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Systems Thinking

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

James/Determinism & Descartes/Radical Doubt

rising above childhoods of extreme poverty or abuse, yet cases do occur. James second argument in defense of free will point to th...

“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 ...

The Difference Between Human and Non-Human Animals

way they are like human beings who are mentally handicapped. Animals have souls and are loving and lovable, but they do not have t...

Ancient Greek Philosophers

Aristotles concrete, scientific theories are more relevant than Platos deductive and abstract ideology. Aristotle believed...

Rousseau and Rawls

as fairness" (Rawls, 2006, p. 199). He is quick to point out, however, that "justice" and "fairness" are not to be seen as equival...

Piaget, Freud, Kohlberg, Bruner

6 years); latency (6 - 11 years); genital (11 to 18 years) (ETR Associates, 2006). Like Piaget, Freud did allow for some flexibili...

The Development of Problem Solving Skills

we first need to look at the developmental model of Piaget and what developments are seen as taking place at the different stages ...

Machiavelli's Place in Medieval Society

of the day. There were Kings and Christians and those who were attached to Enlightenment ideals. In essence, Machiavellis world wa...

Ethics: Utilitarianism

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

Black Writers

industrial training (Washington). He believes that if black men produce something white men want, "instead of all the dependence b...

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...

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...

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...

Systems Thinking Discussion Questions

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

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), ...

Study on Health Status and Participation Critiqued

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

20th Century and its 'Dismal State' Captured in Text

this once desirable state of affairs. Indeed, the twentieth century saw fights in terms of the legalization of drugs and alcohol, ...

How Important is Critical Thinking?

allows the student to explore a discipline in greater detail than he or she might have been able to do as an undergrad (Warwick Bu...

Grammar and Thought

is evidence that even pre-verbal toddlers listen to statements that are grammatically correct while tuning out those which are not...

Philosophers of the Romantic Age

philosophers and artists, and included figures such as Rousseau, Goethe, Hegel and Kant. One of the major elements of Romanticism ...

Critical Thinking and Perceptual Blockades

logic (formal and informal), critical thinking is generally considered to be part of the informal variety. When a person employs c...

Swedenborgianism and Adventism

This paper consists of six pages and contrasts as well as compares these two types of religious thought and despite some similarit...

Comparing the United Nations and The League of Nations in Political Approaches

Wilson outlined what he believed to be the basic steps to peace. Not all of the points were incorporated into the Paris Peace Con...

Communication Theories of Walt Fisher and Kenneth Burke Compared

In nine pages Fisher and Burke are theoretically compared in terms of their thoughts regarding communication and culture's role. ...

Deontology and Utilitarianism

direct encounter with value occurs in the experience of pleasure. Delight or felt satisfaction was, according to his official vie...

Intellectual Contributions of Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois

In five pages the contributions of these 2 men and their significant contributions to African American intellectual thought are co...

The Importance of Critical Thinking

The importance of critical thinking in modern society cannot be overestimated. This paper discusses critical thinking, what it is ...