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    Evolutionary Psychology This paper addresses a fundamental limitation in most attempts to apply the findings of evolutionary psychology to the human condition. Most attempts focus on how our biological past constrains and limits our behavioural options (including our cognitive abilities). They generally fail to look at whether these constraints can be overcome in our future evolution. To date‚ evolutionary psychology has not satisfactorily addressed a key question: are we beings forever constrained

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    World History in Context Christian‚ David‚ 1946- Journal of World History‚ Volume 14‚ Number 4‚ December 2003‚ pp. 437-458 (Article) Published by University of Hawai ’i Press DOI: 10.1353/jwh.2003.0048 For additional information about this article http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/jwh/summary/v014/14.4christian01.html Access provided by University of the Sunshine Coast Library (11 Mar 2013 23:42 GMT) World History in Context * david christian San Diego State University all about and

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    Artificial Intelligence

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    on 2 March 1997.  BibTex Internet Archive Brooks‚ Rodney (1990) Buchanan‚ Bruce G. (2005). "A (Very) Brief History of Artificial Intelligence" (PDF). AI Magazine: 53–60. Archived from the original on 26 September 2007. Retrieved 30 August 2007.  Dennett‚ Daniel (1991) Dreyfus‚ Hubert (1972). What Computers Can ’t Do. New York: MIT Press. ISBN 0-06-011082-1.  Dreyfus‚ Hubert (1979) Dreyfus‚ Hubert; Dreyfus‚ Stuart (1986). Mind over Machine: The Power of Human Intuition and Expertise in the Era of

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    Child Witness Paper

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    64‚ 1519-1533. Barker‚ B.‚ Jones‚ J.‚ Saradjian‚ J. and Wardell‚ R . (1998) Abuse in Early Years: Report of the Independent Inquiry into Shieldfield Nursery and Related Events. Bekerian‚ D.A. and Dennett‚ J . (1992) ‘The truth in content analyses of a child’s testimony.’ In F Bekerian‚ D.A. and Dennett‚ J . (1995) The Child’s Account. Evidential Interviews with Children: Observations and Recommendations on Video Procedures and Interview Bernard. C. (1995) A study of black mothers’ emotional and behavioural

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    Cowboys‚ criminals and visionaries: from ’can ’ to ’should ’ in entrepreneurship Colin G. Benjamin Australian Graduate School of Entrepreneurship and Neil E. Béchervaise The Open Polytechnic of New Zealand Abstract From pirates and warlords to accountants and corporate raiders‚ successful business practice has always incorporated a degree of volatility Business leaders have too frequently neglected social responsibility in their pursuit of expanded reach‚ market advantage and‚ ultimately

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    The Way of Life in Sparta

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    The Peloponnesian League: an alliance of Peloponnesian cities with Sparta as the leading city. Sparta had a separate alliance with each city. ‘…we believe that the allies met as a council and could in fact overrule Sparta in a military decision. Thus Sparta‚ it would appear‚ relied on it command of influence and respect rather than outright military power in order to have its voice heard within its own band of most important allies.’ Welch‚ p. 169 Paul Cartledge: his work in the 1970s involved

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    (Redirected from Utilitarian) Jump to: navigation‚ search This article discusses utilitarian ethical theory. For a discussion of John Stuart Mill’s essay Utilitarianism (1861)‚ see Utilitarianism (book). The Utilitarianism series‚ part of the Politics series Utilitarian Thinkers[show] Jeremy Bentham John Stuart Mill Henry Sidgwick Peter Singer Forms[show] preference utilitarianism rule utilitarianism act utilitarianism Two-level utilitarianism Total utilitarianism Average

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    Unit 1 – Introduction to Philosophy Chapter 1: Introducing Philosophy Philosophy: thinking about thinking‚ or the love of wisdom Autonomy: the ability to freely make rational decisions Materialism (physicalism): a metaphysical theory‚ developed by the PreSocratic philosophers‚ that says that everything‚ including a person’s thoughts‚ consciousness‚ and personality‚ is composed of matter Philosophical System Builder: someone who tries to construct a complete system of knowledge First-Order

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    Human development. Englewood Cliffs‚ NJ: Prentice-Hall. Damon‚ W. (1977). The social world of the child. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. Darwin‚ C. (1859). On the origin of species by means of natural selection. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. Dennett‚ D. (1995). Darwin’s dangerous idea: Evolution and the meanings of life. New York: Touchstone. Deutsch‚ C. (1997). The fabric of reality. New York: Penguin Books. Doll‚ W. (1993). A post-modern perspective on curriculum. New York: Teachers College

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    ------------------------------------------------- Humour From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia "Hilarity" and "Hilarious" redirect here. For the U.S. Navy ship‚ see USS Hilarity (AM-241). For the stand-up special by Louis C.K.‚ see Hilarious (album). For other uses‚ seeHumour (disambiguation). Smiling can imply a sense of humour and a state of amusement‚ as in this painting ofFalstaff by Eduard von Grützner. Humour or humor (see spelling differences) is the tendency of particular cognitive

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