Science is a systematic enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe. In an older and closely related meaning‚ "science" also refers to a body of knowledge itself‚ of the type that can be rationally explained and reliably applied. A practitioner of science is known as a scientist. Since classical antiquity‚ science as a type of knowledge has been closely linked to philosophy. In the early modern period the words "science"
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Extended Essay: REBELLION. Plot Overview Chief Bromden‚ the half-Indian narrator of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest‚ has been a patient in an Oregon psychiatric hospital for ten years. His paranoia is evident from the first lines of the book‚ and he suffers from hallucinations and delusions. Bromden’s worldview is dominated by his fear of what he calls the Combine‚ a huge conglomeration that controls society and forces people into conformity. Bromden pretends to be deaf and dumb and tries to
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Social media are computer-mediated tools that allow people to create‚ share or exchange information‚ ideas‚ and pictures/videos in virtual communities and networks. Andreas Kaplan and Michael Haenlein define social media as "a group of Internet-based applications that build on the ideological and technological foundations of Web 2.0‚ and that allow the creation and exchange of user-generated content."[1] Furthermore‚ social media depend on mobile and web-based technologies to create highly interactive
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Why History Matters: Associations and Causal Judgment in Hume and Cognitive Science Mark Collier University of Minnesota‚ Morris Abstract: It is commonly thought that Hume endorses the claim that causal cognition can be fully explained in terms of nothing but custom and habit. Associative learning does‚ of course‚ play a major role in the cognitive psychology of the Treatise. But Hume recognizes that associations cannot provide a complete account of causal thought. If human beings lacked
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Opening July 3 at New Century Theatre: in acclaimed writer Sarah Treem’s The How and the Why‚ a meeting between two women evolves into an intellectual‚ professional and personal showdown. New in Insight: What happens when you “interview” a group of testate amoebae after they’ve been filmed in a Smith professor’s lab? It turns out that they’re prepared to reveal quite a bit about themselves. Smith has been awarded a three-year grant for a pilot teaching program aimed at increasing the number
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------------------------------------------------- Social networking service From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia This article is about the type of service. For the concept of relationships between people‚ see Social network. For a list of services‚ see List of social networking websites. | It has been suggested that Professional network service be merged into this article. (Discuss) Proposed since August 2012. | A social networking service is a platform to build social networks or social
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To appear in the Handbook of Discourse Analysis‚ edited by Deborah Tannen‚ Deborah Schiffrin‚ and Heidi Hamilton. Oxford: Blackwell. Computer-Mediated Discourse Susan C. Herring 1 Introduction 1.1 Definition Computer-mediated discourse is the communication produced when human beings interact with one another by transmitting messages via networked computers. The study of computer-mediated discourse (henceforth CMD) is a specialization within the broader interdisciplinary study of computer-mediated
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Zen and the Art of Organizational Maintenance Ronald E. Purser San Francisco State University rpurser@sfsu.edu ABSTRACT This paper draws from the “Zen arts” as a means for reimagining management as a mindful practice known as “organizational maintenance.” Zen Buddhism has had a profound influence on Japanese arts— such as calligraphy‚ sumi-e drawing‚ the tea ceremony‚ landscape garden design‚ archery‚ and Haiku poetry. The Zen aesthetic‚ often referred to as wabi sabi‚ and its associated notions
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2001‚ New York: Random House. 26. Wallace‚ P.‚ The Psychology of the Internet. 1999‚ Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 27. Swiss‚T.‚ ed. Unspun: Key Concepts for Understanding the World Wide Web. 2001‚ New York University Press: New York. 28. Turkle‚ S.‚ Life on the Screen. 1995: Simon & Schuster. 29. Lessig‚ L.‚ The Future of Ideas. 2001: Random House. 30. Comer‚ D.‚ The Internet Book. 3 ed. 2000‚ Upper Saddle River‚ NJ: Prentice Hall. 31. Lehnert‚ W.‚ The Web-Wizard ’s Guide to HTML. 2002‚
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well-being. Adolescence‚ 42‚ 659−677. Subrahmanyam‚ K.‚ Šmahel‚ D.‚ & Greenfield‚ P. M. (2006). Connecting developmental processes to the Internet: Identity presentation and sexual exploration in online teen chatrooms. Developmental Psychology‚ 42‚ 1−12. Turkle‚ S. (1995). Life on the screen: Identity in the age of the Internet. NY: Simon & Schuster. Valkenburg‚ P.‚ & Peter‚ J. (2007). Preadolescents ’ and adolescents ’ online communication and their closeness to friends. Developmental Psychology‚ 43‚ 267−277
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