Aris Kagramanov 10/7/15 Period 5 Introduction: I. Viracocha is the inventor god in the pre-Inca and Inca mythology in the Andes locale of South America. Viracocha was a standout amongst the most critical gods in the Inca pantheon and seen as the inventor for goodness’ sake‚ or the substance from which everything is made‚ and personally connected with the ocean. Viracocha made the universe‚ sun‚ moon‚ and stars‚ time by ordering the sun to move over the sky and human progress itself. Viracocha
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Leibniz describes as monad as the basic foundation from which everything else is composed. With monads being very simple‚ Leibniz suggests that a monad is a substance that neither has extension‚ nor shape‚ nor can it be divided. He argues that a monad is one thing with no individual parts. He also contends that monads cannot be changed from anything externally but can only be changed from something internally. He maintains that monads have to have properties because if they didn’t‚ they would not
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Nagel believes that we cannot know what it is like to be a bat due to our lack of understanding of consciousness and consequently our inability to understand another being’s subjective character experience. Nagel chooses a bat to articulate his thesis because it is close enough on the tree of genetic evolution that we do not automatically dismiss its similarities but functionally different enough to ensure that his point is clearly displayed. Nagel is not sure how to determine whether or not an
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“Mindlessness and Mindfulness” I. The article‚ “Mindlessness and Mindfulness‚” illustrates people’s way of acting without thinking or questioning their behavior. There are two ways to approach daily activities; one being mindfully doing so and the other to perform the task mindlessly. Ellen Langer argues that we tend to mindlessly perform many of our daily activities. We do this either through repetition of a task or on a single exposure to information. Langer also identifies how we do not question
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Explain and assess Mackenzie’s argument that Schechtman overlooks the first personal significance of the body in the constitution of identity. Catriona Mackenzie’s (2009) Personal Identity‚ Narrative Integration and Embodiment‚ encapsulates a powerful critique and understanding of the significance of first personal constitution towards personal identity. Marya Schechtman’s (1996_ book The Constitution of Selves is critically assessed revealing a failure to recognize the
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Experiment 12 Influences of Molecular Shape and Intermolecular Forces on Physical Properties By Hannah Kloss Chemistry 112L- 01 --- Eric Boakye November 10‚ 2014 Physical properties are properties that can be measured and seen in an object. An example of a physical property of an object would be the color‚ mass‚ solubility‚ volume‚ or the polarity of an object. A physical property can change the appearance of an object‚ but that does not mean that the chemical composition has to change
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Derek Parfit states‚ “it is an empty question whether the resulting person would be you.” (384) With this statement‚ Parfit means that we could know the result of what just happened without answering the question. There is only one outcome that is being considered. According to the Bundle theory we cannot explain consciousness by examining a person. The answer is instead in a long series of mental states and different situations. In these different series we experience life through thoughts and sensations
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Consciousness as an adaptation is one of the hardest problems in the consciousness studies. Flanagan explains that insects probably don’t sleep. Also‚ sleep-cycles could help with survival‚ and that we restore and conserve body-building functions‚ which also regulate metabolism and restore depleted hormones. Conscious mental states have many different properties. They can feel many experiences in different ways. Consciousness is a sensory experience. Flanagan states a spandrel is inventible side
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Mary Douglas’ main argument in External Boundaries is that the body and all of its elements‚ is a universal symbol for society. She proposes a biological model reminiscent of Spencer’s organic model‚ though Spencer’s was analogous (think roads and veins) whereas Douglas is purely symbolic. “Society is not a body‚ but it can be symbolically represented by a body”. (McGee 2012:441) Unlike the previously discussed pursuits of Margaret Mead‚ and those of her fellow symbolic anthropologists‚ Douglas
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According to Osho‚ the Indian mystic and spiritual teacher‚ "Consciousness means living with a witness; unconsciousness means living without a witness. When you are walking on the road‚ you can walk consciously — that’s what Buddha says one should do — you are alert‚ deep down you are aware that you are walking; you are conscious of each movement. You are conscious of the birds singing in the trees‚ the early morning sun coming through the trees‚ the rays touching you‚ the warmth‚ the fresh air‚
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