Natural history

Is Hume’s Natural History of Religion Really a Problem? In this essay I will explain how Hume’s natural history of religion isn’t so much a threat to religion as it is a valid explanation. Hume’s claims of natural explanation will be presented and assessed based on their rationality of how religion has progressed through history. From here I will analyse Hume’s argument and then proceed to consider a counter-argument against this natural history of religion involving supernatural explanations.…

Jennifer Price in her recent essay “The Plastic Pink Flamingo: A Natural History” alludes her view of the United States culture which is that in the 1950’s the American culture was ignorant. The author’s purpose is to illustrate her point of view so that the reader gets to see another perspective of culture in the U.S. Price appeals to her audience by giving facts about the flamingo and how it has and still is seen through eyes across the world. When starting her essay, Price exclaims that…

similar. A historical explanation is an account of an event or events in history and it can reveal when the event takes place, how it takes place and the events that prompted that particular event to take place. A scientific explanation is a theory that reveals the reason why phenomena occur in the natural world. Although historical and scientific explanations are acquired through different means, knowledge in History and Natural Science is discovered and scientists and historians use inductive…

This gave him an opportunity to observe and study the wide range of natural phenomenons. These studies contributed to his theory on evolution. In 1837 Charles went to London to finish work on his Journal known as The Voyage of the Beagle. He arranged his collections of fossils and bugs and was impressed by the likenesses of the species showed. He studied all of the samples vigorously, down to every line, spot and, organ and noticed that each had developed in their own way from ancestors. Some of…

questions go unanswered, leading to confusion, anger, or awkwardness in an individual’s sex life. Author Joann Ellison Rodgers released her book, “Sex: A Natural History”, in 2002; in her book, Rodgers addresses topics that we all have questioned at one point or another. She breaks down the evolution of sex as we know it today and…

Lewis Munford. He was also an “architectural critic, urban planner, and historian who analyzed the effects of technology and urbanization on human societies throughout history” (Encyclopedia Britanica). His profile can justify the sociological, historical and economically rich articulations in his publication on “The Natural History of Urbanization” (Lewis Munford, 1956) in which he examines all aspects of city morphology and functions from…

Diane Ackerman, a writer intoxicated with the senses, writes about the sensory experience of smell in the first chapter of A Natural History of the Senses. She engages the reader with an aromatic story consisting of the evolution, cultural obsession, and science of the “mute sense”, smell. From early on Ackerman asserts that smell is the most direct of all of our senses. To help support her point, she describes the mechanics on smell. She informs the readers about receptor cells containing…

Pennsylvania University. Throughout her career, she’s earned a few awards and honors, and is considered to be a bestseller. Her New York Times bestseller books include; The Human Age (2014), The Zookeeper’s Wife (2008), and A Natural History of the Senses (1990). A Natural History of the Senses, starts off with the sense of smell. Every chapter of the book obtains a different sense (smell, touch, taste, hearing, vision). Each chapter consists of subsections, where Ackerman connects the subtopic…

6. One of the three natural boundaries in ancient Egypt that was the most important to Egypt’s history is the Nile. Ancient Egyptians lived along the Nile from the mouth well into the interior of Africa. The west and forbidding deserts on either side of the Nile acted as natural barriers between Egypt and other lands. It forced Egyptians to live on a way small portion of the land and reduced interaction with other people. 7. Egyptians were polytheistic, they believed in many gods. They believed…

In “The Plastic Pink Flamingo: A Natural History” Price uses examples of how flamingos changed America’s culture to create a jocular tone that satirizes the culture within United States. Flamingos were creatures that had little significance in American lifestyles. However, as Price describes, people were “flocking” to Florida just to bring a flamingo back home. A hotel and casino had been built using the concept of the flamingo and soon after that more hotels were open that were that were…