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Descartes Quotes - 0 views

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here are 26 or so quotes by descartes.

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Dreaming and reality - 0 views

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This blogger (i think this is a blog) poses the question "are dreams extensions of reality?" she uses descartes philosophy "i think therefore i am" to prove they are.

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Descartes, René: Overview [Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy] - 0 views

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Rene Descartes as the "Father of Modern Philosophy"

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Descartes' Life and Works > Descartes' 1616 Law Thesis -- English Translation (Stanford... - 0 views

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  Why did Descartes see Law as the way to explore rationality?
  
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Descartes Law Thesis

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Compulsory Voting - 0 views

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"will of the electorate"
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Governments must consider the total electorate
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Candidates can concentrate their campaigning energies on issues rather than encouraging voters to attend the poll
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Voting is a civic duty
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- Erin Hamson on 20 Sep 10
  
  In the old sense liberty is the ability to participate in government, why would you turn this down?
  
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- Erin Hamson on 20 Sep 10
  
  Through forcing people to the polls you encourage them to think about what they are doing, and they don't have to vote for anyone
  
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Erin Hamson on 20 Sep 10

This is website a friend posted to my blog, that relates to my post on open government and compulsory voting.

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New science theory and key issues in physics theory - 0 views

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  This cool SitePal feature with text-to-speech is really fun to play with!
  
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Kristi Koerner on 20 Sep 10

Interesting site on New Science Theory including physics and Descartes.

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Avatars - Create an Animated Talking Character for Your Website - 0 views

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  This feature, SitePal, does it have implications for computer intelligence? Does it really understand what I type in?
  
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Women alchemists - 0 views

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Women in science including Cavendish

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Hacking with the Wii infrared cameras and sensors - 0 views

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Chase McCloskey on 21 Sep 10

If you're short on time I recommend at least watching the second video. See my blog post for more.

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Intelligences - 0 views

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I read this a few weeks ago. It only seems fitting that I bring it up during this class on empiricism.

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Simple Explanation of Inductive and Deductive Reasoning - 0 views

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Simple Explanation of Inductive vs. Deductive Reasoning

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Simon-Ehrlich wager - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

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  This Article shows that increases in efficiency as a result of technological imporvement have lead to lower real prices in most goods.
  
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JSTOR: Journal of the History of Ideas, Vol. 39, No. 2 (Apr. - Jun., 1978), pp. 183-197 - 0 views

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This looks at Francis Bacon's ideas from the perspective of today.

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John Locke Philosophy: English Philosopher, First of British Empiricists - 0 views

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John Locke

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Brief yet condensed summary of John Locke and his life

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Margaret Cavendish: Observations Upon Experimental Philosophy - 0 views

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In short, Magnifying-glasses are like a high heel to a short legg, which if it be made too high, it is apt to make the wearer fall, and at the best, can do no more then represent exterior figures in a bigger, and so in a more deformed shape and posture then naturally they are; but as for the interior form and motions of a Creature, as I said before, they can no more represent them, then Telescopes can the interior essence and nature of the Sun, and what matter it consists of; for if one that never had seen Milk before, should look upon it through a Microscope, he would never be able to discover the interior parts of Milk by that instrument, were it the best that is in the World; neither the Whey, nor the Butter, nor the Curds. Wherefore the best optick is a perfect natural Eye, and a regular sensitive perception, and the best judg is Reason, and the best study is Rational Contemplation joyned with the observations of regular sense, but not deluding Arts
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Guide to Locke's Essay - 0 views

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John Locke

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Here's an in-depth break-down of John Locke and his essay concerning human understanding.

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Open Science Summit Videos - At last. | Science 3.0 - 0 views

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The summit focussed mainly on open data, open access and open knowledge, although there were a lot of interesting ideas, many of which we have since tried to incorporate here (such as microfinancing via flattr). To whet your appetite, here’s the opening discussion.
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Kevin Watson on 21 Sep 10

Interesting ideas on how open access, open data, and open knowledge can all be incorporated into the field of science. Good video.

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Social media policy in Milford - No Facebook, Twitter, iPods | WTNH.com Connecticut - 0 views

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  It's interesting that a high school in Conn. has banned iPods, but my little school in podunk East Texas encourages learning through downloadable iPod lessons.
  
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Linguists, robots, or aliens? - 0 views

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Flipping back to our conversation about getting computers to understand our language, this google video explains the very interesting method which Google Translate utilizes for understanding human language.

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Occom's Razor - 0 views

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Simplify Occoms Occom's Razor

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In light of talking about different ways of thinking, and different scientific methods. I thought this would be appropriate.

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