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Seminary in Wake Forest, North Carolina. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Texas A&M University, a M.Div. in Biblical Languages from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, and a Ph.D. from Texas A&M University. Dr. Evans has published two main works through B&H publishing company, The Problem of Evil: The Challenge to Essential Christian Beliefs, and The Legitimacy of Christian Moral Thought in the Marketplace of Ideas. Dr. Evans strives to accomplish two things in his teaching and writings; “one

Professional Skepticism and Auditors ' Workpaper Review Kathy Hurtt University of Wisconsin Martha Eining and David Plumlee University of Utah Draft version March, 2001 February, 2002 Please do not quote without permission of the authors. Comments are welcome. We thank the workshop participants at Arizona State University, University of Utah, University of Wisconsin and Bentley College for their comments on earlier versions of this paper. Professional

Introduction: It is a common tendency for philosophers to invent their own vernacular, usually giving new connotations and definitions to terms we find ordinary. An instance of this is Heidegger’s “Dasein”. He takes two very common German words: “Da”, meaning “there” and “sein”, meaning “to be”, but “Dasein” has the heavy connotation of not only physically existing there, but being present in a multitude of ways (Heidegger, 1927). Another example is from Foucault expanding the word “government” not

Rhetorical Situation, Lloyd F. Bitzer argues that what makes a situation rhetorical is similar to that which constitutes a moral action as he writes that, “an act is moral because it is an act performed in a situation of a certain kind; similarly, a work is rhetorical because it is a response to a situation of a certain kind”.(3) By defining the rhetorical situation in this way, Bitzer further contends that rhetoric is a means to altering reality. (4) It is through the use of discourse that one is

Final (704935286) The Dream Argument of Rene Descartes is a philosophical skeptical argument used by Descartes himself to put into doubt the existence of any knowledge he has gained from his sense. There have been many interpretations of Descartes’ Dream Argument by different philosophers, and one notable example is that of Barry Stroud’s example. Stroud, in his Problem of the External World, describes the Dream Argument as an argument where “we must know we are dreaming if we are to know anything

According to the Merriam Webster dictionary, when referring to individuality, identity means “the distinguishing character or personality of an individual”. I would simply define identity as who you are or what makes you different. When quickly compared to peers, we may seem like copies of each other. We wake up, go to school, eat, sleep and hangout with friends, but there is still something that makes me, me. “Your identity is your most valuable possession. Protect it”. Although said by Elastigirl

of Contents Introduction 3 The Token Forms of Apriority 3 The Objections to A Priori Knowledge 4 Putnam’s Contextual Apriority 6 The Necessity of Mathematical Apriority 8 Discussion 9 Conclusion 9 Works Cited 11 This short paper will evaluate whether or not a priori knowledge is possible. The questions regarding the objections to the possibility of a priori knowledge are discussed, as are the possible resolutions to such objections

until they supply a clear cognitive interpretation, we are justified in our suspicion that their question is a pseudo-question, that is, one disguised in the form of a theoretical question while in fact it is non-theoretical …'"**** "Calling philosophical propositions meaningless is usually very antagonistic; it amounts to using fighting words. Some of the less thoughtful critics of Carnap see him as (solely) making this kind of pejorative value judgment. Those who use ``positivist'' as a kind of

The relationship between rhetoric and truth is a highly conflicted topic. Two philosophers that discuss this topic are Plato and Nietzsche. Plato argues that rhetoric is merely a useful craft that deals only in the subjective and material world rather than in the pursuit of true knowledge. Nietzsche, on the other hand, argues that absolute truths are unobtainable since individuals are incapable of being completely objective, thereby rendering the debate between rhetoric and truth meaningless. Although

Realism in Rohinton Mistry Family Matters Rupam Kumari Research Scholar University Department of English B.R.A. Bihar University, Muzaffarpur, Bihar Abstract The article examines the significance of realism in the work of Rohinton Mistry, especially in Family Matters (2002). Born in Bombay and emigrating to Canada in 1975, Mistry is a Canadian novelist who writes generally about the India and of his youth. Through realism, Mistry represents the life with fidelity. He is a realist in true