Frank Popper Essays

As it is known from ancient time that everything in life could be described like the two side of a coin, there is always an advantage and disadvantages to every experience. But whether the effect is positive or negative the effects of Information Communication Technology (ICT) is far reaching and cannot be overemphasized. The Effects of ICT lens looks at how our lives have been changed, for better and for worse, by the impact of ICT. It includes both positive effects and negative effects and looks

Cultural Artifacts: Cars Have you ever thought of what might be an important cultural artifact that influences our everyday life? Believe it or not, we make use of cultural artifacts much more than one would think. The cultural artifact that I am choosing to focus on, cars, play an important role in our everyday life by allowing our culture to move about our world and travel to new and interesting places. Andy Crouch has provided us with five thoughts that will help us better understand our culture

While Teenagers feel that social media is more important than the real world its alot of negative effects of social media. One is that it can take over brain cells and effect mental and physical health. Being On social media every day, every hour, and every minute can really cause damage to your brain cells.Our brain grows as when learn new things and when we learn the new things it changes after we done experienced it. It Changes the way we think and feel. It can control our brains in many ways

In his book The Open Society and its Enemies, Karl Popper criticizes that Plato’s philosophy set forth in his work The Republic is Totalitarian in nature. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the adjective “totalitarian” is defined as, “Of or pertaining to a system of government which tolerates only one political party, to which all other institutions are subordinated, and which usually demands the complete subservience of the individual to the State” (“Totalitarian”). By this definition and

In his philosophical thesis, of the ‘Mind-Body dualism’ Rene Descartes argues that the mind and the body are really distinct, one of the most deepest and long lasting legacies. Perhaps the strongest argument that Descartes gives for his claim is that the non extended thinking thing like the Mind cannot exist without the extended non thinking thing like the Body. Since they both are substances, and are completely different from each other. This paper will present his thesis in detail and also how

In many novels such as 1984 by George Orwell, they use the ideas of an almost perfect or a non-perfect world or society. Orwell portrays two types of utopias in his novel, 1984 but they can be seen as both depending on what aspect the reader is looking at. A utopian society is an imagined place or state in which everything appears perfect to a certain point. A dystopian society is a conceived place or state in which everything is unpleasant or bad, typically a totalitarian or environmentally degrading

Mehdi Sayagh Film Assignment: Niall Ferguson’s Civilization: Is the West History, Part 2: Science 1) What is the film’s main argument? What was the evidence used to make the argument? Do you find it convincing, why or why not? The film’s main argument is that science played a major role in the change of the global predominance from the East to the West, by focusing on the science enlightenment part and how science helped the Europeans to raise an empire. Indeed science has played

“Falsificationism and the Methodology of Scientific Reseaerch Programmes”, stated that “The clash between Popper and Kuhn is not about a mere technical point in epistemology. It concerns our central intellectual values, and has implications not only for theoretical physics but also for the underdeveloped social sciences and even for moral and political philosophy” (Lakatos, 1970). Thus, this Popper-Kuhn debate is regarded as a milestone for philosophy of science in the 20th century. The focus of this

acceptable forms of gender and behavior that significantly changes their own behavior. Again, they are modeling their behavior off of a perception that may or may not exist. This all boils down to what Karl Popper termed a “testable hypothesis.” In his work, “Science as Falsification,” Popper attempts to distinguish when a theory is a true

Charlemagne When the Frankish King Pepin the Short passed away, his kingdom was divided between his two sons, Carloman, and Charlemagne also referred to as Charles the Great. When Carloman died, Charlemagne became the sole ruler. He spent the early part of his regime on military campaigns which expanded his kingdom. He extended his dominance to the south, conquering the regions of Italy and to the north, conquering Spain. The immense territories in which Charlemagne ruled over became known as the

The sources come from "excerpt from Gesta regum Anglorum" which is talking about the chronicle of Kings of England that was written in about 1125. The English historian, William of Malmesbury emphasized both William and Harold here as the great and powerful leaders. These sources display the Battle of Hastings as the image of Normans and William. Excerpt from Gesta regum Anglorum clarifies the battle which had started with the Conquest of Normans by the king of William. It is obvious that "

Goodness, devotion, obligingness, equality, and valiance all depict the characteristics a perfect legend would have. In the sonnet Beowulf, there is one character who conveys all and a greater amount of these expressed qualities, and that character is in reality the hero known as Beowulf. All through the sonnet Beowulf kills massive animals that appear to be not of this present reality and, in truth, Beowulf epitomizes the qualities of the perfect and immaculate legend. It begins off with King Hrothgar

The Song of Roland is an epic about a battle between Christians and Pagans. Pagans were anybody that wasn’t Christian. This battle takes place in Rencesvals on August 15, 778. This was a battle that lost the lives of tens of thousands of men. Few people came out of this alive. In the Song of Roland it mainly focuses on Roland and Oliver. Readers don’t really find much out about anyone during the battle but Roland, Oliver (Roland’s best friend), and King Charlemagne. After years and years of the story

The reign of Charlemagne was full of wars and invasions (Bauer). He was half king of the Frankish empire while his brother Carloman was in control of the other half. Charlemagne who was also known as, “Charles the Great”, king of the Franks reigned from approximately (742-814). He was a strong leader who unified Western Europe through military power and the blessing of the church(Boussard). With his strong belief in the need for education among the Frankish people, his ambition was to bring about

“The Destruction of Louvain,” by Professor Leon van der Essen, is an eight page Belgian judicial report, published in 1923, but most likely written in late 1914 following the sack of Louvain, Belgium by German forces. The report chronicles the events starting from the initial German entry into Louvain on August 19, 1914 to the conclusion of the incident on August 25, 1914. Essen attempts to approach his report from a subjective point of view, including quotations from Louvain civilians, German troops

Maestro Frank loaded his clippers, rake and hoe into his old red wheelbarrow. Today was the day to tackle the spring cleanup around the lake. Winter brought a lot of trash and deadfall to the lakeshore and Frank figured it would take all day to get it cleaned up. Frank pushed the wheelbarrow out of the barn into the spring sunshine, and headed down the path towards the lake. As he crested the hill, he took in the view of the lake nestled in the valley. It was surrounded by budding willow and oak

a medieval emperor who ruled much of Western Europe from A.D. 768 to 814. His goal was to become powerful enough so that he could bring together all germanic people into one kingdom and convert them into Christianity. In 771, he became King of the Franks (a germanic tribe) after his father who was the past ruler had passed away. At first his brother Carloman (751-771) also got a share of the kingdom after their father died, but Charlamagne ultimately took over after his brother too died. Charlemagne

Kim de Greef Dr. Petrovich Humanities Midterm Mandatory Question #1: I believe in my personal opinion, that it was not ethical for Charlemagne to force people to become Christians. But, on his standpoint, I believe that he was trying to do the right thing. In lecture the professor discussed that Charlemagne started out as a Barbadian, until he decided to convert to Christianity. Charlemagne had such a big impact that some people still even call him “The Father of Europe”. When I first heard about

A Most Violent Conversion The conversion of Saxony proved to be the fiercest clash of religious conversion Charlemagne had to endure. In many years of war, both sides become increasingly agitated with one another and consistently fail to gain ground in their religious interests. The Saxons were “forgetful of their entire faith and treaty [and] were unwilling to remain in peace.” Because of the “evil nature” of the Saxons, Charlemagne was often widely upheld as a righteous king who was justified

The Carefully Crafted Legend: Einhard’s distortions in The Life of Charlemagne Einhard’s The Life of Charlemagne is a famous biography that provides a firsthand account of the deeds and character of Charles the Great. Einhard was a close contemporary to Charlemagne and his court, with Walahfrid Strabo’s preface describing how there “was almost no one else among the many officials of the king’s majesty to whom the king . . . . Entrusted so many secrets.” Despite Einhard’s seemingly well researched