Section 4: The role of science to explain consciousness When I see my dog and my cat‚ I realize how differently they behave – I think the cat is somehow more mysterious –‚ but how I could know that they have inner states? Likewise‚ people have different behaviours: if they are at a football match they behave differently than in an art gallery. We suppose that they have different inner states‚ but how do we know this? There are different approaches to take to this question‚ but fundamentally the
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Who is to say where the line is to be drawn? The line of morality‚ that is. The concept of “morality” is no longer taken into account by it’s literal meaning. Today’s new morphed definition of morality creates a deadly combination when brewed with modern time expressions of “feminism.” That is the problem right there. The world cannot come to precise terms with these two important concepts of “morality” and “feminism.” This is the reason for so much hypocrisy and controversy. There is certainly
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African American Woodson‚ J. (2005) Show way. Talbott‚ H. NY: Putnam’s Sons. Memorable Quote Personal Reaction “And though some could book read‚ most could not. Stars and moon and roads. Picture reading was what they’d always known.” There are several effective ways of communicating with others. Quilting was significant to this ethnic group since they did not know how to read. African Americans found different ways to communicate in which they could under-stand the messages through the images
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in organisations and in our everyday lives. Kegan’s theory is made up of a number of key elements these are: • Orders of Consciousness • Subject / Object Theory • Dynamic Equilibrium • Transformation • Competing Commitments and Immunity To Change A number of assumptions underpin Kegan’s theory of adult development – Orders of Consciousness not only refer to how one thinks but generally how one constructs reality from experience. The orders are concerned with how we
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A paper written for Classical Sociology‚ Nanyang Technological University‚ Singapore Introduction “It is not the consciousness of men that determines their being‚ but‚ on the contrary‚ their social being that determines their consciousness” – Karl Marx The above notion by Karl Marx is the base of all his succeeding works; it is Marx’s concept of Man and how he critiqued the existing dominant ideology of German thought‚ and relates his argument to societal change and history – specifically
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Passage | Response | 1. (Outliers) Page 19-20: Biologists often talk about the “ecology” of an organism: the tallest oak in the forest is the tallest not just because it grew from the hardiest acorn; it is the tallest also because no other trees blocked its sunlight‚ the soil around it was deep and rich‚ no rabbit chewed through its bark as a sapling‚ and no lumberjack cut it down before it matured. 2. (Outliers) Page 17: If you have ability‚ the vast network of hockey scouts and talent spotters
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Sebastian reached into his bag of tricks once more and pulled out a hatchet. The blade was so sharp it could easily cut the whiskers of a cat. The madman began to repeatedly dig the hatchet into a tree and with a simple shove he sent the tree crashing to the ground. With a big thud the tree collided with the dirt road blocking it off to anyone who tried to take this road. We descended back into the forest and using our magic created a shelter out of leaves and sticks that would suffice for a couple
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three levels of consciousness and his three components of personality. Freud’s three levels of consciousness 1) Consciousness -Includes everything that we are aware of particular moment. -Present perceptions (memories‚ thoughts‚ fantasies‚ feelings) everything about right now. -Ever-shifting stream of thoughts can change dramatically from one moment to the next‚ but the experience of it seems smooth and effortless. Example: While writing essay for assignments my consciousness shifted to thinking
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Consciousness: Sleep‚ Dreams‚ Hypnosis‚ and Drugs Roberto Diaz was very anxious. He was nearing the end of his freshman semester when he suddenly remembered that he had signed up for another class and had never attended it. He couldn’t even remember the name of the course‚ but exams were coming on fast and he was absolutely sure that he was going to fail that “mystery” class. To make things worse‚ he’d been searching for this “lost course” for five nights in a row. Each time he woke up…fearful
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Definition Description Consciousness Our awareness of ourselves and our environment (can take different forms) Cognitive neuroscience The interdisciplinary study of the brain activity linked with cognition (including perception‚ thinking‚ memory and language) Dual processing The principle that information is often simultaneously processed on separate conscious (deliberate‚ high road) and unconscious (automatic‚ low road) tracks. Selective attention The focusing of conscious awareness on
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