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believes that his clear and distinct idea of an infinite being with infinite “objective reality” leads to the occurrence of the “Special Causal Principle”. I will start by discussing and analyzing Descartes clear and distinct idea of an infinite being and how it the classification of ideas and the difference between formal and objective reality Special Causal Principle. Finally, I will examine the reasons Descartes offers for his belief in Gods existence and I will indicate the drawbacks within

In this paper, I will investigate the right to life for embryo based on Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan’s article “Abortion: Is it Possible to be both “Pro-life” and “Pro-Choice”?” My conclusion is an embryo is a potential person thus it has the right to life. Sagan and Druyan argue that embryo does not have human characteristics; therefore it is acceptable to abort it. I will show that embryo is at least a potential person, so it has the right to life. First, I want to convince embryo may not be a person

that Liz was the factual cause of Alex's death. Legal Causation: Having proved that Liz was the factual cause of Alex's death it must now be determined if she will be held legally held responsible. This is done primarily by looking at the three causal factors, namely “the individualisation theory”, “the novus actus interveniens”, and the “theory of adequate causation”. The individualisation theory requires that the consequence directly resulted from the accused’s conduct. In other words, no other

violence in the real-world to violent video games, this exaggeration of their effects does not take into account and the fact that there can be no single risk factor that leads to real-world acts of violence and the lack of evidence that suggests a causal link between video game violence and violent behavior. Therefore, the current regulations and laws surrounding violent video games should remain the same. Critics of controversial and violent video games argue that adolescents who play violent video

nitpicking and countering previously accepted arguments about causes of actions is along the way totally confusing a college student desperately trying to grasp the mysterious ideas a way of life. For example, Wayne Davis references a way to disprove the "causal theory" (it holds that "actions done for a reason are explained by the agent's beliefs and desires") (Davis, 2005, p. 58). Mary, for example, turned on the light switch not because she had any particular belief that there was too much light but because

1. Construct Validity:  This study test empirically whether an experimentally increase in status updating affects feeling on loneliness. In this experiment the independent variable was manipulated, by asking the participants in the experimental group to temporarily post more status updates on their Facebook account, whereas the control group did not instruct. In this study the dependent variable is loneliness. For this experiment the sample have a total of 86 participants, 61 percent were female

Jaegwon Kim thinks that multiple realizability of mental properties would bring about the conclusion that psychology is most likely not a science. Several functionalists, specially, Fodor, take up the opposing stance to Kim, supporting that the multiple realizability of mental states is one of the reasons why psychology is an autonomous and justifiable science. Essentially, Kim think that in order for mental states to be multiply realizable then psychology must be fundamentally broken; with human

Jaegwon Kim thinks that multiple realizability of mental properties would bring about the conclusion that psychology is most likely not a science. Several functionalists, specially, Fodor, take up the opposing stance to Kim, supporting that the multiple realizability of mental states is one of the reasons why psychology is an autonomous and justifiable science. Essentially, Kim think that in order for mental states to be multiply realizable then psychology must be fundamentally broken; with human

your social superiority. This paper aims to evaluate Melissa Healy’s use of rhetorical strategies, such as ethos, pathos, and logos, in “Teenage social media butterflies may not be such a bad idea.” Healy uses rhetorical appeals effectively in her causal argument about adolescents and social relationships teenagers have that deal in result to social media. With social media growing and growing into a mass of accounts and profiles and different groups of people and clubs and websites and other

The Covariation model, created by Harold H. Kelley, has been a crucial contribution to the study of social psychology. The covariation model is one of two attribution theories. It states that there are internal and external causes for every occurring event that must be distinguished. There are three categories to the covariation model: consensus, consistency, and distinctiveness. Consensus is whether or not other people have acted in the same way as the person in question. Consistency is based on