Category: Philosophy

What happened to Harry in Requiem for a Dream? Harry gets his arm amputated. Sara undergoes electroshock therapy. And Marion participates in a humiliating group sex act for money. It doesn’t seem that bad when we type it out like that. How long is Requiem for a Dream? 1h 50m What drugs are they doing […]

What is tangential response? tangential response. acknowledging a person’s message but immediately taking the conversation in a different direction. Impersonal response. When a person give a monologue (talking at length about one’s own concerns rather than participating in conversational give-and-take) Incoherent response. What is a tangential response? tangential response. acknowledging a person’s message but immediately […]

Why did scholars choose the term Postformal to describe the fifth stage of cognition? Why did scholars choose the term “postformal” to describe the fifth stage of cognition? Postformal thought goes beyond adolescent thinking by being more practical, flexible, and dialectical. Why does the term broken home indicate a lack of dialectical thought? Why does […]

What is de Broglie known for? Louis de Broglie, in full Louis-Victor-Pierre-Raymond, 7e duc de Broglie, (born August 15, 1892, Dieppe, France—died March 19, 1987, Louveciennes), French physicist best known for his research on quantum theory and for predicting the wave nature of electrons. He was awarded the 1929 Nobel Prize for Physics. What theory […]

How do you ask an indirect question? To make an indirect ‘yes / no’ question, we use ‘if’ and the word order of a normal positive sentence. This is the same as for reported ‘yes / no’ questions. On the other hand, we don’t usually need to ‘backshift’ (change the tense of the verb) as […]

What is a ∆ B in sets? The symmetric difference of two sets A and B is the set (A – B) ∪ (B – A) and is denoted by A △ B. A △ B is the set of all those elements which belongs either to A or to B but not to both. […]

Is a crime as well as tort? There are many wrongs which are covered under both civil and criminal wrongs like nuisance or fraud which are wrong under both torts and is a crime under criminal law. Similar is the case of Torts law, there are many wrongs which require an intention to be proved […]

Is capital not an asset? Capital provided by investors is a source that funds your company’s assets, as such it is a form of balance sheet liability although it differs greatly from other instruments such as debt. Note that from an accounting perspective capital is not a liability but simply equity. What are the types […]

What is an example of disequilibrium? Example of disequilibrium – football With a strictly limited supply (55,000). (where demand is greater than supply) The problem is that many fans who want to watch the game can’t get in. It may lead to a black market where some resell tickets to those willing to pay a […]

What happens after absorption of food? What happens to the digested food? The small intestine absorbs most of the nutrients in your food, and your circulatory system passes them on to other parts of your body to store or use. Special cells help absorbed nutrients cross the intestinal lining into your bloodstream. Why do we […]