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Objects, Knowledge, Perception, and Rene Descartes

In six pages this argumentative paper examines object perception as represented by Rene Descartes wiht a discussion of physical se...

Saint Thomas Aquinas on Knowledge

professor is a good example of the difference between intellectual knowledge and sense knowledge. To take that a step beyond, and ...

Knowledge Can Be Dangerous

the belief in those things that could not be seen, felt or proven by scientific means. Not content to blindly believe in that whi...

Knowledge, Sensation, Plato and Rene Descartes

also supported what was known as the Theory of Ideas, which mainly stated that archetypal ideas (which rest in the universal)(Plan...

Justified True Belief as Knowledge A Philosophical Inquiry

develops his inquiry into the contention to see if it holds up to scrutiny: SOCRATES: And when a jury is rightly convinced of fact...

Cultural Control and Knowledge Workers' Research

seen with many of the older crafts, or knowledge transfer, though training (Polanyi 1973). This may also be seen as the acquiring...

Transforming Knowledge and Effective Writing

reader, but it is not likely if the writing is dry or bland. One has to wonder weather or not bland writing is sufficient or just...

Roderick M. Chisholm's Knowledge Theory

In six pages Chisholm's theory of knowledge and the reliance on memory and the senses as sources of this knowledge are discussed. ...

Changes in Business Employee Hiring Approaches

for positions at lower levels and a wide range of costs is evident." Yet, unfortunately many Human Resource professionals overloo...

The Relationship Between Organizational Learning and Organizational Knowledge

that others can label as being attuned to learning from events that have occurred in the past. A learning organization is one tha...

Logico-Mathematical Knowledge, Montessori, Piaget

experiences. At these early stages, the child does not have conscious awareness of the process of learning (Montessori, 1994). M...

Pragmatic Failure in Reference to Translation

human existence. Factors such as race, gender, and sociopolitical status, are all social facts and each influences a cultures lan...

Management Information Systems - Pfizer

company do a lot of graphical work, a lot of number-crunching, a combination or what? If the company performs a great deal of grap...

Theory of Knowledge or Epistemology

the Christian religion. In other words, in order to belief in God, the Bible as the proof of God must be justified or proved itse...

Different Knowledge Types

the role of the human mind in knowledge acquisition. They believe that information can be acquired both inductively and deductive...

Information and Knowledge in the Age of Cyberspace

(2001), information is prone to imperfect recollection, leaving a portion of data to be lost entirely, which one might readily att...

J.B. Priestley's 2 Kinds of Authors Analyzed

this might be referred to as either daydreaming or free association, when the knowledge is finally told it often resembles what is...

3 Epistemology Articles Evaluated

the idea that indeed, there is something that is true and real. Whether or not individual human beings know what that is, is besid...

The Structure of DNA and the Risks Inherent in Understanding It

This paper first delineates the molecular structure of DNA and how it replicates itself. The author warns that as our knowledge o...

How Can The Police Improve Knowledge Management - A Research Proposal

The writer presents a proposal for research with the aim of identifying improvement to knowledge management which will aid police ...

Increasng Sustainability of Medicaid and Medicare

It is public knowledge that the Medicare and Medicare programs are going broke. They are not sustainable with current expenses. It...

Summa Theologica Guide for the Perplexed

he could grasp with his own intellect, what he could actually perceive by his own senses, and what a trustworthy person told him. ...

Hospital Administrator

to gain an executive position immediately upon graduation, possibly in a specialty area such as government relations, medical staf...

Science and Practice - Incompatible?

Science and practice of psychotherapy have been at odds for decades. Each has different goals: knowledge for its own sake or knowl...

The Impact of Science on Knowledge

This 9 page paper explains how natural sciences have an effect on how knowledge is founded. This paper evaluates the impact scienc...

Organizational Value and Footnote Disclosures

an increased incentive for performance and the capacity to (legally) under-report expenses on accounting sheets. This paragraph ...

Investment Future and Present Value Calculations

of 10% interest received. Therefore, if given the choice between receiving $100 dollars today and $100 dollars in one year it is f...

Childhood Obesity and the Role of the School System

systems around the nation began to report BMI on report cards. The BMI or body mass index is a calculation involving height and we...

School Revenue Issues

educational goals and objectives continue to increase; 2. communities are constantly demanding more and better services from the s...

Strategic Business Approach Differences of C.K. Prahalad, Gary Hamel, and Michael Porter

In twenty nine pages this paper contrasts the business strategies espoused by University of Michigan's C.K. Prahalad, London Schoo...