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The Mind-Body Problem and Descartes' Meditations

beyond their own myopic existence. Can conscious experience be separate from the brain, and can conscious experience wield causal...

Classicism and Greek Culture

a decidedly different climate in relation to justice. The end of the Classical period brought with it Alexanders death, as well a...

External and Internal Influences on HRM

much deeper than this. The beliefs are the guidance that gives rise to the morals and the norms. If it is believed that a company ...

Mexican Broadcast History

ever built one man, Guillermo Gonzalez Camarena, invented a kind of camera that was monochromatic which means it was a camera that...

The Relationship Of Sharia Law And Islam

in the Islamic world is to cultivate and perpetuate a sense of unity where jurisprudence is concerned, otherwise known as the ongo...

Italian Business Culture

of prescribed gender roles. Societies that express a high degree of masculinity (MAS), as versus femininity. High MAS cultures are...

Cultural Influences on Medical Care; Indian Hindus

is in charge of all domestic affairs. Younger newly wed couples will often live with one set of parents, even if they are going to...

Can Cultural Values Have A Significant Impact On Business Structure, Strategy And Economic Performance At A National Level?

in the following way; " if the market is the fundamental means of allocating resources then, in order to work properly, it must be...

Frankfurt School & View on Mass Culture

way, attempted to "fix" Marxism and their ideas came to be known as "Critical Theory."5 When Horkheimer became director of the Ins...

Cultural Consideration in Psychiatry

can complicate the provision of care for some Moroccan patients. Several more considerations will be outlined in the remainder of...

Sensory Perceptions and Descartes' Argument

is an objective reality, people are basically defining what is real and what is not. Life becomes confusing. Loeb (1986) explains...

American Family Values

is much more acceptable for families to be "blended" or for couples to have babies out of wedlock now. In fact, to some extent, Ho...

How Benjamin Argued Against Descartes

and truth, Benjamin (2002) surmises how those who have invested both time and pains in its postulations should partake of a greate...

Property from a Philosophical Perspective

but philosophers also argue that private property rights are necessary (even when they seem unfair) "for the ethical development o...

Philosophers on God's Existence

experiences were possible (Gogan, 2006). This author indicates this in the following: "Kant gets rid of the usual foundation for r...

The Culture of the Philippines

The vessels were rowed, and some of the larger ships held up to 100 rowers per side, in addition to armed troops (Philippine civil...

Asian Cultures and Business Management

separate provisions that include: equipment and supplies; games and practice schedule; per diem and travel; academic tutoring; coa...

Enron And Corporate Culture

Innovation and risk taking - willing to experiment, take risks, encourage innovation (Smith, 2004). 2. Attention to detail - payin...

Organisational Behaviour

be seen as the embodiment of the norms, values and beliefs. These may be seen as isolated within the company, or reflections of th...

The Causes of Differences in International Financial Reporting

invest in companies to make money, if a company is seen to be wasting money then they are unlikely to wish to invest in it (Howell...

Assessing the Culture of the Company through News Articles Applying International Management Cultural Dimension Models

cultural influences. Looking at the background of both these countries there are similarities and differences which will help plac...

Philosophical Perspective Of Cloning In The United States

is an attempt by technology to steal from God the mystery of creation, so that we might laugh at eternity without experiencing dea...

Organizational Culture

not be part of the culture could be the buildings. However, the facilities play a strong role in how things get done. 2. How org...

Convergence Culture; the Case of the Game Call of Duty 4

games. Against this background it may be argued that Call of Duty 4 could have been perceived as reaching the end of...

Joint Ventures, Knowledge Acquisition and Strategy Theory

as Asker, argued that the two may be compatible (Thompson, 2007). To understand what is meant by each of these strategies ...

Unified Corporate Culture in Multinational Organizations

directors are given with two fingers rather than pointing with one, through to the customer service orientation value (Kober, 2009...

Wal-Mart Company Culture

controversial because of their human resource practices. Many employees are very loyal to the company and yet, they have had more ...

The Material Culture of Slaves in Early America

white slave owners, the material culture that the slaves remembered in Africa, and the material culture of the Native American peo...

Contrasting and Comparing Descartes and Locke

occurred. One of the only things that one can find to argue about Locke is that he eventually becomes as inflexible as the rest o...

Education Politics, Modernism, and Postmodernism

at those responsible for the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. In other words, education is supposed to take a neutral appr...