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    Monica Malkani Describe some aspects of your learning about helping in a counselling way and what this has taught you about yourself This essay aims to address a number of aspects of counselling that I have found particularly interesting since starting the introductory course in Counselling in October 2012. This will include a brief history of counselling; what it means to help in a “counselling way” from both a client and counsellor’s perspective and what the course has taught me as an individual

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    What is it that I mean to say when I claim to know something? In general usage‚ the word knowledge has a comparatively low value as a threshold for acceptance. When using the word ‘knowledge’ in a philosophical context‚ however‚ it is necessary to delineate the boundaries of its definition. It is in this context that I will discuss knowledge in the sense that implies certainty as the level of confidence I hold in its ability to reflect reality. Hereafter I will defend the notion that certain

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    What is knowledge? What is knowledge? The question is hard to answer. People are not sure what is knowledge and the philosopher too. in dictionary meant that : the fact or condition of knowing something with familiarity gained through experience or association; acquaintance with or understanding of a science‚ art‚ or technique; the range of one’s information or understanding; the circumstance or condition of apprehending truth or fact through reasoning. According to the philosophy knowledge have

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    Knowledge is generated through the interaction of critical and creative thinking. Evaluate this statement in two areas of knowledge. The way knowledge is generated is different among the various areas of knowledge‚ but the way we gain knowledge requires thinking‚ thought processes‚ and this may be either critical or creative. The two areas of knowledge I will be addressing are Natural sciences and the arts. The definition of critical thinking is to “judge” and thus implies the use of logical

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    is essential within the ontological argument and many scholars have attacked the argument on this basis. My opinion is that existence cannot be seen to be a predicate of God or a predicate of anything else either. Even if we assume that existence can be seen to be a predicate that something can have‚ I believe that the ontological argument fails in proving that existence is a predicate of God. Like Hume has argued‚ the whole basis of the ontological argument‚ especially in Descartes’ more rational

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    Topic 1- Mathematics and Certainty Having said something about the nature of formal systems‚ we must now look in more detail at the nature of mathematical certainty. To do this‚ let us begin by making two distinctions. The first concerns the nature of propositions. An analytic proposition is one that is true by definition. A synthetic proposition is any proposition that is not analytic. So we can say that every proposition is either analytic or synthetic. The second distinction concerns how we

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    Argument Essay Bullying Needs to Cease As a teenager‚ all I want is the world to live in peace and harmony. However‚ everyone knows that is not going to happen. People are going to dislike each other‚ hate each other‚ and‚ of course‚ have many disagreements. This does not justify bullying‚ though. Bullying is uncaused for‚ and it is destroying our nation. It needs to be stopped immediately. In school or where it may be‚ bullying‚ in all forms‚ needs to cease for it can lead to violence‚ mental

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    Knowledge vs. Belief There is a quote by an unknown person that says‚ "In all the world there are only two kinds of people‚ those who know‚ and those who do not know; and this knowledge is the thing which matters." The quite adequately describes my knowledge that my father loves and cares for me. I know‚ based on life experiences‚ that my father loves me. I choose to classify my father ’s love for me as something that I know to be true and factual because the way in which I can explain and

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    Does Fair Trade have a future in this world? Table of content 1. Introduction and Problem statement. Nowadays‚ Fair trade products are hot items. In 2006 worldwide sales came up to 1.6 billion Euros of Fairtrade Certified Products. This was about 42% more than it was the year before. Even the products coffee and cocoa knew a bigger growth in the numbers 53% and 93% respectively (Fairtrade Labelling Organizations International

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    Between the Island of Bermuda‚ and the Southern coast of Florida and Puerto Rico‚ in the Atlantic Ocean‚ lies what is know as The Bermuda Triangle‚ The Devil’s Triangle‚ and a host of other names. Vincent Gaddis in Argosy Magazine first named the Bermuda Triangle‚ a magazine devoted to science fiction‚ where he gave it the name‚ "The Deadly Bermuda". The earliest reported mysteries date back to the 15th century by Christopher Columbus concerning the Sargasso Sea. He reported seeing floating masses

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