 | | Contradiction and Inconsistency in the Conquest of the Aztecs | | by Nearly Anonymous, Jan 31, 2008 | | Both Diaz and Leon-Portilla portray an Aztec understanding of the Spanish conquest that is full of contradiction; similarly, the Spanish view of the Aztecs is shown to be equally inconsistent. These paradoxical conflicts inherent in each group’s understanding of the other are critically important to this study of conflict between civilizations: they led to complacency and division within the Aztec ranks, and, in contrast, to unity and aggression in the case of the Spanish. | | Comments(0) Liked It: 0 |
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 | | The Critical Period: Reasons Behind Germany’s Loss of the Battle of Britain, 1940 | | by Nearly Anonymous, Jan 31, 2008 | | In a rare divergence from what history might expect, a handful of English fighter pilots, pitted against the full might of the German Luftwaffe, survived and indeed prevailed. They were able to accomplish this in spite of everything history had to throw at them not only due to their bravery and skill, but also thanks to the culmination of several crucial factors. | | Comments(0) Liked It: 0 |
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 | | On Presentism and History | | by Nearly Anonymous, Jan 31, 2008 | | The Argument from History against presentism rests upon a fundamental misconception of Prior’s position, and Prior’s version of presentism emerges from the historical argument essentially unscathed. | | Comments(0) Liked It: 0 |
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 | | The Morality of War | | by Nearly Anonymous, Jan 30, 2008 | | In the second chapter of The Morality of War, Brian Orend argues that a state forfeits its rights if it has committed an act of aggression against another state. However, Orend begs the question in the argument he uses to justify this stipulation. Fortunately for Orend’s theory, however, we can find sufficient justification for it elsewhere in the chapter. | | Comments(0) Liked It: 1 |
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 | | On Systematically Misleading Expressions | | by Nearly Anonymous, Jan 30, 2008 | | Far from duly rejecting the discipline of philosophy as unnecessary, overly complicated, and endarkening, however, we may instead use Ryle’s argument as a stepping stone towards understanding not only the form of logic, but also the incredible flexibility of the human mind. | | Comments(0) Liked It: 1 |
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 | | Not a Miracle | | by Nearly Anonymous, Jan 29, 2008 | | A comparison of frontal assault on the Western Front from 1914 to 1918, and the D-Day invasion in 1944. | | Comments(1) Liked It: 3 |
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