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New World Journey of Cabeza de Vaca

to make it clear that this communication was primarily by sign language. He writes that "when we asked they would answer by signs,...

E-Systems and the Addition of a KMS or Knowledge Management System

was below $8 at the end of 1999; it last closed near $4.50, which represents an increase of nearly 100 percent. Revenues are repo...

Knowledge, Forms, and Plato

had to be obtained by directing the students mind toward the discovery of what is real and important, then allowing them to deduce...

Belief and Knowledge According to Plato

of innate knowledge, he was adamant that nothing could be learned except through experience and sensory input: "How comes [the mi...

Skepticism of David Hume Answered by Immanuel Kant

Therefore, Kant reasons, perception of this permanent is possible only through a thing outside me" (Kant 245, B275). What makes K...

'Experts' and Knowledge Level Variations

of knowledge, however, such demonstrative proof is not always readily available. It is also important for the knowledge dev...

Power, Knowledge, and Management

relationship is basically dependent on which side determines the objectives which are to be achieved and means which are to be emp...

Michel de Montaigne Essays

out of these thoughts. The essays are deliberately unstructured,...

Information and Globalization

well. Because of cultural and communication differences, there is much that can be lost between the language barriers which can m...

Controlling New Technologies

genetic products. This is one of many controversies involving genetic research and a subject that is the concern of one scholar in...

Meno and Plato's Arguments

they have experienced the fact that the truth simply is and is not an "issue" or understanding that can be discovered. "Meno" As ...

Personal Truths and Beliefs

People play devils advocate all the time, negating valid premises. This is how high priced attorneys win impossible cases and it i...

Aviation Inspection, Maintenance, and Human Factors

The manual was incomplete in that, when the locking pins were extended to lock the door, there was no positive check to indicate w...

Knowledge Analysis by David Hume

personal desire to do so, rather than depending upon automatic reaction or stimulation. "The skeptic, therefore, had better keep ...

Emotional Intelligence and the Acquiring of Knowledge

Moon, 1998, p. 743). Just as individuals have different levels of intellectual ability, so too, do individuals have different leve...

Reality Struggles of Rene Descartes, George Berkeley, and David Hume

even more challenging. He takes dualism to its logical end by insisting that we not only cannot prove that the matter exists, but ...

God According to David Hume

He asserted that evidence that God exists in a singular or plural context because it has become universally accepted as truth (135...

World Knowledge and the Mind

Know You Know? According to Waittenmaker (1999), research has demonstrated that it is an individuals background knowledge that ha...

Management and the Workforce in the Twentieth Century

century, the societys appetite for greater productivity has been insatiable (Harrington, 1999). The author relates that Taylor wa...

Machine Learning, Data Mining, and KM

new information becomes available. This requires a dynamic form of programmes that will facilitate machine learning. In this paper...

Comparing Greek Classics 'The Aeneid' by Virgil, 'The Bacchae' by Euripides, and 'Oedipus the King' by Sophocles

his rule to all those who regarded him as an interloper. He sought the assistance of his most trusted advisor, his brother-in-law...

Three Perspectives on Problems with Teaching English

learn the ways in which standard English developed -- that no language remains "fixed" but is rather a constantly evolving, adapti...

Knowledge Management and Information Technology

we have in pursuing innovation is a combination of Peters controlled chaos, a firm grasp on strategic planning, the ability to see...

The Angels That Followed Satan in 'Paradise Lost' by John Milton

of the press, freedom of speech, religious toleration among Protestants, the sovereignty of the people, the power of sovereigns de...

Comparison of Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad, Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, and 'Paradise Lost' by John Milton

God had created an idyllic paradise for man, and it was only when a winged Satan invaded the peaceful calm and inflicted his exist...

The Tobacco Industry and Advertising

the segmented portions of society. Allenby (1998) is quick to caution those who jump too fast on the homogenous marketing bandwag...

Wisdom's Message in One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez and in the Mahabharata

in this it is easer to separate the fact from the fiction. However, it still has messages about wisdom and how it has and has not ...

Courtroom and the Importance of Psychological Knowledge

The use of psychological knowledge in the courtroom, however, is becoming somewhat more common, even though physical knowledge, or...

Skepticism and Knowledge According to John Locke

their Doubts, and to confirm them at last in a perfect Skepticism" (47). Locke...

An Appraisal of W.H. Smith Retail Outlets' Managers and Assistant Managers

HRM issues, such as change management, organizational learning and quality programs. However, these particular sectors of commerc...