Philosophy Who knows it!

[bangerang103]

I have the most annoying question to answer ready for it?

Discuss the contributions of thales to geometry and their relation to ancient Egyptian "land measuring", What is the new "two-Fold" Job of the gemetrician? Give examples. What "two things" are needed to prove any geometrical truth? Give Examples. What are two ways in geometry to make a mistake or "prove a falsehood"? Give examples What theorems are attributed, Directley and inderctley, to thales? Discuss "thales-Theorem".
How might he have applied it to these two problems : (i) The height of the egyptian pyramids, (ii) the distance of an "enemys" ship from the shore we are obligated to defend...

the only thing i have so far are how they are applied to the two problems..

any input on this would be great. even the ones i have answers too incase im wrong...

Classes like this make college frustrating...

 

[silverdragon]

 

[Onion01]

consider yourself lucky, I have premed biochemistry test tomorrow

 

[bangerang103]

bio chem is much easier than this to me... Stuff Thats well considered factual by professer's like bio or chem teacher's is not by philo teachers...

STUPID

 

[rmorse]

Anyone want to work on my economics hw?

 

[Onion01]

bio chem is much easier than this to me... Stuff Thats well considered factual by professer's like bio or chem teacher's is not by philo teachers...

STUPID

biochem...easy? LOL

 

[Delhezi222]

I have the most annoying question to answer ready for it?

Discuss the contributions of thales to geometry and their relation to ancient Egyptian "land measuring", What is the new "two-Fold" Job of the gemetrician? Give examples. What "two things" are needed to prove any geometrical truth? Give Examples. What are two ways in geometry to make a mistake or "prove a falsehood"? Give examples What theorems are attributed, Directley and inderctley, to thales? Discuss "thales-Theorem".
How might he have applied it to these two problems : (i) The height of the egyptian pyramids, (ii) the distance of an "enemys" ship from the shore we are obligated to defend...

the only thing i have so far are how they are applied to the two problems..

any input on this would be great. even the ones i have answers too incase im wrong...

Classes like this make college frustrating...

The answer is Chuck Norris. The answer is always Chuck Norris.


Seriously though, I'm more confused right now than I've ever been.

 

[stpeter]

I'll trade you my quantum mechanics for your philosophy and a pb&j sandwich

But first you have to explain everything you just said

 

[andregurov]

This is in a philosophy class? Very interesting ...

Thales' theorem is (simply) that if points A, B, and C are on a circle, and line AC is the diameter of the circle then the angle ABC is always a right angle. Using this you can do a lot of geometry. But lets not lie ... this theorem is a pretty easy supposition. I would have thought discussing Thales' in a "philosophy" class would involve a lot of useless chatter about forms and principles; evidently this is a "history of philosophy" class? If so, different approaches to knowledge are required. The rest of those questions are too much math for me to appreciate.

Let me know when you get to Josiah Royce (late 1800's American) or, better yet, Schopenhauer. He kicks the pants off Hegel

 

[bangerang103]

thanks for some input so far.