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Name: Amanda
Country: United States
State: Arizona
Birthday: 3/13/1988
Gender: Female
Interests: Umm...Burning random objects, Con artist, Manipluating, Controlling, Destroying..
Expertise: Anime stuff, Bemani games, Singing, Playing various instruments, Working but not working at oasis as a lifeguard, staring at computer monitor for 12 hours at a time(when I have the time X_X), procrastinating and stuff...
Occupation: Student
Industry: Entertainment
Message: message me
Website: visit my website
AIM:  Pimpin Pink Tofu
Member Since:
12/28/2003
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| Cory rocks. Happy Birthday to meeee.
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| Yes, I don't post much. No, I really don't plan on posting again for awhile. So! here's whats new
Woring at Best Buy (need to update that here don't I...) as a media
rep...so basically I sell video games, which is actually pretty fun
considering my previous jobs. However, that's mostlikely going to
change soon, as the bastards have been cutting my hours, because best
buy as a whole didn't do too well during x-mas and are cutting salary
budgets to make up for it. SO! It's very possible that I will be
working at Nextel/Sprint very soon.
Goin to ASU (if ya'll havnt noticed :P), taking 15 credit hours (not
too much, not too little)...classes are mat 210, acc 230, phi 101, ecn
111, and pgs 101. Accounting is a bitch...like no joke, too much
homework for only 3 credits. But its required, so I cant bitch
much...*shrugs*. I'm still trying to figure out whether I'm going to
stick with this major anyways...maybe I'll try something new next
semester...
Beyond that, i've been playing World of Warcraft (alot)...and RF online
(another pimp game)....oh! and i've gone back to playing ddr again
since super nova is coming out soon (w00t!).
So that's about it for now, if you have any questions let me know :P
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Philosophy 101
2-20-06
A Priori Knowledge
Classical answer: Intuition- A supposedly direct but non-observational access to independent matters of fact
This is a terrible idea:
-Intuitions conflict with one another
-Even if they didn’t we would have no reason to suppose that they are correct
-Even if they are correct there can even in principle be no casual explanation of that fact
Intuition is just prejudice in disguise.
But what else is there??
Intuition might be tolerable…but only if there was only ONE:
Mathematics Geometry
Logic Set Theory…
In the 19th century two different non-Euclidian geometries were discovered
Each rejected the parallel postulate
Parallel Postulate: given any line and any point not on that line, there is exactly one line through that point that is parallel to that first line.
Riemann: No parallel lines
Lobachevski: Many (infinite) parallel lines
Which one is right?
Is Euclid obviously right?
Are the others really unimaginable?
Are they merely toys with no real use?
By the late 19th century they all seemed equally good mathematically.
So whatever obviousness (or intuitive rightness) that Euclidian geometry once had is irrelevant or misleading.
Then David Hilbert has a good idea:
1. Distinguish mathematical geometry from physical geometry (surveying)
2. Think of the axioms as implicit definitions of the geometrical terms
This would be a different kind of definition
No synonyms; no replacements
Still, what else do you know about the meanings of the geometrical terms?
So what? The geometries are no longer in conflict
Each is true (by definition)
No need to choose, so no need for intuition
By the 1930’s it had become clear to many that there were many apparently conflicting logics
In 1932 Rudolf Carnap had the idea to treat logic (and all the other so-called a priori fields, including philosophy) in the way that Hilbert had treated mathematical geometry.
1. Especially logic and mathematics were to be thought of as true in virtue of meaning (analytic)
a. Like: ‘no bachelor is married’, but rather more interesting
b. No need for further justification
i. Definition as a regress stopper
ii. No need for intuition at all
2. Some logics (or mathematics) may be better than others but only in respect of utility, not truth
a. Of course, inconsistency is about the most extreme form of disutility.
3. So, philosophic fights can cease, and we can get down to the real work of conceptual engineering
a. It didn’t happen that way
One of Carnap’s friends, W.V.O. Quine, rejected the idea that logic and mathematics are true by definition (analytic)
Quine has:
-An Objection to the idea of analyticality.
-An Alternative account of our knowledge in logic and mathematics (and science generally)
-It also rejects intuition
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| *Yawn* Well fuck.
I have to go back to school soon....damnit. No, I'm not more profain
then when you last read my journal, but going back to school isn't a
very pleasant thought.
Anyways, I shall now recap my summer, as I have not posted since the start of it. hmmmm...
Ok, I worked at Oasis...at the beginning of summer, 40 hours or more a
week....at the end of summer 20 hours a week, then I quit because the
management sucks there, and everyone is overly stuck up, and I just
couldnt stand it anymore. But I only quit like....a week ago...so I
still havnt had much of a vacation.
I also had summer school at MCC....101 102 eng....It was ok, really
easy too. I wish I picked later hours though, since the class usually
only lasted 15-30 mins....so I had to wake up at 6:00am every mon-thurs
just to go to class between 7:00-7:15am and then drive home, go to
sleep for another 5 hours, then get up for work......ugh...atleast I
got an A in 101, I will probably get the same in 102...
I finally bought me a new computer! ^.^ And I built it myself, with
Scott's supervision... I really didn't want to fuck anything up, so I
would be like "Does this look ok?" every 5 seconds. It was a fun 20
mins. The computer cost me 1004 bucks, it's a little shuttle pc. It's
really fast, and and and...I love it. The sexy monitor cost me another
600 bucks, but it was well worth it. It's 20.1" viewsonic LCD....Very
awesomeness.
So after my computer expenditures, I have about 1200 left of work money
that I have saved. Although, It will probably be used on a new sound
system, as now my dad might buy me a new, more gas efficent car. The
tahoe is a very gas guzzling vehicle, and I am tired of spending 10-20
A DAY on gas...and yes, with my own damn money, i'm not THAT spoiled.
Soooo...I am trying to convince him of this blue beetle vw...It's
little, cute, and gets double MPG than the tahoe or more.
So that's basically my summer...Now for school...ugh
I got my schedule. I have Varsity band, then Economics, psychology, and
the AP gov...or something to that variation. All I know is that I am
going to graduate in December in stead of may, in order to go to E3
this year. Yes, I actually am graduating early just to go to a damn
convention. But it is a nice convention, that I really really want to
go to, that is on the same days as senior finals. Thus I shall start
school at ASU in the Spring...Which reminds me, i need to turn in
transcripts....
I'll post again in a few months..
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| So last night I was on the phone with Garrett til 2am, as that was when
his mother walked in and toldhim to get off the phone and go to sleep.
This conversation lasted a mere two hours, and I remember going to
sleep after he had to leave. Then at somepoint later, I recieved
another call. I think I was half asleep, because I remember it being
garrett again, but I don't remember anything else about the
conversation. I talked to garrett today and he said he didn't call
again after our previous conversation. Sure enough, my phone said
someone with a restricted number called me that late at night, and I
think I passed them off as Garrett in my sleep. So if your reading this
and you called me last night around 2:30ish, Do let me know. I really
want to know what the conversation was about.
Anyways, my day today sort of was just....a monday I guess. I have a
whole ton of biology stuff to do...that I havnt done..That I dont plan
on doing til tommorrow. I also have to work tuesday, wednesday, and
thursday. Atleast tues and wed are 2 hour shifts, but thurs is a 6 hour
shift from 330-930. It's money though (atleast that's what I keep
telling myself). Other than that, my life is pretty easy and stress
free.
Who all is going to Prom? I was thinking about it, but then 30-45
bucks a ticket sure sucks. That and I have never been a fan of
dances..."O but this one is better." Why? because of free snacks and
drinks? That the LEAST I should recieve for the amount of the ticket.
In my opinion, it's outrageous to charge that much. But whatever, it's
for "charity." Lame. But then again, Prom is suppose to be special or
something. So that's why I am debating whether to go....That and
finding a date...It would really suck to go to prom date-less...as it
is a "special" thing. I know I'll go senior year...
Now more directed to people of my Biology class: What is up with ms.
doerr always yelling at me about something? "You need to study
more"...."hows your grades...you need to do better" HOLY GOD WOMAN. I
have A's and B's in all my classes! For some odd reason she has dubbed
me the struggling child. It really sucks...more so it's really
annoying. Anyone remember when we were discussing english class at one
point? She said I should try harder in that class....She may be right
if I didn't have an A, or if the class had something useful to learn in
it. O! and she says I'm against dress code almost everyday. So I'm a
slut struggling student, that's awesome. Some of my wardrobe yes, is
cutting close to code, but has she seen what some of those damn
cheerleaders wear? Yea, you know they don't get dress coded. I call it
racist against anti-cheer.
Goodnight
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