Essays on Naturalist

Plantinga’s discussion considers science as a quasi-religion and justifies his assertion by observing that the former performs the cognitive function of the latter. In this regard, he argues that an individual’s beliefs regarding the world cannot be explained through natural selection unless such views affect their behavior. Plantinga advances three premises against science, one of which is that humans are incapable of making reliable beliefs. He also claims that natural selection has no ability to form true beliefs because it favors superior behaviors. Accordingly, he suggests that natural selection does not favor true non-adaptive beliefs over the ...

Introduction

Charles Robert Darwin was a naturalist born on 12th February 1809 at a place called Shrewsbury in England. However, he died on 19th April 1882 in London. In his lifetime, one of his greatest achievements is about the evolutionary theory of living organisms (Bowler). He was able to achieve this success through the voyage he embarked in 1831. He traveled for five years all over the world with the HMS Beagle. Through his traveling, he was able to study different specimen and thus his evolution theory was developed. This fact caused him to write the book titled as On ...

In 1809, Charles Darwin was born to Mr. Robert Waring Darwin and Susannah Wedgwood in Shrewsbury England and was their second son but the fifth child. Among the family members and relatives of the Darwin household, religious convictions and the value of proper education were evident. For instance, despite the religious skepticism of some relations, the mother embraced the Unitarian religion that promoted individual experience as the determinant factor in religious beliefs, and his sister Caroline embraced traditional Christianity (Pleins 1). Meanwhile, his father was a physician and at times, Charles Darwin would accompany his father on his medical ...

Thesis statement

The produce section of a supermarket is the representation of nature in a supermarket. Appeals (pathos, logos and ethos) The writer has employed persuasive techniques to convince the audience which are pathos, logos, and ethos. Ethos is applied when the author wants to appear unbiased. Despite the supermarket not teeming with nature-friendly products, the writer appreciates that no forest or prairie can match the biodiversity in a supermarket. The ability to sample products in a supermarket as a naturalist is also an example of ethos whose motive is to show expertise in a particular field. Pathos features prominently in ...

Henry David Thoreau is the founding father of American Liberation Thought. He is among the most influential and beloved writers of the 19th century. His writings have influenced and inspired millions of people across the world for over 150 years. It is for this reason and many others that he should be studied in high school. This paper will determine profound reasons why Thoreau should be taught in high school. - Sources (Gruenewald 14) according to Gruenewald, Thoreau made great contribution with his encapsulate environment stewardship. He was always awake to his surroundings, he saw things in ...

Introduction

Henry David Thoreau was an American philosopher, abolitionist, naturalist, author, and poet. He is famous for his book Walden, which is a reflection on simple living in the lap of nature, and his essay “Resistance to Civil Government”, also known as “Civil Disobedience”. First published in 1849, Resistance to Civil Government mostly covered the rights of an individual in relation to the government (Wendy 2006). Unlike the dictionary definition of ‘civil’, which means observing the accepted social forms, Henry Thoreau used the word ‘civil’ to mean interrelations between citizens, and citizens’ interrelation with the state. David Henry Thoreau wrote the ...

There are a lot of famous and unfamiliar names that can be associated with the field of naturalism. A naturalist is someone who is considered to be an expert in natural history and that his or her expertise is practiced and applied through the course of art or literature (Loudon). One of the most famous naturalists in the world is Charles Darwin, who we know as the father of Evolution. Additionally, some of the famous naturalists are George Culver, Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, Joy Adamson, Alexander Von Humboldt, Henry David Thoreau, Steve Irwin and Alfred Russell Wallace. This paper will discuss the ...

[Institution Title] It can be very difficult to define the personality. It is not the kind of topic that you put in a nut-shell. Perhaps the complexities run parallel to the fact that personality has been used interchangeably with behavior. Behavior is also another concept that does not seem to find a perfect harmony of thought because of overlapping similarities in the nature and features of other philosophical and psychological principles. However, many great minds have tried to churn their vast ocean of thoughts to get some analysis about personality. Human mind works in mysterious ways. Seamless observations and studies ...

Charles Robert Darwin was an English geologist and naturalist who lived between 1809 and 1882. He was born in a city called Shrewsbury, England in Shropshire County. Darwin was the fifth child in their family that had six children. His father, Robert Darwin, was a wealthy society doctor and also worked as a financier while their mother was known as Susannah Darwin. His grandfathers, Erasmus Darwin, from his father’s side and Josiah Wedgwood from his mother’s side were both prominent abolitionists (EGS 1). The two families were mainly Unitarian, although the Wedgwood’s family slowly started adopting Anglicanism. Darwin’s ...

Article Review: “Has Psychology Failed?” by Jastrow

Article Review: “Has Psychology Failed?” by Jastrow The article “Has Psychology Failed?” by Jastrow (1935) addresses the issues facing applied psychology and the limitations imposed by different schools of psychology, such as behaviorism and the psychoanalytic school. Even though he commends Watson’s desire to move psychology from theoretical science to applied science and Freud’s appreciation of the importance of emotions and subconscious mental processes in structuring the human mind, Jastrow believes a naturalist perspective would benefit psychology as a unified science with practical implications. However, most of the article is dedicated to lamenting the current state of psychology ...

Nietzsche’s Attitude to Religion

Introduction The German philosopher, Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche is one of the greatest thinkers of the humanity, who inspired school of thoughts, philosophers, psychologists or writers in their work. His philosophy includes remarks to various social, political, economic or religious aspects. Regarding Nietzsche’s religious philosophies, the most prolific are those regarding the Christianity. This research paper proposes to capture a qualitative analysis of Nietzsche’s attitude to religion, with a specific focus on Christianity.

Body – Literature Review

According to Nietzsche’s perception, there are various attitudes on religion, depending on the social status. As such, the rulers see religion as a strategic approach to ...

Raphaelle Peale is one of the first professional still life painters in America. This multitalented patriarch was also a naturalist and a revolutionary cultural leader during his time. He not only left a legacy of vibrantly wonderful still life portraits, but his work as a naturalist was used as a basis for many studies in an array of fields (Nemerov 13). In his still life paintings, he depicted an uncanny way of passing metaphorical messages. Generally, the mention of Raphaelle Peale evokes a euphoric feeling in both artists and historians. He was born in seventeen seventy four, to Charles Wilson Peale who was a painter. ...

Examples of Naturalism in August Strindberg’s Miss Julie

Naturalism is a style of drama that came to dominance in the latter part of the nineteenth century. It rejected the poetry and spiritual themes of previous eras, and instead valued common language and domestic situations. Naturalism is often described as “slice of life” drama. Its goal was to create a perfect representation of life, from the authenticity of the characters’ speech to the detail of the setting (Packard et al 356). Strindberg’s Miss Julie was written in 1888, and it serves as an excellent example of the naturalist style due ...

“The Awakening” was written in an age when women allow society to dictate how they should behave and feel. In one summer Edna changed from a woman voided of feelings to one overwhelmed by her feelings, so much so that she feels she could no longer live in this society.

“The Awakening” is a book written long before its time; it is a satire of the prudish New Orleans’ society of the nineteenth century. In his essay, Robert Cantwell says: “The book was banned from library circulation, and the author refused admittance to the St. Louis Arts Society. Mrs. Chopin was disgusted, ...

"To Build A Fire" and "The Open Boat"

The fight between man and nature is one that has thrilled many Naturalist writers; Naturalism's goal is to examine man's position in isolation of society and everything that protects him from nature. In Stephen Crane's "The Open Boat," a group of people set adrift after their ship capsizes evaluate their chances for survival and grow increasingly aware of nature's indifference to their plight. In the same vein, Jack London's short story "To Build a Fire" tells the tale of a man and his dog, who attempt to survive in the Yukon. The harsh weather ...

The theory of multiple intelligences developed by Howard Gardner in 1983 “suggests that traditional ways of testing may be biased to certain types of individuals.” . Dr. Gardner researched and developed the theory that the notion of intelligence is not limited to the constraints of reading, writing and arithmetic alone. He is one of the first to publish on the concept that “we should not judge others according to this narrow definition of intelligence.”. He recognized that the traditional methods of determining intelligence were too limited and did not account for the full scope of an individual’s capabilities. The ...

De Crevecoeur

De Crevecoeur was an American farmer during a time when the flora and fauna in the Americas were greatly despised and seen as naïve forms of life by the Europeans. He once described how the things that surround an individual play an important role in that individual’s development. He believes that ideal Americans are products of generations-old of cultural exchanges. And along that process of assimilation, native religion and portions of cultural identity “evaporated in the great distance it has to travel” (De Crevecoeur 51).

White

White was a naturalist, ecologist and a scientist. He studied different types of flora and ...

John James Audubon

John James Audubon, the illegitimate son of a sea captain Jean Audubon and a servant Jeanne Rabine was a French - American painter, naturalist and ornithologist. He was born on 1785 in Les Cayes (new Haiti), previously known as Saint Domingue, and died in 1851 (Rhodes, 2004). Even nearly two centuries since his death, Audubon is remembered in this world for his studies on birds, painting, and hunting. Audubon was a nature lover, and passionate about paintings of birds in their natural habitats. His most memorable documentation is The Birds of North America, a collection of ornithological works considered to be his best legacy ( ...

Assignment: Together We Stand Letter

Dear Citizens of Suburbia,

I am writing to you today to discuss a matter of grave importance. We are all aware of the rampant illnesses that have been wreaking havoc on our children and our community – they have led to us worrying about what might be in the future for the rest of us. It is clear it is no genetic defect; something is rotten in our little suburban community. As a result, I have done some investigating into this problem, and have concluded that our gas company might be contributing to the increasing number of illnesses being found in our ...