Augustine and Skepticism Essays - Philosophical Methodology

Augustine and Skepticism Essays - Philosophical Methodology Augustine and Skepticism Augustine and Skepticism PHI/105 March 28, 2013 Augustine and Skepticism Augustine did not lead a straight and narrow life. In fact, his younger years were spent being promiscuous and tended to hang out with the wrong crowd. He made a few bad decisions in life but eventually turned it around, became a professor of Rhetoric and was baptized into Christianity. Augustine later became Bishop. But the main thing he was known for was refuting total skepticism . Even though others may not agree, I am generally a skeptic but can relate to Augustine because his opinion makes sense and the examples confirm the possibility of a rebuttal. Augustine noted that there was three ways of refruting total skepticism. They were through the principle of non-contradiction, the act of doubting, and the sense of perception. He thought these three things were very important and would disprove skepticism but others would still not believe. I think his arguments make sense and his examples help me to understand exactly what he is saying. First, skepticism is refuted by the principle of noncontradiction, which we explained earlier more informally. According to this principle, a proposition and its contradiction cannot both be trueone or the other must be true. The propositions The stick is straight and It is false that the stick is straight cannot both be true. (Moore If something is true and not true, it cannot be perceived to be valid. If they contradict, it is said to be false. We know in life, what is, is. So I agree with his concept here. Second, Augustine held that the act of doubting discloses ones existence as something that is absolutely certain: from the fact I am doubting, it follows automatically that I am. (Moore and Bruder, 2011, pg. 82). Being a skeptic, I have always felt comfortable doubting something because if make me feel I had made the right decision once I evaluated everything. I see what he is saying regarding the I am doubting conflicting with the I am To have doubt means the statement does not show true meaning that is clear to begin with.

Hungover vs. Hung Over

Hungover vs. Hung Over Hungover vs. Hung Over Hungover vs. Hung Over By Maeve Maddox A reader feels that the adjective to describe the state of experiencing the effects of too much alcohol should be an open compound: I would be really grateful if you would address whether or not the compound noun hangover retains its closed form when used as an adjective (she was hungover). I feel irked when it does, and that it should become open (she was hung over) but because I cant define hung or over in the context of suffering from the after-effects of alcohol, I havent been able to force my case. A tedious (if not particularly scientific) inquiry has led me to conclude that its every man for himself when it comes to choosing between hung over and hungover. The adjective is hyphenated as hung-over in the OED. Merriam-Webster prefers the closed compound hungover, but allows hung over as an alternative. The Oxford Australian dictionary gives hung-over, and the Oxford Canadian dictionary gives hungover. The spelling and grammar feature in Microsoft Word recommends either hung-over or hung over. Searching for the terms was hungover and was hung over, I found that the open compound seems to be more common than the closed. Corpus of American English was hung over twice as common as was hungover Google Search was hungover about 128,000 hits was hung over about 138,000 hits Ngram Viewer was hung over on the graph from 1800-2000. was hungover first appears in 1928, begins to rise in the 1960s, but remains much less common than was hung over. Here are some examples from around the English-speaking world: Australia Hung-over Beale was OConnors booze buddy- Brisbane Times Tony Abbott accused of being hungover- Brisbane Times Canada At least Rob was drunk, high or hung over much of the time.- The Star (Toronto). The hungover prime minister of Canada and his stumblebum cabinet members dont know- Ifpress (Ontario) UK A new survey by Macmillan Cancer Support suggests that Britons spend 315 days- nearly a year of their lives- hungover.- The Guardian. Welcome to the glamorous world of James McAvoy, extremely hungover movie star.- London Times. Pilot jailed after flying executive jet from Spain while hungover from three-day drinking binge- London Evening Standard. USA Woody Harrelson Was So Hung Over He Could Barely Stand At A Recent Movie Premier- Huffington Post. Of course, if you are truly hung-over, there is simply no way youre going to work.- New York Magazine. Come on, commanded the CIA station chief of the hungover prime minister, weve got a lot of work to do.- Book about the CIA published by Simon and Schuster, 2012. My advice to the reader is to save his feelings of irritation for something that matters and spell the adjective for â€Å"suffering from the after-effects of alcohol† as two words when it follows a being verb and as one word when it precedes a noun. Or not. Want to improve your English in five minutes a day? Get a subscription and start receiving our writing tips and exercises daily! Keep learning! Browse the Misused Words category, check our popular posts, or choose a related post below:Writing Prompts 1013 Cases of Complicated HyphenationWhen to Spell Out Numbers