What does the term "Heurism" mean?
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Google has this amazing definition search function\nif u want over 30 definitions of 'heurism' just type: \ndefine: heurism\nin the goole textfield\nThe problem after that will be that the answers provided are way too many!!\nTerms and jargon are no longer a problem when a resource like that is at your fingertips
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Chaos - a state of utter confusion or disorder; a total lack of organization or order.\nReason - a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.\nScience - systematic knowledge of the physical or material world gained through observation and experimentation.\nReligion - a set of beliefs concerning the cause, nature, and purpose of the universe, esp. when considered as the creation of a superhuman agency or agencies, usually involving devotional and ritual observances, and often containing a moral code governing the conduct of human affairs.\nPhilosophy - the rational investigation of the truths and principles of being, knowledge, or conduct.\nArt - the quality, production, expression, or realm, according to aesthetic principles, of what is beautiful, appealing, or of more than ordinary significance.\nEvolution - change in the gene pool of a population from generation to generation by such processes as mutation, natural selection, and genetic drift.\n\nNope. Looks like they all have different definitions to me!
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That is kind of a tricky little quote. Sometimes placing it in context can help. This is a quote from Ralph Waldo Emerson's essay "Self Reliance," which discourages basing one's opinions and actions on common opinion in favor of self-trust (see the full essay at http://www.emersoncentral.com/selfreliance.htm). \nI think the point of this quote is that it's very desireable to have one's own original thoughts and opinions, and to live by them.  It's easier to live by one's own convictions and not be persuaded by others when in isolation (that's the "independence of solitude"). However, not so special to isolate oneself from others in order to attain this ideal. Because it's difficult to live by one's own thoughts and opinions while being a part of society, it's something only a "finished man" can truly do. Also, in the essay, Emerson refers to being childlike - unselfish, non-judgmental, open-minded, uncynical, unhesitant - as something to admire. So I think that's where the seemingly misplaced "perfect sweetness" comes in. When a man can remain pure of heart while living in the harsh world and also keeping and living by his own ideals. \nWhat do you think?
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her·e·tic (hĕr'ĭ-tĭk) \nn.\nA person who holds controversial opinions, especially one who publicly dissents from the officially accepted dogma of the Roman Catholic Church.\n\nBasically Jesus was a heretic to the established chuches of his time.  Also, some believe that Jesus did not believe the same way his religion was distorted by the catholic church.  Hence the different denominations coming into existence.\n\n\nThe definition itself is evidence.  I've heard many Christians say this, also.  \n\nNintendofreak:\nNo one is doing anything mean to 'God's People'.  Someone made a statement..  a correct one if you look at the actual definition of the word.  Your perception of the word is what offended you.  Besides, I thought Jesus taught that we were all children of God.   Let's hear it for good ol' Christian values!!
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It means you are doing something that is traditionally believed to be possible only by God. Like creating and taking life, for example.\n\nHope this helps.
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nope, free will, just see everyday examples\n\n\n\n...you mean will instead of why?.......
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It is a Greek word (δίλλημα)and it means that you have two paths to chose at a situation and you cannot decide which one to follow.
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It means that we should have TOTAL faith in God that He will provide for all of our needs. Just as the animals that He has created do not worry about their needs and what will come tomorrow, neither should we. We should always trust in Him completely.\n\nAdditionally, this statement if meant for believers, so if they do not believe in God, then ferris bueller's comment about the starving children in Africa have no bearing on God's promise. You can't have faith in something that you do not believe in. \n\nAlso, for those who do believe, they still must have faith. Worry-warts sometimes cause more harm to themselves by trying to solve the problem quickly, as opposed to letting God solve it. Like, for instance, spending money on lottery tickets--trying to get rich quick--as opposed to spending the money on a bag of rice and some bread or flour (just an example).
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lol that would negate the definition of the word. To will something is to make an active choice. If you're choosing, you're not a slave. Slaves have choices made for them. I believe that humans are free to choose - it's just that they are too ready to give up that freedom. And as Henry Ford said, "whether you think you can or you think you can't, you're usually right"
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Truthfulness is telling the truth.\n\nOptimism, the opposite of pessimism, exemplifies a lifeview where one looks upon the world as a positive place. Optimists generally believe that people and events are inherently good. They have a so-called "positive" outlook on life, believing that things will work out in the end. A common conundrum illustrates optimism versus pessimism with the question, does one regard a given glass of water as half full or as half empty? Conventional wisdom expects optimists to reply with half full and pessimists to respond with half empty.\n\nPhilosophers often link the concept of optimism with the name of Gottfried Leibniz, who held that we live in the "best of all possible worlds," a theodicy which Voltaire famously mocked in his satirical novel Candide. The philosophical pessimism of, for instance, Arthur Schopenhauer, provides an opposite pole to philosophical optimism.\n\nThe anarchist philosopher William Godwin demonstrated perhaps even more optimism than Leibniz. He hoped that society would eventually reach the state where calm reason would replace all violence and force, that mind could eventually make matter subservient to it, and that intelligence could discover the secret of immortality. (Some express surprise to learn that a freedom-loving anarchist like William Godwin disapproved of suicide, but his disapproval came from his optimistic view of suicide as almost always a mistake.)\n\nOveroptimism, or strong optimism, is the overarching mental state wherein people believe that things will more likely go well for them than go badly. Compare this with the valence effect of prediction, a tendency for people to overestimate the likelihood of good things happening rather than bad things.\n\nPersonal optimism correlates strongly with self-esteem, with psychological well-being and with personal health. Martin Seligman, in researching this area, criticises academics for focusing too much on causes for pessimism and not enough on optimism. He points out that in the last three decades of the 20th century journals published 46,000 psychological papers on depression and only 400 on joy.\n\nIdeologically convinced optimists may defend failures in their hoped-for outcomes by discussing "misplaced optimism" rather than abandoning optimism altogether.\n\nA number of scholars have suggested that, although optimism and pessimism might seem like opposites, in psychological terms they do not function in this way. Having more of one does not mean you have less of the other. The factors that reduce one do not necessarily increase the other. On many occasions in life we need both in equal supply. Antonio Gramsci famously called for "pessimism of the intellect, optimism of the will": the one the spur to action, the other the resilience to believe that such action will result in meaningful change even in the face of adversity.\n\nHope can become a force for social change when it combines optimism and pessimism in healthy proportions. John Braithwaite, an academic at the Australian National University, suggests that in modern society we undervalue hope because we wrongly think of it as a choice between hopefulness and naivity as opposed to scepticism and realism.
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I think often times rationality is a way that people justify decisions that go against, rather than with, their emotions.  Like when people say, "I'm really happy with my house purchase - it's in a good neighbourhood, close to the mall, blah blah blah" I wonder if they're really saying inside, "man, this is a dump. it's not like the Jones's but it's the best I could do".
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"To those who believe, no explanation is needed...To those who don't believe, no explanation will do."\n\nNo human can make another human believe anything... but there will be a time when no one can deny the truth...\nGod Bless.
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The analogy is invalid because the real choice is "believe a bunch of rediculous stuff or rediculous consequences will happen that you also don't believe"\n\nThere is no choice at all, because belief is not a matter of choice.  It's a matter of finding evidence compelling.  I can not choose to disbelieve in gravity any more than I can choose to believe in leprechauns.  I am not direct control of my beliefs.
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It is a manner of thinking for  example: If I do this, this will result, and people with think it is wrong. But if I do this, this will result and other people with think it is right. That  is kinda where the term sitting on the fence came from. One hand your right the other hand you are wrong.
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That's also known as "relativism" and it's circular logic(no logical conclusion)\n\nRead John 3:16 for my stance...
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The US hegemony, or for that matter any hegemony means negation of freedom. One would prefer to be a dissatisfied master than to be a satisfied slave.
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God is now here. if your an optimist.\n\nGod is no where if your a pestimist.\n\nI am an optimist for sure!!!