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    Continuing the Table Debate: Physical Objects and Sense Data A highly debated subject among various philosophers is the existence of physical objects; if physical objects cause and resemble a person’s sense data and if objects exist outside of what is sensed. Descartes mentions a lack of trust in human senses, and does not believe that one can know what truly exists and what does not. Later on, Russell builds upon this idea, not necessarily doubting the existence of sense data, but doubting that

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    Simplicity and Explanation: Physical Objects without Temporal Parts Philosophers debate over how to resolve the Problem of Change. The Problem of Change identifies a challenge for philosophers accounting for object persistence. To account for how an object persists, the Problem of Change bring up disagreements over the existence of temporal parts. In this paper, I present and explain a view wherein an object persists through change without positing the existence of temporal parts. As an adequate

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    galaxies millions of light years away to perceiving invisible colors. However, Swift was not implying the marvelous function of sight but embraces a different phenomenon of human nature. A common trend among human beings is to limit their sight to physical objects, as well as limiting themselves to what they want to condone as truth. Swift’s vision is beyond one’s self, a vision that perceives situations, consequences and changes that normal sight cannot. Vision that embraces truth and applies the truth

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    is an object representation of her parent’s love and trust in

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    Elsie is a 42 year old Caucasian female with a diagnosis of histrionic personality disorder and severe alcohol use disorder. Elsie is divorced and currently living with her mother, but the relationship is very strained. A domestic dispute that turned physical with her mother resulted in police intervention where she was arrested and charged. She also admits to being physically abusive to her ex-husband as well. She is very angry at her mother and says her mother is abusive both verbally and physically

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    to all the good memories I have with her. I connect with this object on a very personal level because it is so much more than a necklace with monetary value to me, I truly value the meaning behind the necklace more than I do that actual physical object. This objects reflects certain aspects of my life; it shows that I love and care for my family and it is a way to show that love by wearing the gifts that were given to me as a physical representation of love. I

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    As the dictionary defines an object, it is “any kind of object can signify someone or something that makes you feel a specified emotion”; the emotion one receives from a certain object is usually one that makes them feel happy inside. Or one that holds a lot of meaning. The object that holds the most meaning to me is my cross necklace. Although, the necklace was lost last spring when it fell out of my bag, it still has a big significance and there aren’t any necklaces like it here in Colorado. Two

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    It is crucial when analyzing Renaissance art because they focus on the social role and not the actual physical attributes and characteristics of the sitter. West comments on how representations of the ideal woman both directly influence and affect the gender politics at that time. Thus, portrayal of women in portrait paintings correlates to women’s role

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    Assignment 2 Discerned as the most common essences in the society, object and colour they are interrelated. Substantially,the correlations are inevitable. Therefore it is not easy to address the works from these aspects instead I would like to address the prominent elements of each work to elaborate more on it. It might be confusing yet this is one of the problem that I strive to tease out because both object and colour are not authorised a declaration. They do not have the perfect exemplification

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    The most extreme form of submission to the new order of society, centered around objects and “waves and radiation” (DeLillo 1) is Mink, who represents the epitome of consumerism culture. The description of Mink by Lentricchia on page 113 covers the descriptions of the novel perfectly. “Sitting in front of the TV, throwing fistfuls of Dylar at his mouth, babbling, Willy Mink is a compacted image of consumerism in the society of electronic media, a figure of madness, but our figure of madness.” At

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