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Enlightenment Philosophy and Religion

belief, but at the "priests and their stupid or hypocritical instruments . . we shall think of them only to pity their victims and...

U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Stevens' Philosophy

in a firm that specialized in antitrust lawsuits ("John Paul Stevens," 2006). In 1970, Stevens was appointed by President Nixon to...

Aristotle and Rene Descartes Define Philosophy

what is not. Descartes method of systematic doubt is to "reject as if absolutely false anything as to which I could imagine t...

Philosophy and Logos

persuasive arguments, Aristotle mentions three techniques: pathos, ethos and logos (What is logos?) "Pathos" (from which we get th...

Philosophy of Education by Jean Jacques Rousseau

tangled when one relies on the system to teach. In fact, when examining contemporary life, one can see that a large compliant abou...

Twenty First Century Early Childhood Education Personal Philosophy

lesson is severely hampered. The role that critical thinking plays within the early childhood teaching community is one tha...

Readings/Educational Philosophy

the teacher would be naturally drawn to the Socratic method of instruction, which relies on the teacher attempting to bring forth ...

Plato's Philosophy and Criticisms

thought that the Theory of Forms was useless when it came to explaining the material world "because the connection between the two...

Three Questions in Philosophy

humans, it is not necessarily the best thing to do. Kant also supports a categorical imperative principle which suggests that some...

Wal-Mart Management And Leadership

dawn of the 21st century Wal-Mart has emerged as just this kind of world-transforming economic institution, setting the pattern fo...

How the Diamond Age Contributes to the Philosophy of Technology

social class ended up in the hands of a poor girl. It was actually stolen by her brother who associated with a bad crowd. It is im...

Kant And Sartre: Modern Philosophy Is Marked By A Spirit Of Man As Artist

have an otherwise broad range and potentiality; however, these aspects were often squelched by a need for systematic control. ...

Personal Philosophy of Nursing

But, it also refers to the fact that nurses "shape and transform the environment" as well as offer care within the context of an e...

Nursing Philosophy and Occupational Focus

theorist Jean Watson, who developed her Theory of Human Caring in the late 1970s. As a result of Watsons efforts to bring greater...

Dylan Lyrics & Greek Philosophy

the Republic. Take pornography as an example. Plato argued that objectionable ideas can upset the understanding (Johnston). Femini...

Educational & Supervisory Philosophy

that leads rationally and logically toward the formation of theoretical principles via the experience of working on problem-solvin...

My Educational Philosophy

are something that they do not have to stop and think about in order to use. This, and spelling, are one of the few instances in w...

Philosophy of Nursing

Nightingale as power-crazed and iron-willed. Salvage (2001) tends to believe that these criticisms of Nightingale reflect lingerin...

Philosophy, Ideology, Theory and the Teaching Profession

always move from there to a philosophy that incorporates helping students learn as its main objective. That is, they are trying to...

Western Philosophy and the Middle Ages

human understanding. He saw the concept as being equated with something that exceeds any individual persons comprehension. Transce...

Socrates' Life and Contributions to Philosophy

(Kemerling, 2002). Lacking professional teacher training, Socrates elected to do some "free-wheeling" by partaking of spirited di...

The Position of Philosophy and Women in Ancient Greece

system in ancient Greece wherein a woman had a protector (kyrios) or one who watched over them. This was either a brother or their...

Justice and Self Interest Philosophies

when it is expressed as a love of virtue, and justice when it is considered as one of many virtues. For Hobbes, self-interest "ta...

Personal Influences on Nursing Philosophy

ability has improved considerably, inasmuch as the decisions I now make are more analytical and based upon a broader and more dive...

A Personal System of Philosophy

Even in the absence of hard and fast codes of ethics such as those that exist for some professions, there are certain basic guidel...

Utilitarian vs. Kantian Philosophies

universal laws? Clearly, they can sometimes, but other times they would not be thought of in such a manner. John Stuart Mill on th...

Advanced Nursing Practice Philosophy

therapeutic manner (Tourville and Ingalls, 2003). This relationship may refer to a single individual, or the "person" may be a sma...

Educational Philosophy

upon an instructor who cannot handle the task. However, those who are called in to substitute for the AWOL educators provide an e...

Educational Philosophy of John Dewey

gear pedagogy accordingly, politicians, policymakers and the public at-large are still "stuck" in the old paradigm, which states t...

Philosophies on Personal Learning

1999, p. 104+) - believed children are not merely a collection of empty vessels waiting for information to fill the void, but rath...