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learning, which was the current philosophy of his day (American Philosopher John Dewey). Since the inception of Deweys e...

Each criticized the foundationalist approach advocated by Russell. Rorty (1989, 87), for example, insisted:...

permission. Abraham Lincoln promoted the Platonic view in his Gettysburg Address in saying that the government should be "of the ...

the effects of "Original Sin" (Hundersmarck 133). While Machiavelli agreed with this stance, he did not do so because of theology....

dilemma of a single woman who is part of what the politicians and social scientists refer to as a member of the "working poor" soc...

modification, which dispels ignorance" (Mohanty, 2001). When we cognize we abate ignorance....

In the context of a greater philosophy perhaps, a philosopher says what he thinks. Yet, he is unwittingly part of a grand plan. Wh...

agree with Aristotles ideas, and see morality as a living concept, and something that should not be tampered with. What might Aris...

and non-rational elements. Of the non-rational, the autonomic responses (breathing, sleeping, digesting, and reproducing) is commo...

As such, attempting to interpret knowledge, language and meaning is to draw from the innermost recesses of ones existence. Hermen...

a world in which there is much pleasure but the people are vicious, unless they derive pleasure from viciousness, which seems to b...

is nothing more than a bunch of people quarreling over how many angels can dance on the head of a pin. Instead, it helps people le...

long and interesting historical evolution, and its origins are largely responsible for the reluctance of allopathic medical profes...

family, and how the state gets into the picture. II. German Political Theory When it comes to German political theory, there...

book may be considered very light reading and perhaps this was the authors intent. After all, he has made a career of trying to re...

Thales (c. 600 BCE) Pythagoras (c. 550 BCE) Heraclitus (c. 500 BCE) George Berkeley (1685-1753) Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679) were ...

as it moves form lower life forms towards more perfect higher forms that are capable of varying degrees of intelligence and ration...

(Allmark, 2003, p. 4). Poststructuralism: This perspective takes a deconstructive view of structuralism and "sees inquiry as ine...

evolution of society as the people began to perhaps feel incredibly oppressed by the culture/politics/society around them. The bir...

serving as common denominators for any potentially unified answer: Mans beliefs are either perceptional or inferential in nature (...

their place of origin or starting language capabilities. Multiculturalism is a component of my educational philosophy because it ...

the "inability to determine the meaning of illness-related events" (McCormick, 2002, p. 127). Furthermore, Chinn and Kramer (1999)...

including moral evil. Epicurus, by contrast, believed just the opposite and openly asserted how the gods have no sway over anyone...

nurses should understand these patients thoroughly, "who they are, where they live and with whom, their current health status and ...

to achieve real and positive change in their lives. When writing a personal essay based on this guide, the student should adapt ...

Some educators are now suggesting that the traditional model is not meeting the needs of students, who are required to do little b...

academy the first university of its type, he was able to influence minds of the next generation and proliferate his ideas and meth...

Stimulus for developing of the students personal philosophy The process of nursing education exposes students to diverse clinical...

Frederic and Hemingway both drove ambulances, and were both wounded, and both fell in love with their nurses. But, to take a trivi...

the Buddhist worldview and the goal of detaching oneself from the material world and the body. "Thought is an attribute that rea...