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  • Math Tutor Tj

    Math Tutor Tj

    In the transactional world I run Math Tutor Tj. I started tutoring part-time to help pay for graduate school. By the time I graduated I had enough customers to call it a business. During the first few years I met students in local libraries, but by 2013 I needed a full office. The library’s private

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  • a priori and a posteriori

    a priori and a posteriori

    A Priori vs. A Posteriori Knowledge in Epistemology A Priori = Latin for “from what is earlier” – Before Experience A Posteriori =Latin for “from what is later” – After Experience Epistemology, the branch of philosophy concerned with the nature, scope, and limits of human knowledge, delves into the fundamental question: How do we know

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  • Plato and Aristotle:  The Influence on Christianity

    Plato and Aristotle: The Influence on Christianity

    I enjoy discussing the historical influences on the evolution of Christianity. It’s important to understand how important image was to early Christians. Doctrine mandates that no thing comes before the Divine (and those appointed by the Church to be divine). The power of mathematics was (is) seen as an affront to God’s power. Only God

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