During the interview, it can clearly be seen that whenever he says “yes” he literally shakes his head no. This is a subconscious act, meaning that they do not believe what they are saying. In an article, it says that it is extremely crucial to listen to emphasis on words. This cue can come off as misleading. If one is telling the truth, they will shake/nod their head as an accent to show that they simply mean what they say.
In the essay, “In Defense of Prejudice”, by Jonathan Rauch, he defines the position opposite to his own as “purism”. He states that the public does not know enough about the term and it has yet to be properly identified. Rauch states that “purism” cannot be justified without the traces of prejudice to be completely removed from society, but that prejudice will never be removed from society due to continuous perceptions that people have. Throughout the essay Rauch defines purism, and it can be attained that the public does not know what pluralism is, what it means to be politically correct, and what society really is without constant prejudice. In this essay, those concepts will be explored with Rauch’s position on them, and what he believes.
Critically assess Hume’s challenges towards miracles. David Hume (1711-1776), an empiricist, is a great criticiser of miracles. He has many different arguments against miracles and against what people think miracles are. Although Hume criticizes miracles, he never actually says that he does not believe they occur. Some people assume that he does not believe in miracles but he does not say this he just says you have to be careful about the difference between a ‘miracle’ and something extraordinary happening.
Descartes then begins questioning most of his, and in essence, our, beliefs. He explores our many senses and reiterates that what the senses have taught us throughout our lives is not necessarily the truth. According to Descartes’ we have become so prone to believing everything taught to us by the manner in which we sense things and by our experiences that this has become our truth. This truth that has been created for us “from or through,” our senses often deceives us and forces us into believing in false truths. He uses three examples or ideas that question the existence of truth and of all that he has learnt.
Entwistle’s examination of MacArthur’s lack of exegesis on certain passages was shocking. I could see how MacArthur forced passages to mean what he wanted them to mean, and I suspected that MacArthur himself knew this. Leading up to this chapter, I could see how this book had begun to shape my thinking in a different way. A few years ago, I would have dismissed Entwistle’s argument entirely. Now, critical thinking skills engaged, I saw where MacArthur’s presuppositions had clouded his
English Advanced HSC “UNDERSTANDING NOURISHES BELONGING... A LACK OF UNDERSTANDING PREVENTS IT.” Demonstrate how your prescribed text and ONE other related text of your own choosing represent this interpretation of belonging. It is often in the nature of mankind to be hardwired to develop a sense of connection with one another, and this desire to connect can be described as the need to belong. Belonging refers to the state when one reaches a likeness or similarity – physical, emotional or otherwise, to another unit, for instance a community, place or ideal. However this likeness that is wished to be reached can only be thoroughly done so and encouraged if said person is completely aware of his or her surroundings and can understand the
With a pragmatic approach individuals aim to achieve realistic and sensible answers through debate and the realization that situations change over time and answers need to be reassessed and reevaluated in order to determine a correct approach to the answer. Traditional pragmatism such as, William James, Charles Pierce, John Dewey, Josiah Royce, and George Herbert Mead, viewed all human understanding as intrinsically fallible; they saw knowing as an opened quest for greater certainty, grounded in practical experience and motivated by the desire of successful actions. Through pragmatism, no one group or individual has the one answer to the problem based on conflict resolution theories, but the entire group of individuals is responsible for the final decision on current issues, making no one the winner, but all a winner and part of the decision-making
Either to convince them to do something, to believe something, or to convince them of the bullshitter’s competency or knowledgeability. People may BS without intending to mislead anyone. Frankfurt asserts that bullshit is so common in the world because people are convinced that they must have an opinion about more or less anything and everything and so they speak about things that they really do not know anything about. “The lack of any significant connection between a person’s opinions and his apprehension of reality will be even more severe, needless to say, for someone who believes it his responsibility, as a conscientious moral agent, to evaluate events and conditions in all parts of the world.” (On Bullshit ) This is especially common in politics. No one person can be up to date on all current events, and yet people, especially politicians and others in positions of power, are expected to have an opinion on all of their country’s goings-on.
Outline and evaluate explanations of conformity (12 marks) Conformity is where one changes their decision/opinion from the influence of or pressure from other people. This pressure can be real of imaginative. The ‘majority influence’ can play a big role in changing a person or a small groups behaviour. There are two types of conformity, compliance (other wise none as shallow conformity) and internalization (other wise none as deep conformity). The difference is that compliance is when someone conforms out loud with the views or behaviour but secretly disagrees.
Commitment blocking occurs when a person looks at a problem through past prism or life experiences and use those past experiences as a model in solving current problems. Compression problems occur when people make their own assumptions about their problems and create artificial constraints around it that inhibits their ability in solving the problem. Complacency blocking arises because people do not ask questions regarding their problems thinking that people will consider them to be less intelligent.