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Hume and Descartes Compared

at the conclusion that there is no belief of which we can be certain, since the process of acquiring such information is inherentl...

IT and KM

One company that has successfully used KM to integrate thousands of employees and the skills they bring to the office is Pricewate...

The Kid and Charlie Chaplin

Chaplin appeared, it was also a film that he made use of established paradigms. The tools used focus on content emotion had experi...

BayesiaLabs Data Mining System

customer loyalty are operating at the highest levels possible. Increasingly popular is the use of data mining to discover a...

Knowledge, Forms, and Plato

had to be obtained by directing the students mind toward the discovery of what is real and important, then allowing them to deduce...

Belief and Knowledge According to Plato

of innate knowledge, he was adamant that nothing could be learned except through experience and sensory input: "How comes [the mi...

Skepticism of David Hume Answered by Immanuel Kant

Therefore, Kant reasons, perception of this permanent is possible only through a thing outside me" (Kant 245, B275). What makes K...

'Experts' and Knowledge Level Variations

of knowledge, however, such demonstrative proof is not always readily available. It is also important for the knowledge dev...

E-Systems and the Addition of a KMS or Knowledge Management System

was below $8 at the end of 1999; it last closed near $4.50, which represents an increase of nearly 100 percent. Revenues are repo...

Hamlet by William Shakespeare and the Character of Gertrude

essence, this is seen as "feminine and shrewd" (Rusche). From this description we can begin to understand that Gertrude may wel...

Human Fulfillment Through Knowledge and Eros

Although biblical, the story provides a warning in that perhaps a little knowledge can be harmful. Another point of view is that k...

United Kingdom's Knowledge Based Economy

In 1998 Chase predicted that the world economy would be undergoing a rapid period of change with the new knowledge based economy t...

An Organization and Adding Value

as Gap and Nike (Mason, 2000). In some cases, the charges have been valid. Many Asian and other nations see no real...

Self Knowledge and Confessions

book is the actual confession, which turns out to be a confession to murder and many other misdeeds. This idea of knowledge is an ...

Modern Agriculture and the Benefits of Marine Biology

source. However, the commercial fish food necessary for the tilapia is: "... expensive, spoils rapidly, and is difficult to transp...

Knowledge and the Concepts of Immanuel Kant

delve further into the subject matter and ask how reason transcends experience. Clearly, while elevating experience above reason, ...

Knowledge Management

are all examples of KM being used today" (Swartz, 2003, p. 53). Hilson explained: "KM refers to the collection and sharing of info...

Nursing as a Profession and its Distinguishing Features

exist for generations. Though Nightingale promoted a professional demeanor, nursing was not something that most well-bred women w...

Testimonial Knowledge and Robert Audi

some strategy that starts from other beliefs that we have. Inference, for example, is such a strategy. One might infer that it is ...

The Ethics of Belief by W.K. Clifford

the only way to arrive at this point, he seems to be saying, is to carefully examine anything that one believes with the yardstick...

Business and the Creation of Value

to be made up of push factors and pull factors. The pull factors may be seen in the attraction that new markets hold, such as new ...

Knowledge Motif in All the King's Men by Robert Penn Warren and Ghosts by Henrik Ibsen

The more involved Willie becomes in politics, the more corrupt he becomes. This is because he acquires knowledge on how the game i...

Close or General Corporations, Which is Best For You?

Two types of corporations which the student may encounter are close and general corporations. There are advantages and disadvantag...

James Burke's 'The Day the Universe Changed'

The first six chapters of the text are consideredi within this 5 page paper, which include events that changed the human race fore...

Constructing Knowledge and Feminist Theory

the female spirit. Code implies that the concept of feminism embodies a number of critical theories by which to better address th...

Plant Purification of Toxins

In five pages the process of plant cells' xenobiotics detoxification is examined in terms of how this purification knowledge could...

Consumer Culture Creation and the Impact of the Advertising Industry

In 5 pages this paper discusses how a consumer culture is created by the advertising industry in a consideration of the human natu...

Chance, Luck, Demonstrative Knowledge, Substance and Aristotle

In two pages this paper is formatted to answer three questions regarding Aristotle's ideas on causes and classifications through a...

God, Knowledge, Wisdom, and Virtue According to Descartes and Aristotle

In nine pages specific questions are answered regarding Aristotle's position on happiness, virtue, knowledge, and wisdom, and then...

Researcher's Role, Collecting Data, and Qualitative Research

In fourteen pages this paper discusses the researcher's role in qualitative research in a consideration of subject knowledge, prep...