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Reality Concept of Contemporary Science and Plato's 'Forms' Theory

In five pages this paper compares modern science's concept of reality with Plato's Theory of Forms and how they relate to understa...

Approaches to Science, Richard Pirsig's Work, and the Text Science and Its Ways of Knowing

In four pages this paper examines various scientific approaches as featured in Richard Pirsig's work and in this text. Three sour...

Friedrich Nietzsche's 'Queen of Sciences' Description of Psychology

In eight pages this research paper analyzes Nietzsche's description of psychology. Five sources are cited in the bibliography....

19th Century and Science's Triumph

probably the concept most applicable here. This concept is essentially the philosophy of history according to Marx. Historical mat...

Computer Science's Shifting Paradigm

they became more common and more accessible. Shift of Paradigm A favorite saying of Mary...

Summarizing Four Cultural and Social Sciences' Articles by Littlejohn, Lont, Curtis, and Bakhtari

McBer and Company in 1980 (coercive, authoritative, affiliative, democratic, pace-setting, and coaching) Bakhtari developed four h...

Rational Theory, Science, and Political Science

the idea of introducing the idea of rational choice theory into the study of political science (Anonymous, 2000). Rational choice ...

Religion, Creation Science, True Science, and S.J. Gould

not be empirically tested, and therefore could not be classed as true science, the creationists shifted their ground. Instead of m...

Cinematic Explanation of Sciences' Gender Gap

crashes several hours flying time from a scientific research station in the Arctic. An Air Force crew is ordered to go and pick up...

Peirce and Hume on Skepticism

director of our own narrative, but we can never say for certain how the story will end. Although we make plans, and try to foresee...

Philosophy And Skepticism

including moral evil. Epicurus, by contrast, believed just the opposite and openly asserted how the gods have no sway over anyone...

Stanley Cavell and the Truth of Skepticism by Fergus Kerr

natures regiment. As such, familiarity does not lend itself to unaccountability or being troublesome to understand. Why, then, w...

'Argument Against Skepticism' by John Hospers

to the first two in that people have some former knowledge in order to "know" someone, or "know" how to do something (Hospers, 196...

Evolutionary Biology and Skepticism

In five pages this paper discusses the problems with trying to classify or categorize evolutionary biology in a consideration of h...

Opinions and Skepticism Surrounding the So Called Greenhouse Effect

In this five page paper the writer presents the skeptics view of the so called greenhouse effect and the supposed depletion of the...

Cognitive Science And Information Technology

ability to outreason and outlearn their human counterparts, leaving humanity open to an entirely unknown reality if that is ever t...

H.G. Wells/The Time Machine

on the nature of the fourth dimension, i.e., time, as well as the astronomical features and evolutionary development that he obser...

Savannah, Tybee Island and Meditation

demands of the world, which are often overwhelming, and get back in touch with their inner selves. This paper is not a "how to" es...

Reaction Paper to Rosenthal's Transcendence and Healing

basis, he reports that it enabled him to achieve a state that can only be described as transcendence, as TM, at this point in his ...

Goal of Meditation in the Buddhist Tradition

leads to the meditative absorptions states known as jhana (Novak, 1989). The second, insight meditation, contemplates the "true n...

PSYCHOLOGY AND STATES OF CONSCIOUSNESS

acknowledges that this is somewhat of a surprise, given that, since the 17th century, mysticism, science and healing have gone in ...

Aurelius and Augustine

parables, or a book of varied quotes. As an example, in the Sixth Book he notes, "Do not ever conceive anything impossible to ma...

Altered States of Consciousness, A Personal Account

This paper provides the student with an example essay that describes the writer's personal experience in regards to dreaming, dayd...

Productivity and Stress in the Workplace

at stress and productivity specifically will draw on the other relayed information. II. What is Stress? According to the Tex...

Augustine, Aurelius And Guibert

Plato and Anselm . He talks about seeking truth and wisdom consistently throughout the text. For Augustine, "Truth is one, and Go...

Gunther/Death Be Not Proud

A 3 page book review of John Gunther's memoir of his son's illness and death. The title of this book is drawn from John Donne's Me...

Meditation Types

while remaining completely conscious" (Religion, 2001). When the meditator reaches the fourth stage, he has abandoned "any sense o...

Disease Treatment Through Alternative and Holistic Medicine Approaches

approaches that are specifically utilized to improve health, the percentage of Americans relying on CAM jumps to sixty-two percent...

States of Consciousness

is indicative of REM sleep. If one has reached Stage IV, it is indicative that one will shortly be entering the REM stage where d...

Modalities of Self Care and Holistic Nursing

help each other by merely listening and offering words of encouragement. My psychologist friend firmly believed that lifestyle ch...