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Capra's "The Hidden Connections"

of sustainability reflects the focal point of Capras (2002) perspective. The extent to which this seemingly beneficial concept fo...

Cognitive Restructuring

meet, however, people in the throes of emotional instability are often incapable of offsetting the destructive thoughts that wande...

Nursing Education - Concept Mapping And Critical Thinking

mapping. This is not a new approach but it is one that has gained a great deal of attention in the last several years. Concept map...

'Forbidden Thoughts' in the Mind of Jeffrey Dahmer

In six pages this paper discusses the forbidden thoughts that haunted Jeffrey Dahmer and how he acted them out in his heinous kill...

Thinking Errors, Research Abilities, and Critical Thinking

in any field is vital to the industrys lifeblood; however, it may mean the difference between life and death within, for example, ...

Pagan Religions and Christianity

Did Christianity borrow ideas and practices from pagan mystery cults. This is an allegation that has been popping up since the 19t...

Higher Level Thinking

There has always been confusion between creative and critical thinking. Many people think the two cannot exist together. That is n...

Example Case, Application of Critical Thinking, EBP

This research paper offers an overview of a case study described by Lunney (2010). The analysis provided by Lunney demonstrates th...

Political Thinking: The Perennial Questions by Glenn Tinder

a student, or anyone else, this think, but can present some insights that students and teachers alike may find useful, he states ...

Ethics: Utilitarianism

the greatest happiness of the greatest number is the foundation of morals and legislation" (Jeremy Bentham, 2006). This simple co...

Nursing and the Concept of Reflective Thinking

In five pages this paper considers the reflective thinking concept from a nursing perspective with the emphasis on Bert Teekman's ...

Systems Thinking Discussion Questions

a solid business case - i.e., saving money - for approaching decisions and projects from the system perspective. If efficient ope...

Case Decision Making

this model, it is seen as being objective. However, it is possible that input data may be subjectively influences, the processes a...

Language and Thinking

A major debate for decades has focused on whether or not language shapes thoughts. Can language influence thoughts so much as to s...

Politics/Aristotle

This essay is on Aristotle's "Politics" and how he saw the role of the city in human life. The writer relates his political thinki...

Critical Thinking

This paper considers how critical thinking and creative thinking then argues that they both occur together. There are two sources...

Using Critical Thinking to Tell Truth from Lies

Critical thinking has become even more important in today's society of opinion masquerading as news. This paper analyzes contempor...

James Joyce's 'Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man'

This is a 5 page paper that explores what how protagonist Stephen agonizes over what he thinks he should do as opposed to what oth...

Contemporary Thinking and the Influence of Existentialism, Romanticism, and the Enlightenment

In five pages this report explores how the schools of philosophical thought that characterized the Enlightenment have influenced c...

Concepts and Their Evolutionary Progression in Origin of Species by Charles Darwin

In ten pages Origin of Species is examined in terms of its first 8 chapters in order to support the argument that the book itself ...

Study on Health Status and Participation Critiqued

evaluating information (including assumptions and evidence) related to the issue, considering alternatives ... and drawing conclus...

Poetry, Social Change, and Business

Tom Ehrenfield (author of Poetry & Business) states that entrepreneurs have a lot in common with poet, as they both "invent new wa...

Persuasion and its Relation To Critical Thinking

than it must be true (Kemerling, 2001). The most recent example of this is the current war that the US is fighting in Iraq. Presid...

Simulation on Critical Thinking

is not a new concept. It is actually one which dates from ancient times but with the speed with which information can be passed t...

The Development of the Fyborg

situations in terms of past experiences. Capra (1997) refers to this pattern as the "Computer Model of Cognition" (p. 65), ...

Scientific Thought

phrase "its not rocket science" is used to suggest that a certain topic is not that difficult, implying that science is quite diff...

Animal Thinking and Language

between thought and language (Myers, 2006). The findings of renowned linguist Benjamin Lee Whorf (1897-1941) that were published ...

Systems Thinking

a network within ecological communities that provided organisms with the means to life. In 1928, a Hungarian biologist, Ludwig vo...

“Blink”: Gut Feelings and the Diagnosis of Heart Conditions

(one of the complicating factors in coronary artery disease) on an annual basis (Woods 27). Unfortunately, even more go untreated...

Decisions in Paradise

founder. When the potential outcomes are considered, and a preferable one is identified the decision-making process can then move ...