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Philosophy and Media
By Saturday, June 15, 2013, respond to the assigned discussion questions and submit your responses to the appropriate topic in this Discussion Area. You should quote or paraphrase from specific pages in the course text to support your claims about philosophical ideas and concepts, using correct APA citation. Start reviewing and responding to your classmates and the facilitator as early in the week as possible.
• Identify a film, book, television show, or other form of media/art that involves characters/narrators reflecting upon the nature of identity and the self. Cite the media using correct APA citation.
• Explain at least one theory of identity from this week's readings. For example, you might discuss rationalism, empiricism, or phenomenology. Cite support from the primary text selections in the chapter as well as authoritative secondary sources such as the course text and online lectures.
• Analyze the film using at least one of the theories of identity or freedom from this week's readings and lectures.
• You may want to consider the following questions while choosing a relevant theory and analyzing the media:
• Do the characters doubt their own existence or their ability to know themselves and the world around them?
• Do the characters/narrator reflect upon whether they exist and how they know what they know?
• To what extent do the following factors impact their sense of self: emotions, past experiences, rationality, other people, race, gender, socio-economic status, ethnicity, and religion?
• Are they conscious of themselves as having a "self?"
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Determine the lowpass protype function
: Specifications of an analog filter are given below: Butterworth highpass filter Absolute passband gain=1 3-dB cutoff frequency at 4000 radians/second 40 dB attenuation at the stop frequency of 800 radians/second
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Explain the octet rule impossible to satisy for all atoms
: In which of the compounds/ions listed is the octet rule impossible to satisy for all atoms in the formula. Choose "Impossible" or "Possible" in regards to satisfying the octet rule
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What is the angular momentum of the particle
: At one instant, a 0.26 kg particle is located at the position [r=(5.9m)*i+(5.5m)*j]. What is the angular momentum of the particle about the origin, in unit-vector notation
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Explain the solution was cooled in an ice-water bath
: The solution was cooled in an ice-water bath for 10 minutes and pure crystals were obtained. The crystals were filtered on a Hirsch funnel and rinsed with about 0.5 mL of ice-cold ethanol. After drying, the weight of the crystals was found to be 5..
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Philosophy and media
: Identify a film, book, television show, or other form of media/art that involves characters/narrators reflecting upon the nature of identity and the self. Cite the media using correct APA citation - discuss rationalism, empiricism, or phenomenology..
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Explain what would happen to the hexane and the water
: If you place a drop of cyclohexane onto a drop of water that is located on a glass surface, what would happen to the hexane and the water
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What is the pressure in the hydraulic fluid
: In a hydraulic system a boy of mass m is standing on one of the movable positions that is a disc of radius R, what is the pressure in the hydraulic fluid
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How fast is the ball moving after impact
: A golf ball (mass = 46 g) is struck by a golf club (mass = 210 g). The club head's velocity, how fast is the ball moving after impact
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Explain the formula of carbon tetrachloride is ccl4
: The formula of carbon tetrachloride is CCl4. this means that 1 mole of C combines with 4 moles of Cl to form this compound. How many moles of Cl would be needed to react with 2 moles of C
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