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    Immanuel Kant claims that our concepts of space and time are transcendent and provide a framework for cognition to begin to understand raw sensory input from the outside world. For Kant, space and time are a priori pure intuitions, knowledge existing outside of sensory experience. This paper will further dissect Kant’s arguments for space and time as pure intuitions before making an argument in favor of Kant’s understanding of space and time. Kant’s intuitions are representations given by sensation

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    Take a look outside. What do you notice about your surrounding geography? What about the climate? How does this affect your ability to grow as a civilization? You may or may not have known this but geography, climate, and location have a remarkable impact on your food source, animal domestication, immunity to germs, and the development of steel. There is a technical disparity between different countries and civilizations because of their geography and climate. The European’s geography controlled

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    Reflection Paper

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    Over the course of the semester, I have been fortunate enough to work with a student who is having difficulties when it comes to reading. My student does not have difficulties when it comes to hearing a word, but rather when he sees a word. My student has definitely benefited from one on one work with me as well as the additional help he’s getting from the reading specialist during their WIN (what I need) time. My student does not like to read because he knows that he is struggling and he is embarrassed

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    For many, studying takes up a large chunk of time in their days. Whether if it is studying for a quiz or exam, or just doing homework to help understand concepts of the class. Even though most of the topics are covered in class, it is solely not enough for student to pass by a class. It is said, that studying outside of class is the only way to pass a challenging class. Along with large amounts of studying, students tend to forget information they learn about. According to Doug Rohrer and Harold

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    younger brother Charles Wallace, and her friend Calvin travel through time and space in order to rescue her father. Meg’s father is a scientist who was captured by IT, and was imprisoned in Camazotz. This entire play described the journey that the three teenagers faced, and their struggles throughout the journey. With the help of Mrs. Whatsit, Mrs. Who, and Mrs. Which the three teenagers are able to travel through space, arrive at Camazotz and rescue their father safety, and then arrive back to earth

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    Memory Is an Antimuseum

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    The memory is an antimuseum, an invisible art that transforms each individual. It is ever developing, much related to spaces, in fact, memory is strictly related to spaces. They are formed in context of space and time, as I will later develop. Ever since the notion of memory came to be it was closely related and developed and explained using places, spaces, buildings. The perfect metaphor for memories is the city. The memory starts from something simple and by cumulating information it develops and

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    Film and Movement

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    Photographic technologies brought with them the ability to freeze and capture for unlimited time a specific moment in time and space. However, these technologies also arose issues surrounding concepts of art and reproduction right along side depiction of reality through certain medium. Walter Benjamin’s essay “The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction” and Siegfried Kracauer’s, “Basic Concepts,” in Theory of Film, seek to convey the relationship between film and its ability to capture

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    well be an infinite amount of time. Despite having so much time to do so much, it only takes a mere few minutes to undo all that has been done. Having realized this, Prufrock is anxious of whether his life is meaningful, or if he is simply a waste of space. The phrase involving how there will be time is repeated in stanzas four and six. Despite having all of this time,

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    I once met a sort of guru who preferred the name Eartheagle. Eartheagle and I were strolling through a garden as we discussed nature and life’s inner-workings. I was having issues with many sorts of relationships at the time and decided to propose a question. “What is the perfect relationship?” I asked. “The perfect relationship is like the Earth and Sun. If the earth were any closer, it would burn up. If it were any further away, it would grow cold. Without the Sun the Earth could not survive. Without

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    Flying through time and space in an old public police box, landing to realize that you are in an entirely different time and galaxy, this is the life of the Doctor and all his companions. Doctor Who is a witty, sci-fi, British TV show, whose main character, the Doctor, spends his life saving civilizations throughout time and space in his TARDIS (Time And Relative Dimension In Space). He has human companions who accompany him on his adventures;one of these companions is Clara Oswald. I identify with

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