Category: Philosophy

Who is the next Bobby Fischer? Previewing the World Chess Championship between 27-year-old defending champ Magnus Carlsen of Norway and 26-year-old Fabiano Caruana of the United States, the New York Times declared in a headline, “Searching for the Next Bobby Fischer, the U.S. Finds Fabi.” iChess.net asked, “Is Fabiano Caruana the Next Bobby Fischer? … […]

What is horizontal picture? Horizontal photographs are photographs that are wider than they are tall. Vertical photographs are photographs that are taller than they are wide. Cameras are designed to take one type of photograph — horizontal. In photographs, our vision is limited by the edges of the frame so that peripheral vision is eliminated. […]

Is affirmative action an executive order? Kennedy issued Executive Order 10925, which included a provision that government contractors “take affirmative action to ensure that applicants are employed, and employees are treated during employment, without regard to their race, creed, color, or national origin.” The intent of this executive order was to affirm the … What […]

What is a teleological fallacy? Teleological fallacies are those which might assign purpose or false purpose to things which do not have any. Who made the teleological argument? William Paley What is the argument from design for the existence of God? Argument from design, or teleological argument, Argument for the existence of God. According to […]

What is a antonym for figurative language? “figurative language” Antonyms: explicit, nonrepresentational, denotative, literal. Synonyms: nonliteral, figural. What are figurative techniques? Figurative language is when you use a word or phrase that does not have its normal everyday, literal meaning. There are a few different ways to use figurative language, including metaphors, similes, personification and […]

Is Jar Jar a Sith? If Jar Jar was a Sith Lord, then Palpatine couldn’t have trained Darths Maul, Tyranus, and Vader on the side. But Darth Plagueis, Palpatine’s master whom he killed in his sleep, abolished the “Rule of Two,” so it still would’ve been possible for Jar Jar to work as a secret […]

Is race a social construct or biological? Race is not biological. It is a social construct. There is no gene or cluster of genes common to all blacks or all whites. Were race “real” in the genetic sense, racial classifications for individuals would remain constant across boundaries. What do the I and A stand for […]

What is another word for loose? SYNONYMS FOR loose 2 unbound, untied, unrestricted, unconfined. 10 libertine, dissolute, licentious. 17 vague, general, indefinite. 20 loosen, unbind. What is a trollop mean? disreputable woman What is a Pillock? noun. British slang a stupid or annoying person. What is a troglodyte meaning? 1 : a member of any […]

What does memento mori mean in English? Remember that you must die What is a memento mori ring? ‘Memento mori’ translates from Latin as ‘Remember you must die’. This metal memento mori ring is in the form of a large skull and crossbones wedged between two snakes. Such rings were reminders of death. They prompted […]

How do I use the word literally in a sentence? She was literally at the end of her rope, so flight into the woods was unwise. A mouse she could handle – literally , but a snake was something different. Would you believe it, I have literally not a penny and don’t know how to […]