joyce’s story

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    The First Hour of Preparation I decided to attend an office hour hosted by a teaching intern (TI) at noon. Since it was the first office hour of the day, the TI arrived a few minutes early and set up the room. He turned on the lights and opened the window blinds, which gave the room a more open atmosphere. Five minutes passed and no one arrived so the instructor started flipping through the relevant chapters of the textbook. I was impressed by his dedication- he was keeping his knowledge sharp in

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    Seiji Hayashi PHIL 3500 Chrisoula Andreou In Euthyphro, by Plato the main idea that comes up is socratic ignorance. Euthyphro argues that he is the self proclaimed expert on the subject of piety and impiety. I could argue in the position that, Euthyphro is claiming expertise in a subject that he doesn 't know enough about. This socratic ignorance is the idea of the dialogue. I have decided to take an extra argument in this paper. I argue there is ignorance in both Socrates and Euthyphro. Although

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    Heraclitus, like many of the beginning philosophers was a monist. His interpretation of the one reality was fire; however, this is not to be taken literally. Heraclitus believed that the “one” could not be any material thing, but could be found in the orderliness of change and he explained fire as “always changing yet somehow is always the same.” By having orderliness, there is possibility for the human mind to understand the cosmos instead of it being chaotic and based on the gods’ wills. He believed

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    better point of view as to how to resolve the social media problem in today’s society. Anderson’s article, “How to Create Social Media Guidelines for Your School,” is a great process paper type of article. Anderson starts his article with a great explanation of the social media problem which leads to his seven steps to solving it. Of course this isn’t the only way of solving the problem, his point is to give his audience an example of how to solve it rather than the only way. This article is backed

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    The Schelling Segregation Model

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    deductive-nomological (DN) theory of explanation and Bas C. van Fraassen’s (1980) pragmatic theory of explanation, Schelling only partially explains neighbourhood segregation, because multiple causal factors and background conditions ought to be taken into account. I will first outline how Schelling explains neighbourhood segregation, and then discuss the following aspects to show my conclusion: 1. Schelling’s model in the context of the DN theory of explanation 2. Schelling’s model in the context

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    juridical basis of the duty to mitigate is obscure”, the first section of the essay will examine whether mitigation is best explained as an aspect of causation. It will be considered if causation explains mitigation, whether causation is the superior explanation, before discussing an alternative approach based on a reformulation of the compensatory principle. The second section of the essay will examine the true basis for the rules of remoteness in contract and tort, and will ask whether the

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    Social Work Theory Paper

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    Elements include anything from dynamics of interpersonal relationships, environmental impact, to a biological influence and everything in the middle. Hollis & Woods, et. al., was quoted that "Psychodynamic theory was an important early source of explanations to guide social work interventions through adaptations such as the functional approach, the psychosocial approach, and the problem solving approach" (Hepworth et al., 2017, 2013, p. 18). Psychodynamic theory provokes thoughts of how internal process

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    often regardless of context. This essay will explain and evaluate different theories of attribution processes and biases in regards to our own and other people’s behaviour. The naïve scientist (Heider, 1958) explanation can be used to explain our own and other people’s behaviour. This explanation theorises that we attempt to assign motives to behaviour in order to make logical sense of the world around us, which helps us

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    Burham House Sociology

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    The physiological explanation attributes the impression of paranormal activity to physical causes such as tilted floors, unsquared rooms, blood sugar imbalances and eye floaters (McCue, 2002, p. 6). Lastly, the parapsychological theory includes phenomena that cannot be explained

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