1. Define Psychology. Is psychology a science? Elucidate your answer with relevant arguments. DEFINITIONS OF PSYCHOLOGY Psychology has been defined in different ways.Some people have defined psychology as an art.Other people have defined psychology as a science.Many text books define psychology as the science of mind and behavior.Psychology involves the study of human nature and/or behavior.Different opinions come from different perspectives. Eric Pettifor at GIGANTOPITHECUS defines psychology
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JAINISM AND SCIENCE Submitted To: Piya Mukherjee Faculty‚ SIMSR Submitted By: Saurabh Sheth PGDM-A (Roll no: 53) To maintain the importance of the concepts‚ many words used in the article are of ‘Prakrut’ Language. Concept of Jainism Jainism is the religion professed by the Jains‚ so called because they follow the path practiced and preached by the Tirthankars or Jinas. It is a religion of soul. This concept or belief is called theism. This self-belief is the most important concept
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Science and technology is a vital part of our society’s world and how we function. Unless you happen to live out in the middle of the Sahara Desert and have sworn off all aspects of technology and science‚ then you are most likely exposed constantly to science in your daily life. While it is a big part of our world‚ there is a constant uneasy relationship between human beings and science. It is a common axiom that people don’t trust what they don’t understand. That is exactly what drives and causes
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eleven million people (out of a population of 83 million people.) The Coptic Church was established in the 1st century AD‚ after the arrival of Saint Mark. After a few years‚ Christianity spread throughout Egypt making it the most widely practiced religion in Egypt. However‚ after the invasion of Egypt by the Muslims in the seventh century‚ the religious demographics of the country dramatically changed. It went from being one of the greatest Christian countries to a largely Muslim country by the end
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TOK-SCIENCE What is science? -A body of knowledge Natural sciences (physics‚ chemistry‚ biology) + human sciences -A way of thinking Science refers to a system of acquiring knowledge This system uses observation and experimentation to describe and explain certain phenomena. Observation: Science starts with the observable sense perception Hypothesis: reason (sources) Experiment: all WOKs Results Doctrine of science (NS) All properties and events in the physical universe are governed
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Organized Religion Ever since man has chosen to write down his history‚ organized religion has been a prominent topic and has influenced and shaped all people’s lives. There have always been believers and non-believers. Since the beginning‚ non-believers have been persecuted by inquisitions‚ prosecuted by witch trials‚ and murdered by stoning and crucifying for even questioning the "truth" about a supreme being and supposed crimes against that being. Religion had a purpose in earlier times
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This article was downloaded by: [175.110.12.122] On: 09 November 2012‚ At: 08:19 Publisher: Routledge Informa Ltd Registered in England and Wales Registered Number: 1072954 Registered office: Mortimer House‚ 37-41 Mortimer Street‚ London W1T 3JH‚ UK Critical Studies on Terrorism Publication details‚ including instructions for authors and subscription information: http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/rter20 What ’s so ‘religious’ about ‘religious terrorism’? Jeroen Gunning & Richard Jackson a a
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Religion has been defined in a wide variety of ways. Most definitions attempt to find a balance somewhere between overly sharp definition and meaningless generalities. Some sources have tried to use formalistic‚ doctrinal definitions while others have emphasized experiential‚ emotive‚ intuitive‚ valuational and ethical factors. Sociologists and anthropologists tend to see religion as an abstract set of ideas‚ values‚ or experiences developed as part of a cultural matrix. For example‚ in Lindbeck’s
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Religion and Modernity Can it be truthfully said that organized religion is a barrier to modernity? In order to determine such an accusation‚ we must first try to identify how we define modernity as well as the role of religion in science and humanity. To think modernism means the present is a very narrow view. “For many Decades‚ modernization was depicted in social sciences as a broad series of processes of industrialization‚ urbanization and social changes through which modern societies arose
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God and Science Traditionally‚ a belief in God was attractive because it promised to explain the deepest puzzles about origins. Where did the world come from? What is the basis of life? How can the mind arise from the body? Why should anyone be moral? Yet over the millennia‚ there has been an inexorable trend: the deeper we probe these questions‚ and the more we learn about the world in which we live‚ the less reason there is to believe in God. Start with the origin of the world. Today no honest
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