INSC 180- Integrative Science I1 - Spring 2018 Quiz 2 & 3 Numbered questions are
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INSC 180- Integrative Science I1 - Spring 2018 Quiz 2 & 3 Numbered questions are 25 quiz points each. You must answer all of them o credit for this quiz. Extra credit is answered at your choice and is worth 10 sure you use correct English in full sentences. The space provided is NOT e of the length of your answer. You must write neatly. receive points. Make an indication It is change, continuing change, inevitable change, that is the dominant factor in today. No sensible decision can be made any longer without taking into account not ont society the world as it is, but the world as it will be... This, in turn, means that our statesmen, our businessmen. our everyman must take a science fictional way of thinkir Isaac Asimov 1) What did Descartes mean by the phrase "I think therefore I am"? Make sure you do more than translate the words for credit. What did Plato mean with the Allegory of the Cave? In what way might this be changing for you and me? 2) 3) Define and describe "cupness. What does three-spined stickleback behavior have to say about free wil 5) What are Fixed Action Patterns? 6) What is the Reservoir Model? 7) Make an argument in favor or Free Will 8) Make and argument against Free Will Extra Credit: Who is Robert Mueller? Extra Credit: Who said, "Ive seen things you people wouldn't believe. At on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near Ti Tannhäuser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain die"?Explanation / Answer
Answer(1): "I think, Therefore I am", is used in most intro classes to gets across the real meaning of what the cogito means- A deceiver can't deceive me of any existence, for it he were I wouldn't exist! Although the true quote comes from Descartes Discourse on method, but also appears written as the famous Latin, "cogito ergo sum", in his meditations on first philosophy, which was an attempt to find foundational truths for knowledge. Descartes works his way up into believing in the existence of worldly things.
Answer(5): Fixed action pattern is a sequence of acts that occur behaviorally in animals. This sequence is unchangeable & will be carried out to completion once started, regardless of changes in the original stimulus. Fixed action pattern are triggered by a type of external stimulus called a sign stimulus. The job of sign stimulus is to start off the fixed action pattern of a particular organism.
Amswer(6): Reservoir model represents the physical space of the reservoir by an array of descrete cells, delineated by a grid which may be regular or irregular. The array of cells is usually 3D, although 1D & 2D models are sometimes used. Reservoir modeling involves the construction of a computer model of petroleum reservoir, for the purposes of improving estimation of reserves & making decision regarding the development of the field, evaluating alternative reservoir management scenarios.
Answer(7): Free will gives us true moral responsibility. Society can't function without it.
Answer(8): If determinism is the case, the will is not free. We call this the determinism objections.
Answer: Robert Mueller: He is an American lawyer & civil servant who was the sixth director of the federal bureau of investigation from 2001-2013. A republican, he was appointed by president George W. Bush & his original 10 year term was given a 2 year extension by president Barack Obama, making him the longest serving FBI director since J. Edgar Hoover. He is currently head of the special counsel Investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections.
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