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… point of whether or not date rape is wrong, but more of how it is seen in a courtroom. In Pineau's article she first states the opposing side (the male/court's perspective) on date rape, and then follows it up with her argument disproving their explanati…

… from the City Hall is Valejo clinic. This clinic has become the last home for many people who suffered from acute chronic diseases. The clinic has advanced equipment for life support. The equipment is more advanced than that of most central…

… the methodology behind the "The Turing Test", is can a computer's "thinking" exist with both syntax and semantics? And are both these required to "think"? John Searle's "Chinese Room Experiment" sets out to prove that although a merely syntactic computer…

… the space of a year I will lose all my memories and all my character traits. I regard the person who will inherit my body during this time as one and the same person, numerically identical to the person who has been present in my body for my whole life…

… as being very "deep" as it tackles subjects not normally seen in Hollywood productions. Parallels are commonly drawn between Christianity and Buddhism, leading to the assumption that The Matrix is a religious film. However, behind this veneer lie…

… been argued about for years. What is the difference between the two? Looking in a dictionary, free will is the power, attributed to human beings, of making free choices that are unconstrained by external circumstances or by an agency such…

… man? This, in itself, is a culture bound question because it can vary from culture to culture. However, in the perception of Okonkwo, the main character in Chinua Achebe's novel, Things Fall Apart, the measure of a man's success is based on…

… In his Essay Concerning Human Understanding Locke makes the argument that the mind and body both exist and that they both interact with each other. However, in explaining his reasoning for his theory Locke raises some issues that are not backed with…

… Marx) In his early years of writing, Karl Marx's ideas were similar to American Pragmatism, especially his ideas about epistemology. He defines truth in a pragmatic fashion and explains cognition in terms of practical needs of the human being. While…

… is an age old question, that for years has stumped even the best of scholars. The thing people need to realize is that there is no black or white, yes or no answer to this question. It can not be analyzed, or sorted out by scientists or analysts…