let`s move on discourse. What is that? Discourse is the term that describes written and spoken communications; the "language in the language‚" a certain vocabulary‚ semantics‚ pragmatics and syntax‚ manifesting itself in actual communicative acts‚ speeches and texts. “Discourse constitutes the social. Three dimensions of the social are distinguished – knowledge‚ social relations‚ and social identity – and these correspond respectively to three major functions of language … Discourse is shaped by
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Discourses in Education Institutes of education (i.e. public schools) exhibit many political‚ social‚ cultural and historical discourses that impact and furthermore shape what is practiced in schools and the way in which it is delivered. These discourses will often be implemented in educational contexts through synchronisation with the socio-cultural theory‚ moreover influencing and impacting upon the teachers‚ students and the schools themselves. In order for an understanding of education to be
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written discourse‚ though they can typically be divided into four basic categories that cover most pieces of writing. Expository writing is a piece that is written to explain something or provide information about an issue‚ while descriptive writing presents a description of a particular thing through sensual language. Narrative discourse is typically a written work that tells a story‚ often with a basic structure that includes a beginning‚ a middle‚ and an end. An argumentative written discourse‚ on
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Mindful Meditation and the Brain Some view meditation as new age‚ hippie nonsense because it is not a social norm to sit in silence and dig beneath the surface of the mind. Others liken it to tuning an instrument before playing it. I subscribe to the latter; nonetheless‚ meditation is an ancient practice that can be traced back 2‚500 years. However‚ neuroscientists are just now beginning to measure the effects that it has on the brain. While there are many types of meditation‚ they all have the
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Lynda Taylor Professor Pentecost 11 February‚ 2015 Composition 1301 When the Bell rings for the deceased Meditation XVII (17) was a piece John Donne used to understand death by the same theories that many religious people use today. His thoughts before death were highly connected to god along with his town who dealt with death regularly. Donne’ religious influence is at fault for obscuring the reality
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In meditations by Rene Descartes‚ he said he has decided to doubt everything he previously believed to be true and instead rely on only his reasoning ability starting from the scratch and building his knowledge beginning with things of which he is completely certain. He rejects the knowledge from his sense deciding that such knowledge is unreliable and open to deception so is not trustworthy. He reasons that he himself must actually exist because he is able to doubt and to think. He knows that he
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Descartes’s overall goal in Meditation one is to find certainty in a world full of deceit. To do this‚ he demolishes all of his prior knowledge to the foundations and rebuild. He is searching for one principle in life to be completely true no matter what. He is looking for that one certainty‚ that is free of any skepticism. Skepticism is like a nagging voice in the back of one’s mind‚ always telling them to doubt and question‚ to find everything that could be considered false. It makes one question
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Vivekananda came to talk about Hinduism‚ as an uninvited guest. He made a speech which had increased the popularity of Hinduism and the Vedanta Society (created by Vivekananda in 1896) in the United States. Later in the early 1900s a master of hindu philosophy named Paramahansa Yogananda arrived in the United States. He used the practice Yoga to “free the self from mind and body and to redirect energy invested in the outside world inward‚ toward one’s spiritual center”(Para 2). Basically yoga is used
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Kurt McGann 11/12/11 Period 1 Mythology Hart Personal Meditations Section 1 Stoicism: “a systematic philosophy‚ dating from around 300 b.c.‚ that held the principles of logical thought to reflect a cosmic reason instantiated in nature.” (dictionary.com). Marcus Aurelius (the author of “Meditations”) was a stoic as well as an emperor. The book he wrote was a collection of thoughts‚ things he advised himself to do‚ a piece reflecting his stoicism‚ and a personal diary of sorts. The kinds of things
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Descartes’ Second Meditation In Descartes’ Second Meditation the key philosophical idea of “I think‚ therefore I am” is introduced and thus begins a new age in western philosophy. Some of the arguments Descartes provide in order to support his claims are that in order to doubt anything‚ you must be able to think and if you think‚ you exist. Descartes brings up the point that there may be no physical world‚ along with that thought comes the doubt of anything else being real‚ which again
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