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...lication of his first book on the afterlife, The New Revelation, Doyle followed it up in 1919 with The Vital Message, where he shares his thoughts on skepticism, religion, psychic phenomena, and Jesus....

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...ord for matter which Hylas argues for in the dialogues. Philonous translates as lover of mind. In The First Dialogue, Hylas expresses his disdain for skepticism, adding that he has heard Philonous to have maintained the most extravagant opinion... namely, that there is no such thing as material substance in the world. Philonous argues that it is actually Hylas who is the s...

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...fluential writers of the French Renaissance, known for popularising the essay as a literary genre and is popularly thought of as the father of Modern Skepticism. He became famous for his effortless ability to merge serious intellectual speculation with casual anecdotes and autobiography—and his massive volume Essais (translated literally as Attempts) contains, to this day,...

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...ink, therefore I am.” …. It is a method which gives a solid platform from which all modern natural sciences could evolve. With this work, the idea of skepticism was revived from the ancients such as Sextus Empiricus and modified to account for a truth that Descartes found to be incontrovertible. Descartes started his line of reasoning by doubting everything, so as to asses...

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...a crucial role in the conceptual development of basic perspectives and problems in the Western tradition, including substance dualism, external world skepticism, and the modern notion of the subject. (Description by D.E. Wittkower)...

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...dea to most businesspeople. But I kept a positive attitude in the face of skepticism. I held firmly to the twin goals of product excellence and mora...

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...y the Apocalypse Dozer if you stay,” Josh interjected. John had a look of skepticism, “What the hell is that?” A group of onlookers were gathering. ... ...” “What exactly does a Mark or a Jake look like?” inquired Eve with great skepticism. John squinted his face a bit before replying, “Mark O’Brian? T...

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...” Those who think that actually yearn for the “switching off” of the mind and skepticism; they actually want fanaticism. But the path to the Creator ...

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... Coop meeting reconvenes with addition of Church of God people 68. Steward reflects on the outcome of the water coop meeting 69. Steward encounters skepticism and exclusion at his second coop meeting 70. Steward learns of the assassination of civil rights leader King 71. Steward drives up to Porcupine to talk with Doug Thomasek 72. Morris accepts Ellen in his life as ...

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... the author really argues for the polyfactorial aspect of scientific progress. In that line of thought, he goes on to also prove that factors such as skepticism, curiosity, and the quest for knowledge greatly influence the advancement of science. That, says the author, “is a ninety-degree turn … By ending Part two that way, I wanted to, somehow, link it to Part I, which ar...

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...rogress…………………………………........................143 CHAPTER X: Role of Doubt, Curiosity, and the Quest for Knowledge in Scientific Progress…………………… 158 Skepticism and Scientific Progress………………………………………………………………….159 Curiosity and Scientific Progress……………………………………………………………………164 The Quest for Knowledge and Scientific Progress………………………………………………….171 Conclusion……………………………………...

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...on and Macaulay encapsulate an eighteenth- and nineteenth-century free-trade skepticism about intellectual property, a skepti- cism that is widely, bu... ...d also be more democratic.) And yet...there is much that is missing from the skepticism of the eigh- teenth and nineteenth centuries and much that rem... ...ned out not to matter. A number of the reports noted that after some initial skepticism, Judge Kaplan had been impressed by the defendants’ expert wit... ...erfactuals, that one has no clear answer, but there is substantial cause for skepticism. If copyright is supposed to be promoting innovation and devel... ... ideas here. First, “idealistic communes cannot last for the long haul.” The skepticism about the staying power of idealism sounds plausible today, th... ...database right. It would be nice to think that this is the beginning of some skepticism about the reach of the di- rective. Yet the court provides lit... ... intellectual property has its skeptics, so these ex post theories at- tract skepticism from those who believe that, in practice, the rights will not ... ...s of competition, free commerce, and free labor; deep economic and political skepticism about monopolies; the strong traditions of open science; and e... ...ly to blockages in information flow or disparities in access to information a skepticism that does not always apply to other social goods. Our attitude...

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...erals.‖ At first, the Arabic numbering system encountered considerable skepticism in Europe. It mattered not to Christians that their Bible told ...

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...umerals.‖ At first, the Arabic numbering system encountered considerable skepticism in Europe. It mattered not to Christians that their Bible told ...

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...hensive peace agreement, which amazingly enough had held, and in spite of the skepticism had been getting stronger over the last five years. Pope ... ... mission?" "I will, if you will," Brand said with a mixture of sincerity and skepticism. Neither Marian nor Walter knew how to respond. Alex fin...

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...nstinct into psychology in the early 1900s, it was received with a general skepticism which has continued unabated. Yet Freud’s concept of the death i... ...e belligerent emphasis on traditional beliefs on the one hand, and growing skepticism on the other. The Catholic response has been to modernize in the...

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...e Sanskrit Savior savor scathe scepter sepulcher sergeant Shakspere skepticism skilful smolder somber someone (n.) specter staunch sub...

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...D society-at le8lt in peace time-that you willllOme­ times encouter quite serious and thoughtful skepticism on the value or practicability of trying t...

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...er to Ivan Stojmenovic: New things face opposition, misunderstandings, and skepticism (especially from old persons/referents) all time. Generally, yo...

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... unaware of. They can be imprinted in a person as tendencies to believe, skepticism, materialism or spirituality, or perhaps to shyness or stingine...

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...ssor, Lawrence Lessig, for "The Industry Standard", he observed: "There is growing skepticism among academics about whether such state-imposed mono...