1. Whatever happens is determined by prior events. (Determinism) 2. I act freely iff I am able to act otherwise. (Avoidability Analysis of Freedom) 3. If my action is determined, am unable to act otherwise. 4. So, I never act freely. I. Consider(1): Determinism:

ral questions that might arise concerning personal identity. When we ask\Who am I? we might be being we are, what our possiblities are, under what conditions\I\would continue to exist. We'll begin our discussionon n wonder what\makes us tick\, what we ultimately value, what matters to us. We might also be asking what sort personal identity with the latter set of questions Consider a parallel set of questions (Id) Under what conditions are baseball-events events in the same game? E. g, under what conditions are a

I. Racist Propositions Appiah distinguishes three importantly different ideas relevant to race and racism: Racialism: ...there are heritable characteristics, possessed by members of our species, that allow us to divide them into a small set of races, in such a way that all the members of these races share certain traits and tendencies with each other that they do not share with members of any other race. These traits and tendencies characteristic of a race constitute, on the racialist view, a sort of racial essence; and it is part of the content of racialism that the essential

Introduction 1-2 Definition of a Fluid Fluid mechanics: the behavior of The solid object will no change fluids at rest and in motion inside the a closed container A fluid is a substance that deforms continuously under the application The liquid will change its shape of a shear(tangential) stress no to conform to that of the matter how small the shear stress container and will take on the may be

1.I'm an office worker.我是上班族。 2. work for the government.我在政府机关做事。 3.' m happy to meet you.很高兴见到你 4. like your sense of humor.我喜欢你的幽默感。 5.Im glad to see you again.很高兴再次见到你

Classification of diabetes(ADA -1997) Type 1 .(beta-cell destruction, usually leading to absolute insulin deficiency) Autoimmune Idiopathic Type2 (may range from predominantly insulin resistance with relative insulin deficiency to a predominantly secretory defect with or without insulin resistance)

Complete each of the following sentences with the most likely answer. (25 points) 1. The teacher explained the point a second time, but everyone understand A. not even then does B. even then not did C. not even then did d. not even then 2. All flights because of the storm, they decided to go to Beijing by train. A. having been canceled B had been canceled C having canceled D. were canceled

Lecture 6 B-splines(Uniform and Non-uniform) 6.1 Introduction The formulation of uniform B-splines can be generalized to accomplish certain objectives These include Non-uniform parameterization Greater general flexibility Change of one polygon vertex in a Bezier curve or of one data point in a cardinal(or interpolatory) spline curve changes entire curve(global schemes) Remove necessity to increase degree of Bezier curves or construct composite Bezier curves

1. Learn/master new words and expressions, and be able to use them in actual situations 2. Grasp the main idea of the text and be able to answer the related questions 3. Develop the students' ability of listening and speaking 4. Cultivate proper habits in reading and writing

1. Learn/master new words and expressions, and be able to use them in actual situations 2. Grasp the main idea of the text and be able to answer the related questions 3. Develop the students' ability of listening and speaking 4. Cultivate proper habits in reading and writing